Value of Les Nunamaker signature?

[slidekellyslide]

Thank you for the info Vincent. I wonder if it actually sold for that? I got a PM telling me the price is way down from that today.

[ss]

There have been at least several Cleveland team signed sheets that came up for sale which included Nunamaker. It is definitely quite rare, but that would certainly bring the price down to "normal" range. For what it's worth, as a longtime deadball collector, if one came up, I would expect to pay $500 - $750 for a good Nunamaker signature.

[David Atkatz]

I've got Nunamaker on a 1920 Indians team sheet. No idea of the value, though.

[whitey19thcentury]

A word of caution, as other dealers of vintage "non HOF autographs" can attest to, the prices of non Hall of Fame signatures, even rare ones, have fallen drastically over the past 5-10 years for a variety of reasons.

I have two theories:

1.) The MacAlister collection flooding the market

2.) There just aren't enough collectors out there looking for this genre of autographs anymore. Pretty much everyone who is looking for certain debut year, team, etc. autographs have purchased the autographs needed for their collections or have given up and gone onto another subject. Also, the history of the game just does not resonate with the younger collectors.

[ss]

That’s nice David. There are several tough signatures on there including Pinch Thomas, another member of 1912 Red Sox. Nunamaker and Thomas are on most 1912 Red Sox want lists.

[prewarsports]

The vintage autograph market is strong, but VERY thin. A rare signature can be $1000 to the first guy, then $700 to the next guy and then once those two have him, it can be a tough sell for a few hundred bucks. I know of 3-4 Nunamakers and I had never seen the impressive team sheet David posted. If this was the first ever found, I would think $1000-$1500 would be a realistic asking price but once 3-4 have made their way into the advanced collections, you will be in the $400-$500 range I would think if you could even sell it for that. You never know, just an estimate, but I would think that is a fair analysis.

[whitey19thcentury]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

The vintage autograph market is strong, but VERY thin. A rare signature can be $1000 to the first guy, then $700 to the next guy and then once those two have him, it can be a tough sell for a few hundred bucks.

Rhys stated my thoughts better than I did.