Now on Ebay! 1950's Brooklyn Dodgers Signed Baseball, Jackie Robinson, Campanella

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

I think it does actually.. the PSA letter lists 3 balls. The ball is question is ball #3. Sorry, should have mentioned that.

Yep you're correct, I skipped over that part. Either way I think the title should still have said clubhouse ball instead of saying original

[Joe Hunter]

I think there is enough ambiguity in the description that I would send it back. I don’t think you would have a problem with EBay not siding with you in the event the seller balks at accepting the return. The fact that he says “no returns accepted” really means nothing.

[khkco4bls]

Campanella is on that ball. But I don't like the Jackie Robinson

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

Campanella is on that ball. But I don't like the Jackie Robinson

Yup, I don't disagree. I've compared it to a bunch and from a layman's perspective it is definitely not way way off and even is similar in ways to a few I've seen, buuuut, leaning towards it not being his sig. And he's far and away the most important name on the ball, sooo...

Definitely still eager for other opinions though in either case!!

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by Joe Hunter

I think there is enough ambiguity in the description that I would send it back. I don’t think you would have a problem with EBay not siding with you in the event the seller balks at accepting the return. The fact that he says “no returns accepted” really means nothing.

Yeah, it's kind of odd that eBay even allows sellers, at this point, to say they don't accept returns.

[perezfan]

The two keys (Jackie and Campy) are secretarial.

Send it back, if that's not what you wanted, or feel you were misled.

[benjulmag]

FWIW, this ball reminds me of a 1955 Dodger's ball I considered buying some years ago on eBay. The provenance showed the ball was awarded in 1955 as a prize for winning some contest. I recall too the company that ran the contest was a sponsor of the Dodgers, thus giving further credence the signatures were genuine. I told the seller that I would not buy the ball until he showed it to PSA/DNA, which he did. They reported that all the signatures were clubhouse. As I recall, all the signatures appeared similar to those on this ball in regard to the pen used and the strength/color of the ink.

I remember myself as a kid in the 60's buying at a souvenir shop a signed Yankees ball. I displayed it for a number of years, never considering the signatures might be clubhouse. My point is that the people who are the intended customers of contests or souvenir shops that promote such items likely assume the signatures are real.

Bottom line with your ball -- IMO much more likely than not the signatures are clubhouse.

[luciobar1980]

Hmm, interesting, thanks for that tidbit! I've decided to return the ball, waiting to hear back from ebay.

[luciobar1980]

So, in the end, somewhat inexplicably, the seller allowed me to keep the ball but refunded my money! So anyways, what would you guys value this ball at/what is a reasonable asking price?