A newbie autograph ball question

[cottnat]

In my experience, the older balls will tone, and the newer ROMLBs seem to have a tendency to get oil spots. Not sure if there is a correlation for sure, but just what I have noticed.

I initially tried to "upgrade" each ball I got if some toning became evident, but then after awhile, I sort of like the look as long as it is evenly toned. As the previous poster said, the value is likely to drop a bit, but it also gives you some leverage for purchases if you dont mind yourself. Just be careful of those selling something as snow white and then you get it and it has toning. I have had about a half a dozen instances of this on ebay.