Weird stuff

[solarbird]

So for various weird reasons I won't go into here, I have a 1978 Sports Illustrated poster of Pete Rose that was autographed in some kind of thick black marker by him. ("Best Wishes - Pete Rose.") There's also a similar-era jacket, but it's probably a few years later. (1982? I honestly don't know. I only know the age of the poster because it's printed in the margins.)

I know at least one or two people who read my livejournal know baseball things, so: any of you know about stuff like this? How much it'd be worth, stuff like that? (I say "how much" rather than "...if anything" because Pete Rose signatures seem to go for $20 on eBay, but most of those are much newer.)

Anyway, I was just kind of wondering. If you know, let me know. ^_^

Comments

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

What Kirbyk said. Probably not too valuable considering his rather sordid recent past and generally large supply of memorabilia available now.

I don't really know how his autograph's changed over the years, if at all. Some people make theirs shorter the more they sign, so it's quicker to do. I'm not sure how you could authenticate when it was signed, but in general that shouldn't matter very much.

[solarbird]

I guess I'll just stick it up on eBay and see what happens. Being nowhere near Cincinnati, it's not like I'd find any Reds fans around here!

Thanks both for the info; I knew he was kind of a flake, I just didn't know how it affected stuff like this. ^_^