But looking through those albums - OMG, I was f-ing gorgeous!!!! I don’t say this to brag - I can’t take any credit for it - but what an idiot my ex was. I was kind, smart, beautiful, sexy, and although not an athlete, there I am rock climbing and backpacking and skiing - not exactly a couch potato either.
Good job on the cleaning and parting of things. I hope when you look at yourself today--on the way to becoming a platinum blonde--you still see these things. We rarely appreciate where we are as much as where we've been or where we're going.
the dimaggio baseball alone could be worth almost $2k
Probably more like $500 to $1,000 from what I'm seeing on ebay, once authenticated. From the late 80's. The other balls look like they might be from Old Timers days - I haven't investigated all the signatures, but one signature was from a player from the early 60's, and each ball has about 20 signatures. They look like they would be less valuable unless there's some special signature on there.
I do have one long time friend who is a baseball fan, I suppose I should see if he's interested in any of them before I send them to the auction house.
Another question, this for the baseball fans out there:
I have a box of signed souvenir baseballs that CMM left behind. I know nothing about them. I think he would have mentioned if they were truly valuable. On the other hand, he did have professional sports connections through his work in telecom sales and has a couple other items like a personalized signed photo of Julius Erving. Do you have any idea how I can tell if these baseballs have value? One for instance is signed by Joe DiMaggio. Several appear to have been signed by an entire team?
Super cool! If you want a quick way to get a sense if they are real check out the FB group ‘safe or out’. These folks know their stuff and I use them for a quick way to see if something is legit. Then once you find out if it’s real, eBay sold listings will give you a rough idea of what they are going for. I want to see these!
I know they're legit - CMM used to work in telecom sales, in the very early days of cell phones, and they would give the pro team athletes in his area (Houston) free cell phones; he got a lot of perks in return and has other items like a personally addressed signature from Julius Erving on his photo, and in the garage there are shoes from some pro basketball player, I forget which. He met a lot of pro athletes in those days.
On the other hand - if anything had been REALLY valuable, he would have mentioned it.
Oh I see… how interesting! You never know though in terms of value. People sometimes miss things that are super valuable. FB groups focusing on sports Memorabilia would still be a good way to go to get an opinion. I’ll take a look later and see if there is a good one for this.
