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Sorry if this post bothers anyone, and it might be more suited for the auto forum, but that place is kinda dead at the moment.
I am going to quickly vent about something that bothers me with the memorabilia business as a whole. OK, so Joe Kennedy dies this morning...and being totally bored at work, I decided to check out eBay to see how many items were listed with his name and to my suprise, at 3:00, there were only about 60 items.
Now there are about 200 items. Some are listed with RIP, some are listed with today's date, etc.
I understand the buy low/sell high priciple with cards and autographs, etc. But when someone dies at a young age, especially someone that was a common, struggling journeyman pitcher with little or no hobby interest...is it really necessary to dig through your trash cards to find that "rare" Kennedy rookie, then add RIP to the item description referring to him as "Mr. Kennedy"? I guess I am bitter since the Darryl Kile tragedy in 2002 - Maybe I am out of line, but the poor family is suffering right now...and anyone who met the guy with a sharpie is selling his autograph.
I am not saying anyone is bad here, it just bothers me a little. We are kind of in an opportunist hobby - where unfortunatley, incidents like this can help people to "unload and profit". Anyway, the situation is sad, and I was not a fan of Kennedy's, but being around his age with a little boy of my own puts things in perspective - especially during a week when we are supposed to be giving thanks and being thankful.
I am not looking for responses to this post, I just appreciate you guys letting me express my feelings in this very visible and honorable forum.
Dave
I am going to quickly vent about something that bothers me with the memorabilia business as a whole. OK, so Joe Kennedy dies this morning...and being totally bored at work, I decided to check out eBay to see how many items were listed with his name and to my suprise, at 3:00, there were only about 60 items.
Now there are about 200 items. Some are listed with RIP, some are listed with today's date, etc.
I understand the buy low/sell high priciple with cards and autographs, etc. But when someone dies at a young age, especially someone that was a common, struggling journeyman pitcher with little or no hobby interest...is it really necessary to dig through your trash cards to find that "rare" Kennedy rookie, then add RIP to the item description referring to him as "Mr. Kennedy"? I guess I am bitter since the Darryl Kile tragedy in 2002 - Maybe I am out of line, but the poor family is suffering right now...and anyone who met the guy with a sharpie is selling his autograph.
I am not saying anyone is bad here, it just bothers me a little. We are kind of in an opportunist hobby - where unfortunatley, incidents like this can help people to "unload and profit". Anyway, the situation is sad, and I was not a fan of Kennedy's, but being around his age with a little boy of my own puts things in perspective - especially during a week when we are supposed to be giving thanks and being thankful.
I am not looking for responses to this post, I just appreciate you guys letting me express my feelings in this very visible and honorable forum.
Dave
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