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Originally Posted by mybestbretts
I met a gentleman that has an autographed ball by Mickey Mantle. He got
it in person. I know it would need to be authenticated but it was
personalized with his name. How much does that deminish the value
of the autographed ball?
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Although I am a defender of PSA on Net54, you don't
have to get anything authenticated. There has always been spirited debate here on Net54 about authentication. I own a ton of Tom Tresh autographs and most of them are not authenticated.
The monetary value of a personalized autograph item is also debatable. The value of such an item has more
emotional value to the owner. Over the years I've purchased two Tom Tresh autographed photos that read "To Chris, Best Wishes." Owning two items that are personalized "To Chris" is very cool and has nothing to do with the monetary value of such an item, but I certainly have a cool emotional attachment to the photos.
If your Mantle autograph is authentic, I have no doubt, that a collector with the same name on the ball will sell. Monetarily, it probably will not sell for the same price of a Mantle signed baseball that isn't personalized. Just my two cents.