Thanks, Derek...
The donor is a member of our Board and purchased it with the intention of donating it for our auction, so he's not looking to make money since all auction proceeds go to the Old Timers Baseball Association. Our auction items are donations, and we want to be sure any autographed items are authentic before we sell them.
I'm not at all familiar with Mookie's autograph, and I don't even have one in my collection, so I am at a loss to know if it is authentic. Our 2025 banquet is January 19, so we don't have time to get it to a TPA for authentication unless we pay for expedited service which is prohibitively expensive and lost revenue to the organization if the autograph is not good. I am hoping I can get a consensus of opinions from hobby members that will make us comfortable enough to sell it, but if not, we may have to hold it until 2026 which gives us time to get a proferssional opinion.
Anyone else have thoughts on the Betts autograph supposedly from 2018 time frame?
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