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Don Liddle
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I have a ball signed by the Milwaukee Braves how much is it worth?
I had the ball signed 40 years ago. It was a Milwaukee Braves reunion. The following players signed the ball + 2 others that I can't make out. Can somebody give me insight on how much it's worth? I'm planning on selling it on Ebay someday...
Ebba St Claire (my uncle)
Johnny Logan
Warren Spahn
Ebba St Claire
Bob Buhl
Jim Wilson
Sibbi Sisti
Bob Keely
Sid Gordon
Max Surkont
Andy Pafko
Lew Burdette
Don Liddle
Johnny Antonelli
John Cooney
Realized ball prices depend on three key factors: signatures and their condition, ball condition, and overall desirability of the item.
If you have a letter of provenance from your uncle (he died in 1982) or a pamphlet from the reunion, if it was something official or organized, that would help.
It's a bunch of good players, but Spahn is the only significant one -- he's in the Hall. (It'd be greatly improved if it had Aaron or Mathews, but no.)
What's the general condition of the ball? If it is still creamy white, that's a huge bonus. If it is dull, dingy, dinged up, or (horrors!) shellacked, that drops it a lot. Likewise the condition of the signatures -- still bold, or faded or smudged? (And, again, the Spahn graph is key.)
Without knowing more about the condition, I'd estimate the $100-150 range.
St. Claire played in the majors from 1951-54, the first two seasons with the Boston Braves, '53 with the team after the move to Milwaukee, and '54 with the New York Giants. If the ball is tied specifically to the Milwaukee Braves team, his one season there, 1953, is not a particularly significant one, though it was the first season in Wisconsin. The 1957 team won the World Series and the '58 squad won the NL pennant -- much more desirable. This ball was not autographed contemporaneously, and so may not be tied to any one specific season, but rather "some Braves of the era". That's not a bad thing, no, but many collectors prefer a specific season tie-in.
Milwaukee Braves tenures:
St. Claire -- 1953 (Boston Braves 1951-52)
Antonelli -- 1953 (Boston 1948-50)
Buhl -- 1953-62
Burdette -- 1953-63 (Boston 1951-52)
Cooney -- dnp Milwaukee; Boston 1921-30 & managed 1949.
Gordon -- 1953 (Boston 1950-52)
Keely -- dnp Milwaukee.
Liddle -- 1953
Logan -- 1953-61 (Boston 1951-52)
Pafko -- 1953-59
Sisti -- 1953-54 (Boston 1939-42, '46-52)
Spahn -- 1953-64 (Boston 1942, '46-52; HOF 1973)
Surkont -- 1953 (Boston 1950-52)
Wilson -- 1953-54 (Boston 1951-52)
Well, if the ball is linked to a specific year, it'd have to be 1953. TBIV tells me that Cooney was a Braves coach in Boston in 1940-42, '46-49, '50-52, and in Milwaukee in 1953-55. Keely was a coach also, Boston 1946-52 and Milwaukee 1953-57.
Fine, let's call it a 1953 ball. That wouldn't have Aaron, he debuted in 1954, but missing Mathews dampens the value.
All-Stars from the 1953 Braves: Del Crandall, Mathews, and Spahn.
Neat item.