Babe Ruths auto or Joe Jackson???

[yanks12025]

UPS will be dropping the ball off tonight!!! So the wait will come to an end and we will find out what is on this ball.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

UPS will be dropping the ball off tonight!!! So the wait will come to an end and we will find out what is on this ball.

I am looking forward to finding out as well sir.

[yanks12025]

They couldn't offer their opinion, and guess their computers couldn't see anything.

[BrandonG]

You got my hopes up, I was really rooting for you. But then I would have been really pissed because I passed on buying the ball when it was on eBay. lol.

[yanks12025]

Well I'm upset that they couldn't do anything, yet with that Yankee ball they could when mine is in better shape.

[jerseygary]

That's too bad, I was pulling for you.

[Shoeless Moe]

Did they charge you, and if so what?

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Well I'm upset that they couldn't do anything, yet with that Yankee ball they could when mine is in better shape.

I think it has more to do with the condition of the leather in relation to the ink of the signatures than the overall "condition" of the ball. Yours looks to have more areas where the leather is abraded, meaning in those areas the part of the leather that bore the ink is actually gone. In my limited experience with using black lights to increase visibility of signatures, it also helps if the ball is more white and does not work as well with balls that are deeply toned. I'm not sure if that holds true for other wavelengths. I'm sure that JSA did what they could, but even with their sophisticated array of lights they're not magicians. It was worth a try (well, I guess depending on how much it cost), but you have to admit it was a long shot at best.

[mschwade]

I was pulling for you too! Call me crazy, but the more and more I look at the Joe Jackson check and the ball, the more I start believing it really is it. Let's just put it this way, JSA didn't say it wasn't Shoeless Joe!

[yanks12025]

I just wanted to make mention to you guys that I have listed the ball on ebay, and mentioned a possible Joe Jackson auto. I mentioned how JSA could not offer an opinion, I mentioned how some of us agree with what I say while others feel I'm crazy. If anyone things I misrepresent the ball, please let me know. Thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1413