Autograph Albums keep together or Separate

[mebu22]

I recently acquired a collection of mid-to-late 1950s baseball autograph albums featuring signatures from HOF legends like Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Mel Ott, Dizzy Dean, Tris Speaker, Larry Doby, and around 20 other Hall of Famers in total.

I’m planning to resell the collection, but I’m weighing my options. Would the albums hold greater value if kept intact and sent to an auction house, or would it be more profitable to cut the signatures, have them authenticated and slabbed by PSA, and sell them individually?

[mainemule]

Ah that's the $64k question....I'd love to see pics of the scrapbook.

I typically would never want someone to "break up" an old original item, but depending how this is put together it might be worth separating.

Good luck whatever you decide.

[Hankphenom]

I would accept the judgement of any of the big AHs on the best way to go on a question like this. I'm guessing they'd all come to the same conclusion, and that they'd be right 100% of the time.

[rand1com]

If they are on pages by themselves with nothing on the reverses, they will bring more individually.

However, it is much cheaper to authenticate the entire book as a whole over breaking them up and paying for separate authentications.

[mebu22]

Appreciate the insight, waiting to hear back from the REA, will be reaching out to a few more. Most are single signed, but a few are not.The albums contain signatures from several notable Hall of Famers and players, including:

1. Mickey Mantle
2. Roger Maris x2
3. Tris Speaker
4. Mel Ott
5. Casey Stengel
6. Dizzy Dean
7. Larry Doby
8. Minnie Miñoso
9. Early Wynn
10. Brooks Robinson
11. Phil Rizzuto
12. George Kell
13. Rocky Colavito x2
14. Bob Lemon
15. Jim Bunning
16. Whitey Ford
17. Yogi Berra

[mebu22]

Here are some examples:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0d7m...HJNF2rtVD-3g8g