Opinion of value of baseball- Ruth, Wilson etc

[packs]

Not sure how to gauge the Cubs autos either. Wilson and Hornsby are cool but the draw is naturally Ruth.

I paid $5,000 all in for this Ruth / Gehrig ball in the last Memory Lane auction. Not sure how that informs the price of your ball, but there are some similarities. Ruth is on the sweet spot along with a couple of lesser HOFers (Rabbit Maranville and Pie Traynor are also on here with some other non-stars):

[Bpm0014]

^^^^ Packs, is yours traced over??

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

^^^^ Packs, is yours traced over??

My immediate thought as well upon seeing it in the pickups thread. For some reason, I didn't feel like raining on the parade by bringing it up.

[packs]

No it isn’t traced. It comes with a full LOA with no mention of tracing nor did the auction description mention tracing. I bought this from Memory Lane.

https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=79482

[Bpm0014]

I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade as well, but I’d be willing to bet a large amount of money that it is traced. There are numerous problems with that ball. I’m sorry brother.

[packs]

I'll reach out to Memory Lane then. See what they say.

Just talked to them. They'll be contacting Steve Grad to either reconfirm the LOA or confirm a mistake was made. I guess I'll have an update sometime in the next few days.

Having the ball in hand I don't see anything to suggest a trace. But I do appreciate you raising the concern because I'd rather ask the question now.

Update: Steve Grad reconfirmed the LOA and opinion that the ball does not have any traced signatures on it. If you'd like to PM me you can because I don't want to derail this thread. Again, I appreciate the concern.

[theshleps]

Originally Posted by packs

Not sure how to gauge the Cubs autos either. Wilson and Hornsby are cool but the draw is naturally Ruth.

I paid $5,000 all in for this Ruth / Gehrig ball in the last Memory Lane auction. Not sure how that informs the price of your ball, but there are some similarities. Ruth is on the sweet spot along with a couple of lesser HOFers (Rabbit Maranville and Pie Traynor are also on here with some other non-stars):

I personally think you got a great deal. I know Ruth balls are not that rare but Ruth on cuts seem to go for $3000 + and a ball is much desired. Considering how much he goes for on many other medium I was hoping it would be worth 10,000 but I guess I'm unrealistic.

[WhatsNext]

I think 3-5K net sounds roughly correct. You might be able to squeeze more out of it through a major auction house like Heritage but sellers fees will eat all of that up.

It's a beautiful ball, if I had the money I'd be a buyer.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by packs

Not sure how to gauge the Cubs autos either. Wilson and Hornsby are cool but the draw is naturally Ruth.

I paid $5,000 all in for this Ruth / Gehrig ball in the last Memory Lane auction. Not sure how that informs the price of your ball, but there are some similarities. Ruth is on the sweet spot along with a couple of lesser HOFers (Rabbit Maranville and Pie Traynor are also on here with some other non-stars):

That was an absolute steal in my book.