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05-22-2014, 10:27 PM #1
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05-22-2014, 10:34 PM #2
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05-22-2014, 10:49 PM #3
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Re: I give up on trying to keep autographed baseballs from being ruined.
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05-23-2014, 09:31 PM #4
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Re: I give up on trying to keep autographed baseballs from being ruined.
There are several considerations at work here:
1) Clean balls v game used balls. Game used balls would be scuffed up, so the leather surface treatment, that might cause ink to bleed/run, would be less likely to interact with the ink. Since the ink is going directly into the leather, in effect, it stains the leather more efficiently, thereby holding the ink without bleed.
2) Aging of balls and disappearing ink. Leather will absorb ink over time. This is why authenticators will fail balls that are supposedly vintage signed as forgeries. Freshly signed balls will have an appearance where the ink is still on the surface of the ball. Aged balls, where the ink has had time to be absorbed into the leather, will have a look where the ink is a part of the ball itself. This absorption is also why older balls have faded signatures.
3) Different types of balls. Some balls (notably OMLB/OAL/ONL) will use better grade leather for their outer shell/surface. Sometimes, these leathers have a different degree of porosity, which allows ink to adhere to the surface of the ball better. This is why you'll notice a lot of "Official Ball" signatures have that odd instafade (faded within a couple years) effect.
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05-23-2014, 09:42 PM #5
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Re: I give up on trying to keep autographed baseballs from being ruined.
I still do well with the old blue Bic pens. Some of the newer pens have the wrong type of ink that will bleed. Black ink also bleeds over time.
You can always gp the way of the Babe Ruth fountain pens which seems to keep their luster after 80 years.