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No doubt your father was a true fan interested in displaying these trophies and was not considering the impact on their future value to collectors -- but regardless of their present state, vintage Yankees signatures from this era are valuable and desirable to collectors, although the value of a signed postcard would be compromised if cut "into strips." In terms of appraisal, it's difficult to offer an informed opinion based on such limited info, but if the signatures include any combination of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri and/or any of the array of All-Stars and Hall of Famers rostered with the New York Yankees during the 1930's, you have a collection of Autographs worth at minimum, several hundred dollars... to potentially several thousand. With autographs, a simple scan or picture is truly worth the proverbial thousand words, and can save alotta time in the authentication, appraisal, and selling process. Although a few people still do it today, sending away for autographs like this is a long lost practice of acquiring them. Players, and teams in the "old days" were more apt to respond to these request than today. But some still do. These signatures one short of being at the lowest item value (cut Signatures) are collected, and fall under the item category of Index cards. The post marks on the cards could add value. Authenticated, the signatures will be more valuable. This would be of benefit to autographs like Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig. One aspect of these signatures are that sometimes ballplayers had secretaries, spouses or club house people sign the autograph. These signatures are still collectible but not real, and not as valuable. I have seen some players even use stamps, not commonly, and easy to spot. But the majority of ballplayers did sign and return. Autographs are more desirable on photos or equipment such as baseballs, bats, or jerseys. But "cuts" or Index cards are an inexpensive way of collecting, and there is a market for them. A Babe Ruth autographed Baseball could cost $6,000+ but a "Cut signature" or index card $1,000 - $1,500. Each signature would have to be valued player by player. In general a signed index card would be about 1/4 or less the price of a signed baseball. A "cut signature" almost half that price of an index card. I will include a link of a Babe Ruth, and a Lou Gehrig autograph sample signed on a baseball.

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