Pete Maravich
Signed until 1988, so the supply is fixed — nothing new is being added to this market.
Recorded sales
| Date | What sold | Certified | Price | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-06 | Signed 1977 Topps #20 | PSA Card EX-MT 6 / Auto 8 | $9,600 | auction result |
| 2026-05-17 | Signed 1974 Topps #10 | PSA Card VG-EX 4 / Auto 9 | $8,235 | auction result |
| 2021-11-20 | 2006 Upper Deck Chronology cut signature numbered 2 of 7 | BGS Card Mint 9 / Auto 8 | $5,250 | auction result |
| 2024-12-28 | Signed 1976 Topps All-Star #130 | PSA Card VG 3 / Auto 7 | $4,920 | auction result |
| 2024-10-06 | Signed 1976 Topps #60 | PSA Card EX 5 / Auto 9 | $4,800 | auction result |
| 2024-05-18 | Signed 1976 Topps #60 | PSA Card NM 7 / Auto 8 | $4,680 | auction result |
| 2024-12-28 | Signed 1976 Topps #60 | BGS Card Authentic / Auto Authentic | $2,520 | auction result |
| 2023-06-24 | Signed 1974 Topps New Orleans Jazz NBAs Newest Entry #92 | PSA Auto Authentic | $2,280 | auction result |
| 2023-06-24 | Signed 1975 Topps #75 | PSA Auto Authentic | $2,100 | auction result |
| 2025-05-18 | Signed 1977-79 Sportscaster #1-24 | PSA Auto Mint 9 | $2,074 | auction result |
By certification level
These are 10 results this index has recorded from Heritage Auctions between 2021 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 1988supply is fixed
- Note
- Died at 40; every signature predates 1988 and none came from a manufacturer
- On this index
- 0 listedno sales recorded yet
What does a Pete Maravich autograph cost?
The results recorded here run from around two thousand dollars to just under ten thousand, and every one is a signed card from his playing years. There is no modern material at all, because there cannot be: he died in 1988, so every signature in this market was written before then and the supply has been closed for nearly forty years.
Why does the autograph grade matter so much here?
Because for him it is the only thing being graded that is scarce. Items with a numeric autograph grade average around six thousand two hundred dollars in this record. Items authenticated without a number average around two thousand three hundred. That is a ratio of nearly three to one, and it is the reverse of what this index finds on modern basketball signers, where an identical autograph grade can span three or five times in price and the grade explains almost nothing. The difference is that a modern signature arrives on manufactured cards in quantity, so the card decides the price. His arrives on a fixed and finite set of objects signed in person before 1988, so how well the signature survived is the variable that is left.
Can you see that on a single card?
Yes, and it is the clearest demonstration on this index. The 1976 Topps card number 60 appears three times in these results. One graded EX 5 with an Auto 9 made four thousand eight hundred dollars. One graded NM 7 with an Auto 8 made four thousand six hundred and eighty. And one with no numeric grade on either the card or the signature made two thousand five hundred and twenty. Same card, same player, same market. The copy with the better card and the worse signature sold for slightly less than the copy with the worse card and the better signature, and the one with neither graded sold for half.
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.