Seattle Mariners Chevron Promotional Baseball And Display Stand Appraisal

Seattle Mariners Chevron Promotional Baseball and Display Stand

This is a vintage promotional baseball set distributed by Chevron gas stations, featuring the Seattle Mariners MLB team. The item consists of a regulation-sized synthetic baseball with red stitching, prominently displaying the Seattle Mariners 'compass rose' logo on the center panel. Accompanying the ball is a black plastic display stand, still contained within its original clear plastic shrink-wrap packaging. The packaging includes a white insert card detailing a Chevron promotion where customers could collect all five Chevron team baseballs for $2.99 with a minimum 8-gallon fuel purchase. The stand features the 'Mariners' wordmark and logo on the side in white and navy blue. This piece likely dates from the late 1990s to early 2000s, reflecting a common marketing collaboration between petroleum companies and Major League Baseball. The condition appears to be 'New Old Stock' (NOS), as it remains factory-sealed. The plastic wrap shows some expected shelf wear and light crinkling, but the ball beneath appears pristine without the yellowing or scuffing typically found on loose examples. This item is a classic example of cross-promotional sports memorabilia from that era, maintaining its value primarily through its unopened state and team-specific branding.