Yankees Jerseys-flooded Market

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Re: Yankees Jerseys-flooded Market

Well .......guess what! That would be good news for me ,Mr. Low Budget collector. Game worn for one game is game worn. Given the prices they're currently being sold at I will never be able to afford a Yankee pinstripe jersey. If they ever get to the point they're $200 I am all over those.You boys are big time. I am small potatoes.
Paul

Paul, do you think George Steinbrenner would sell anything unless he is getting top dollar? He pays top dollar to all superstars and mediocre players he can muster up. I assume if he is going to sell his jerseys, he is going to get TOP dollar or keep them.

Funny story about Steinbrenner from Billy Martin's book years ago. Billy wrote that in George's first game as owner The Yankees were losing by one in the 9th with two out and a runner on 3rd.

The batter hit a ground ball, and was easily thrown out at 1st to end the game. George was standing applauding because since the runner from 3rd crossed the plate before the out was made, he though they had tied the game and were going to extra innings.

[Rmmm912]

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One perspective that seems to be missing is that the Yankees only wear pinstripes once during spring training, and that is for Game #1 each year; so this is an opportunity to get Giambi's game used (yes, briefly) pinstripe jersey for a fraction (not same) price as the regular season one. THat is why is sells for a bit of a premium vs. other (blue) spring training jerseys). Btw, it retails for $2000, not $2500, and his regular season game used retails for over $7K. You are corect to point out the distinction that it is not very used, but your facts are off in the other areas.

[2000mvpfan]

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I can assure you,in the last year Steiner has NOT had a Giambi regular gamer ever as high as $7000.Believe me,if there's anyone out there actively looking for Giambi's stuff,it's me.Just ask the forum how many times they've had to put up with me bumping "items wanted" messages about his g/u batting gloves.Truth is,IF Steiner has a $7000 Giambi up now(and they don't,I just checked) then it's new pricing based on his "Comeback Player Of The Year" status and good start this year.Don't forget the steroid issue-who would've paid $7000 for that jersey?That is why I assure you both his spring training BP and regular season jerseys were NEVER higher than $2500 (oh,and if the 1-shot Pinstripe is $2000,not $2500,BIG DEAL-that is still not a discount for a one game item).Sorry if this seemed like a rant,but seems like I was being called out for stating THE TRUTH about some of Steiner's ridiculous pricing.



Joe

[2000mvpfan]

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.....and by the way,there is at least one entire-spring used blue jersey priced higher than the 1-shot Pinstripe.....based on the "rarity of the Pinstripe" reasoning,how can this be?
It just shows how arbitrarily Steiner can slap a price on a product and hope (in most cases,know) that someone will pay it.No thanks,I'll take the Oakland stuff with team documentation for a fraction ($375 for his '95 alt. green rookie gamer during "the down year" of last season)




-Joe

[Rmmm912]

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[quote=2000mvpfan]I can assure you,in the last year Steiner has NOT had a Giambi regular gamer ever as high as $7000.Believe me,if there's anyone out there actively looking for Giambi's stuff,it's me.Just ask the forum how many times they've had to put up with me bumping "items wanted" messages about his g/u batting gloves.Truth is,IF Steiner has a $7000 Giambi up now(and they don't,I just checked) then it's new pricing based on his "Comeback Player Of The Year" status and good start this year.Don't forget the steroid issue-who would've paid $7000 for that jersey?That is why I assure you both his spring training BP and regular season jerseys were NEVER higher than $2500 (oh,and if the 1-shot Pinstripe is $2000,not $2500,BIG DEAL-that is still not a discount for a one game item).Sorry if this seemed like a rant,but seems like I was being called out for stating THE TRUTH about some of Steiner's ridiculous pricing.

Actually, there are no game used Giambi jerseys listed an the site, but there are several in inventory (not everything makes it onto the site). If you simply call and ask, you will be told that they are $7500 retail, and yes, since Giambi's status has incresed over the past year, the value of his game used jersey has also increased.

I don't mind the rant at all, just clarifying the facts.