1956 NYY World Champion Silver Tea Set, please help!!!

[bobcerv]

I was hoping someone could tell me what this item is worth and a little more about it! I have tried to research it but there isn't much info on the web for it. My grandfather got this for winning the 1956 World Series with the New York Yankee's. If I remember right the story was he could either get a ring or this and since he had already gotten a ring from them winning a previous World Series he chose this for his wife, my grandmother. I know it was made by a company called Gorham but I can't find much more on it. I have included a few pictures of it. Thanks so much

[BigJJ]

Very funny and interesting - now that's a good husband!

If that is the only one, or one of very few, and was a team authorized alternative award to the ring - could have real value to those who collect player World Series awards. Like a necessary missing link. and many books and websites would need to be updated to include this championship ring award alternative for the year 1956.

[bobcerv]

Originally Posted by BigJJ

Very funny and interesting - now that's a good husband!

If that is the only one, or one of very few, and was a team authorized alternative gift to the ring - could have real value to those who collect player World Series awards. Like a necessary missing link. and many books and websites would need to be updated to include this championship ring award alternative for the year 1956.

From what my grandfather said not many took this item if any that year! I would like to think I am pretty good at searching the internet but I can't find anything. Thanks for your post!

[MGHPro]

Great item!
Here's a similar tea set from an AS Game

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDeta...x?lotid=101682

[bobcerv]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

Great item!
Here's a similar tea set from an AS Game

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDeta...x?lotid=101682

Wow thank you, this does help me! This is the first time I have seen anything like it anywhere. Still hunting for a Wold Series one but this is a great start.

[BigJJ]

That All-Star partial tea set is an interesting lot. Although Mantle's, (i) very importantly, does not have the player's name engraved, (ii) is for an All Star game selection, not as collectible as World Series Champion Award, and (iii) is missing the tray, which greatly hurts presentation, and makes the award incomplete. Though it is Mick's - but you would need a piece of paper on display with it for people to know. But it is interesting - and it is Mickey Mantle's.

[BigJJ]

I cannot find another 1956 World Series Champion tea set example. I do not see Mickey Mantle or Billy Martin going the tea set route, I'm cracking up, I could hear Mantle cursing right now - but I could see Phil Rizzuto and Yogi Berra, but they did not go that route.
Has anyone seen another of these?
If there are no other exact 1956 tea sets that have sold, I do not think a comparable to this award is out there in terms of another large non-ring YANKEE player World Series Award.
A 1953 Joe Collins ring sold at Heritage for 25K without premium a few years back. If your grandfather had a 1956 ring, would it achieve this price? I think so. I think it would be about 25k. Your grandfather was a player - and contributed a great season in 1956, so I think if the ring were in nice shape, it would be about 25k. (I looked at other auction results as well.) Others may have other opinions regarding the value of such a would-be ring.
I think the 1956 tea set would not be as valuable an item, in my personal opinion. The players wore the rings; more of an everyday connection. And more people collect World Championship rings than all World Champion awards in general. And rings are still in style.
But again, the rarity of this World Series Award, the fact that it may be unique, and a needed example for those who collect all examples of World Series Awards, and such collectors are out there, I would give a value of 10k. But as there are no remote comparables that I can find, it is one of the harder items to value. Others' thoughts?