Vintage baseballs… advice for first time buyer?

[Belfast1933]

As the OG poster here, first let me say THANKS for the posts so far… and to clarify what I am looking for, I can safely say.. I’m not sure yet!

My happy place at home is my baseball cave where I display my HOF cards which are complimented by great items like vintage baseball mags, my first-ever pick up of a vintage “spitter” catchers mask, a cool 1940’s Mel Ott mitt, etc.

But I’d also love to sprinkle in some meaningful but affordable baseballs to help show off the collection.

I am not into autographs nor do I need to know the ball had significant historical relevance (though, that is a cool way to collect!)

If I could, showing a sample baseball through the years would be a nice adjunct to my “card cave” - for example, are old lemon peel baseballs crazy unaffordable?

Sorry I can’t be more specific yet… but please do keep the stories (and advice/lessons learned) from your own experience coming!

Thanks and Happy Friday, all!