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1960 Pirates signed baseballs
Posted By: John S
Quick questions. Longer story. In the 1950's and 60's a cousin of mine worked as a clubhouse manager for the Pirates. After the the 1960 World Series he had three baseballs signed by the team and gave them to my uncle. All of the guys sigs are on the balls including Clemente, Murtaugh, Face, Groat, etc. My uncle is looking to sell the balls, probably at auction. I recommeneded that he have the balls authenticated (Spence is going to be in my neck of the woods in April). My questions are: What is the approximate value of these balls? What would be the best auction house to use? |
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1960 Pirates signed baseballs
Posted By: barrysloate
A 1960 Series ball with Clemente is pretty valuable. I would think at least $1000 a pop, but just a guess. |
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1960 Pirates signed baseballs
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Baseballs, being super condition-sensitive, can have a wide value range. Even though these were obtained via a source who worked with the team, Pirates balls of this era are notorious for clubhouse (i.e. a batboy, other player ---> ultimately someone other than the player) signing on the behalf of players. Chances are greater than not that the signature of manager Murtaugh was ghost-signed. This is the case with about 90% of 1960's Bucs team-signed balls. I would suggest that you send them into either PSA or JSA to determine if there are clubhouse issues. Values can be figured out after that. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I was thinking about the clubhouse angle too. |
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Barry, |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I think Stevens needed to get a gift for someone, and under those circumstances it may have been difficult to get the whole team together. I believe that's the last autographed piece I ever handled. Too much aggravation. |
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1960 Pirates signed baseballs
Posted By: Mark Steinberg
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