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1941 Athletics team signed ball with ?

orion9578orion9578 Posts: 385
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I recently sent a ball off that I purchased locally to JSA. It came back as being a 1941 team signed Philadelphia Athletics ball. There's a problem though. The Connie Mack is a clubhouse signature. I'm curious what this does to the value of the ball(I know it's not good) and how do I go about selling it. There are really no other big names on the 41 Athletics so listing the ball under anything but Connie Mack probably won't get it much attention. With that being said, even though his is a clubhouse signature, would any of you list him in the title of the auction(with perhaps CH next to his name or something). Obviously I'd explain in the description of the item what exact it was(and show pictures of the cert which states it's a clubhouse sig). Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Ryan
Ryan

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  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    A couple of questions, aside from the CH Mack how complete is the ball? Is it on an official ball? I would think that there would be some level of interest if nothing more than from a team collector. I would not list the Mack in the title and then explain right off the start in the write-up that the Mack is CH signature and essentially worthless and then go on to list the names that are on the ball.
    Collecting Pre-War, Pre-War HOF Types, Pre-War Postcards
  • orion9578orion9578 Posts: 385


    << <i>A couple of questions, aside from the CH Mack how complete is the ball? Is it on an official ball? I would think that there would be some level of interest if nothing more than from a team collector. I would not list the Mack in the title and then explain right off the start in the write-up that the Mack is CH signature and essentially worthless and then go on to list the names that are on the ball. >>



    There are 20 signatures, 21 with the CH Mack. It's on a "Reach Official League" ball. I appreciate your advice. Another problem is the other 20 signatures are pretty weak(light,worn). Any idea what I should ask for the ball?
    Ryan
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    Do you have scans? Especially the Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy (Connie Mack)

    Also a list of the players. ???




    PS. One of the Best Hitters of All Time was briefly on that team in 1941

    One of my favorite all time players

    Hall of Famer... Aloys Szymanski

    14 times batted over .300 BA,..... highs of .390, .381
    career .334 hitter in 20 seasons
    253 hits in one season
    11 straight 100+ RBI seasons
    etc.

    and his sig has good value


    (PS He sometimes goes by "Al Simmons" image)
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