The first and most comprehensive collector’s guides for identifying, dating, and pricing Spalding, Reach, and Rawlings Official League baseballs.
Every Official American League baseball, traced chronologically with full-panel photography, president stampings, stitch counts, and market values.
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Both guides together — the complete reference for every Official National and American League ball, from the earliest Spalding to the modern Rawlings.
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Every Official National League baseball from the founding of the league, including balls so rare that only one or two are known to exist.
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History of the Baseball’s Official National & American League Base Ball Guides are the first and most comprehensive collector’s guides for identifying, dating, and pricing Spalding, Reach, and Rawlings Official National & American League Baseballs. These guides identify every baseball used in professional National & American League games from 1876 to 1999.
Each page showcases a ball in remarkable, high-quality photography, showing all stamped panels as well as the original box.
Changes are traced accurately through the National & American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, one ball and one era at a time.
Presidential stamping, logo changes, stitch type and count, materials, and branding differences — plus a market value for every grade.
Identifies every baseball used in professional American League games, from the founding of the league to the end of the century. Some balls are so rare that only one or two are known to exist — and this guide photographs even those.
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Identifies every baseball used in professional National League games from 1876 forward, including the presidents of the National League and the evolution of the Spalding brand.
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The primary goal of these guides is to provide information useful to collectors organizing and building their collection, professionals analyzing investment baseballs for clients, and heirs looking to understand collections they may have inherited.
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