Ruth/Gehrig Help, Thoughts, Ideas for research

[David Atkatz]

The "mystery signature" is that of coach Don Miller.

[David Atkatz]

That is one of the nicest '27 balls I have ever seen.
It's worth quite a bit more than $15k!

[mighty bombjack]

That Miller Huggins doesn't seem off to me, it looks good.

[cottnat]

Well that's good to hear that there are a couple more good looking autos on the ball. It's too bad it is missing a few of the players, especially Tony Lazzeri

[cottnat]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

That is one of the nicest '27 balls I have ever seen.
It's worth quite a bit more than $15k!

Well that is exciting news too. Does it have $20k upside or is $15k seem to be a pretty safe bet?

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by cottnat

Well that is exciting news too. Does it have $20k upside or is $15k seem to be a pretty safe bet?

If you are worried that much on price, just resell it. Put it on an auction house and see how much you get for it.

[cottnat]

Originally Posted by isaac2004

If you are worried that much on price, just resell it. Put it on an auction house and see how much you get for it.

Just curious is all. Like I have said in past posts, I know the market for most of the guys that are alive still or recently past away, but this is a whole new territory for me and it's not like eBay has a bunch of great examples with there being such a wide range of differences between the baseball itself, who is on it, the condition it is in, etc.

[David Atkatz]

At a major auction house it should have no problem fetching $20k+.

[cottnat]

I'm pretty excited Huggins is on there. Always like to have the manager on a team signed ball.

[PhilNap]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

The "mystery signature" is that of coach Don Miller.

Miller was actually a player but never saw game action. He was a young pitcher who joined the team mid season striaght from graduating from Michigan. He remained with the team through the World Series. I have seen a news article which references him tossing BP before a World Series game.

[cottnat]

Originally Posted by PhilNap

Miller was actually a player but never saw game action. He was a young pitcher who joined the team mid season striaght from graduating from Michigan. He remained with the team through the World Series. I have seen a news article which references him tossing BP before a World Series game.

Very interesting, thanks for the info.

[cottnat]

Thought I would give a little update on this. I went to the Chicago Sun Times show this weekend and dropped this ball off to PSA. I was very confident with all the feedback you all gave me, but I figured if I were to sell it some day, it would be nice to have PSA paper work for those buyers that need that security blanket. Ball passed with flying colors, other than they deemed Miller Huggins auto to be a clubhouse signature. Pretty happy with the results, although I didn't need PSA to tell me as I value some of your opinions much more than theirs. I know this is an old thread, but thought I would give a little update on it. Memory Lane Auction house wanted to get it listed right away, I passed.

[jbbama]

Thats fantastic...congrats!