1964 Cardinals Autographed Baseball.
Creek13
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Hi, Im not much of a collector of this kind of stuff but I have a baseball that was my grandfathers at one point and I ended up gettting it. I was told it was signed by the 1964 cardinals team. Its an old spalding ball basically covered in signatures. I am not able to determine the names of some of the players due to handwriting or fading in some instances. The ones I am able to make out are: Bob Uecker, Johnny Kane, Ken Boyer, Bill White, Bob Miller, Carl Warwick, Dal Maxvill, Vern Benson, Curt Flood, Dick Groat, Red Schoendienst, Bob Gibson, Mike Cuellar, Charlie James, Julian Javier, Roger Craig, Bob Humpreys, Ray Washburn, Ed Speizio, and Ron Taylor. What is the best way to go about authenitcating this? And what kind of value would such a ball have? - Thanks
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POST PICTURES.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Post pictures. I probably have every one of those on cards so I could give you my opinion about legitimacy (not that that means anything!)
Shane
Thank you for the responses. Sorry for the delay with pics. As far as the players on the ball I'm not sure of all of them. He didn't tell me who was on it just that a buddy of his gave it and what team it was from. The names I included above were just the ones i could figure by comparing to rosters and online signature pics. Some of the signatures that I was unable to determine are either faded or just not legible enough for me to figure out
I have no doubt the signatures that are on there are legit, but the absence of Brock (who was acquired mid season)hurts the value somewhat....If you were to sell it on eBay, you'd probably get approx. $100-$150...Cardinals are a popular team among collectors and they did win the World Championships that year
Neat Item
IMF
Its a bit faded compared to some of the other signatures on there but I think the Brock signature is on there. At the top closest to the ball label.