|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
1950s Stamped Autograph Baseballs
An attic find! Seriously, these have been stashed in my attic for the last 12 years. I had forgotten all about them. They belonged to a relative who lived their entire life in Manhattan.
What are these referred to as in the collector world? Does anyone know the approximate value? Thanks, John |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
They are referred to as souvenir balls, stadium balls or most commonly stamped baseballs.
There are a few people who collect them but value is not particularly high on these types of balls.
__________________
Sign up & receive my autograph price list. E mail me,richsprt@aol.com, with your e mail. Sports,entertainment,history. - Here is a link to my online store. Many items for sale. 10% disc. for 54 members. E mail me first. www.bonanza.com/booths/richsports -- "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
After comparing the names to the rosters on baseball-reference.com, they both appear to be from 1952.
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
on a good day you could sell them between $50 and $85.00
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
I agree. I pick up Indians souvenir balls when I see them and usually pay less than $20 for ones from the '70s, slightly more for '60s versions and around $50 for ones from the 1950s. Surprisingly, there's not much demand for stamped-autograph balls of extremely mediocre teams like the Tribe.
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
If I had a buck for everyone of these baseballs that has been offered to me as a real signed baseball ,,,,,,,,,,and half the time the seller gets insulted and does not believe what I have told them about the baseball.
__________________
Sign up & receive my autograph price list. E mail me,richsprt@aol.com, with your e mail. Sports,entertainment,history. - Here is a link to my online store. Many items for sale. 10% disc. for 54 members. E mail me first. www.bonanza.com/booths/richsports -- "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Last Xmas while dinning at a friends house my friend pulled me away to show me his 1955 signed Dodgers ball. Knowing it was a souvenir ball I debated as to how to tell him. After a moment I offered to show him my ball and went home to get it. When I came back and put it in his hand you could see the confusion as he asked why are they exactly the same.
He went from a high of thinking he had a valuable ball to a low on the depression scale. I have decided after that instance these words; "ignorance is bliss"! |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
it is also funny the prices they bring. They were sold at the stadium just like programs, pennants, pins etc but they are not looked at as fondly as those items
|
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Perhaps because many collectors have felt that let-down at some point, either as a child or later on in life, when they learned that their prized team-signed ball was actually stamped. And now that they are buying back items that remind them of their early days of budding fandom, that is one memory they don't care to relive...?
|
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Stamped baseballs are facsimiles of real autographs and I don't blame collectors for not making them popular.
__________________
Sign up & receive my autograph price list. E mail me,richsprt@aol.com, with your e mail. Sports,entertainment,history. - Here is a link to my online store. Many items for sale. 10% disc. for 54 members. E mail me first. www.bonanza.com/booths/richsports -- "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks for your feedback. I have them for sale in BST.
John |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
Well, here's one that looks somewhat comparable, and sold for nearly $30...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1960s-N...p2047675.l2557 On the other hand, you could take the "low road" and do this with it... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Earl...item2a28deaa70 I don't know which is more far-fetched... the seller claiming it's really signed, or thinking someone would honestly pay $475 for it |
#14
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Sign up & receive my autograph price list. E mail me,richsprt@aol.com, with your e mail. Sports,entertainment,history. - Here is a link to my online store. Many items for sale. 10% disc. for 54 members. E mail me first. www.bonanza.com/booths/richsports -- "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow Last edited by RichardSimon; 02-26-2013 at 06:54 AM. |
#15
|
||||
|
||||
Ridiculous. It's pretty obvious these things do not have actual signatures. Before listing something I'm unfamiliar with, I at least ask a few questions and review completed Ebay listings.
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Johnny Bench PSA/DNA Pete Rose + Minton (long scripts) GA Autograph Baseballs $.01 NR | Sean1125 | Live Auctions - Only 2-3 open, per member, at once. | 16 | 01-19-2013 07:29 PM |
Cy Blanton (RIP 1945) - Is there any autograph baseballs of him? | Sean1125 | Autograph Forum- Primarily Sports | 1 | 11-10-2012 02:45 PM |
1950s-70s Team Signed Baseballs on eBay | Archive | Ebay, Auction and other Venues Announcement- B/S/T | 0 | 09-04-2008 10:02 PM |
Question regarding storage of Autograph Baseballs | Archive | Net54baseball Sports (Primarily) Vintage Memorabilia Forum incl. Game Used | 11 | 05-07-2008 09:45 AM |
I got 3 autograph baseballs in a collection for sale cheap...SOLD | Archive | Baseball Memorabilia B/S/T | 2 | 01-17-2008 09:31 PM |