Rafael Palmeiro autographed game used baseball yard sale find

hearseguy · 03-19-2025, 06:05 PM

My brother found this for me at a yard sale for $5. The seller had no idea who signed the ball. I looked up the MLB cert number and found out it's a game used ball signed by Palmeiro when the Orioles played the Mariners 7/15/2005. I thought it was a pretty cool find.

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BigL7370 · 03-19-2025, 09:51 PM

He got his 3,000th hit in that game, so pretty cool and 10 days later…

LWMM · 03-19-2025, 10:04 PM

Nice find! That’s a cool item, let alone to come across at a yard sale for $5.

mgip21 · 03-20-2025, 06:48 AM

That’s awesome!

hermanotarjeta · 03-20-2025, 08:50 AM

Great find!

TimBuckTwo · 03-20-2025, 09:29 AM

Too lazy to look up cert # smh

gmarutiak · 03-20-2025, 11:39 AM

Great pick-up regardless of the price, but the $5 price tag makes it so much better!

NeonStatus · 03-20-2025, 01:11 PM

Sounds like an estate sale. The family just wants to liquidate everything and doesn't care to look into the true value. Nice find by your brother! Likely saved it from the landfill.

vwnut13 · 03-20-2025, 01:41 PM

I would have talked the seller down to $3.

If they couldn't be bothered to look up the serial number.

hearseguy · 03-20-2025, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vwnut13

I would have talked the seller down to $3.

If they couldn't be bothered to look up the serial number.

In their defense, the cube was nearly impossible to get open, and the holo was not visible. I had to break it to get it open. It almost seemed like it was glued shut.

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03-19-2025, 06:05 PM	#1
hearseguy Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,556 eastern_wa_sports	Rafael Palmeiro autographed game used baseball yard sale find My brother found this for me at a yard sale for $5. The seller had no idea who signed the ball. I looked up the MLB cert number and found out it's a game used ball signed by Palmeiro when the Orioles played the Mariners 7/15/2005. I thought it was a pretty cool find. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk __________________ Collecting Kevin Durant Prizm.

03-20-2025, 01:11 PM	#8
NeonStatus Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: United States Posts: 652 Neonstatus	Sounds like an estate sale. The family just wants to liquidate everything and doesn't care to look into the true value. Nice find by your brother! Likely saved it from the landfill. __________________ Status: Collecting sports cards!

03-19-2025, 09:51 PM	#2
BigL7370 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,040	He got his 3,000th hit in that game, so pretty cool and 10 days later…

03-19-2025, 10:04 PM	#3
LWMM Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 131	Nice find! That’s a cool item, let alone to come across at a yard sale for $5.

03-20-2025, 06:48 AM	#4
mgip21 Member Join Date: Dec 2024 Posts: 287	That’s awesome!

03-20-2025, 08:50 AM	#5
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 20,995	Great find!

03-20-2025, 09:29 AM	#6
TimBuckTwo Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,068	Too lazy to look up cert # smh

03-20-2025, 11:39 AM	#7
gmarutiak Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD (but Pittsburgh in my heart!) Posts: 3,136	Great pick-up regardless of the price, but the $5 price tag makes it so much better!

03-20-2025, 01:41 PM	#9
vwnut13 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Vermont Posts: 6,112	I would have talked the seller down to $3. If they couldn't be bothered to look up the serial number.