Most valuable living autograph?

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by travrosty

baseball, mike marshall is near the top, hard signature to get, he signs infrequently.

LOL, I didn't know this! I live about 7 miles away from Dr. Mike and had an aquaintenceship while playing Men's baseball. He is a little ornery, .

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by Deertick

LOL, I didn't know this! I live about 7 miles away from Dr. Mike and had an aquaintenceship while playing Men's baseball. He is a little ornery, .

Marshall just had a private signing with Chris Potter sports. $250 a pop.

[Mr. Zipper]

Armstrong is probably the most valuable living person. $750 for a cut with condition issues and up from there. Easily $4000 for a boldly signed white space suit portrait unpersoalized. A generic personalized portrait with some fading is around $2000.

He signed freely for many years but stopped in 1994. The ironic twist is he often used a blue pen that faded badly over the years. So many signed photos have literally self destructed.

The reason he is so valuable is truly global demand. And he crosses over from space to historical to general interest collectors.

I have a few in my collection. I really regret not stocking up back in the 90s when you could get personalized ones for a few hundred bucks.

[drc]

Dr. Marshall is a character, as evidenced by his refusal to sign. He has a curious resume: Cy Young winner to professor to secretive pitching guru. He got his Ph.d. from Michigan State while he was still pitching in the Majors!

I had his autographed baseball. And to his credit it was signed nicely and neatly.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by drc

Dr. Marshall is a character, as evidenced by his refusal to sign. He has a curious resume: Cy Young winner to professor to secretive pitching guru. He got his Ph.d. from Michigan State while he was still pitching in the Majors!

I had his autographed baseball. And to his credit it was signed nicely and neatly.

Getting a little off topic...

When I played against him, he would only pitch, never bat. He would meticulously write down every pitch ( or sequence) at the end of an inning in a notebook. Noone ever talked to him during the game. If you got a hit, he was annoyed. Hell, he seemed annoyed if you swung! Most times he left as soon as he was done pitching for the game. If he stayed, he would discuss the game, at bats you had, and general theory. But if anyone asked or mentioned his MLB career....icy stare or blank silence.

One highlight: One of my younger teamates ht a homerun off of him, We convinced him to ask for Mike to autograph it. LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[GrayGhost]

Neil Armstrong? I think Coach's has half a doze. They can't be that rare.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Armstrong is probably the most valuable living person. $750 for a cut with condition issues and up from there. Easily $4000 for a boldly signed white space suit portrait unpersoalized. A generic personalized portrait with some fading is around $2000.

He signed freely for many years but stopped in 1994. The ironic twist is he often used a blue pen that faded badly over the years. So many signed photos have literally self destructed.

The reason he is so valuable is truly global demand. And he crosses over from space to historical to general interest collectors.

I have a few in my collection. I really regret not stocking up back in the 90s when you could get personalized ones for a few hundred bucks.

+1
The "value" for the sports autographs discussed on this thread has been determined by the greed of the player and the promoter who sell the autograph. They determine the value and hope that the public plays along.
The value of Neil Armstrong's autograph is based on global demand of a historic figure in world history. I have been lucky enough to obtain several of his autographs in the past year-year and a half and have always had great sales results including one to a Net54 member.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

The value of Neil Armstrong's autograph is based on global demand of a historic figure in world history. I have been lucky enough to obtain several of his autographs in the past year-year and a half and have always had great sales results including one to a Net54 member.

At least half the people who contact me looking for an Armstrong review are from outside the United States.

In terms of athletes, Ruth probably has some limited global appeal. Ali is the only athlete I can think of that might have true global demand.