Rex Barney no-hit baseball

[Scott Garner]

I thought that I saw that the Rex Barney ball sold for an extremely nominal amount in the Sterling auction. Any modern ball signed by Rex Barney is worth a minimum of $100+. I believe this ball sold for less yet it is a vintage signature on a vintage ball which I believe enhances its value.

Why not keep the ball? It's still an awesome signed Rex Barney ball, FWIW...

[MikeMankin]

Yes, I was very happy with the price. I figured that if it was game used-great deal, not game used-still decent price. Either way, this ball goes into my collection, I did not buy it to resale.

Here are my thoughts why I thought it was the final out game used ball:
Somebody went thru a lot of effort to do the small, neat printing. It was most likely done back in that era because of the Frick ball & the shellacking. Why would somebody go thru all that effort if it was not the game ball? Back then, it would not carry a monetary value, so probably not done by a scammer.
Somebody had mentioned that they thought it may have been a commemorative ball given out at a game. I do not believe that to be correct because it is not machine printed as all the letters are not identical. Also if there was even a small quantity, others would have popped up here & there.

So yes, I was hoping it was the final out ball & I was trying to confirm, but if it is not, that is ok also.

[MGHPro]

Harry Evans would print stats like that on balls and bats
Matt