1927 Yankees baseball. Opinions, please.

[Mr. Zipper]

Could this be one of those reproduction balls?

Note how the Cedric Durst hits the seam, yet cleanly goes across the hole. You'd think there would be a "catch" in the fountain pen there.

[David Atkatz]

I don't think so. It seems to be a real OAL ball, while the "reproductions" are totally bogus--including the stampings.

[ATP]

If you look at the "S" in Shocker, I am almost positive you can see the line of the ink overlap so it wouldn't be stamped. If I HAD to say yes or no, I would probably say yes it looks authentic. Some of the names look a little slow but it could be that they were signing a presentation ball for someone important, etc. I used to have a 1925 Yankees ball with Jacob Rubert and barrow on the sweet spot, all the other guys on the panels and it was arranged quit neatly. I always assumed with Ruppert taking the ss that it must have been a ball for someone special.

[David Atkatz]

Thanks to all who have offered opinions.

Still waitin' for those "autograph eyes." (Perhaps if the ball was signed in green... )