What's value? 1953 World Series National Announcer Gene Kelly Hand Scored Scorebook!

[KC Doughboy]

I'm just a little hesitant in choosing the auction house route. I just got done "giving away" a lot of nice stuff through a major aution house (1952 Topps Mantle 4.5, 1933 Goudey Set, 1941 Play Ball Set, 1960 Topps NM-MT+ set, along with several graded DiMaggios from the 40's, including some auto'd, plus several other high end collectibles), and the burning sensation from that experience hasn't faded yet!
Does anyone know of any "experts" in this arena that could at least give me a ballpark price and maybe share what some comparible items have sold for?

[ramram]

Eric,

I collect rare scorebooks and have a few dozen of them. That said, pricing can be all over the place. There's not too many people that collect them for one reason or another, so they can go very cheap or for quite a bit depending on the content and if you have at least two very interested bidders. I'm fascinated by them because they often capture the only detailed play-by-play of some important games/teams.

Interestingly, similar to what you have, I have a few hundred bound scoresheets from Philadelphia radio announcer Claude Haring which cover games at Shibe Park from the 1940's to the early 1960's.

Rob M.

Stachel Paige's first Major League win on 7/15/48 as noted in Haring's scorebook. "Page" (sic) won in relief against the Philadelphia A's -

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In the front of one of his binders is that oh so famous announcement that was made before every game:

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[KC Doughboy]

Thanks ramram... and thanks for sharing yours. You have some great pieces!

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by KC Doughboy

I'm just a little hesitant in choosing the auction house route. I just got done "giving away" a lot of nice stuff through a major aution house (1952 Topps Mantle 4.5, 1933 Goudey Set, 1941 Play Ball Set, 1960 Topps NM-MT+ set, along with several graded DiMaggios from the 40's, including some auto'd, plus several other high end collectibles), and the burning sensation from that experience hasn't faded yet!

Eric--

Are you saying you didn't recv anything "close" to the going rate for those cards?
Will you share which auction house you used so we can be alert to keeping our "eye" on them?

[KC Doughboy]

I want to keep this thread focussed on the scorebook, but if you want to know about the auction, read below.




Many of my items set record low or near record low prices, based on my research. I dont want to get into a pissing match with the auction house in this thread (he is a member here). If you'd like to know the company, you can check my message history and see it right away.
I would be happy to PM you the item #'s and final sales prices.