O/T Highest Paid For An Autograph Card

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>I know this is really off topic and im really sorry<br />but i would like to really know this question?<br />ive posted this question before at other places but noone answers it<br />What was the highest paid autograph baseball card?<br />and what was the highest paid game used memorabilia baseball card?

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Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>A Christy Mathewson ball just sold for about $125K. I would assume that has to be up there as one of the highest ever paid for an auto.

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>No for an autograph ON A BASEBALL CARD<br />and a game used memorabilia ON A BASEBALL CARD<br />but thanks for the info

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Sean, I'm not sure I understand your second question. How can "game used memorablia" be "on a baseball card?" Please clarify.

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Posted By: <b>sean</b><p>HI Sean,<br /><br />Ive seen the ruth signed 33 goudey go as high as 15k. The ty cobb signed t205 recently went for about that as well. The signed 1869 red stocking cabinets went for quite a bit, 40k I think. However, there were a couple in that and they were signed on back.

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Posted By: <b>Alan Elefson</b><p>Sean-<br /> I believe the highest price paid for an autographed card of a single palyer would be the 2004-05 Lebron James Upperdeck Exquisite Rookie card (numbered to 99 and autographed). I know examples of this card have gone for more than 10,000.00. Also, I believe a dual autographed card (possibly with game used uniform swatches as well) from this same set featuring LeBron James and Michael Jordan sold for more than 50,000.00 As an aside I believe the prices paid for these cards is absolutely ridiculous as there is always a chance that LeBron gets injured and does not have the career he is anticipated to have. I could imagine a huge problem in the new card market if this were to happen.<br />Alan Elefson

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>Piece of Bat Piece Of Jersey<br />Pieec Of pant<br />u kno

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Oh okay. There were cards for sale not long ago with a piece of Cobb's bat on it. Anyone remember what they went for?

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>There are no signed 1869 Red Stocking cabinets, but I believe the ones you are thinking of are the group of 1872 Warren cabinets sold by Sotheby's a couple of years ago. Including several that appeared in the Mastro auction, the group went for about 170K.

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Posted By: <b>Danny Grimes</b><p>my highest was $1900 for a beautiful Tony Lazzeri auto.

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Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>I think there were some Upper Deck cards with cuts of Ruth and Gehrig a while back that went for tens of thousands. Also, one of them was declared a fake. Upper Deck has reportedly inserted several of different players that were declared not authentic.<br /> Some of the non-sports insert autographs went for a higher price than any of the sports legends. There was one set with cut autographs of former presidents and the Washington, Jefferson & Lincoln went for almost six figures. Also there is an autograph insert on eBay right now of Mother Teresa and last time I looked it was at 10K

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Posted By: <b>William Brumbach</b><p>I just cannot consider any of the modern "cut" or "sticker" autographs in the same league as vintage "on-card" signatures. The Goudey Ruth #181 in last years Mastro went for a little over $9000 before juice I think, and there was a T205 Cobb recently that was about 12-13K before juice. 1952 Topps Mantles generally run between $10k-15k. Probably not considered actual baseball cards by many, the Jud Wilson postcard went for a little under $40k and the Josh Gibson was about $80k when they were in REA, I think both went slightly lower later on in Mastro. Lastly, somewhere out there is a signed Goudey Lajoie from the Halper collection. For some reason I think it went between $30-40k but I may be mistaken, I cannot find the article right now that discusses it.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>hey brian can u give me some more info about the president cut auto that almost went for six figures<br />thanks

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Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>Sean,<br /><br />As I recall, a couple years ago, several of the American Treasures 1 of 1 presidential autographs came close to selling for six figures on eBay. Not sure of the exact details, but here is a list of the autograph inserts that could be found:<br /><br />AT-JA John Adams U.S. President <br />AT-JQA John Quincy Adams U.S. President <br />AT-CA Chester A. Arthur U.S. President <br />AT-JB James Buchanan U.S. President <br />AT-GHB George H. W. Bush U.S. President <br />AT-GB George W. Bush U.S. President <br />AT-JC Jimmy Carter U.S. President <br />AT-GC Grover Cleveland U.S. President <br />AT-BC Bill Clinton U.S. President <br />AT-CC Calvin Coolidge U.S. President <br />AT-DE Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. President <br />AT-MF Millard Fillmore U.S. President <br />AT-GF Gerald Ford U.S. President <br />AT-JG James Garfield U.S. President <br />AT-UG Ulysses S. Grant U.S. President <br />AT-WH Warren G. Harding U.S. President <br />AT-BH Benjamin Harrison U.S. President <br />AT-RH Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. President <br />AT-HH Herbert Hoover U.S. President <br />AT-AJ Andrew Jackson U.S. President <br />AT-TJ Thomas Jefforson U.S. President <br />AT-AJO Andrew Johnson U.S. President <br />AT-LJ Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. President <br />AT-JK John F. Kennedy U.S. President <br />AT-AL Abraham Lincoln U.S. President <br />AT-JM James Madison U.S. President <br />AT-JMO James Monroe U.S. President <br />AT-RN Richard Nixon U.S. President <br />AT-FP Franklin Pierce U.S. President <br />AT-JP James K. Polk U.S. President <br />AT-RR Ronald Reagan U.S. President <br />AT-FR Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. President <br />AT-TR Theodore Roosevelt U.S. President <br />AT-HT Harry S. Truman U.S. President <br />AT-JT John Tyler U.S. President <br />AT-MV Martin Van Bruen U.S. President <br />AT-GW George Washington U.S. President <br /><br />Also, they issued a 2nd Series with the following autographs:<br /><br />Douglas MacArthur<br />George Patton<br />Orville Wright<br />Charles Lindbergh<br />Helen Keller<br />Mark Twain<br />Samuel Clemens <br />Thomas Edison <br />Alexander Graham Bell<br />William Randolph Hearst <br />Jonas Salk<br />Albert Einstein<br />Aaron Burr<br />Patrick Henry<br />Robert Kennedy <br />Daniel Webster<br />Amelia Earhart<br />Neil Armstrong<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>Do you know how much they went for like exact or around?

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Posted By: <b>Justin</b><p>I know there is a 1 of 1 Alexander Cartwright Auto from the Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts series.<br /><br />I imagine that could potentially be one of the highest for a baseball card.<br /><br />Also kind of Off-Topic,<br /><br />But in Fred Lieb's book "Baseball As I Have Known It" he talks about a Matty tribute game that was played at the Polo Grounds in 1921 I believe, but they auctioned off a baseball signed by President Harding, VP Coolidge, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, and other NY baseball luminaries. The ball went for 450 dollars, and the winning bidder promised to pay by check. The crazy thing is he never did, and so that baseball is lost to time. But that would a very cool thing to see.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Justin- problem is it's not Cartwright's signature! It is his handwriting, but it was from a family tree he was constructing. At one point on the tree he listed his father's name, which was identical to his, and Upper Deck cut that out and called it his signature. I don't think that is exactly accurate. I can state all this as a fact because I handled that document once and still have a photocopy of it.

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Posted By: <b>sean</b><p><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/milkit1/t206jennings.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/milkit1/rogers.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Brett</b><p>I forgot how much this sold for, but if I was collecting these kind of cards, I'd surely want this !<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1187557481.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>OMG<br />could someone please tell me how much that sold for<br />and where did u find that pic

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Posted By: <b>Vincent</b><p>While far from the most expensive autograph card, vintage autograph dealer Jim Stinson has/had a 1920's autographed Bobby Veach exhibit card. As a Tigers collector, it certainly caught my attention.<br /><br />Personally, I have a Charles Boss Schmidt signed T206 card, and a nearly complete set of 1908 A.C. Dietsche postcards of the Detroit Tigers team. To me, the postcard set is virtually priceless. But as collectors, we probably all have something that we consider as such.<br /><br /><br />Good Day, mates.

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Posted By: <b>sean</b><p>awesome!<br />any chance we can see the schmidt?<br />is the postcard set signed too?

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Posted By: <b>sean</b><p>p.s.<br /><br />as a tigers fan I thought you might like this:<br /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/milkit1/cochrane.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Danny Grimes</b><p>I was lucky to pull this from a box of 2006 Legendary Cuts last year. Just sharing mine!! <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1187653147.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>Dang Danny nice cut<br />thanks for sharing it<br />anybody else wants to share there cut autographs<br />or contribute to my question

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Posted By: <b>Wesley</b><p>Probably the double signed Josh Gibson PC sold in REA a few years ago

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>What was that?