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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: Alan Elefson
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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: Max Weder
If I recall correctly, it was Lelands that had a number of Naismith signed items up for auction recently. Their auctions can be searched at http://www.lelands.com |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Compare it to this one from Lelands. |
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Posted By: Alan Elefson
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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: Alan
What happened was that Naismith's grandaughter found a bunch of letters, autographs, documents, etc,... in her basement. She consigned them to Heritage. The ones that didn't sell were then either consigned to or sold to Lelands for their recent auction. Try contacting either Heritage and/or Lelands and they maybe able to help you... |
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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: barrysloate
You really should have an expert look at it, because if you want to sell it you will need documentation anyway. It is odd that he would sign his name on page 43 of a football guide. I once auctioned a large portion of Amos Alonzo Stagg's sports library and there were signatures everywhere, but they were typically on the front covers (more an owner's identification than an actual signature). Signing it randomly in the middle of the book is unusual, even if it was from his personal library. |
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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: Alan Elefson
Thank you very much for every one's help on this piece! I sent the scan above to Heritage Auction and their buyer said it looked real to him (I have also shown it to a few other folks as well). I know I will need to authenticate it to sell it on a bigger stage, but I also know a few collectors who are interested in it based on their own authentication. I agree that it is very odd for the name to appear on two random pages in the middle of the book, so I am continuing to research the possibility that Naismith contributed to those pages or decided to use them in the Basketball Spaulding guides. I also find it difficult to believe that any one else would sign Naismith's name on these pages if it were not him. No matter what, I am fairly sure it is worth more than the 40.00 I paid for it. |
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OT - James Naismith Autograph
Posted By: Rhys
If you have the financial means to do so, you would probably maximize your value by waiting a while before consigning it to an auction. The market for Naismith signatures is extremely flooded right now due to the recent finds of literally hundreds of his autographs. He used to sell for $2000-$3000 on something like you have and now I would say the market is only about 10% to 15% of those numbers. |
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