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Snider facsimile?

Hi everyone. This is my first posting here. I hope I get accepted in the comic book theme group, as I probably have more stuff for them anyway.

Anyway, back to my question... last week, I was perusing through shopgoodwill.com (an interesting auction site run by Goodwill Industries) checking to see if I won a Darin Erstad gamer that they had for sale. I didn't. As such, I decided to snoop around and see what other goodies they had for sale. Well, one of the stores had a music box with a picture of Duke Snider on the ceramic cover piece that was autographed. In a search to find out if the autograph was real, stained, or even part of the art, I went to eBay. While searching for the item, I got horribly side-tracked and ended up buying one of those "Collectors Plates" from the '80s. It had a picture of Snider, Mays and Mantle, along with their signatures. Unlike the other plates on the site, this was one of two selling for under $300. Given the price, I assumed the signatures to be fire glazed or enameled onto the ceramic plate. Then, I got to speaking with one of the other sellers, who insisted that the plate I purchased is actually signed by the trio.

That brings us (finally) to the questions:

1) Do the signatures look real?

2) Why is it that the signatures aren't all "gold" in color? (Does the paint corrode or something?)

3) How much did these things cost when they were originally issued?

Once the plate finally arrives, I'll be sure to post better pictures, but this is what I have for the moment. The back of the plate dates the item to 1986, if that helps.

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Permalink Reply by mike d. on September 26, 2011 at 11:44am

Hi Dane:

while looking at Google search for the Duke Snider Music Box that I won on Goodwill, I found your posting here. The box arrived today and I'm happy with it (it actually plays a tune). Goodwill was great a few years ago but now they overcharge for shipping and too many people overbid who don't research items first. I buy a number of signed items and have a tip for buyers who live in California - section 1739.7 Civil Code protects buyers of bad autographs. i have gotten many a refund from Goodwill and other sites by having PSA/DNA or JSA examine the item after they arrive here. If they come back bad, I notify them and after a little discussion, they relent. Goodwill uses Orange County as their host site.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 27, 2011 at 2:12pm

Congratulations on the Music Box. It looked pretty nice, and the actual music mechanics producer is a good company. Even if the box isn't actually signed by Snider, there is value in it. :)