APPRAISER: Mel Gray, one of my favorite NFL players ever. Four-time Pro Bowler, right?
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: Seven-time All Pro. What do you got for me?
GUEST: Well, I have an Ali robe, and I noticed he signed it twice. I got it at an NFL fundraiser. I think it was right around 2000, 2001.
APPRAISER: Okay. He signed Muhammad Ali A.K.A. Cassius Clay. This is probably around that era, a late '90s, 2000s autograph from Muhammad Ali, which is when he would do this. He would recognize former and present.
APPRAISER: He took, it looks like a black ballpoint pen. A little faded — and what'd you pay for it?
GUEST: I paid $2,500. There was a gentleman in the room who bid at $2,000. So I, I went up to $2,500, there was no more bids, and I took it from that point.
APPRAISER: (laughs) So admittedly you, you pushed.
GUEST: I pushed it, yeah.
APPRAISER: You went a little high.
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: So I don't mind telling you that you overpaid slightly. Now, with his recent passing, we will see, I think an increase in the values, and that will shoot up. Today, at auction, it's valued at about $1,500 to $2,000. So you're right there, right around what you paid for it. But as you acknowledge, you, you pushed a little bit.
GUEST: Certainly-- that's okay. I would have paid $10,000 to get anything that he signed. I'm a big fan of his, have been since I was a little boy, and I was not going to leave that room without that robe. So I'm happy to have it, regardless of whether I overpaid or not. It was a, it's a pleasure to have it.
APPRAISER: It was your touchdown.
GUEST: Oh, definitely, big score.
APPRAISER: There you go.
GUEST: It was a return score.
APPRAISER: There you go. (chuckles)
