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Permalink Reply by Betty S. Everett on February 21, 2011 at 5:02pm

Wow! That's a whole lot lower than I had anticipated Travis.  I had gone to some site a while back that had the same sort of Dempsey collectible with the price range in the 500-1200.00 range. Oh well. Obviously you are way more familiar than I. Let me see if I can attach a photo.....Ha! I did it! So,  he was an "autograph whore"?!! I find the actual menu contents a lot more cool than the autograph, but then I'm not a boxing fan.  Is a personal letter from Joe Theisman when he was Notre Dam's Quarterback to a friend worth anything? It is in the envelope with a Bear Bryant stamp on it. Thanks for the help! Betty

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 21, 2011 at 6:41pm

Gallery of History is one of the higher priced retailers, who frame up their material quite elaborately. It's not unusual for them to be much higher than you could get yourself.

I checked RRAuction.com and their prices check out with Travis's. Their minimum bid is $100 on autographs and they've have a lot of Dempseys at that price to $150. These were mostly signed photos.

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Permalink Reply by Betty S. Everett on February 22, 2011 at 7:01am

Thank you Steve! I'll have to keep that RRAuction site for reference. I'll probably go the ebay route in the next couple days. B

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on February 21, 2011 at 5:28pm

Betty Travis is in my opinion an expert when it comes to boxing items, he knows his stuff! And sadly a menu isnt as desirable as a vintage signed boxing photo to boxing collectors but it is a nice item!

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Permalink Reply by Betty S. Everett on February 21, 2011 at 5:36pm

Thank you Louie, I appreciate your input. Guess I'll end up putting it on E Bay after all. You know anything about what the Theismann letter with his signature & jersey number on it might be worth? B.E.

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on February 21, 2011 at 5:56pm

Betty it would or should appeal to Notre Dame people I would put it on ebay, I did a quick search and could not find anything sold like it but he isnt a big name in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on February 21, 2011 at 6:48pm

Travis makes good points, I didnt mean to sound that the letter was worthless I am sure it has value, more so to the redskin and notre dame fans. Me I am a colts fan so joe doesnt mean much to me.

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Permalink Reply by Betty S. Everett on February 22, 2011 at 7:20am

That's okay Louie....I won't "hold it against you"! It might be worth more if the Skins were actually back in the picture (haha!). Back in the Gibbs days they were awesome!

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Permalink Reply by Betty S. Everett on February 22, 2011 at 7:17am

TRAVIS!!! You Rock! And you certainly do know your stuff. Thank you so much for all the interesting facts and info. The Theismann letter he wrote to a classmate is pre Heisman Trophy (the year before I guess).  Where should I "go" to research or sell that?

Thanks again,

Betty

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