Teams negotiate to get back homerun balls

[drc]

If you have a real ticket, get proof that you had it before the reprints were made. This can be done by taking a dated photo, putting a picture of it in a letter that is notarized, posting a picture of it on some photo site or this board, etc. If you won it in an auction, print out the auction listing that shows the date of the auction and pictures the ticket. If properly documented/dated in one of these or other ways before the reprints are offered, reprints shouldn't be a concern.

An auction listing picturing the ticket or notarized letter picturing the ticket would be solid proof. The notarization will include the date.

[Gary Dunaier]

Getting back to the original subject of this thread, you might like to know that Steiner is offering, on their website, a ball signed by Jeter and Christian Lopez, the fan who caught it...



Price $774.99. (link)

The same ball, with only Jeter's signature, is $699.99. That means Steiner feels Lopez' autograph is worth $75.00. (On the other hand, let's be fair to Steiner - Lopez' signature does include an inscription).

Comment as you see fit - but please do so in the "What would you have done if you caught Jeter's 3000th hit?" thread. (I posted this item there as well, but I wanted to make sure people knew this item existed, hence the cross-post.)

[Gary Dunaier]

My reprints of the tickets from Johan Santana's no-hitter arrived today.

The reprints are the season ticket style with the Bobby Ojeda image posted earlier in this thread.

The tickets appear to be exactly the same - the account number is printed on the tickets, and there is a barcode. The barcode on the reprints differs from that on the original, but since each barcode is unique, that's not a way to tell the difference.

However, there is one significant difference. The words "SEASON TICKET" do not appear on the reprint. So, thankfully, there is a way to tell the originals apart from the reprints.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

My reprints of the tickets from Johan Santana's no-hitter arrived today.

The reprints are the season ticket style with the Bobby Ojeda image posted earlier in this thread.

The tickets appear to be exactly the same - the account number is printed on the tickets, and there is a barcode. The barcode on the reprints differs from that on the original, but since each barcode is unique, that's not a way to tell the difference.

However, there is one significant difference. The words "SEASON TICKET" do not appear on the reprint. So, thankfully, there is a way to tell the originals apart from the reprints.

Gary,
That's AWESOME news!

I should mention that some of the season ticket stock tickets do not say "Season Ticket". Some say "Plan Ticket", which would indicate that the ticket holder had purchased tickets to only a portion of the season, say 20 or 30 games. I purchased mine from one such plan holder and when I checked mine, this is what it stated.

Thanks for the follow up.