Clemente Signature Value

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by travrosty

Some of the signatures are of players or people that were never famous, either minor league or less, so there are no exemplars to "authenticate" these names or even to know who these people actually are, yet the entire signed program or autograph book gets "authenticated" anyway.

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Hmm, I'm not seeing any non-major leaguers on the piece in question. The scan is not high definition, but all that can be viewed by me were most assuredly major league alumni.

It's probably best to focus on the issue at hand (the Pirates program). Throwing something else into the discussion to further a point of view that seems rooted more in bias and hyperbole than in actual knowledge may not be the best option here. Perhaps a new thread should be started?

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks JBirkholm! I guess Jim Umbricht sig is pretty difficult. I knew autographs weren't my area. His autograph is just as clear and bold as the Clemente. Yeah I would hate to see the program cut up but once again realize that's possibly how an autograph collector may see it. The man I got this piece from grew up in Denver in the 1960s. His mother worked at the Denver Bears stadium(in the front office I think) and this guy didn't have much of a male influence in his life growing up. One day his mother brought him into the dugout while all the players(Pirates) were on the field practicing. She said come here I want to show you "something". The "something" being all the players. He was 7 years old at the time but all the players signed this program for him. I'm not sure why the other program is a different color. Anyways I appreciate all the info thus far and thought I need to share that bit of information. Thanks Again, Michael

[jt39]

If you really need/want to sell the Clemente as a cut, you could possibly do a high-res scan of the portion being cut and produce a high-quality print to replace it. While it wouldn't be perfect, it would allow you to display the piece in largely complete form.

[ruth-gehrig]

I don't think I would personally cut this piece although that's not to say a future owner of it wouldn't. I believe there's got to be collectors out there that would appreciate it as a whole. But like I said I don't know much about autographs or how collectors prefer to collect them.