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]

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]

He must be getting advice from Willie Mays

[onlyalbert]

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

[metsbats]

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]

Photo op is only $249. Bargain!

[trsent]

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]

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

Charging for photos with the players is a new low

[trsent]

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]

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.