What's it worth? Frank Thomas rookie cap

[stasman]

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Photo of both signatures

[Phil316]

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You got video as well? That is awesome.

[stasman]

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Yep. He was very cool when he looked at his hat and told me to contact the HOF to see if they would add it to his display. I'm still waiting to hear back from them.

[stasman]

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Frank has always been my favorite player so when I was able to buy this and with him going into the Hall in July makes this hat by far my favorite piece.

[ironmanfan]

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I certainly realize it's not my hat, but I would have spent the PSA/DNA money on authenticating the rookie era/vintage signature and not have it signed a second time.

Neat item nonetheless.

[stasman]

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I was thinking about that. But when Frank had the hat he said I'll sign it again so you can have an old and new and you can see the difference. So I just let him do it. He was charging 125 plus 30 for inscription and he just did that for free. It is his hat after all.

[emann]

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Who knows. Personally if I was gonna value the hat I would put a 750 to 800 price tag on it. It has a great story behind it, it's authenticated by PSA/DNA, authenticated by Frank himself, rookie hat and is signed 2 times.

+1

I think this is a great piece and I think $500 might even be a little low... I know hat collectors are in the minority, but I think if you put it up at that somewhere, it'd sell quickly. I'd buy this hat over a random Thomas GU bat any day of the week...

[twarman17]

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+1

I think this is a great piece and I think $500 might even be a little low... I know hat collectors are in the minority, but I think if you put it up at that somewhere, it'd sell quickly. I'd buy this hat over a random Thomas GU bat any day of the week...

Agree, I think it's worth around $700 and I like the dual sig.

[MikeKam]

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Any idea what year this is from? Might help you gauge value:

http://www.lelands.com/auction/AuctionDetail/35425/January-2007-Lelands-Gaynor/Internet-Only/Game-Used-Baseball/Lot92~Frank-Thomas-White-Sox-Game-Used-Baseball-Cap

[Phil316]

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Any idea what year this is from? Might help you gauge value:

http://www.lelands.com/auction/Aucti...d-Baseball-Cap

Never heard of the maker Sports Specialties before. That might reflect the price of that supposed used cap.

[ironmanfan]

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Never heard of the maker Sports Specialties before. That might reflect the price of that supposed used cap.

they have provided professional teams with hats for use in games in the past.

[Phil316]

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they have provided professional teams with hats for use in games in the past.

I do not collect hats myself. I wonder what years they provided different MLB teams with hats.

[Phil316]

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I do not collect hats myself. I wonder what years they provided different MLB teams with hats.

Got the info I need from the search button. Thanks

[gingi79]

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Just an FYI, insured value (i.e. replacement cost) and resale value are two different things in the collectible world. With car insurance, your car is one of hundreds of thousands if not millions of examples of (theoretically) the same item and therefore is insured for what it would cost the Insurance company to buy you a new one with almost the same year/mileage/use/options etc. If your repairs exceed that number (or approach it), it is considered a total loss and they pay you that price. If it is much less, they pay to fix it, with second hand/used parts.(normally, but I digress)

This hat is, as far as I can tell, the sole example of a rookie season (model year) worn hat (rare in itself) dual signed by Frank with documentation (excessive post-base model alternation with respective insurance detailing such) and exactly zero known exemplars to match those characteristics. Therefore if it were destroyed lost in a fire, how much would it cost to find this exact item for sale again?

[salukidave]

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As a White Sox collector, if I owned the hat, I wouldn't even think about parting with it for less than $1,000, and I probably wouldn't sell it for twice that. As was just alluded to, how would you even go about replacing it? The significance of this hat is not about just hat collectors. It's an amazing piece to Frank Thomas collectors, White Sox collectors, 500 HR Club collectors and Hall of Fame collectors. It's a part of baseball history and certainly a museum-worthy item.

For reference, I sold a special White Sox hat to a player collector for $2,000. I had no intention of selling the hat, but the offer kept being raised until I finally felt like I had to sell it. That's how badly the collector wanted the hat and, being a collector, I'm sure he remains thrilled with the deal. (I apologize for not revealing more details about the hat, but I don't want to for a couple good reasons, including respecting the collector's privacy.) My point is that a true rarity with significance is, I believe, worth more than simply double the price of a normal specimen.