A Game Used Item You KNOW No Longer Exists (Destroyed)

[commando]

I'd be interested to hear about any game used items that you KNOW no longer exist because they've been destroyed. It doesn't matter how rare or valuable the items were.

I'll kick things off with the sad tale of the Ronnie Lott game-used USC helmet. My former boss used to live in Southern California and attended a charity auction many years ago. The University donated several things to the auction and my boss wound up winning the Ronnie Lott helmet. This was shortly after Lott left college and went to the 49ers (back in the days where you hear horror stories similar to this one), and he paid a very fair price as the winning bidder, so the natural thing to do was give the helmet to his kids to play with. Needless to say, by the time they were done with it, the helmet just a pitiful shell of what it used to be (no pun intended) and was thrown in the trash.

There may be other Lott USC helmets out there, but I'm not sure if they would have the direct provenance of the one that was thrown away.

[kudu]

[Titans74]

Don't believe everyrhing a card, or card company, tells you (or states on their product) about game used cards. I've been collecting on and off for 30 years. Most "game used" card are nothing more than unused jerseys and such. Most, not all, are not as advertised.

[ivo610]

I'd be interested to hear about any game used items that you KNOW no longer exist because they've been destroyed. It doesn't matter how rare or valuable the items were.

I'll kick things off with the sad tale of the Ronnie Lott game-used USC helmet. My former boss used to live in Southern California and attended a charity auction many years ago. The University donated several things to the auction and my boss wound up winning the Ronnie Lott helmet. This was shortly after Lott left college and went to the 49ers (back in the days where you hear horror stories similar to this one), and he paid a very fair price as the winning bidder, so the natural thing to do was give the helmet to his kids to play with. Needless to say, by the time they were done with it, the helmet just a pitiful shell of what it used to be (no pun intended) and was thrown in the trash.

There may be other Lott USC helmets out there, but I'm not sure if they would have the direct provenance of the one that was thrown away.

That makes me ill

[sox83cubs84]

My 1986 Cubs BP of Ed Lynch. The missus laundered it but didn't put it away, and our dalmatian laid waste to it, chewing a huge hole in the shoulder. After that, I made sre that, if I laundered any jerseys, that I'd be overseeing it myself.

Dave Miedema

[kprst6]

The 2011 Jordan Staal Winter Classic 2nd period and 2011 Crosby set 2 both went to card companies

[ifirocked]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-11-09-2722...item336b8f1db2



Here is a good example. Read the bottom line on the back of the card.

[kudu]

Here is the back of the Babe Ruth card:

[BULBUS]

My grandmother used to work for the Giants. I think she was some kind of manager in concessions? Anyway, she had a few friends in the organization and was able to get a pair of Lawrence Taylor game used gloves. She gave them to me and my brother when we were about 10-12 yrs old. Well, we played football in the yard with them on, even in the mud They were washed a few times and eventually lost/ thrown out

[godwulf]

God, never give anything even remotely valuable to a kid...and by "kid" I mean anyone under the age of about 26. Fortunately, I didn't collect GU when mine were small, or I might have a story or two like that, myself.