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Ask Babe: What's the value of a signed 1977 Red Sox yearbook? bc-askbabe22(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) May 22, 2013 12:20 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: I have a 1977 Boston Red Sox yearbook/program that has autographs of a number of team members -- most of which are signed next to their photos. The book is signed by Don Zimmer, Fred Lynn, Butch Hobson, George Scott, Luis

Ask Babe: DiMaggio bat a winner, experts say bc-askbabe15(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) May 15, 2013 12:27 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: When I was a boy about 8 (I'm now 61) I was injured and in a hospital in Pittsburgh. A friend of my father, Carl Dephillipo from Cleveland, gave me a bat, which he said was given to him by, as well as used by, Joe DiMaggi

Ask Babe: Is autographed Jimmy Piersall photo a baseball oddity? bc-askbabe08(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) May 8, 2013 2:10 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: I have an autographed photo from Jimmy Piersall. It is a black and white 8x10 photo, showing him in a Cleveland Indians uniform. Donna Wilson, Oberlin, Ohio. Babe: While many consider Piersall one of the all-time oddballs

Ask Babe: How do you choose which rookie cards to buy? bc-askbabe01(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) May 1, 2013 10:55 AM By BABE WAXPAK Some days you get the bear. Some days the bear gets you. That's about how it is for collectors who try to speculate when buying cards of rookie prospects. There was a time when one of the most often asked questions for the Da Babe was

Ask Babe: Will more signatures mean more value? bc-askbabe24(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 24, 2013 1:21 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: I have a football signed by Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots. I was planning on attending an Aaron Hernandez signing and was going to use the same football. Would it depreciate the value to have the two autographs on the same

Ask Babe: Will signed 'earthquake series' ball shake loose some cash for this collector? bc-askbabe17(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 17, 2013 2:13 PM Dear Babe: In 1989 when I was 15, my dad and I went to an Oakland A's game with Rick Bosetti, the former major league outfielder. Rick was able to get us into the dugout and on the field before the game during batting practice. We talked to several p

Film: Jackie Robinson's pathbreaking baseball story told well in '42' bc-42-film(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP), Sports Personalities (SC), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 12, 2013 11:25 AM "42" is several movies in one. It's a valuable history lesson, an intelligent drama that hits all the right emotional buttons, and an inspiring portrait of a true American hero. It is also, at times, a prime example of Hollywood schmaltz, stuffed wit

Ask Babe: Classic 1961,'62 programs worth most as memories bc-askbabe10(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 10, 2013 1:37 PM By BABE WAXPAK Dear Babe: I'm a 78-year-old native San Franciscan who attended both the 1961 All-Star Game and the '62 World Series at Candlestick Park. I forgot that I had a program from each event. They've been stored in a trunk these many years.

Ask Babe: Is 1958 Mickey Mantle All-Star card real or fake? bc-askbabe03(sh) | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 3, 2013 11:20 AM bc-askbabe03(sh) Dear Babe: I bought a 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle Sport Magazine All-Star card No. 487. My concern is that the card may be a fake. On other All-Star cards of this year, I notice that the yellow on the front is bright, but on this card t

Ask Babe: Will John Daly-signed golf ball tee up a big value? askbabe27 | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Mar 27, 2013 1:15 PM Dear Babe: I have an autographed Razorbacks golf ball signed by John Daly when he was at Oakmont for the U.S. Open. -- Jan Garrett, Warren, Pa. Babe: Daly, who competed for the University of Arkansas, has had a roller coaster career with most of it

Ask Babe: What's the value of Boston Braves signed baseball? askbabe20 | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Mar 20, 2013 2:20 PM Dear Babe: I have an autographed 1951 baseball from the Boston Braves. At one time (decades ago), all the signatures could be easily read, but not now. Most have faded away, but those of Warren Spahn and John Sain are clearly visible. -- Mike Reilly

Ask Babe: How much cash can a signed Dusty Baker baseball bring? askbabe13 | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Mar 13, 2013 1:00 PM Dear Babe: I have a baseball signed by Dusty Baker in the spot between the two parallel seams with "1999" after it. -- P.R., Palo Cedro, Calif. Babe: Baker has had a couple of solid 19-year careers -- first as a player and now as a manager. He colle

Ask Babe: How should collector handle Harmon Killebrew autographs? askbabe06 | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Consumer Issues (LC), Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Mar 6, 2013 1:10 PM Dear Babe: In 1994 my wife and I traveled to Washington, D.C., for a vacation. A new sports bar, "Senators," had just opened on the street level of our hotel. In the bar, we noticed a man that people were talking to, getting pictures of and signature

Ask Babe: Experts agree -- bat signatures aren't real askbabe27 | By: BABE WAXPAK | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Personalities (SC), Sports Columns (TN) Feb 27, 2013 3:40 PM Dear Babe: I hope you can help me with a mystery. I have a regular no name bat that is stamped "1962 Sportswriters Convention." There are several signatures on the bat, not long ways, but around the bat. The one signature that I believe was from the

Joe Garagiola a legend behind the baseball microphone bbo-joegaragiola | By: JOHN SHEA | Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Sports Personalities (SC), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Feb 25, 2013 1:25 PM Covering spring training for three decades, I've seen my share of PFPs (pitchers' fielding practices), jersey numbers 65, 78 and 99 and red-eyed players missing workouts because of, ahem, "flu-like symptoms." Some days are more memorable than others.

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