Baseball question

On Jun 25, 10:30*pm, Sue H wrote:
Wow; that sounds counter intuitive since Gehrig is huge too... would
condition have affected that? *And didn't Babe sign a TON of balls? I
do remember a roadshow where they said there were a lot of "clubhouse"
sigs (signed by ball boys or something like that).

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:06:37 -0700, "Arnold Quarry"



wrote:
"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
*like a
Yankee Babe Ruth on a sweet spot verses a team signed ball; the team
ball would be worth more etc.

nope, Babe Ruth signed near mint ball = $60,000

Yankees team signed near mint ball with Ruth & Gehrig = $30,000

single signed Ruth is always worth more than Yankees team signed with Ruth- Hide quoted text -

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Yeah, next to Ted Williams, Ruth ranks #2 (last I read) in forged
signatures.

Wow. that all seems so counter-intuitive. I always love having
unique items in my collection and have never been tempted to really
sell, but honestly? 50k I'd probably sell in a minute.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:44 -0700, "Arnold Quarry"
wrote:

"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
Wow; that sounds counter intuitive

I was wrong. A near mint Babe Ruth single signed sold for about $150,000 in
2005 and here is a link to a similar one that was going up for auction last
month, expected to go for even more than that.

http://www.memorylaneinc.com/carvellincoln.html

Single signed Lou Gehrig balls in near mint go for over $50,000. This one
was sold last year:

http://www.scpauctions.com/html/auct...7postsale.html

The most a 1927 Yankees team signed ball ever sold for was $37,000 in near
mint condition and it had Ruth and Gehrig on it along with the rest of the
team.

There are many other examples of a single player on a ball selling for more
than the entire team. A Clemente signed ball would sell for more in the
same condition than a Pirates team signed ball with Clemente.

Wow; that's nuts.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:19:35 -0700, "Arnold Quarry"
wrote:

Have you ever heard of Christy Mathewson? A single signed Mathewson sold
for $162,000 at auction earlier this spring.

"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
Wow. that all seems so counter-intuitive. I always love having
unique items in my collection and have never been tempted to really
sell, but honestly? 50k I'd probably sell in a minute.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:44 -0700, "Arnold Quarry"
wrote:

"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
Wow; that sounds counter intuitive

I was wrong. A near mint Babe Ruth single signed sold for about $150,000
in
2005 and here is a link to a similar one that was going up for auction
last
month, expected to go for even more than that.

http://www.memorylaneinc.com/carvellincoln.html

Single signed Lou Gehrig balls in near mint go for over $50,000. This
one
was sold last year:


http://www.scpauctions.com/html/auct...07postsale.htm
l

The most a 1927 Yankees team signed ball ever sold for was $37,000 in
near
mint condition and it had Ruth and Gehrig on it along with the rest of
the
team.

There are many other examples of a single player on a ball selling for
more
than the entire team. A Clemente signed ball would sell for more in the
same condition than a Pirates team signed ball with Clemente.

Have you ever heard of Christy Mathewson? A single signed Mathewson sold
for $162,000 at auction earlier this spring.

"Sue H" wrote in message
...
Wow. that all seems so counter-intuitive. I always love having
unique items in my collection and have never been tempted to really
sell, but honestly? 50k I'd probably sell in a minute.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:44 -0700, "Arnold Quarry"
wrote:

"Sue H" wrote in message
.. .
Wow; that sounds counter intuitive

I was wrong. A near mint Babe Ruth single signed sold for about $150,000
in
2005 and here is a link to a similar one that was going up for auction
last
month, expected to go for even more than that.

http://www.memorylaneinc.com/carvellincoln.html

Single signed Lou Gehrig balls in near mint go for over $50,000. This
one
was sold last year:


http://www.scpauctions.com/html/auct...07postsale.htm
l

The most a 1927 Yankees team signed ball ever sold for was $37,000 in
near
mint condition and it had Ruth and Gehrig on it along with the rest of
the
team.

There are many other examples of a single player on a ball selling for
more
than the entire team. A Clemente signed ball would sell for more in the
same condition than a Pirates team signed ball with Clemente.