Signed Gehrig paycheck wanted

[rand1com]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Might be a long shot, but if anyone has a Gehrig signed PSA authenticated pay check they might consider parting with, I'd be happy to make a trade offer. Memory Lane sold one last night for 20k and I was the underbidder. Have wanted one of these for a while.

They show up in major auctions with some regularity. You just have to be diligent in the search. The price for this one was probably as good as it gets in today's market. Obviously, they are rare. Although the provenance for a payroll check speaks for itself, I think it is wise to have the 3rd party authentication for your future heirs. I have no idea about the potential breakdown of a slab over a long period of time but I would be relatively certain that 25 years is not that time frame. After all, someone just paid $12.6 million dollars for the 1952 Topps Mantle in the same slab. Buy what you want in the medium you like would be my best advise. I hate to see threads like this become so contentious and get nasty. We are all here because we like to share and gain knowledge together. We should be able to have disagreements without getting into the gutter. Just my opinion.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by rand1com

After all, someone just paid $12.6 million dollars for the 1952 Topps Mantle in the same

Nobody spends that kind of money as a card collector. That card will more than likely be flipped within five years. It's an investment, and not a long-term one. Thus, the slabbing is, archivally speaking. meaningless.
Ask the archivist at the Baseball Hall of Fame what they do with cards--or any other donated artifacts--that arrive slabbed.

[David Atkatz]

BTW, here is one of my signed baseballs, stored as they are stored at the HoF, in acid free boxes, with acid-free tissue, and a mylar top. Not in ball cubes.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

BTW, here is one of my signed baseballs, stored as they are stored at the HoF, in acid free boxes, with acid-free tissue, and a mylar top. Not in ball cubes.

David I would love to do this with some of my signed baseballs. Is there a place I can buy these from?

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Seven

David I would love to do this with some of my signed baseballs. Is there a place I can buy these from?

PM sent.

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[Republicaninmass]

Your family will thank you for cracking the slabs. Upon sale, again we only rent these artifacts, likely they will sell for less, or be reslabbed.


Money losing proposition, regardless of ones ego

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Your family will thank you for cracking the slabs. Upon sale, again we only rent these artifacts, likely they will sell for less, or be reslabbed.


Money losing proposition, regardless of ones ego

Who knows, someday people might stop falling for the bullshit. "It's only good if and when we say it is. And then, when we're proved wrong, well, tough shit. It was only an opinion."
And, BTW, although my family will sell when I'm gone, I don't collect for the express purpose of making the largest profit when sold. Right now my collection will sell for a shitload more than I paid for it. I'm satisfied with that. And I have the satisfaction of knowing it's well protected.

[David Atkatz]

One more thing. I store my collection (not just baseball, but historical--and quite valuable, autographs, e.g., Newton, Einstein, The Beatles, Houdini...) in a fireproof safe. It's guaranteed to keep the contents at a temperature of no more than 300º F through two hours of a 2000º F fire. Paper, mylar, baseballs, all survive unscathed at 300º. This is a ball cube after five minutes at that temperature. (And remember slabs are made of the identical plastic.)

[philo98]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

One more thing. I store my collection (not just baseball, but historical--and quite valuable, autographs, e.g., Newton, Einstein, The Beatles, Houdini...) in a fireproof safe. It's guaranteed to keep the contents at a temperature of no more than 300º F through two hours of a 2000º F fire. Paper, mylar, baseballs, all survive unscathed at 300º. This is a ball cube after five minutes at that temperature. (And remember slabs are made of the identical plastic.)

What kind of safe you have? I’ve been looking at these for about a year but still haven’t found one I like.