Publish date:: Jun 10, 2011

Tracking the Values of Single-Signed Ty Cobb Baseballs

Thanks to the folks at SigPrices, here is a look at the market for single-signed Ty Cobb baseballs sold at auction from 2005-2010. As you might have guessed, prices have risen nicely.

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Many pundits and historians argue about the greatest player of all time, but when it came down to the inaugural vote for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, one player stood out above the rest: Ty Cobb.According to the Hall of Fame voting, Ty Cobb received an astonishing 98.2 p[ercent of the vote, which remains an all-time record!

Unsurprisingly, autographs for the legend who has been gone for exactly 50 years continue to hold collectors’ interest.In the past six years, a single-signed ball by Ty Cobb (authenticated by PSA/DNA) has skyrocketed in value! (see accompanying chart).According to SigPrices.com, in 2005, a single-signed Cobb ball sold at a Hunt Auction for $1,500.Since then, the price of the ball fluctuated back and forth to a recent high of $5,000 in an eBay auction on Sept, 28, 2010.That represents an increase of 333 percent.


Date	Auction	Value	Auction Title
09/28/2010	Ebay	$5,000.00	TY COBB SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL BALL PSA/DNA
04/17/2010	Memory Lane Auction	$1,719.03	ty cobb signed baseball psa/dna loa
04/04/2009	Memory Lane Auction	$2,843.50	ty cobb single signed baseball psa/dna
03/06/2009	Hunt Auctions	$2,900.00	ty cobb single signed baseball. clean unused d&m "official league" ball is signed on a side panel, "to tim geiger from his friend ty cobb 1/30/61" in blue fountain pen.
05/17/2008	Memory Lane Auction	$3,127.85	ty cobb single signed baseball psa/dna
11/10/2007	Hunt Auctions	$2,600.00	ty cobb single signed baseball. off white d&m "official league" ball signed on the side panel in blue fountain pen, "to tim geiger from his friend ty cobb 1/30/61."
02/25/2005	Hunt Auctions	$3,600.00	ty cobb single signed baseball. lightly toned wilson model baseball signed on a side panel, "to tom baird from ty cobb 4/28/49" in black ink.
02/25/2005	Hunt Auctions	$1,500.00	ty cobb auto. fdc. clean 1939 baseball centennial fdc features an inset sepia tone photo of cobb and is signed, "ty cobb 10/14/47" in blue ink.