Your most prized sports memorabilia

QuakerOats Senior Member

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:05 PM

Let’s hear it:

Card collections / perhaps a standout, valuable card from yesteryear

Autograph collection

Signed baseballs / footballs / pictures etc…

I have a relatively small collection of cards, but there are some real names in the group going back to the early ‘70’s. We had a house fire when I was a kid and I lost some good stuff that would be pretty valuable today. One of my existing favorites is a Gayle Sayers autograph – he was in town to speak and stayed at our neighbor’s house and we got to go over and meet him; it was around the time he blew his knee out -- “Peace – Gayle Sayers”. I was also able to get presidential contender Jack Kemp to sign his Buffalo Bills QB card that I had.

justincredible Honorable Admin

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:17 PM

I've got an autographed ball from each of the Great Eight of the Big Red Machine.

Fab4Runner Tits McGee

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:19 PM

I don't have anything valuable. I do have an elite Ohio anecdote, which is that I got Orlando Pace's autograph when we were both eating dinner at Damon's on the lake in 1999.

My mom buys my oldest nephew a signed AL rookie of the year ball for Christmas each year. He has 2012 through present.

BRF Senior Member

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:25 PM

The foul ball I snagged in 1966 that was pitched by Sam McDowell and hit by Bill Freehan.

QuakerOats Senior Member

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:48 PM

posted by BRF
The foul ball I snagged in 1966 that was pitched by Sam McDowell and hit by Bill Freehan.

Epic

gerb131 Senior Member

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 4:53 PM

got a towel from chad johnson

a signed Rick Nash hockey puck

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 5:00 PM

I've got a BP home run ball off the bat of Paul Sorrento (complete with autograph) and a hat signed by Kenny Lofton during the 1999 ALDS.

iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 5:19 PM

Don’t have a ton, I guess my signed Carlos Baerga card from when he came to the new McDonalds on front of the Eastwood Mall.

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer

18,909 posts 140 reps Joined Nov 2009

Thu, Apr 2, 2020 5:42 PM

Actually, it just occurred to me that I took a picture with Sandy Alomar. I randomly saw him eating at Subway, and my brother and I asked to sit with him. He was cool with it. Ate Subway with him and then took a picture.

Side note: That guy was huge for a catcher. He had to be at least 6'5".

Anyway, if that picture counts as memorabilia, then that's it.

Ironman92 Administrator

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 6:15 PM

Baseball Cards > $100

1969 Reggie Jackson rookie

1968 Tom Seaver rookie

1969 Tom Seaver 2nd year

1971 Nolan Ryan

1972 Nolan Ryan

1989 Pocket Price Guide Griffey Jr rookie

a bunch (dozens) worth $40-$85

About 30 years ago my grandfather gave me an autographed YA Tittle football....it got lost in my parents divorce 25 years ago 🤦🏻‍♂️

My dad has way more valuable sports stuff

Laley23 GOAT

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 7:48 PM

LeBron James signed jersey
Barcelona signed practice jersey. They were staying at same hotel, but no Messi...
Game used puck from 2018(??) NHL ASG

Personally, I have a ton of amazing credentials. Plus a sports Emmy and my Hole-in-One ball.

I’ll be inheriting a shit ton from FIL when the time comes. BIL and I will likely split. Talking Ruth/Williams signed photograph. Gordie Howe signed picture. Joe Montana signed ND Jersey. Jack Nicklaus signed photo. The list goes on. He was big into acquiring them. They don’t have “meaning” as a lot are from auctions etc, but still valuable and make his man cave one of a kind. He has so much that he has a Mantle, Joe D, Yogi signed photo in his garage...

gut Senior Member

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Thu, Apr 2, 2020 11:24 PM

posted by Ironman92
Baseball Cards > $100

1969 Reggie Jackson rookie

Damn that's nice.

How do I go about getting cards graded? I have a Barry Bonds traded set (rookie), along with Jerry Rice and Steve Young rookies, and a couple of the McGwire Team USA cards. All in good condition, but have the typical "bend" most cards get if you didn't care for them perfectly. Probably PSA 8.0-8.5, but I have no idea. Jerry Rice might be worth over $100 and maybe the only one worth getting graded.

Spock Senior Member

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:07 AM

I have an old jock strap from the 1991 state track meet

OSH Kosh B'Gosh

4,424 posts 18 reps Joined Nov 2009

Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:17 AM

Not a big collector of theses things. The three most valuable to me have a personal connection: two pairs of goalkeeper gloves used by guys I coached who signed pro and a game-worn top of a player who I coached who signed pro.

like_that 1st Team All-PWN

29,228 posts 321 reps Joined Apr 2010

Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:22 AM

1964 Cleveland Browns World Champions football signed by the team. It was a gift from my grandpa to my dad when my dad was in the hospital with a severe hand burn as a child. My dad gave it to me a few years after the Browns moved. He still feels betrayed by the NFL to this day and has never really been the same fan.

Belly35 Elderly Intellectual

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:41 AM

I have the Architectural Cover Sheet Rendering of the site plans for Yankee Stadium, Ohio State, ND, Mich and Mich State, Browns and Indians 24x36 Cover Sheets.

Blow up panoramic photo 15x24 of opening day Detroit Nevin Field with Shoeless Joe Jackson in left field.

I have the team Trophy and Net of my freshman year 16 game undefeated Champs season w/ list of the players and record on the trophy.

I have my High School Senior year football jersey, track shoes and my broken pole-vaulting pole.

ernest_t_bass 12th Son of the Lama

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:45 AM

Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card(s)

QuakerOats Senior Member

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 4:02 PM

posted by Belly35
I have the Architectural Cover Sheet Rendering of the site plans for Yankee Stadium, Ohio State, ND, Mich and Mich State, Browns and Indians 24x36 Cover Sheets.

Blow up panoramic photo 15x24 of opening day Detroit Nevin Field with Shoeless Joe Jackson in left field.

I have the team Trophy and Net of my freshman year 16 game undefeated Champs season w/ list of the players and record on the trophy.

I have my High School Senior year football jersey, track shoes and my broken pole-vaulting pole.

Shoeless Joe is on my fantasy team for about the 10th straight year, always my top pick.

Just remembered I have one of the very few sheet metal ‘dies’ from the Cleveland Plain Dealer for the cover sports page they printed when the Cavs won the title. Could be worth something way down the line.

BR1986FB Senior Member

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 4:07 PM

The only sports memorabilia that I have is actually my own. A baseball from the perfect game I pitched in high school. Not really a collector.

BRF Senior Member

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 5:22 PM

posted by BR1986FB
A baseball from the perfect game I pitched in high school.

Impressive.

Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member

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Fri, Apr 3, 2020 10:02 PM

Woody Hayes wrote a note to me on a white envelope after attending my grandfather's calling hours. I was 11 years old and my dad said "hang onto that".

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