Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

[NYCrulesU]

Re: Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

It probably doesn't hurt that my basement only has ONE window (no direct sunlight) and I have replaced all of my Incandescent bulbs with CFLs and all of the bulbs in my cases are LED (no ultraviolet so to speak).

Having worked for Rawlings, the leather on the ball (even on OMLBs) can also affect the fading and such - some pieces of leather are just more porous than others. I had a OMLB signed by Robin Yount that faded away inside a year. My buddy had Robin re-sign it with another pen and that sig faded away too... he then sent the ball through the mail and sent Robin a letter about the 'disappearing' sigs... Robin signed it a third time and sent it back and that one faded away too... thankfully Robin thought it was a funny story, so he also sent my buddy a second signed OMLB ball as well that still looks great.

Great story. Cool that Yount thought it was funny Sounds like a great guy, I always thought he was.

[xpress34]

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I'm not sure about how long a signature takes to fade in lights or which would fade faster. I personally prefer a bic medium point pen for my OMLB signatures.

It probably doesn't hurt that my basement only has ONE window (no direct sunlight) and I have replaced all of my Incandescent bulbs with CFLs and all of the bulbs in my cases are LED (no ultraviolet so to speak).

Having worked for Rawlings, the leather on the ball (even on OMLBs) can also affect the fading and such - some pieces of leather are just more porous than others. I had a OMLB signed by Robin Yount that faded away inside a year. My buddy had Robin re-sign it with another pen and that sig faded away too... he then sent the ball through the mail and sent Robin a letter about the 'disappearing' sigs... Robin signed it a third time and sent it back and that one faded away too... thankfully Robin thought it was a funny story, so he also sent my buddy a second signed OMLB ball as well that still looks great.

[NYCrulesU]

Re: Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

I'm not sure about how long a signature takes to fade in lights or which would fade faster. I personally prefer a bic medium point pen for my OMLB signatures.

[xpress34]

Re: Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

One more example - of what a marker does - these are all three on the same ball:

Mantle (SS)


DiMaggio (SP)


Sutton (MARKER)


See how it's starting to feather??? And the Sutton was added YEARS after Mantle and DiMaggio per the original owner...

- Chris

[xpress34]

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Actually the Pujols was signed with a Regular Blue BiC (NOT Velocity which is slightly brighter blue) because that's what I had at Niketown the day Albert was there...

- Chris

[xpress34]

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Some examples from my collection done with BiC Velocity 1.0 Blue:

Signed 2002


Signed 2004


Signed 2009


The Pujols still looks as bright as the Berkman which was signed 7 years later!!!

- Chris

[Manram]

Re: Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

Marker usually ends up fading and can over time also become a big blob

[joelsabi]

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Thanks joelsabi!

Do you recommend any brand of blue ball point pen?

If I have some signatures by markers, how I should do to protect them well?

Li

i go with chris. a cheap bic pen does the trick.

just keep it from direct sunlight and put a postit over the signature when you arent admiring it.

[xpress34]

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The ONLY Ballpoint Pen I will use - I've been using them exclusively for almost 10 years now and have as yet to have a signature fade:

Bic Velocity 1.0

Just my personal preference.

- Chris

[aaccee]

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blue ball point pen for baseball would last longer. markers may bleed over time.

Thanks joelsabi!

Do you recommend any brand of blue ball point pen?

If I have some signatures by markers, how I should do to protect them well?

Li

[joelsabi]

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i be a fountain pen made from game used bats would do better than a marker. no joke.

[joelsabi]

Re: Ballpoint or Marker? Which One Do You Prefer??

I have a question about using ballpoint or marker to have signature on a baseball.

Which one could be kept on the sweetspot for longer time?

I don't want the signatures fade from the lights.

Thanks for your opinions!

Li

blue ball point pen for baseball would last longer. markers may bleed over time.

[aaccee]

I have a question about using ballpoint or marker to have signature on a baseball.

Which one could be kept on the sweetspot for longer time?

I don't want the signatures fade from the lights.

Thanks for your opinions!

Li