This Official Major League Baseball with the Cleveland logo and team color stitching was personally hand signed by Jim Thome in blue ball point pen with the inscription "HOF 18." The Baseball was signed in the presence of a Beckett Authentication Services Representative and comes affixed with a witnessed individual numbered tamper-evident hologram. The Baseball also comes with a Famous Ink hologram guaranteeing authenticity for life. Due to quantity levels, we do at times list a stock image of the product. This is done to standardize and expedite the listing process and only applies for merchandise that is comparably identical.