2001 Absolute Signing Bonus Baseballs---anybody have their player?

Well on long searched for item is crossed off the list, no it's onto the next one...

2001 Absolute Memorabilia Signing Bonus Baseballs where included one per a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia. Current and retired stars signed differing amounts of baseballs (Doerr supposedly signed 300).

Does anybody have their player(s) and a scan/photo if the ball?

Have had this item on the search list for a while and it can be tricky because the only identifying marks on the ball are that they are stamped on the side opposite the signature in gold w some info. My fear is that a lot of sellers don't know what they have and don't include a picture or that info in an auction. Anybody run into the same issue over the years?

Would love to hear memories of anybody who opened this product back in the day as well!

Thanks,
Jeff

I have several Andre Dawson ones, I will take a photo and post when I get home

I didnt know these were made. Thats pretty cool, for a signed ball to come in a case.

Who is on the checklist?

"A series of autographed baseballs were inserted as box toppers in hobby boxes of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia Baseball. The balls released are shown below in alphabetical order along with the number of each autograph inserted."

PlayerPR
Hank Aaron25
Hank Bauer500
Johnny Bench 25
Yogi Berra25
Wade Boggs25
Barry Bonds25
Clete Boyer500
Lou Brock25
Steve Carlton25
Gary Carter200
Sean Casey25
Roger Clemens25
Dave Concepcion500
Andre Dawson550
Bucky Dent500
Larry Doby300
Bobby Doerr300
J.D. Drew25
Jim Edmonds25
Bob Feller550
Rollie Fingers575
Whitey Ford25
George Foster500
Steve Garvey1000
Bob Gibson25
Tom Glavine25
Goose Gossage500
Tony Gwynn25
Todd Helton25
Rickey Henderson25
Frank Howard500
Monte Irvin500
Reggie Jackson 25
Fergie Jenkins 1000
Chipper Jones25
Tommy John 1000
Charles Johnson25
Randy Johnson25
Brian Jordan 25
George Kell300
Harmon Killebrew200
Ralph Kiner100
Dave Kingman500
Don Larsen200
Javy Lopez25
Greg Maddux25
Bill Madlock524
Juan Marichal485
Willie Mays25
Bill Mazeroski 25
Willie McCovey25
Minnie Minoso1000
Dale Murphy25
Stan Musial25
Don Newcombe 500
Al Oliver500
Magglio Ordonez 200
Jim Palmer500
Joe Pepitone500
Tony Perez400
Gaylord Perry 1000
Johnny Podres500
Boog Powell500
Kirby Puckett25
Manny Ramirez25
Bobby Richardson500
Phil Rizzuto25
Robin Roberts500
Frank Robinson25
Henry Rodriguez400
Nolan Ryan25
Ryne Sandberg25
Mike Schmidt25
Red Schoendienst500
Herb Score500
Tom Seaver25
Moose Skowron500
Enos Slaughter525
Ozzie Smith 25
Duke Snider25
Warren Spahn500
Willie Stargell25
Frank Thomas25
Luis Tiant 500
Earl Weaver300
Hoyt Wilhelm500
Billy Williams325
Maury Wills500
Don Zimmer500

I don't think I've ever seen a Doerr....
I pulled a Fergie Jenkins way back in the day. Kinda wish I never sold it just because it was my first auto'd ball.

There are some large numbers comparatively in that breakdown. Damn

I have 16 of the Andre Dawson

gracecollector said:

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Thanks for the pic! Now I have some idea what to look for-interesting that the serial numbers are machine stamped on there.

Thanks,
Jeff

rebelpawn said:

I don't think I've ever seen a Doerr....
I pulled a Fergie Jenkins way back in the day. Kinda wish I never sold it just because it was my first auto'd ball.

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I have never seen one either buddy! Which I just found strange considering there is suppose to be 300 of them...anybody know if a lot of this stuff didn't get busted back in the day?!

Thanks,
Jeff

michaelstepper said:

There are some large numbers comparatively in that breakdown. Damn

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The fact they range from 25 to 1000 is simply astounding! Shocked Tommy John didn't need another surgery after signing 1000 of these!


Thanks,
Jeff

I have several Garvey balls.

I find more of these listed all the time compared to the 2002 Absolute Signing Bonuses

It got opened heavily for Pujols rookie. Unopened is scarce. The Zimmer bonus ball shows up from time to time, not particularly tough. Not sure what the story is on the Doerr.

Doerrcollector said:

I have never seen one either buddy! Which I just found strange considering there is suppose to be 300 of them...anybody know if a lot of this stuff didn't get busted back in the day?!

Thanks,
Jeff

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gracecollector said:

It got opened heavily for Pujols rookie. Unopened is scarce. The Zimmer bonus ball shows up from time to time, not particularly tough. Not sure what the story is on the Doerr.

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When you see the Zimmer listed is it identified correctly by the seller?

Thanks,
Jeff

Never have seen a Rickey one... Not even in private collections.

These balls were plentiful on eBay when the product was released but I rarely see a Dawson on eBay anymore even with 550 of them out there.

rickeyfanatic said:

Never have seen a Rickey one... Not even in private collections.

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Me either. Only 25, but I have seen copies of lots of card or such with same or lower print runs.

Doerrcollector said:

When you see the Zimmer listed is it identified correctly by the seller?

Thanks,
Jeff

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Yes. I've seen four Zimmers listed in the last 15 months, and all were correctly listed as Absolute Signing Bonus baseballs. The stamping on them is pretty obvious. I think something must be up on the Doerr's if you've been looking for over a year and haven't seen one. Maybe he didn't sign. SCD lists him though at $25.00.

Wish I could find boxes of this product. Between the Signing Bonus baseballs and the Home Opener Souvenir and Ball Hoggs memorabilia cards, and Pujols and Ichiro rookies, this was a killer product.

Nope. They're out there.