By BABE WAXPAK, Scripps Howard News Service

Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe

Dear Babe: I was wondering about the value of a Joe DiMaggio Bond Bread card that was graded by SGC as an 88. I saw it offered for around $1,000. -- W.L., Vernon, N.J.

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Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe

Dear Babe: I have a collection of signed LPGA golf balls. Within that collection are all of the LPGA player Hall of Fame members with the exception of Babe Zaharias and Dinah Shore. I also have the next member to go in (Lorena Ochoa). Additionally, I have the one player who should be in (but is not) Jane Blalock. -- Tim Ward, Jackson, Tenn.

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Dear Babe: We have several baseball cards of the St. Louis Cardinals from around 1954. -- Phyllis Allen Lawrenceville, Ga.

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Dear Babe: My husband has a very unusual collectible. It is an uncut sheet of Canada Dry Ginger Ale cans that commemorate the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies' World Series win with Tug McGraw and Mike Schmidt. It was originally given to his grandfather, who owned a bar in the Philly area, by a Canada Dry rep.

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Dear Babe: I have a 1939 Heisman Trophy Award Banquet Program autographed to my uncle from Nile Kinnick. He signed his picture inside the program. I also have an 8-x-10 group photo of Kinnick and his fraternity brothers from 1939. Both items are in excellent condition. -- Scott Threlkeld, Rochester, Minn.

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Dear Babe: I have a 2008 All-Star baseball autographed by Brian Wilson on the sweet spot. -- Randy Muzio, Red Bluff, Calif.

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Dear Babe: We have a lot of 49rs memorabilia such as signed jerseys (Rice & Montana), signed footballs and framed newspaper articles ("The Catch"). How do we sell this stuff without putting it up piece by piece on e-Bay? -- Dave Becker, Redding, Calif.

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Dear Babe: My sister and brother-in-law have a Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig signed baseball that has been authenticated by PSA/DNA. It was originally Dorothy Dougher, who received the ball, and her name is on it also. Gehrig has signed near the Spalding information on a side panel and Ruth apparently had a habit of signing in the "sweet spot'' as on this ball. It was signed around 1923.

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Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe

Dear Babe: I was wondering if you might have any further information regarding the ''warehouse'' set of Homogenized Bond Bread cards from 1947. I came across a ''complete'' 24-card set with square corners in mint condition purchased in 1989 for $255. They were purchased from the "Baseball Card Society.'' It says that Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson and Whitey Ford were on the advisory board.

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Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe

While you might not need a program to name all the card manufacturers, you probably will need a little help figuring out who can produce what. Or possibly need help keeping track of lawsuits that are almost sure to crop up.

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