Congrats if someone in here won this at $18,000. With BP around $21,000. In my opinion a complete steal. Especially when a Pete Rose high grade rookie sold for 17k in the very same auction. There has to be something wrong with that picture.
I thought for a month on how I could get involved in this. 1954 rookie jersey set 1!!. I could have privately sacrificed one of my early, unique Barry Sanders game worn jerseys. But that could have been a backwards trade. Could have pulled the funds from a retirement account. But thats a bad habit to get into.
Lets face it, there is not much national interest in Kaline. From a "national" point of view, he's probably not a top shelf type Hof'er. A guy that did everything pretty well but admittedly not in a league with Aaron, Mantle, Mays. Perhaps more comparable with Musial. I have to believe early Musial jerseys have sold for more than 18k. Again congrats to whoever picked up this one-of-a-kind gem.