Hand painted baseballs of famous baseball players are quickly becoming a favorite among baseball memorabilia collectors. Part of the reason is because they are still rare. There are not many of us creating painted baseballs. You can find baseball memorabilia scattered all over the internet but quality, artistic baseballs are few and far between.
Another reason is because each one created is an original, one of a kind piece of artwork. You can buy a Hank Aaron rookie card and have a nice article of baseball memorabilia. But you won’t have the only one of its kind. Even if you had the money to buy a Honus Wagner baseball card, there would still be another couple out there like it.
But if you invest in a hand painted Hank Aaron baseball, you would have the only one ever created by that artist. No one else would have the same piece of baseball memorabilia that you do. Plus the fact that it’s a baseball! You can hold it in your hand and look at all the painted sides. I’m sure you know some people that collect baseball cards or other memorabilia. But how many do you know that own an original, Mickey Mantle baseball with his likeness painted on it?
The value of your painted baseball will never go down. I have seen my own baseballs go up in value, simply because they are one of a kind. Add to that the fact that they take so long to create and you have a collectible that’s much better than a baseball card.
When I started painting baseballs, I never thought the demand for them would be so great. I am always painting baseballs. I have a back log of them. I hate the fact that I have to make my customers wait, but it takes a lot time to get them just right. And you know the old saying. Good things come to those who wait.
They are also great if you are an autograph collector. I have been privileged to present some of my Great American Baseballs to some famous baseball players. I’ll never forget the day I gave my hand painted Bob Feller baseball to Rapid Robert himself. He loved it. It was definitely something he had never received before. A real collectors item for him. It was much better than giving him an old baseball card.