Value is important for more than one reason -sometimes you need to know the value of items for insurance purposes or if you're looking to trade it's always nice to have an idea what something is "worth". I'm not looking to get rid of the pennant -I almost never get rid of anything baseball related anyway, but that doesn't mean i'm not curious as to what this item goes for. And like Joe said it's part of the thrill of the hunt to find valuable items for pennies on the dollar. Tough to do on ebay, but still relatively easy to do in the real world if you look hard enough.