Grandpa got this Yankee ball signed

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by murphusa

But it is a story I have had told to me more than ten times where someone was lucky to make it into the clubhouse and were given a ball like this one. As the person receiving them was not an experienced autograph collector, they believed that it was an autographed ball that they received.

When you say just a "facsimile ball" you are wrong. They are an item of baseballs past which can be purchased at a reasonable price and resold with a nice profit. The highest I have ever paid for a facsimile ball was $160.00 which I then sold for $350.00. Both transactions were made knowing by all that the ball was a stadium ball. Facsimile balls from the 30's thru the 50's bring over $100 when in near mint condition

Right now I have over 60 such balls in my collection.

you make a good point Jim on your first paragraph. In the moment, people can't tell that their ball was a stadium ball, due to excitement at times.

Yes, some Facs bills have value and are definitely collectible. I have owned/sold some myself over the years. What I meant was that in comparison to what the ball Richard was showing would be worth IF IT WAS A REAL SIGNED BALL, they are MUCH less valuable, at least in this case.

[RichardSimon]

I have never been offered a facsimile ball as a facsimile ball. They ALWAYS believe it is a real signed baseball, worth a decent or large sum of money.
I never even make offers for them because they are usually still convinced that I am wrong and they are right and the ball is worth a lot.
How do you offer someone $50 or $100 when they think they have gold??

[murphusa]

because back in the day, people didn't sell them. That was granddads ball he got from the Yankees. Who would sell it. Heck it was more than likely that you weren't allowed to touch it

Now people don't care care about it they are only looking for the money.