PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

[stasman]

Did anyone see how much Pele is charging to sign a game used item at the upcoming Suntimes show in Chicago??? $599.00 REALLY???? come one now, when are these prices going to come back down to earth?

[trsent]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

Did anyone see how much Pele is charging to sign a game used item at the upcoming Suntimes show in Chicago??? $599.00 REALLY???? come one now, when are these prices going to come back down to earth?

We need to start over, like Adam and Eve or the Big Bang and then prices will come down.

[maverick14]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

He must be getting advice from Willie Mays

[onlyalbert]

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Steiner want 600 for a Jeter sig and another 450 to add 3000 Hits. Apparently he is way better than Mays?!

[metsbats]

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I remember in the early ninties going to card shows and paying only $200 for Joe Dimaggio to autograph a baseball. Mickey Mantle was $85. Inflation.

[otismalibu]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

Photo op is only $249. Bargain!

[trsent]

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Did anyone see how much Pele is charging to sign a game used item at the upcoming Suntimes show in Chicago??? $599.00 REALLY???? come one now, when are these prices going to come back down to earth?

Just to be fair, the Pele prices for other items are high but not as high as to sign game used items:

Oversize Flats/Balls/Shoes $299
Jerseys $349
Artwork $499
Game Used Items $599
Inscription $99
Photo Op $249

[metsbats]

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These promoters/players are getting really creative to make more $$.

Charging for photos with the players is a new low

[trsent]

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Steiner want 600 for a Jeter sig and another 450 to add 3000 Hits. Apparently he is way better than Mays?!

Willie Mays charges a ton to signed autographs at public appearances, but price doesn't reflect what one did on the baseball field.

Until late in life, Bob Feller, a top five pitcher all time, would sign public autographs for about $20 each. His autographs do not have much value these days because he signed autographs at public sessions every opportunity he got.

What does Jeter make from The Yankees? 17M a year? Plus endorsements? He doesn't care or want to sign autographs for Steiner, so they pay him silly money to do it. It is not a comparisons of players it is what it costs to get a player to sign autographs.

[trsent]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

These promoters/players are getting really creative to make more $$.

Charging for photos with the players is a new low

So, you don't think the players are being paid to take those photographs in a posed booth? It is a common practice at all the Con's for them to charge for autographs in an autograph pavilion and for them to charge for posed professional photos in a photo booth with the player.

I don't think it's a new low - Those posed photos take more time that an autograph. No one tells the customer they cannot take a picture while the athlete is signing, but at Mounted Memories trade shows, the players are behind a table where the public cannot walk behind to take a posed photo.

[metsbats]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

So, you don't think the players are being paid to take those photographs in a posed booth? It is a common practice at all the Con's for them to charge for autographs in an autograph pavilion and for them to charge for posed professional photos in a photo booth with the player.

I don't think it's a new low - Those posed photos take more time that an autograph. No one tells the customer they cannot take a picture while the athlete is signing, but at Mounted Memories trade shows, the players are behind a table where the public cannot walk behind to take a posed photo.

I absolutely think they are being paid for the photos too and keeping the cattle line moving for autographs is the main goal here. From the business model perspective it's a brilliant idea.

When I used to attend shows there was no photo op charge and we were able to take photos with players after he signed. Alot of great memories were captured in these photos. So from the collectors point of view getting a nice photo with your favorite player but having to pay the double for it is a new low to me.

[NEFAN]

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Bottom line, if you don't pay the ridiculous prices, they'll be forced to lower them.

[commando]

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I have heard that sometimes the promoter pays the athlete a set fee for the appearance. So for example, if Pele were paid $30,000 to sign autographs for four hours, the promoter now needs to figure out how much to charge to make his initial investment back, and perhaps a profit when it's all said and done.

[Roady]

Re: PELE is charging how much for a autograph?

I will not pay.

It's very simple really.

[trsent]

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I absolutely think they are being paid for the photos too and keeping the cattle line moving for autographs is the main goal here. From the business model perspective it's a brilliant idea.

When I used to attend shows there was no photo op charge and we were able to take photos with players after he signed. Alot of great memories were captured in these photos. So from the collectors point of view getting a nice photo with your favorite player but having to pay the double for it is a new low to me.

Last night I had an appearance with two hockey players outside Chicago. At the end of the appearance a young girl came through with a ticket and I asked her what she was getting autographed, and she said she only wanted a picture with the player.

I went into my stack and gave her an 8x10 photo to get signed by the player as I didn't want her to have to pay $15.00 for just her photo-op!