Roger Maris signed baseball?

[Lordstan]

Unfortunately, multi signed items, balls or flats, without a theme can be hard to sell. Even if they have a theme, they will very rarely command the same price as the lot of single signed items of the same people. There are exceptions, but not many. A good example would be that single signed balls of every member of the 27 Yankees would sell for multiples of a team ball. Heck a single signed Giard ball alone would probably sell for more than a team ball.
For your ball, $600 to a dealer or $1k retail sounds about right depending on who the 16 other HOFers are. Perhaps if the others are all Yankees, or some other theme, it could be more.

[burkey9]

pix are now on my albums...
i think $600 is really low...

hof'ers are listed above...

[Cubswin82]

Thanks for posting pics!

[Lordstan]

Nice ball.
It is what I expected it would be. Someone started a HOF ball and added Maris hoping he might make it in. He hasn't, so it breaks the theme.
Believe me, I wish multi-signed items held more value. I have lots of them in my collection and every time I go to sell one I am disappointed. I have sold several balls very similar to yours, but without Maris. I never got more than $500 retail for any of them and most were between $300-400.
Because Maris is on it, 2 dealers offered you $600 for it. They will offer less because they need to make a profit. You paid $710 3yrs ago. If you add a little for appreciation, perhaps you get $1K retail now. Any dealer that buys it would probably list it for $1200-1300 and sell it for $900.

[burkey9]

well Lord - a guy at heritage auctions told me he would buy it for $600 and sell it around $800-900, which i think is a total lie. i mean there is no "theme" but once and no offense aaron, brock and the ones who are alive pass away - then this ball is even more rare as everyone on it is deceased. i think $600 is way too low. i hope the pix i showed spark some interest.

[btcarfagno]

Maris may be one of the only non HOF players who could break up a theme to an HOF ball and increase the value. The signatures on the ball are very crisp and dark. Quite a striking piece. The lack of rare HOF players especially leads to the Maris adding value. I do not think that ball would sell for more than $400 without him.

Multi signed balls are a fairly tough sell although I think they are undervalued. It is a beautiful ball. Good luck with the sale.

Tom C

[burkey9]

i was told their offer was $600 and they could get between $800-900 tops for the ball. i think that is total bs!

[burkey9]

does anyone have any interest in buying this baseball? need to sell it.

[ATP]

What is your price on it? Realistically I don't think $600 is a bad offer at all with no commission, etc.
Best,
Jeff