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Pillar of the Community
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I collect short snorters and have several with signatures of famous people. The problem with trying to value something like this is there are no good comparables.
Autograph collectors prefer nice, clean signatures. There are plenty of clean DiMaggio signatures on the market. It is difficult to use them as comps because short snorters like this one are not nice and clean. Because of that I don't see autograph collectors as the market makers for this piece.
Short snorter collectors are more forgiving of condition but that is still reflected in the price. Short snorter collectors are also mostly note hunters who will pass on items that are priced too high because they may find one in the wild for considerably less.
Heritage Auctions is probably your best bet. They will make a recommemdation as to whether to list it in a sports auction or paper money auction. Given the condition of the note I would expect the sports people will pass and recommend it be listed in a paper money auction.
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lettow, Since you have a few, what value would you guess it holds? John1  Edited by John1
11/08/2017 08:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I did a quick search for sales of DiMaggio and Gordon autographs. Nice, clean DiMaggio can be had for as little as $350.00 on an index card. Gordon for $200.00. While this is an interesting piece it would surprise me if it got more than $400.00 in an auction.
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Pillar of the Community
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As a baseball fan, that is awesome. The DiMaggio signature is in pretty good shape and not convoluted by any of the others as well. This is an excellent piece for an auction and would attract buyers of both numismatic and sports interests.
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It certainly is a one of a kind for the reasons mentioned. BAseball, WW2 and Currency.
Its also unique because of all the signatures on it. truly a one of a kind.
It will take someone special to buy it. Someone who really appreciates it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Baseball HOF donation is a good idea if you can get a solid appraisal.
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Pillar of the Community
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As I said before, looking at recent short snorters with signatures of note leads me to believe around $1500 the figure to expect. Looking at recent heritage auctions, the $400 estimate Lettow gave seems way off base to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you do donate it, a reasonably sizable charitable deduction such as $1500k - $5000k could raise eyebrows, especially if there's anything else flag-worthy on your return. An appraisal will be important if that's the path you choose.
Personally (and I'm no expert) I think Xavier is probably in the ballpark (if you'll excuse the pun).
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Pillar of the Community
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The only recent DiMaggio autographed note that sold on Heritage was in October 2017 when a 1969B $5.00 FRN sold for $312.00.
It is a nicer note with cleaner signature.
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Rest in Peace
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The hope versus reality clash.
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i contacted HA. NOw just waiting for them to respond. If anyone is interested in hearing what happens next let me know. I was also going to try and get the item on one of the Antique TV shows since its so unique. Any thoughts there?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm definitely interested in hearing the continuing story!
If you can get on "Antiques Roadshow" or heck, even "Pawn Stars", that would be pretty cool and probably a note they'd feature since it does have such a recognizable name. I've seen Short Snorters before on both shows.
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Yeah, I thought of Pawn Stars as well, but...it is a pawn shop and I'm sure they would low ball me with some ridiculous offer.
I still have not heard back from Heritage Auctions. Perhaps they get tons of submissions. Who knows.
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Pillar of the Community
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As I stated originally, there is much more than a signature to this note, there is the story attached to it as well. I can't imagine there many (if any other) notes like this out there that DiMaggio signed while he was in the Military during World War Two, let along all of the other signatures attached to this note as well.
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