Is Collecting Going To Far......eBay This!

[cordovacollector]

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Did you win the comic art work? Do you still own the gum? Can you post a picture?

[godwulf]

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[It's already happened (sort of)...,

While playing for Arizona, Luis Gonzalez spit out a wad of bubble gum onto the field. The ABC gum was retrieved and put on eBay for a charity auction.

Dave M.
Chicago area

As I recall, the infamous gum was retrieved, according to the owner, during a 2002 Spring Training game. I'm not sure if the auction for that particular wad of gum was allowed to proceed, due to questions about the gum's authenticity, but Gonzo did, a short time later, contribute a different wad of chewed gum for a charity auction. The Topps Company also made this one-of-a-kind "bubble gum comic" art piece, had Gonzo sign it, and auctioned it for charity.



I won that auction, but my sister insisted on buying it for me. It was featured in a Sport Illustrated article about "odd collectibles", and I got an email from the original gum-finder (who I'd outbid) asking who the heck I was.

[cordovacollector]

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It's already happened (sort of)...,

While playing for Arizona, Luis Gonzalez spit out a wad of bubble gum onto the field. The ABC gum was retrieved and put on eBay for a charity auction.

We should have a little green ~barf~ smilie ....

[Lokee]

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if it is for charity it is not listed as a charity auction on ebay as per ebay rules.

[sox83cubs84]

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[quote=cordovacollector;149152]I agree, Godwulf, I thought it was kinda gross too. Some day will see some player spit out a nasty wad of chew and it'll end up for sale.

Helen:

It's already happened (sort of)...,

While playing for Arizona, Luis Gonzalez spit out a wad of bubble gum onto the field. The ABC gum was retrieved and put on eBay for a charity auction.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[cordovacollector]

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Still DNA there ...

"Abe Lincoln was my great-great grandfather...."

[mfsquirrelmaster]

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Most of the hair samples ive seen for auction were from dead people.
"I was sexually assaulted by honest Abe Lincoln!!"

[cordovacollector]

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For you Legal Beagles out there ... do you think with some of the crazies out there that there is a risk for guys letting their potential DNA samples out to the general public? I could see a scenario where a female OR male saying so-and-so assaulted me and here is a hair sample to prove it.

Am I just getting paranoid?

"Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't out there behind a bush watching you ...."

[cordovacollector]

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.... yuck .... shivers ....

I'm glad my friends collect game used STUFF too and not hair ... I could never get passed the creepy factor if they wanted to show me their collection.

[mfsquirrelmaster]

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This is not the first time that locks of hair have hit the auction block. Many many times. There have been auctions for hair from several presidents, Elvis, and Marilyn Monroe to just name a few. Someone out there may actually only collect hair.

[cordovacollector]

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I agree, Godwulf, I thought it was kinda gross too. Some day will see some player spit out a nasty wad of chew and it'll end up for sale.

OT, but didn't the Mariners have a Jay Buhner Day ... where if you shaved your head you got into the game free? I think they even had barber chairs outside the stadium. I remember even seeing some young girls that did it and thought -- oh yeah, you thought it was fun tonight but I bet when your parents see you, or when you wake up tomorrow, you're gonna look in the mirror and cry.

[godwulf]

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I would expect that the presence of the hair in the list of auction items would actually turn some folks off who might otherwise bid. Seriously, that's just kind of gross. I can think of a thousand personal items that would be more likely to attract bids.

The only hair in my collection is a small quantity of my own, which I shaved in tribute when Matt Williams retired.

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It takes all kinds. Some people will try to make money from anything.

[Capital-Sports]

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Well it is for charity so...

[TriplexXxSports]

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