Sports of the Times book with many autographs

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I'm not an autograph collector so I don't know much about the market other than what I can see from past sales, but I have an item that won't help me with.

I've been going through a large sports collection that a friend of mine acquired, and I found a book titled Sports of the Times which has reprints of articles from The New York Times covering 1892 to 1981. There are probably 175 autographs throughout the book on articles about the particular player or on a page that was a relevant year (such as a Heisman Trophy winner). A few of the autographs have a sticker with BAE followed by a number, but most do not. There are many Hall of Famers from baseball as well as some football, basketball and hockey. There are some Negro League players, Heisman Trophy winners, 1980 US Hockey team players and a variety of other known names.

I am looking to sell the book either through an auction or privately. What would be recommended as far as getting signatures authenticated? I wouldn't want to spend more to do that than the book would actually sell for, and with this many signatures, it seems like it would cost a lot to do. Assuming most of the signatures are legitimate, what would a fair price be for something like this?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.