Is this Fountain Pen?

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

Yes I do. I got it off ebay. The auction stated "This ball was looked at by an individual who works for Leland's Auction Company and it was in his opinion that this is a real game used ball from the 1920's"

Guess he lied.

The Eddie Collins part didn't really bother me if someone made it up but it was relative to that time period (kids lieing etc) however the fact that this now seems to be a doctored ball made to look old pisses me off.

The ball matched the period, but I did not realize how bold this writing was until I saw it in person. Looked like marker, but I am not a expert so wanted opinions before I contacted the seller.

Thanks for all the opinions guys. You helped me out with the ball tremendously. I will be contacting the seller and letting him know it is not what he says it is.

[drcy]

If you buy an item from a well known and respected seller, that is part of the provenance. As I tell people, if you buy an item from a well respected source, when you turn to resell it you will be able to advertise that it came from a well respected source.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by drcy

If you buy an item from a well known and respected seller, that is part of the provenance. As I tell people, if you buy an item from a well respected source, when you turn to resell it you will be able to advertise that it came from a well respected source.

I totally agree.

Just thought it looked really nice. Once I got it in front of me it felt wrong.

Also, the under bidder had 17,000+ feedback so I felt confident as a dealer was most likely chasing this too.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

I totally agree.

Just thought it looked really nice. Once I got it in front of me it felt wrong.

Also, the under bidder had 17,000+ feedback so I felt confident as a dealer was most likely chasing this too.

It's modestly interesting that the underbidder that you speak of only bid once. His bid was placed 4 seconds after your bid.

You can fool some of the boys some of the time, but not this old "boy".

[Peter_Spaeth]

And one second before it closed. Plenty of time to rely though.

[yanks12025]

Couldn't the bids have been snipes?

[perezfan]

Yes they probably were. But this is the quote being referenced...

"Also, the under bidder had 17,000+ feedback so I felt confident as a dealer was most likely chasing this too"


How was it possible to "feel confident" about something that occurred after the fact? The bid from the "Dealer" (with the 17K+ feedback) did not occur until after the OP had placed his bid. This competing bidder/dealer was invisible until one second before the auction closed.