Damaged WWII baseball trophy - Not sure what to do now...

[Topnotchsy]

I appreciate the responses.

I actually traded away the trophy as part of a deal, so trying to figure out how to get USPS to cover the damage, and then separately will need to figure out what the value is with the damage, to make the other party whole. The latter part I am sure I can work out with the person I traded with, but the first part is more challenging.

[steve B]

A friend had a cylinder phonograph damaged in the mail, and had to provide a quote for repairs.
Fortunately there was a local business that sold serviced and repaired them, so getting a quote was easy. USPS paid based on the quote.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by steve B

A friend had a cylinder phonograph damaged in the mail, and had to provide a quote for repairs.
Fortunately there was a local business that sold serviced and repaired them, so getting a quote was easy. USPS paid based on the quote.

Does such a phonograph have collectible/historical value? A trophy like this one definitely does, and the damage impacts that.

I filed a claim with USPS based on other baseball trophies of similar size. None were for the exact same thing of course, but sent a range of them and hope they will agree that the value should likely fall somewhere in that range. We will see...

[mrreality68]

sorry to hear.
Good luck with it and keep us up to date