1927 Yankees

[yanks12025]

This baseball was posted to a Facebook group and supposedly is consigned to REA auctions for their November auction. Does anyone else think this looks like one of those replica balls? The ink and just the look of the ball just doesn’t look natural. Also based on the post REA don’t have the ball yet, so I’m guessing it hasn’t been looked at by the third party authenticator.

[Bpm0014]

Tough to see without the ball in hand, but almost every autograph on there....the ink looks like it’s bleeding. You typically don’t see that.

[ATP]

That is most certainly a replica, the stampings always are a dead give away. I see them on etsy and eBay from time to time. A little digging and you could probably find the exact ball.

[ATP]

In fact, I just peeked on etsy, looks the same as this replica one?

[ngrow9]

Originally Posted by ATP

In fact, I just peeked on etsy, looks the same as this replica one?

I think it's different. The signatures on the flap above the Ruth are parallel to it in the original image, and perpendicular on this one.

I will say that the original ball looks like an authentic OAL to me, so if it's stamped, it looks like it's been stamped on an authentic ball. I could certainly be wrong, though.

[Bigdaddy]

Could it be that the signatures were stamped on flat panels and when stitching the ball together, the non-Ruth panel was rotated 180 degrees?

Would need to see the panels on both balls to tell.

[ATP]

Originally Posted by ngrow9

I think it's different. The signatures on the flap above the Ruth are parallel to it in the original image, and perpendicular on this one.

I will say that the original ball looks like an authentic OAL to me, so if it's stamped, it looks like it's been stamped on an authentic ball. I could certainly be wrong, though.

It's the exact same ball. They can just flip which signatures appear on what panel and also turn them during the printing process to make it seem different. You can see the side panel with the Lou Gehrig and the one above it is the exact same as well. It's really quite a shame these are out there everywhere and with so much in sales happening via scans online they get passed around way too much and too many folks losing big money on thinking they are real.