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That was the other lot!! Doug Allen actually contacted me to see if I wanted to donate my half, but I had already sold off the extras.
Ken
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Dang... 650... Sounds like you might give Geddy Lee a run for his money in comparing collections.
Geddy is the lead singer of Rush. He donated a couple hundred single signed balls to the Negro League Baseball Museum in KC back in 2008 or so. Its a pretty impressive collection.
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A couple years ago, Legendary sold 2 lots of single-signed Negro Lg signed baseballs. Each had about 175 balls, and not just recent guys. I bought one lot, kept about 40, and sold the rest for double my money. Since I have about 650 different NL BB, being able to grab a chunk of 40 or so that I don't have is amazing, esp. at the price they went for. Still kicking myself in the rear for not pulling the trigger on the other lot.
Ken
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A couple months ago somebody listed a Thome game used White Sox years LVS for $150 shipped. I was checking the images and couldnt tell much so downloaded the pictures so I could enlarge them a bit. Got distracted by a work phone call. 2 minutes later concluded the bat was characteristic and had good use... Went to buy it and it was gone. Shoulda been faster.Leave a comment:
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I found this thread and have a good one, earlier this year i was at a yankee game and entered the steiner store for some window shopping and saw a game used batting weight sleeve for sale, the price was $100, i thought it was a fair price but i was in a hurry to get to my over priced seats, for some reason i decided to take a picture of it (there was a hand written NYY on the side with a chunk of tar on the bottom). As im about to leave i decide to go ahead and just pick it up, and by the time i got to the store...gone! And it got worse when i got home when i found a photo online of jeter with the sleeve on his bat with the same "NYY and tar mark"..... Unreal
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Mine is pretty recent as there was a Victor Martinez GU batting helmet on ebay that I lost out on by a few bucks. Wish I had set my max bid a bit higher.
My other, much bigger one was on a Dennis Eckersley GU Indians red jersey in a recent auction. Again, I came up just a little short...wish I had bid a bit more and won the jersey.Leave a comment:
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Jim Bottomley signed GPC from the 40's. I was willing to bid $450 and it went for $510...he is one of the hardest Cards sigs to find a legit sig of...and I let it go because I was afraid I was being shilled against.
A 12 ct box of Albert Pujols signed baseballs from a signing he did his rookie season. His sig was so bad back then that the thought of spending $100 per baseball was ridiculous.
2007 David Wright model Marucci that was used by Albert (MLB HOLO). It was for sale in the Cards team store for $700 and by the time I decided to go back and buy it it was sold. This has happened with other items...but I really regret this one specifically.Leave a comment:
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Here's one I still can't shake. In the early 80's a former national league umpire strolled into a local cardshow and brought three nice game bats in for sale (probably gifts or rack bats). At the time I wasn't collecting them, nor was the interest of game used in the hobby as big as now. He had a Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and a Roberto Clemente. His price was an amazing $250 apiece. That was a fair amount back then, and there were no takers. He let me handle and swing the Clemente, and at the time I never realized what I had in front of me. Wish I coulda borrowed some cash, but I was only twelve.
A month or two later at the same locale, I watched a former batboy of the Braves sell Eddie Matthews 1957 or 58 road uniform (jersey, pants and stirrups) at auction. I remember someone at the time say it could of been a Hall of Fame piece. I really wanted it , but a Chicago dealer ran out to his car for a wad of cash and outbid everyone. I saw him at a show in 07 and reminded him of that, he shook his head and smiled and said its been sold a few times since then.Leave a comment:
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Sorry guys I didn't respond sooner as I missed seeeing this thread pop up so I missed the questions asked.
But yes you are correct!!! Brett Gardner!
Good call, how did you know?
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the woman i bought my clemente gamer from had a picture postcard that roberto clemente wrote to some friends in chicago. it was dated aug 28, 1955, his rookie season!
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I was about to BIN but realized I didn't have enough PayPal funds. Someone else already grabbed it and it is an excellent steal of a price for a Gasol game worn jersey considering what Lakers game used items must be going for now.
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Hi,
I have one that still burns me to this day...about 15 years ago I saw a Floyd Little game jersey in a Denver antique store for $500. I agonized over getting it or not [didn't have any gamers at the time so wasn't yet bitten by the bug] and having just gotten married and next to nothing in the bank I passed.
Well, I saw it again a few months ago....still did not get it as I was the second place bidder.
http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...eDesc=0&period=
Thanks
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