Mastronet auction- Billy Martin baseball price!

RedHeart54

Is this what a graded Martin ball is getting these days?? It sure makes
me want to submit two that I got in person in '88.

Mac53

Astonishing. The SMR says that a Billy Martin ball is $400. I'm too lazy to figure out how the grading effects that number. The price is pretty close to the SMR for Pepper Martin, though. You don't suppose . . . .

iamthegreatcornholio

that's an unreal price usually psadna goes for 400

people pay monster premiums for mint cards - maybe mint balls too?

RedHeart54

What I don't understand is why some of the signed baseballs are authenticated by PSA/DNA and some are authenticated AND graded. Is one unobligated to pay for grading after paying for authentication?

RedHeart54

Here's one from the auction that ened last night. Didn't quite reach $2000 (even with the 17.5% premium) but still impressive, especially for one that wasn't graded by PSA/DNA. There were two more but even the "9" didn't reach this price.

Martin ball from 10/20

envoy98

I had one authenticated by GAI that I had gotten from a collection a while back. I got $399 on BIN for mine, which seemed to be the going price for authenticated ones. Mine wasn't really worth "Grading" though...