WANTED: Willie Mays to sign my 1960 NL Ball

[jad22]

I think you should let it go. I had Bill Russell (Celtics) sign a couple of team signed photographs that were missing only his signature. Of course a sharpie was used and all the vintage signatures were ballpoint. Looks out of place. They are not my favorite pieces.

[almostdone]

Out of curiosity how much would the basic same ball with Mays, Musial etc vintage signatures sell for now? If your willing to drop 1K on Mays how much more would a fully signed ball be? You could sell your current ball and help fund it.
Seems more fun to hunt down a new one than go through all the risk that has been mentioned already. Just my opinion.
Drew

[MacDice]

I would think that if you were patient you could sell the ball you have and save the money plus add the $1K that it would cost to get Mays potentially to sign it and I think you could find another All-Star ball this is already signed by him and you would be happier.

[rsn1661]

Just go to you tube and look up Willie Mays signing. Watch a few of the videos. That should be enough to convince you to not have it signed.

[barrysloate]

Michael- You're looking for any reason to do this despite all the warnings you are getting from people who have had experience dealing with Mays. Here's what will happen: you will send $1000 hoping for the best, and then your ball will be ruined and you won't even want to look at it again.

I see no reason whatsoever to do anything with this baseball except to enjoy it as it is. It is a near certainty that if Mays gets a hold of it this will end badly.