An extremely rare news service photo from 1927 features him pretending to sign a snowball. The balls fit almost every budget, from $1,331 to $13,904 as of this posting— depending on the boldness of Ruth’s autograph and other factors. Without doubt, Ruth balls are the pinnacle of any sports and American autograph collection, and continue to appreciate in value. In 2010 Steve Cyrkin, the community manager for Autograph Live (an amazing site) posed the burning question to one of Ruth’s devoted granddaughters, Linda Ruth Tosetti. Her grandpa signed balls and bats all winter and stored them in the barn on the farm where he and his family lived.

Source: Forbes March 22, 2018 17:37 UTC