Detroit Tigers Baseball Autographs?

[mrmopar]

I guess if you really are not looking at or thinking about things like preprinted signatures on a ball all the time, then I guess I could see how it might be possible to miss it. However, it still puzzles me to see so many of these types of balls listed on eBay as if they were real hand signed autographs. I used to take the time to advise the people selling those that caught my eye (usually Dodger balls), and most seemed genuinely uninformed, but I would get a gem every couple of times that would be insulting, try to tell me a story to back up the item was real or just act crazy when I told them their valuable signed ball was a mass produced and fairly inexpensive stadium souvenir.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

There was one of these on here a few days ago - Old Mets Signatures. When the first response informed the op they followed up with the comment - definitely live ink. There are a lot of people who don’t know - or want to believe otherwise.

I have people walk in with stuff like this all the time. They come in with a story about how it was passed down and hand it to me with that look like it’s the winning lottery ticket. I had a guy walk in last year with the Babe Ruth 100th anniversary baseball with sweet spot signature. I had to show him the side of the ball with the date and explain that Babe died 5 decades earlier and then show him the 3 that I had in the $5 bin.
I just feel bad for the op. They obviously put a couple hours of work and research into this ball.

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I guess if you really are not looking at or thinking about things like preprinted signatures on a ball all the time, then I guess I could see how it might be possible to miss it. However, it still puzzles me to see so many of these types of balls listed on eBay as if they were real hand signed autographs. I used to take the time to advise the people selling those that caught my eye (usually Dodger balls), and most seemed genuinely uninformed, but I would get a gem every couple of times that would be insulting, try to tell me a story to back up the item was real or just act crazy when I told them their valuable signed ball was a mass produced and fairly inexpensive stadium souvenir.

[thetruthisoutthere]

I posted a thread on this subject awhile back.

I see it all of the time on EBay where sellers are convinced (delusional) that the signatures are live ink.

https://live.autographmagazine.com/f...aseball-with-f