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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 17, 2016 at 12:10pm

any value would be established by the seat itself, as it is a cool and collectible item.  Yogi's signature is not considered rare by any stretch of the imagination, so I would not depend on his signature determining the value of the item.  

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Permalink Reply by Randy on January 17, 2016 at 2:10pm

I would say a couple hundred dollars for a Berra autographed seat back from Yankee stadium.

As Terrier stated, Berra's autograph is not rare in general but I doubt there are a ton of Yankee stadium seats autographed by him so for a Berra collector in my opinion it has decent value.

It also is Ruth's jersey # although there obviously would be a lot of #3's in Yankee stadium but still a significant # in Yankee history.

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Permalink Reply by Terry G. on January 17, 2016 at 3:20pm

#3 is a retired Yankee uniform number so there are not a lot of Yankees who wore it- 8 to be exact!.

I've seen these seat backs sell at shows in the range of $80-300, depending on condition and whether all the corresponding documentation papers came with it. The Yogi signature does not add much value, IMO, maybe about $25-30 worth. What many Yankee collectors are doing with these things is getting multiple signatures on them, for a display piece. 

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Permalink Reply by Randy on January 17, 2016 at 3:58pm

Not a lot of Yankees wore #3 but every section in Yankee stadium has a #3 seat in it so my point was that even Ruth's #3 would have had a significant number of seats in Yankee stadium that would have been sold by Steiner.

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Permalink Reply by Terry G. on January 17, 2016 at 9:17pm

Got it. For a straight memorabilia piece, the #3 could be attractive to a Yankee fan because of Ruth. I don't remember if they were available to the public or only via Steiner- I know when I bought my Shea Stadium seats straight from the Mets organization, I wasn't given the option to pick numbers, only sections (which meant color of seats)...

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Permalink Reply by Richard on January 19, 2016 at 6:20am

Thanks. It came with a Steiner Authentication sticker and a LOA signed bt James Spense. It's a pity that I live in Australia, otherwise it would be a great idea to add autographs to.

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