In the next week or two I will have an article published in SCD about memorabilia restoration. The fact that you can take a baseball signed by Babe Ruth an four other common players and make it into a single-signed Ruth ball is rather intriguing. I won’t only be covering signature removal. The article will analyze vintage nodder, bats, jerseys and card restoration.

I talked to a handful of the industry experts for this piece, so it should be an interesting read.

Either before or after you read the piece I would like to hear your views on memorabilia restoration.

Personally, I am not a big fan of owning any piece of memorabilia that isn’t original. Once in a while, in special instances it is ok, I guess. But, I am a big fan of keeping it in the same physical state as it was originally presented.

That opinion isn’t shared by everyone. I talked to a bat expert who has no problem with restoration. Rob Lifson told me he knows people who only collects trimmed cards! One of the best signature removers in the industry, Alan Berman of Signed Baseball Magic, is a big collector of single-signed balls with removals.

Stay tuned.


Have a good weekend everyone and enjoy the awesome football this Sunday.