Value is based on average prices of recently closed auctions. Prices may vary based on condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the baseball. Prices may also vary based on the amount of signatures, and key signatures acquired. The more complete the baseball with key signatures the more valuable.
The 500 Club signed baseballs became popular in the late 1980's -1990's when promoters for autograph signings put together the shows or signings featuring the "Eleven Living" members of the 500 Home Run Club. A 500 Home Run Club Lithograph From the art of Ron Lewis was the center piece for these signatures.
The most common 500 club baseballs feature these 11 members: Ted Williams, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Mike Schmidt, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews and Willie McCovey Baseballs with these signatures typically sell for about $1,000.-$1,200.
If the signatures listed above were to have the signatures of earlier 500 home run club members like Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Mell Ott, the value will shoot through the roof. This baseball would be too rare to quote a price and I have never seen one up for auction.
Today. there are 23 members of the 500 Home Run Club. (and growing fast) Various combinations or additional signatures to the original 11 living members will vary in price accordingly, and the original 11 living members can be used as a base to determine value.
In a recent eBay auction (Feb. 2011), a 500 home run club baseball sold for $1,025.
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Currently there are 23 members of the 500 home run club. The value of your baseball will depend on which eleven members of the 500 club signed the ball. In an auction held in May of 2007, a 500 Club baseball sold for $1,015. that included the following 12 signatures: Williams, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Schmidt, Killebrew, McCovey, Mathews, Murray, Banks, Robinson and Jackson.
Prices may vary based on condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the baseball.
I've seen baseballs with the same names sell for more. The key signatures would be the signatures of the players that have past away, like Mantle, and Williams. It is very rare to find a 500 club baseball with Babe Ruth, and or Jimmie Foxx, and will sell a premium price. For more information on autographed baseballs I will leave a link below.
The 500 Club signed Items became popular in the late 1980's -1990's when promoters for autograph signings put together the shows or signings featuring the "Eleven Living" members of the 500 Home Run Club. A 500 Home Run Club Lithograph From the art of Ron Lewis was the center piece for these signatures. The 11 living members that appear on these items are: Ted Williams, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Mike Schmidt, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews and Willie McCovey. A 500 Home Run Club signed (Hank Aaron) Atlanta Braves Jersey is worth about $1,500. -$3,000. featuring the signatures of the 11 living members from the 1980's. Value will vary based on the type or quality of the jersey. A 500 Home Run Club signed baseball is worth about $800. -$1,200. Value is based on average prices of recently closed auctions. Prices may vary based on condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the baseball. Prices may also vary based on the amount of signatures, and key signatures acquired. The more complete the baseball with key signatures the more valuable. In two recent auctions a Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves Jersey signed by the "Living Members" of the 500 Home Run Club sold for $1,434.00 (2006) and $2,151.00 (2007)