A single-signed Mickey Mantle baseball is valued between $500 and $800. A autographed portrait of Mickey Mantle is worth around $150. The value of a signed baseball photo is $100.
The highest price ever paid for a sports item at auction was $573,750 for a pair of basketball shoes once owned by Michael Jordan.
The lowest price ever paid for a sports item at auction was $4.95 for a ball used by Roger Maris in 1961. It's estimated to be worth $1 million or more today.
Babe Ruth's personal bat sold at auction for $935,000 in 1986. It's estimated to be worth millions today.
Hank Aaron's home run crown sold for $140,000 in 1998. It's estimated to be worth thousands today.
Stan Musial's uniform number 4 has been worn the most times by anyone else - it's been passed down from owner to owner, being sold along with the other parts of a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. It was last sold in 2003 for $125,000 to an Arizona collector who later donated it to a university in its hometown.
Mickey Mantle net worth: Mickey Mantle was a $10 million net worth American professional baseball player. Mickey Mantle was born in October 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma and died in August 1995. He was a center fielder who batted and threw right-handed. In his career, which ended after the 1960 season, when he played for the New York Yankees, Mantle finished with 599 hits including 42 home runs. He drove in 851 runs and scored 962 times.
Mickey Mantle's net worth at death was $10 million dollars. This is based on data from the 2016 book The New York Times Best Seller List for Books About Money - published annually by the New York Times Magazine. That book reports that Mantle's estate was valued at $8 million to $12 million dollars. His family sued to stop the publication of that book and from discussing Mantle's finances publicly. But a judge ruled against them and they had to pay $3 million in legal fees before they could stop the book from being released.
Mantle's wife, actress Marjorie Magner, died in April 1994, two months after their 40th wedding anniversary. She too had a large fortune inherited from her family. They had three children: Michael, Jeffrey, and Susan.
Mickey Mantle's net worth increased shortly before his death at the age of 58.
A Lou Brock single-signed baseball is valued between $50 and $85 on the secondary market. A autographed portrait of Lou Brock is worth around $35.000.
The value of any sports item, including autographs, increases as the game or event grows more popular and the demand for it rises. Items from players who are active or former professionals are most likely to be collected by fans. Sports items from people who have died are also valuable and can be acquired by their family members.
An autograph's value depends on several factors such as the player's career record, the rarity of his or her signature, and its condition. For example, a signed baseball that has been kept in a safe-deposit box or a vault is worth more than one that has been exposed to sunlight or air-conditioning.
Autographs are usually issued with a label that specifies where and when it was signed. If an item lacks a label, it should be assumed that it was signed in the player's hometown during his career with the major league team.
A signature that appears on a ball that has been autographed by everyone who took part in a drill or practice session is called a "showcase" signature and is worth the most money.
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