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Posted By: identify7

Of course you are right. The value as a collectible over a one hundred year period can easily outweigh its rate of appreciation; in importance.

If I understand Max's information correctly, the significance of a Mathewson signed ball is the same today as it was in 1909, if the current price for one is $5455.56.

If the ball costs more today than that price, then the ball is more highly valued now than at that time (Matty accomplished quite a bit after 1909, and I would expect his single signed ball to therefore be more highly valued now than in 1909).

If the ball would cost less than $5,455.56 today, then he was more highly thought of then.

I don't know the current price for this collectible. Do any of you?