O/T Highest Paid For An Autograph Card

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Posted By: Sean

I know this is really off topic and im really sorry
but i would like to really know this question?
ive posted this question before at other places but noone answers it
What was the highest paid autograph baseball card?
and what was the highest paid game used memorabilia baseball card?

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

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: Sean

No for an autograph ON A BASEBALL CARD
and a game used memorabilia ON A BASEBALL CARD
but thanks for the info

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Posted By: Paul S

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: sean

HI Sean,

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: Alan Elefson

Sean-
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.
Alan Elefson

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Posted By: Sean

Piece of Bat Piece Of Jersey
Pieec Of pant
u kno

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Posted By: Paul S

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: barrysloate

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: Danny Grimes

my highest was $1900 for a beautiful Tony Lazzeri auto.

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Posted By: brian

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.
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: William Brumbach

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.

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Posted By: Sean

hey brian can u give me some more info about the president cut auto that almost went for six figures
thanks

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Posted By: brian

Sean,

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:

AT-JA John Adams U.S. President
AT-JQA John Quincy Adams U.S. President
AT-CA Chester A. Arthur U.S. President
AT-JB James Buchanan U.S. President
AT-GHB George H. W. Bush U.S. President
AT-GB George W. Bush U.S. President
AT-JC Jimmy Carter U.S. President
AT-GC Grover Cleveland U.S. President
AT-BC Bill Clinton U.S. President
AT-CC Calvin Coolidge U.S. President
AT-DE Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. President
AT-MF Millard Fillmore U.S. President
AT-GF Gerald Ford U.S. President
AT-JG James Garfield U.S. President
AT-UG Ulysses S. Grant U.S. President
AT-WH Warren G. Harding U.S. President
AT-BH Benjamin Harrison U.S. President
AT-RH Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. President
AT-HH Herbert Hoover U.S. President
AT-AJ Andrew Jackson U.S. President
AT-TJ Thomas Jefforson U.S. President
AT-AJO Andrew Johnson U.S. President
AT-LJ Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. President
AT-JK John F. Kennedy U.S. President
AT-AL Abraham Lincoln U.S. President
AT-JM James Madison U.S. President
AT-JMO James Monroe U.S. President
AT-RN Richard Nixon U.S. President
AT-FP Franklin Pierce U.S. President
AT-JP James K. Polk U.S. President
AT-RR Ronald Reagan U.S. President
AT-FR Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. President
AT-TR Theodore Roosevelt U.S. President
AT-HT Harry S. Truman U.S. President
AT-JT John Tyler U.S. President
AT-MV Martin Van Bruen U.S. President
AT-GW George Washington U.S. President

Also, they issued a 2nd Series with the following autographs:

Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
Helen Keller
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
William Randolph Hearst
Jonas Salk
Albert Einstein
Aaron Burr
Patrick Henry
Robert Kennedy
Daniel Webster
Amelia Earhart
Neil Armstrong

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Posted By: Sean

Do you know how much they went for like exact or around?

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Posted By: Justin

I know there is a 1 of 1 Alexander Cartwright Auto from the Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts series.

I imagine that could potentially be one of the highest for a baseball card.

Also kind of Off-Topic,

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: barrysloate

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: sean

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Posted By: Brett

I forgot how much this sold for, but if I was collecting these kind of cards, I'd surely want this !

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Posted By: Sean

OMG
could someone please tell me how much that sold for
and where did u find that pic

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Posted By: Vincent

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.

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.


Good Day, mates.

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Posted By: sean

awesome!
any chance we can see the schmidt?
is the postcard set signed too?

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Posted By: sean

p.s.

as a tigers fan I thought you might like this:

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Posted By: Danny Grimes

I was lucky to pull this from a box of 2006 Legendary Cuts last year. Just sharing mine!!

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Posted By: Sean

Dang Danny nice cut
thanks for sharing it
anybody else wants to share there cut autographs
or contribute to my question

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Posted By: Wesley

Probably the double signed Josh Gibson PC sold in REA a few years ago

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Posted By: Sean

What was that?