Dwight D. Eisenhower
Signed until 1969, so the supply is fixed — nothing new is being added to this market.
Recorded sales
| Date | What sold | Certified | Price | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-17 | Single-signed official American League (Cronin) baseball | PSA/DNA | $11,400 | auction result |
| 2019-12-07 | Signed official American League (Cronin) baseball | Autry LOA and Beckett | $6,600 | auction result |
| 2026-07-08 | Typed letter signed, 11 October 1956 | Beckett | $684 | auction result |
| 2024-04-13 | Signed presidential signature card | JSA | $610 | auction result |
| 2024-04-13 | Signed cut | PSA/DNA Authentic | $317 | auction result |
| 2025-08-02 | Letter signed, 15 December 1961 | JSA | $183 | auction result |
By certification level
These are 6 results this index has recorded from Heritage Auctions between 2018 and 2026, not every sale that happened. They under-represent inexpensive items, which sell constantly and are reported rarely, and they exclude private sales this index has no record of. Read them as documented evidence rather than as a complete market.
About this signature
- Status
- Signed until 1969supply is fixed
- Note
- A president whose baseballs sell for many times his letters
- On this index
- 0 listedno sales recorded yet
What does a signed Dwight Eisenhower item cost?
On paper, not much for a president. Four certified letters, cuts and cards recorded here sold for between $183 and $684. His two certified single-signed baseballs sold for $6,600 and $11,400, roughly ten to sixty times as much. That is the same shape as the market for Harry Truman, the president before him, whose baseballs also sell far above his letters.
Is a letter from his presidency worth more than a later one?
On this page, yes. A typed letter signed in October 1956, while he was in the White House and a month before he won a second term, made $684. A letter from December 1961, eleven months after he left office, made $183. Two letters are not proof of a rule, but it matches what collectors generally expect: a letter written as president carries the office with it. A cut signature, with no date or letterhead at all, made $317, between the two.
When were his baseballs signed?
Both are official American League balls carrying the name of Joe Cronin, who became league president in 1959. Eisenhower was in the White House until January 1961 and lived until 1969, so a Cronin ball could date from his last two years in office or from his retirement. The lot descriptions do not say which. The dearer ball, at $11,400, was certified by PSA/DNA; the other, at $6,600, came with Beckett certification and a second letter of authenticity. Truman's dearest ball is a Cronin ball too.
Signatures are reproduced more often than most buyers realise, by outright forgery and also by machines and assistants signing on somebody’s behalf. Every item on this page has been examined by PSA/DNA, JSA, Beckett, SGC or CGC, and this index carries nothing else. That is a deliberate restriction, and the investigation that created the modern authentication industry is worth reading, along with what a certificate actually claims.