Babe Ruth Autograph Question

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

I'm no expert, but why would you get it graded? You know it's real. If you put in in an auction to sell it, the auction house would know it's real. An educated buyer would know it's real. Why pay PSA to tell you what you already know and ugly it up with some hideous holder?

+1

[shelly]

+2 A total waste of money

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by shelly

+2 A total waste of money

also agreed but it really depends on your end goal. If it is to keep it for your collection(which I would do) I would not have it graded.

But if you are looking to sell it and get max dollars for it than you may want to consider getting it graded.
My peers are right the auction house would know it is real and many collectors would no it is real. BUT there is so much new money coming into the collection world and many are "investors" and not collectors. Those people would not bid on something ungraded since they are usually less knowledgeable and would tend to trust and bid on things that are graded vs non graded as a result you may not get as many bidders as you could from those not willing to bi on what they do not know

[Mango]

So my goal is to sell it and get best return (buying a house and will go towards down payment). I assumed I would need to get authenticated beforehand but seems that may not be as necessary as I thought.

I only really know of ebay and PWCC (when they were on ebay) but thats only from non-sports trading cards side of things. Where would I start?

Any idea of value range?

[shelly]

If you send it to an auction house you will not have to get it authenticated
Golden, R&R and Leland's. To name a few.

My opinion on what you will get for the autograph 1500-2000

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by shelly

If you send it to an auction house you will not have to get it authenticated
Golden, R&R and Leland's. To name a few.

My opinion on what you will get for the autograph 1500-2000

The market on Ruth auto's has jumped quite a bit. I would be surprised if it's less than $4000 at this point.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Actually, Goldin will make you pay for the full authentication.

And yes, for the most part, a Ruth such as this hasn't been $1500-2000 for about 20 years. There have been a few exceptions, but that's ancient history at this point, so no need to go into detail. I too would put it in the $3500-4000 range.