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Find of a Lifetime?
Ok, looking for some Blowout advice on something I won in an local online estate auction. I bid on and won a 1933 Who's Who of Baseball hardback book for $65. The plan was put this book up on eBay and make an extra hundred bucks or more. After I picked up the book and was looking through it, I happen to notice what appears to be autographs on the player profile pages. It appears the auctioneer did not even bother to look through the book. Some of these autos are of some of the biggest names to ever play the game of baseball. I have compared some of the big names to authenticated autos on eBay and they all look the same. I'm going to post some pictures of the more notable names and was hoping some of you vintage guys might be able to tell me if these look legit. If they are, I obviously need to send this book off to get professionally authenticated. I will post some pictures in the comments below.
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08-12-2023, 10:55 AM
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08-12-2023, 10:56 AM
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08-12-2023, 10:57 AM
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08-12-2023, 10:58 AM
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08-12-2023, 10:59 AM
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08-12-2023, 10:59 AM
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08-12-2023, 11:00 AM
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Nice find! They look good to me, but would totally recommend a TPA (and potentially auction house) prior to selling - are there any other autos in it?
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08-12-2023, 11:00 AM
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This is the first time in BO history that the title is an understatement- holy Moses!!!
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08-12-2023, 11:01 AM
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These are some of the bigger names, in total there were 28 autographs and every single one is a Hall of Famer. Well what do you guys think are these legit, did I find something amazing? Let me know. Thanks
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08-12-2023, 11:02 AM
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Where is the Ruth, and are there any 19th century player sigs?
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08-12-2023, 11:02 AM
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Oh and there were two pages cut out of the book. The missing pages belonged to Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.
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08-12-2023, 11:03 AM
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They definitely look legit - the card companies would drool over those!
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08-12-2023, 11:16 AM
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Wow this is pretty sweet, congrats!!
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08-12-2023, 11:21 AM
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Congrats on the find of a lifetime! The..."bonus"....to said, find of a lifetime; you weren't even looking for/expecting it!!
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08-12-2023, 11:32 AM
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I don't think there has been a better $65 purchase in the hobby in the last 40 years.
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08-12-2023, 11:38 AM
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I would love to see them all!
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Freaking awesome! Congrats man. Autos look pretty damn good too
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