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08-21-2021, 02:44 PM #3
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Thanks, Tony. I appreciate your input.
Now I have a different question. The auction for my Alomar bat just ended without a bid. I did some research on pricing before listing it - saw what other Sellers, on eBay and elsewhere, were asking, and I saw mostly bats with zero use and even "show" bats, signed and unsigned, priced much higher than what I eventually listed mine for ($399 + shipping). The gamers with obvious use, Sellers wanted four figures. If I'd had even one bid I would have netted - after eBay took their slice - less than 350. I was good with that, but apparently I was the only one.
My thinking was that there have to be Alomar collectors out there who are looking for one of his Diamondbacks bats; he was only with the team for a year and a broken hand early in the season limited him to 38 games - how many bat orders could he have made?
As a collector I never focused on Hall of Fame players, although I do have six of Randy Johnson's bats, which I'm sure I'll eventually get around to listing and getting no bids on. That I have the Alomar bat is mostly a fluke - I used to collect any player with a Diamondbacks connection.
I'm trying to divest myself of all the jerseys, bats, helmets, fielding gloves, etc. that I collected for almost 25 years, and things have gone pretty well, for the most part. On some of what I think should be the (relatively) higher end items, though, I'm just hitting a dead end. I've got the Johnson bats, and I have a signed, game worn Max Scherzer Team USA jersey with a team letter that I have/had high hopes for, but now I'm starting to think I just don't understand the market and to be honest I'm a little depressed about it.
Jeff
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