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BASEBALL BAT
DATING GUIDE |
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| Autographed Ball Co, Ad 1949
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The Autographed Ball Company Player Contracts |
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Gary Carter -
Greg Pryor Autographed
Ball Co. Contracts |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1947-2014
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MANUFACTURER-
The Autographed
Ball Company
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SIZE
- 8.5" x
11.25"
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PRICE GUIDE
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$25.-$50. Common
player
Up to
$1,000. or more
based on player
demand.
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition
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The Autographed Ball Company was
founded in 1947 by Richard B. (Dick)
Culler in High Point, North Carolina.
Culler played baseball in the major
leagues from 1936 to 1949, for the
Philadelphia A's, Chicago White Sox,
Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and New
York Giants. Dick Culler had invented a
technique to stamp facsimiles of
players' signatures on baseballs, so
team-autographed balls could be
mass-produced. It allowed a baseball to
be hand-stamped with a spherical stamp
six times, once for each panel on the
ball
A joint venture with ex
teammate Billy Jurges, the company
licensed the use of players' signatures
on the basis of one cent apiece for
each ball sold. The company sold the balls
through concession stands in big-league
parks and also sold them through the
mail. The standard contract allowed the
Autographed Ball Company to reproduce the
players signature on team baseballs
that were to be sold to the general
public. The ballplayers were required
to provide four separate signature
examples at the base of the contract,
for use to create a die to stamp the
autograph on a baseball.
Producing replica team autographed baseballs for almost 70 years, the
Autographed Ball Company went out of
business in 2014. These baseballs
provided a history of the game
unequaled by any other product. The
balls were produced with current team
rosters and reflected midseason call
ups and trades. Team Balls made in
April, can be completely different by
October. The autograph dyes used for
the baseballs were created at the time
the order was placed. They did not keep
printed balls in stock from a previous
order.
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The Autographed Ball
Company Player Contracts |
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Autograph Ball Co. 1973 Gary Carter Contract and stamped autograph baseball |
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Autographed Ball Co. 1978 Greg Pryor Contract and stamped autograph baseball |
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