Memorabilia origin

[Leon]

I guess you would have to call PSA customer service for the answer as to what they will do on their flips. A of pedigree will sometimes add a little value but rarely very much, in my experience. I doubt most collectors would pay much of a premium because of who owned the item previously. Of course there could be extraordinary circumstances where folks would pay more but in general, not too much...

[barrysloate]

There could be at least one circumstance where collectors would pay a premium based on who previously owned a card. Because there is always a concern about doctored cards getting slabbed, one from a long time collector such as Lionel Carter would likely garner more interest. We know Carter put most of his collection together half a century ago, so cards from him are virtually certain to have never been doctored. Provenance is always highly valued, in pretty much any field of collecting.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

There could be at least one circumstance where collectors would pay a premium based on who previously owned a card. Because there is always a concern about doctored cards getting slabbed, one from a long time collector such as Lionel Carter would likely garner more interest. We know Carter put most of his collection together half a century ago, so cards from him are virtually certain to have never been doctored. Provenance is always highly valued, in pretty much any field of collecting.

If I am not mistaking there were a few cards in his collection that were trimmed. They weren't done so for monetary reasons but were nonetheless. I agree on that type of provenance adding some value. It was "The Charlie Sheen Collection" or the infamous "Mr. X" collection....and the ilk, as to not adding much more value. I too will pay a small premium for good provenance like "Carter" or "Nagy"...., just not a lot.

[Jay Wolt]

The value attributed to a pedigreed card can range from 0% to many multiples of the cards regular value.
I know people who have no use for them and others (like myself) that collect pedigreed cards.

In this case of the Mayo owned by Casey Stengel, I paid a premium (maybe double the card's value at the time) just to have it.
While I have picked up some Lionel Carter & Frank Nagy's at or below book.
But if a different issue Carter pops up that I don't have, I would indeed pay a premium to obtain it.

[barrysloate]

Didn't know that some of Carter's cards were trimmed. I assume those were all properly placed in AUTH holders.

[drc]

If the card can be shown to come from a auction of the person's items, I would think that would be good enough. If you have the catalog page and proof your card is the card on that catalog page, that would be enough I'd think. I don't know the history of your cards, so this is just an example.

If you have strong enough documentation, you wouldn't have to have the label to demonstrate the provenance to a prospective buyer.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Didn't know that some of Carter's cards were trimmed. I assume those were all properly placed in AUTH holders.

Barry, Correct!
Here is a group of 4 diff issues I scanned awhile ago, the T207 is trimmed and marked as Auth.