A guest on the US version of the Antiques Roadshow surprised a sports memorabilia specialist by bringing along a signed baseball that had previously been in a 'sock drawer'
An Antiques Roadshow guest revealed that a baseball said to have been signed by several notable players from the sport, had just been kept in a drawer in his home.
Curious about how they had been stored, Philip asked where they were kept, to which the guest admitted: "Oh they were in a sock drawer, a dresser drawer and I didn't think they were much of anything." Philip then revealed: "Well let's just say this is going to be a tale of two baseballs." He concluded with a historical note, saying: "The 1927 Yankees is arguably the best team in baseball history and obviously people will argue that but I personally think that could be true. You had Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig combining for an enormous amount of home runs, batting over 300 RBIs combined and the Yankees came first in the American League with 110 wins and swept the Pirates in the World Series.
"The other thing you see on a stamped ball and don't see on most signed baseballs is that the signatures are going in different directions. What they try to do is squeeze as many signatures as they can."
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