What to do with 109 autographed baseballs

piner · 01-12-2025, 10:04 PM

My brother in law collected autographed baseballs. He got them all in person over many years. He’s kept them in individual cubes for display purposes. They moved houses and he’s decided to part with the collection and asked my advice. I have no clue. I’ve only dealt with sports cards and not autographed memorabilia.

The signers range from Mantle, Banks, Berra, Mays all the ways to Denny Neagle and Rob Dibble.

Do you think he should get them all authenticated and then try to move them?

Open to any advice.

Thanks!

TMQ · 01-12-2025, 11:07 PM

authentication is the only answer

no10pin · 01-12-2025, 11:11 PM

Definitely spend some time on eBay. There are probably some not worth authenticating based on sale prices (I'm assuming Neagle and Dibble wouldn't cover the cost/shipping), but the big names 100% need to be authenticated.

BigL7370 · 01-12-2025, 11:28 PM

Some type of auction house?

hxcmilkshake · 01-12-2025, 11:43 PM

Start with anyone dead. Get those authenticated. Then ebay is as good as any to sell.

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UMich92 · 01-13-2025, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by no10pin

Definitely spend some time on eBay. There are probably some not worth authenticating based on sale prices (I'm assuming Neagle and Dibble wouldn't cover the cost/shipping), but the big names 100% need to be authenticated.

Exactly this. There are even HOFers that it wouldn't make sense to spend money on authentication because the ebay value is too low.

BigMac · 01-13-2025, 01:53 PM

picking out which ones are worth authenticating (>75 or >100). Then trying to find a good deal on authentication (diff prices for some guys), i was able to find $10 per for beckett thru a guy on fb last yr but if all same just do psa.. then listing each on ebay with slightly higher than comps and taking offers on them is definitely the way to go even if u dont get to sell all of them.. just have to be bit patient, there's less demand for balls then certified auto cards but sometimes u do get better more for niche names

piner · 01-19-2025, 04:32 PM

Thank you all for the advice!

01-12-2025, 10:04 PM	#1
piner Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Antonio Area Posts: 887 amk_sales	What to do with 109 autographed baseballs My brother in law collected autographed baseballs. He got them all in person over many years. He’s kept them in individual cubes for display purposes. They moved houses and he’s decided to part with the collection and asked my advice. I have no clue. I’ve only dealt with sports cards and not autographed memorabilia. The signers range from Mantle, Banks, Berra, Mays all the ways to Denny Neagle and Rob Dibble. Do you think he should get them all authenticated and then try to move them? Open to any advice. Thanks! __________________ Collecting: 2012 Topps Chrome KENDALL WRIGHT Autos, Numbered Inserts, and Printing Plates

01-12-2025, 11:11 PM	#3
no10pin Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 16,904 no10pin no10pin	Definitely spend some time on eBay. There are probably some not worth authenticating based on sale prices (I'm assuming Neagle and Dibble wouldn't cover the cost/shipping), but the big names 100% need to be authenticated. __________________ Always looking for more George Brett stuff. Need more rookies, low numbered inserts/parallels and on-card autos (no Panini).

01-13-2025, 01:53 PM	#7
BigMac Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 238 jkgraphs	picking out which ones are worth authenticating (>75 or >100). Then trying to find a good deal on authentication (diff prices for some guys), i was able to find $10 per for beckett thru a guy on fb last yr but if all same just do psa.. then listing each on ebay with slightly higher than comps and taking offers on them is definitely the way to go even if u dont get to sell all of them.. just have to be bit patient, there's less demand for balls then certified auto cards but sometimes u do get better more for niche names __________________ https://goo.gl/photos/V7ceW9mt8iUAvzHf9 my small chrome collection

01-19-2025, 04:32 PM	#8
piner Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Antonio Area Posts: 887 amk_sales	Thank you all for the advice! __________________ Collecting: 2012 Topps Chrome KENDALL WRIGHT Autos, Numbered Inserts, and Printing Plates

01-12-2025, 11:07 PM	#2
TMQ Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 497	authentication is the only answer

01-12-2025, 11:28 PM	#4
BigL7370 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,062	Some type of auction house?

01-12-2025, 11:43 PM	#5
hxcmilkshake Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Apopka FL Posts: 11,516 hxcmilkshake	Start with anyone dead. Get those authenticated. Then ebay is as good as any to sell. Sent from my SM-S928U using Tapatalk