2006-2007 Team Signed Red Sox Ball

FACT: Players do sign things at Spring Training, but we have mentioned before that team signed items are extremely hard to get. Has anyone been to Spring Training games this year? Is it harder now than it used to be to get autographs? Here is the description for this ball:

This ball was signed this year during spring training and last year when the Red Sox came to town. This ball is signed by over 20+ Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox that signed the ball include: Manager Terry Francona, Daisuke Matsuzaka (Rare), Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, Matt Clement, Josh Beckett, Brendan Donnelly, Joel Piniero, Julian Tavarez, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varitek, Alex Cora, Mike Lowell, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Coco Crisp, Willy Mo Pena, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and more.

Those are a lot of good autographs on one ball...

Derek Jeter Signed Mr. November Baseball?

We always get e-mails from our loyal readers that have pictures of autographed items that they have questions about. Although we can't post all of them due to time constraints, we try to put up as many as we can. This gives everyone a chance to submit their comments and opinions about these items. It seems that Derek Jeter is a frequent topic of this blog probably because he is one of the most sought after autographs in the industry.

Here is a picture of a Derek Jeter baseball with the Mr. November inscription...

New eBay Fraud Method

We have never seen this one before -- we always see the eBay spoof e-mails that come through with links that go to phony websites in an effort to get you to put your password in -- however this person is contacting our bidders through eBay's system and trying to get them to send money for their current bid.



Take a look at what the e-mail looks like:


It looks pretty legitimate when you get it and that is what makes it so convincing. Beware of this scam we have already contacted eBay and they are working on this now.

This is what the text of the email says:

I'm the seller of the item that you've recently bided through the eBay system.Item name: WILLIE MAYS Signed Jersey FRAMED GIANTS FANS DELUXE Item number: (190095362756) I`ve just been contacted by the eBay staff who informed me that due to some reasons the eBay policy automatically proclaims you to be the winner by default. I need your agreement on this so I can contact eBay to confirm you that you're the winner, otherwise I'll relist the item. I am sorry for the inconvenience, but I need an answer asap. You will have the oportunity to purchase the item at your last given price wich is US $107.50 .If you agree my offer please respond this email or contact me at cociadr@gmail.com . Thank you!

Florida Gators Team Signed Helmet?

Team signed helmets are very hard to come by and for promoters they usually aren't very profitable because after you pay for all the individual signatures your cost in item is so great that it is hard to make a profit. In this auction, the seller is claiming that he got all of the autographs himself -- which is possible.

In the auction, the seller says that he obtains all autographs in person at hotels, games, special events, and airports. there are a lot of people that do this so when someone claims they get autographs in this fashion, it could be true.

This is normally called getting an autograph through a "runner", which was very popular a few years ago but since all the athletes know that their autographs are worth money and that people sell things on eBay every day, most athletes have stopped signing in public.

Alex Rodriguez & Derek Jeter Signed Baseball

This is an interesting auction that closed for $151.59. It looks like the seller took the picture of the baseball from a helicopter. In the auction it states that all autographed items were either obtained at a private signing, shows, other dealers, or through the mail. It also says that all items come with a COA from North East Sports.

Of course, we can't tell if the signatures are real or not but it is amazing that someone would pay over $100 for a baseball that you can't even see the signatures.