Rarity and value, huh?
At the time those two snapshots I showed were signed, they were no big deal--they had essentially no monetary value. And they were common--Ruth spent hours signing anything and everything presented to him. Does that mean they should have been cut up?
I'm sure many, many such photos, though, were destroyed--that's why they're (relatively) rare today.
I guarantee you this, though. There are far fewer signed photos of Steinbrenner than of Ruth. That's not to say that they ever will have the value of a Ruth-signed photo--they won't. But they still should not be destroyed.
And just so you know, I don't live in a studio apartment, I'm married to a real, live woman (and we talk all the time), and I don't give a damn about baseball cards. And disagreeing with you certainly does not mean that I need to "grow the hell up."
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