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Originally Posted by murphusa
But it is a story I have had told to me more than ten times where someone was lucky to make it into the clubhouse and were given a ball like this one. As the person receiving them was not an experienced autograph collector, they believed that it was an autographed ball that they received.
When you say just a "facsimile ball" you are wrong. They are an item of baseballs past which can be purchased at a reasonable price and resold with a nice profit. The highest I have ever paid for a facsimile ball was $160.00 which I then sold for $350.00. Both transactions were made knowing by all that the ball was a stadium ball. Facsimile balls from the 30's thru the 50's bring over $100 when in near mint condition
Right now I have over 60 such balls in my collection.
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you make a good point Jim on your first paragraph. In the moment, people can't tell that their ball was a stadium ball, due to excitement at times.
Yes, some Facs bills have value and are definitely collectible. I have owned/sold some myself over the years. What I meant was that in comparison to what the ball Richard was showing would be worth IF IT WAS A REAL SIGNED BALL, they are MUCH less valuable, at least in this case.