Bill Klem Autograph

William Joseph Klem, born William Joseph Klimm (February 22, 1874 – September 16, 1951), known as the "Old Arbitrator" and the "father of baseball umpires", was a National League (NL) umpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. He worked 18 World Series, which is a major league record. Klem was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. More about Bill Klem

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Current items with a signature of Bill Klem

These are the most current items with a signature of Bill Klem that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	BILL KLEM handwritten and signed 1937 ALS letter HOF BASEBALL UMPIRE PSA/DNA	$1999.00
	BILL KLEM MLB HOF UMPIRE LETTER SIGNED PSA/DNA AUTO GRADE 9 - RARE	$2200.00
	Bill Klem Signed 3X5 Hall of Fame D 51 BOLD VERY RARE IN THIS FORMAT Beckett BAS	$1699.99

Klem was born on February 22, 1874, in the "Dutchtown" area of Rochester, New York. He had changed the spelling of his last name from "Klimm" to "Klem" because he thought it had a better sound. Klem pursued a baseball career as a catcher until he sustained an arm injury. He then worked as a bartender and traveled through the Northeast building bridges. He decided to pursue umpiring after reading a newspaper article about major league umpire Silk O'Loughlin.

His umpiring career began in the Connecticut League in 1902. That year, Klem had a run-in with league secretary and team manager Jim O'Rourke after Klem ejected one of the manager's players. O'Rourke threatened that Klem would not umpire another game in the league, but Klem responded, "Maybe so, but I'll umpire this one." Read even more about Bill Klem at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Bill Klem

In total, we tracked 23 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Klem (BILL KLEM SIGNED PSA/DNA NL BASEBALL AUTOGRAPH) was sold in October 2010 for $1850.00 while the cheapest item (AL BARLICK on BILL KLEM signed handwritten letter (baseball HOF umpirers)) found a new owner for $49.00 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2011 with an average selling price of $552.49 for an autographed item of Bill Klem. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2010 with $1850.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $49.00 was November 2015. In average, an autographed item from Bill Klem is worth $455.03.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Klem were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	AL BARLICK on BILL KLEM signed handwritten letter (baseball HOF umpirers)	$49.00
	BILL KLEM (DIED-1951) AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE SIGNED BY 12	$450.00
	BILL KLEM autographed 3x5 Index Card! JSA! RARE! Hall Of Fame Umpire!	$679.99
	Bill Klem Cut Autograph JSA Authenticated Signature Baseball Hall Of Fame Umpire	$575.00
	Bill Klem Cy Riegler Pfirman Signed MLB Umpires Auto Vintage Page JSA COA Rare	$449.99
	BILL KLEM JSA LOA Autographed Signed Newspaper Photo Framed * Spence LOA	$255.00
	BILL KLEM PSA DNA COA Autograph Rare Photo Cut Hand Signed Authentic	$569.00
	BILL KLEM PSA/DNA SIGNED CUT SIGNATURE, MINT AUTOGRAPH RARE! HOF CERTIFIED	$450.00
	BILL KLEM SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL UMPIRE BALL BARLICK CONLAN PSA/DNA AC09652	$334.00
	Important Bill Klem Single Signed Game Used 1929 World Series Baseball LOA	$1375.00