Nice vintage MLB collection found
 

I have been asked by the son of the late Lubie Veal, former groundskeeper of the Reds (mid-1970s Big Red Machine), Expos, and Cubs, to sell the baseball memorabilia that he accumulated during his career. These items include: 55-60 autographed balls, all signed years ago (1969 NL All Star team with Clemente and others, late 1960s Pirates team with Clemente, Carl Hubbell, Kubek/Garagiola (2), Ryne Sanberg (4), Andre Dawson, Greg Maddox (2), late 1960s Giants team ball, 14 International League team balls - late 1960s, Billy Williams (2), Ernie Banks, etc.) Also, there is a banner that says "1975 World Series Champs" that flew over Riverfront Stadium in 1976, 1975 Reds and Red Sox W.S. press pins, 1990 All Star game ring, two W.S. rings (1975 and 1976), 1990 All Star game press pin, Ray Knight autographed glove, box of 1990 All Star official unused game balls, 1973 Reds NL West commemerative bat, 1988 Cubs NL East commemerative bat, autographed Ryne Sandberg bat and photo, etc.

Any suggestions on how I should sell this stuff to do the best I can for the family? Pictures attached.

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Hi, not really vintage according to this site. But still some nice items. Check for auction house on web site, someome will be able to help

Joe

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Oopd. Apologize for posting on wrong forum.

Oh, come now, I wouldn't "split hairs" over that in this case. Thats a GREAT looking collection, best of luck with the sale!

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I agree with you Scott. Great looking collection and vintage enough- some of it almost 40 years old, FWIW....:rolleyes:

I'd find...
 

...an auction house (browse the ones that are advertisers here) for the ones that sell the most baseball memorabilia (as opposed to cards). Then I'd really play up the connection to Lubie -- you would want to sell the provenance as much as the items themselves as it brings the items closer to the game and just about assures authenticity. I would do this with any information about Lubie that you'd be willing to share with the auction house, including stories about how he acquired some or all of his items. "From the family of...." items are generally more valuable.

Good luck with the sale. There are some really nice things in there.

Thanks for all of your replys and encouragement. Thinking about consigning to Hunt Auctions. Any thoughts?

REA or Lelands or Heritage would be my reco's; better web sites.

I think Hunt's is fine for this stuff...aside from the World Series rings REA, Lelands and Heritage would likely group this into one or a few lots where Hunt's would probably sell much of it individually.

......and they have Daisy.

Price out the collection and offer it here first for a week, what's left take to Hunt

If I could just throw in a quick word about Heritage (and I won't go into a glowing endorsement because that's not what these boards are for), we do have Internet-only auctions running constantly, featuring more modestly priced lots, so handling that material would not be an issue.

I think Huggins and Scott would be a good fit (just to be clear, I have no connection to H&S, and in fact haven't done all that much business with them. I do think the stuff I see in their auctions often reflects what you have).

What I would not do is sell some of it here (or anywhere) and then take the "leftovers" to an auction house. The best stuff is what you want at auction (and what the auction house wants), where it has a chance to realize a price higher than a fixed one you might set (especially if you're not sure of the value of some items).

BTW, no need to apologize for posting in the wrong forum. A heck of a lot newer stuff has been posted about in this area.