Babe Ruth barn find. single-signed ball. 96 years in my family

[Bpm0014]

I think you're low. Likely $4,000-6,000

I'd be very, very surprised if it went that high. Look at recent sales. And the one above is missing almost the entire first name. Don't get me wrong, I hope the balls brings $10,000 but a more realistic number is $3000-ish...

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

I think you're low. Likely $4,000-6,000

I'd be very, very surprised if it went that high. Look at recent sales. And the one above is missing almost the entire first name. Don't get me wrong, I hope the balls brings $10,000 but a more realistic number is $3000-ish...

I agree.

[nondescript]

I want to send my deepest thanks to all of you that have provided input on this baseball. Your research, and guidance have really helped me.

Special thanks to Mike, Ken, Brendan, Rich (great research on the west coast barnstorming tour!), and Chris.

This community inspired me to get the ball authenticated earlier this morning at a PSA collector event in California.

I want to share good news. Psa's top Ruth authenticator, with 30 years under his belt, says the following:
1. The ball is a real league ball.
2. The babe Ruth signature is authentic.
3. It was signed on October 25th, 1924 in San Francisco, CA
4. it is his expert opinion that this was a game-used baseball that was signed by Ruth after hitting it out of the park. Of course, there is no way to verify this. Nice story though.

I plan on selling the baseball. Several of you have suggested that I use a top tier auction house, and a person has also suggested selling this on eBay. looking to maximize my net, so I want to keep the fees as low as possible while getting to the right audience. Open to other guidance here.

Warmest regards.

[Throttlesteer]

Congrats. That's awesome. Good luck with the sale.

[swarmee]

Lowest fees for this item would probably be through PWCC on eBay. And it would realize close to what a catalog auction would realize, without the 20% "buyers" premium.

[bounce]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Lowest fees for this item would probably be through PWCC on eBay. And it would realize close to what a catalog auction would realize, without the 20% "buyers" premium.

I would not use PWCC for this. They get lots of card eyeballs, but autograph collectors don't really follow them.

Honesty, I wouldn't use any auction house for this.

My advice - once you've got the authentication from PSA, you should set a number you'd be happy with and try to sell it here on the board. That's a ZERO cost to you proposition.

I think the estimated values people have given you are actually spot on, an auction house can't get you any better than that and not all of them are going to offer you a zero consignors fee. Figure the auction house has to get AT LEAST 10% more out of it than you can, but once you have the sticker and letter from PSA, you've got everything you need.

[quinnsryche]

I agree 100% with the last post. What does it hurt to try and sell here first at 0 cost and quickest turn around time? If you don't get your #, then you can try another avenue. I'm sure many members here would love a chance at this ball given the provenance.
Good luck and congratulations!