Pretty Cool Estate Sale Find

[pgellis]

Today my dad had a great find at a local estate sale. He saw a very dirty baseball on a shelf and decided he was going to buy it when he asked how much.
"A quarter" the staff said.
He looked at it a little closer to find it was signed by Ted Williams. It is so dirty that the sellers didn't know it was signed.
It is a legitimate autograph too. I have seen it already today.

Pretty good buy for $0.25!

I will try to get a photo of it to post later.

[slidekellyslide]

Great find! I love estate sales...I also love garage sales...I didn't find any sports items today, but I did find a 14K gold ring today for $10...and possibly another 14K gold ring that I need to have it checked out..I only paid $1 for that one and am not so sure it's really gold even though it's marked 14K inside the band.

[Chris-Counts]

Nice catch! You never know what you're going to find. As far as I'm concerned, it's always worth the search. I once came across an old biography of Bucky Harris, and when I opened it to the first page, it was signed by the 1924 Washington Senators, including Walter Johnson ...

[Wymers Auction]

Was it a Yard Sale or an Estate Sale?

[pgellis]

Estate Sale.

[Wymers Auction]

Nice find!!!!

[theantiquetiger]

Originally Posted by pgellis

Today my dad had a great find at a local estate sale. He saw a very dirty baseball on a shelf and decided he was going to buy it when he asked how much.
"A quarter" the staff said.
He looked at it a little closer to find it was signed by Ted Williams. It is so dirty that the sellers didn't know it was signed.
It is a legitimate autograph too. I have seen it already today.

Pretty good buy for $0.25!

I will try to get a photo of it to post later.

I have a similar find, at an estate sale a few months ago. For $2, I found a toy rubber ball given out at Pete Maravich's last home game with LSU. It was signed by Pete and his dad.

I love hearing about garage/estate sales.