AL and NL balls

[Rawlings]

Hey Brandon, you definitely know better than I do. I was impressed with the final price, but I wasn't going to sell unless it got close to that, just because I know how tough it will be to replace in the future.

$300 on his seems like a good estimate to me but it's tough to tell condition/stamping from the pictures. Mine had incredible stamping, limited toning. And I agree, Ebay has been strange for these lately. It seemed dead for so long and then I was surprised the last half year or so with some impressive sales prices. Might not always reflect value, but it can show demand. A lot of luck/timing too.

Reminds me of a listing someone sent me recently, blew my mind. Am I missing something about this Cronin? http://sep11.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=37746

On my sale, maybe it's just the fact that ball hadn't been listed on Ebay more than a few times in the last few years, so it had greater demand. But I'm still an amateur in vintage baseball collecting so maybe I'm naive. For what it's worth I received the following offers on it, and I know there are more direct offers I can't find after a quick email search:

$595 (sale price)
$575 (Ebay)
$400 (Direct/Email)
$475 (Ebay)
$575 (Ebay)
$400 (Ebay)

I received an an even higher offer right after it sold, over $600 IIRC, but I'm having trouble finding that email. It was too late anyway. Interestingly, two of the highest offers came from Canada, which is where the ball now resides. I'm gonna' miss that ball.

[BrandonG]

Zach, All good points, you know more about vintage baseball collecting that you give yourself credit for.

And what the heck on that Cronin?!?!?! I've got like 10 Cronin baseballs I'm about ready to list on that website! That's an absurd price!

Those were all very good offers, for a ball in that condition I would say those are on the high end, but good for you, heck if someone wants it they'll pay I guess, that's obviously the case with eBay as of late. Here's a picture of my '34-'39 Harridge, It's about as mint condition as it gets, and is in my book.

[horzverti]

I just started separate auctions for the balls on eBay. I have both as Buy it Nows, but invite offers. Please feel free to ask questions or make offers.

Check 'em out!

Many thanks to all regarding the info and history shared about these baseballs. I really do appreciate it.

Curt

[BrandonG]

I can't seem to find them on eBay, can you post links?

[horzverti]

Yeah, what is up with eBay? I can't see them either. The AL Harridge ball already sold, but here is the link to the NL Heydler ball:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400284224533...84.m1555.l2649

Thanks for your interest.

[Rawlings]

BrandonG, that Harridge is incredible, best I've seen. I wonder if it's the same year as mine was? I've heard that it may be possible to determine exact year on these 1934-39 Harridge baseballs based on minor variances in the Reach stamp. Maybe just a rumor.

I have no idea what happened on that Cronin, my only guess is a lot of bidders on that site must have never heard of eBay.

And it looks like that Heydler just sold! Unreal, great price on that and congrats on both sales horzverti.

It's good to see these vintage baseballs getting some serious attention.