Let's See Some Baseballs!

[pietraynor]

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Been wanting to put this beauty on for awhile! Hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do..Mint in the box Honus Wagner Co. ball late-'20s, early '30s. Found at local estate sale years back. Also came w/original box w/lid that held a dozen balls. His name is stamped several times on the box, small pic of him on ball. One of my favorites. Jay

[vintagesportscollector]

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Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh Rob M. Hard to believe someone could think that ball was that old. Like Dan said, a '60s, or even more recent, dime store toy.

[slidekellyslide]

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Most likely a 1950-1960's child's toy baseball that you could get at any dime store.

[trsent]

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Sorry, you missed your chance on this beauty:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-JUNIOR-LEAGUE-BASEBALL-IN-PKG-JAPAN-LATE-1800s_W0QQitemZ8751829292QQcategoryZ50124QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm sure it is a cool ball, but late 1800s or early 1900s? It sure looks never than that. Any insight, experts?

[ramramram]

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Sorry, you missed your chance on this beauty:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-JUNIOR-LEAGUE-BASEBALL-IN-PKG-JAPAN-LATE-1800s_W0QQitemZ8751829292QQcategoryZ50124QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Rob M.

[mjkm90]

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1934 was the year all red stitching began in both leagues. Companies could obviously continue to make them, but they weren't used in the bigs after 1933.

[MGHProductions]

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I got the ball from Sports Immortals in Boca. The photos on it are cut from some sort of actual photo, not a newspaper or magazine. I'll try to post pictures of the sides tomorrow.

Wow! Cool baseball MGH.....What's the story behind it?

[metsbats86]

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Absolutely. Ed used to caddy for Tom when he was trying to catch on the PSA tour too.

David

[slidekellyslide]

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Ed Hearn's brother Tom used to be my neighbor. He works for the Nebraska PGA. Super nice guy. He told me a lot of great stories about the 1986 Mets. Did you know that Ed Hearn played on a championship team at every level of baseball he played?

[metsbats86]

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THis one is not a vintage ball but the inscription is great. Ed Hearn sent me this ball after seeing that I had more of his game used jerseys and bats in my collection than he had save in his career.

David

[slidekellyslide]

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Wow! Cool baseball MGH.....What's the story behind it?

[slidekellyslide]

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$20 is a steal for any multicolor stitched ball...especially one in as good as condition as yours plus you got the original box. I just picked up a Pioneer League ball that was also made by Worth that I think is probably 1930's. Anyone know how late multicolor stitch balls were being used in professional baseball? I know that I can definitely say that the Three I League was using a black and red stitch Goldsmith ball as late as 1938.

[MGHProductions]

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I saw this one and had to have it.

[imlemonysnicket]

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i'm not positive but i'd guess late 20's/early 30's - that was the same era as the glove that i got with it. the lady also had the uniform of the player who used the mitt and ball but i had already spent my money (only 20 bucks for the ball which I think was a great deal).

[slidekellyslide]

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Nice ball Brett. Do you happen to know when it was manufactured?