Baseball Memorabilia collectors, NEED YOUR HELP

Yeezy

Yeezy

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Am in possession of

Babe Ruths original life insurance contract from 1920, not a copy, his real signature and all that shit.

Anyone have any idea what its worth?471676.jpeg

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+k for actual help
 
Get it Approved by someone who prices that shit. Honestly call the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Or Keep that great peice if history for yourself?
 
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my madre is a VP for some shit at wells fargo and she works with Hartford alot, and they gave it to her as a gift after some deal went through. she ended up giving it to me and telling me i could sell it ha
 
my madre is a VP for some shit at wells fargo and she works with Hartford alot, and they gave it to her as a gift after some deal went through. she ended up giving it to me and telling me i could sell it ha
 
This could potentially be worth tens of thousands of dollars. Only one thing is for sure - absolutely do not sell this without having it professionally appraised first. Your best bet for a sale would be an auction, and I'm not talking eBay. Take it (or send it) to Christie's. They will appraise it, and list it in an auction that contains other similar products. The brochure they put out will have your item in it, so the collecting community will be well aware of the sale. Yes, you will pay a percentage, but they will get it sold for top dollar. This is the only way I would consider selling something as unique as what you have.
Before Christie's will accept it you may need to have it authenticated. This will require a professional service, and I am ignorant in this department. I am sure a google search for babe ruth authentication or signature authentication would yield results.
 
Okay, I think I can kind of estimate the value. It is in no way a certainty though. I collect autographed baseballs widely, so I have overtime kind of gotten a feel for the industry.

First off, its not to your advantage that its on an insurance form instead of any type of baseball memorabilia like a card, bat or ball.

I'd say its worth around 5 grand. Its a good quality signature which helps it a lot, but its not really what people try and collect (life insurance claims).

If you could find something interesting on the claim like a term or if there is a will of some sort attached, it could go up a lot.
 
For comparison, an autographed baseball goes around 7 or 8 grand with a shitty quality sig.

So my initial est of 5 is probably more around 12, since thinking about it, a life insurance thing probably has more historical value than that of a used baseball.
 
Pretty sure I just saw this same thing come up on auction wars or whatever it's called on discovery. Weird.
 
do I really need to say pics.....the OP here provided great evidence....but a Ted Williams ball, the last guy to hit 400 in a season of baseball and one of the greatest players of all time can fetch a pretty penny as well.

and OP I really think this is worth something, once I am older in life I plan on collecting sports memorabilia as a hobby I have a minor collection right now, and if I was more financially stable I would definitely bid to add that piece to a collection.
 
The only thing more boring than baseball...collecting baseball memorabilia

props to OP though, unload that thing the right way like Flip said and go buy you (and your mom) something nice
 
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