Autograph Albums keep together or Separate

[Hankphenom]

I would accept the judgement of any of the big AHs on the best way to go on a question like this. I'm guessing they'd all come to the same conclusion, and that they'd be right 100% of the time.

[rand1com]

If they are on pages by themselves with nothing on the reverses, they will bring more individually.

However, it is much cheaper to authenticate the entire book as a whole over breaking them up and paying for separate authentications.

[mebu22]

Appreciate the insight, waiting to hear back from the REA, will be reaching out to a few more. Most are single signed, but a few are not.The albums contain signatures from several notable Hall of Famers and players, including:

1. Mickey Mantle
2. Roger Maris x2
3. Tris Speaker
4. Mel Ott
5. Casey Stengel
6. Dizzy Dean
7. Larry Doby
8. Minnie Miñoso
9. Early Wynn
10. Brooks Robinson
11. Phil Rizzuto
12. George Kell
13. Rocky Colavito x2
14. Bob Lemon
15. Jim Bunning
16. Whitey Ford
17. Yogi Berra

[mebu22]

Here are some examples:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0d7m...HJNF2rtVD-3g8g

[perezfan]

Would be a true crime to break that up.

But if you are in it only for the money, then piecing it out would probably yield the best results.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Would be a true crime to break that up.
But if you are in it only for the money, then piecing it out would probably yield the best results.

I don't get your passion for keeping this book together, Mark. There's no theme or cohesion here that I can see that would make the whole greater than the sum of its parts, just a random collection of really nice autographs. Breaking them up would allow collectors of these players to create wonderful displays with photos or other memorabilia. What am I missing that would make it such an imperative to keep this thing together?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

I don't get your passion for keeping this book together, Mark. There's no theme or cohesion here that I can see that would make the whole greater than the sum of its parts, just a random collection of really nice autographs. Breaking them up would allow collectors of these players to create wonderful displays with photos or other memorabilia. What am I missing that would make it such an imperative to keep this thing together?

Just because it was someone's labor of love for many years, and undoubtedly took a long time to acquire the sigs of all those star players. Imagine the time and effort expended just to be in an advantageous position to get close enough to all of those great players, in order to obtain their sigs.

Plus, it serves as a perfect snapshot in time of Baseball's Golden Age... including the biggest mid-century stars during a very important era for baseball (when baseball was the undisputed "king" of American sports).

There's no right or wrong... I just tend to view these things with sentimentality vs. objectivity. Perhaps because I identify more with the person who amassed the collection vs. the person who's selling it off.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Would be a true crime to break that up.

But if you are in it only for the money, then piecing it out would probably yield the best results.

I agree