What is the value of a 1936 autographed Hall of Fame baseball signed by Babe Ruth Honus Wagner Walter Johnson Christy Mathewson and Ty Cobb slightly damaged?

Answer 1

You have a Baseball with the original five ballplayers to be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. In 1936 the first five men elected to the hall of fame were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

I would estimate the value of this baseball at about $20,000. or more in good - excellent overall condition. value is based on recently closed auctions of similar items. Value will vary based on the condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the signatures. Signatures that have not been properly authenticated could sell at half the market value or less.

I don't know the severity of the damage on the baseball. The value will be effected by the display of the baseball, how well the baseball displays the signatures, with the condition of the signatures being most important.

In a similar auction a news photograph (8" x 10"), taken at the dedication of the Baseball Hall of Fame on June 12, 1939 was signed by ten of the eleven then-living inductees present that day. Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, George Sisler, Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander, Eddie Collins, and Connie Mack. There are only a few known examples of this signed photo. One, coming from the Barry Halper collection, sold for $63,000. in 1999. Another signed photo sold at Robert Edwards Auctions for $23,500.00. August 2007. The difference in price could reflect the condition of the signatures, and the fact that the more expensive photo came from the famed Barry Halper collection. Barry Halper was the owner of what has been considered the world's greatest baseball memorabilia collection.