Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

[jppopma]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

FAN FAVORITE! Short and simple, Grace is still a big pull in Chicago. For those who question the power of a fan favorite, go to a single A baseball game when they have a jersey auction. You will get to see a bunch of joes who will never see the bigs...and the jerseys will go upwards of $1,000 for some. I guess everyone has their reasons for collecting and some follow their hearts more than their wallets.

[Lokee]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

Nice jersey but did Grace even get an at bat or even play in the game ?

According to Baseball Almanac he had no at bats.

Crazy amount of money in my opinion. HOWEVER iam not a Grace fan either.

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

FAN FAVORITE! Short and simple, Grace is still a big pull in Chicago. For those who question the power of a fan favorite, go to a single A baseball game when they have a jersey auction. You will get to see a bunch of joes who will never see the bigs...and the jerseys will go upwards of $1,000 for some. I guess everyone has their reasons for collecting and some follow their hearts more than their wallets.

I think there are niche collectors that drive the price up on these items more than anything. I saw a Glenallen Hill world series bat sell for $500 on ebay..5x more than any other bat of his I have ever seen. Couple of collectors most likely are putting together a 2000 world series team bat collection or something and did not care about actual value because they were completing a set of some kind. We can all think of instances where something went for way more....

Fan favorites like Willie McGee and Grace will always get more than their stats dictate but I think usually when you see certain items far exceed other prices for the same player it is usually due to niche item that someone is looking to get at any cost.

[karamaxjoe]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

You guys are all forgetting that the certain auction house was probably pushing that auction to a level they were comfortable with.

Taken right from the auction rules: AMI reserves the right to place a bid on any Lot on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve, if any.

The buyer may have placed a large max bid and paid the price.

[tjm5711]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

You guys are all forgetting that the certain auction house was probably pushing that auction to a level they were comfortable with.

Taken right from the auction rules: AMI reserves the right to place a bid on any Lot on behalf of the seller up to the amount of the reserve, if any.

The buyer may have placed a large max bid and paid the price.

Thanks for that point. It's a very good one, and probably what happened.

[BIGSTIG]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

The winner of this jersey is a friend of mine. He is a BIG Grace fan, and I remember when he saw this he said he will pay X amount of dollars for it, and he won it below what he mentioned willing to spend, so in his mind he got a deal. As for us to place a value on it, something is only worth what one is willing to pay for it. Heck a normal Grace 90's jersey would sell for 2K at auction. Obviously someone else thought it was worth around the same as there was an underbidder. We have all paid dearly for an item that we REALLY wanted. This is a one of a kind item. This jersey was worn in an All-Star game, and no he did not get an at bat, but Grace only played in 3 All star games. So to get a 100% authentic Grace all-star gamer is truly RARE. If I had the $$ I would have given my buddy a run for his money on this.

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

Thanks for that point. It's a very good one, and probably what happened.

Yeah, one that I mentioned on post number 8 of this thread (in regards to your comment above referring to a max bid mentioned by karamaxjoe.....I stated "assuming there was no shill bidding going on with one passionate collector", that would be one explanation of the price that was reached).

But once again, tjm5711, you choose not to absorb what the forum will offer. Mentioning fans of a popular player, with a passion to own a one-of-kind piece (which frik jumped all over as being nonsense.....c'mon les!! ), as a likely reason it went to such a value.....the whole subject of this thread......and the truth comes out.

A passionate Mark Grace fan in fact paid less than he had planned to spend to pick up a one-of-a-kind rare Mark Grace game used item.
Congrats to that true collector, give him my best, BIGSTIG.

[STLHAMMER32]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

I am glad to hear that it went to a Grace fan. It's an extremely unique item and one that you would be hard pressed to find for sale again. If you collect a certain player it's items like this that make you get excited and it's the thought of finding that specific item that keeps us all searching!

[tjm5711]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

Yeah, one that I mentioned on post number 8 of this thread (in regards to your comment above referring to a max bid mentioned by karamaxjoe.....I stated "assuming there was no shill bidding going on with one passionate collector", that would be one explanation of the price that was reached).

But once again, tjm5711, you choose not to absorb what the forum will offer. Mentioning fans of a popular player, with a passion to own a one-of-kind piece (which frik jumped all over as being nonsense.....c'mon les!! ), as a likely reason it went to such a value.....the whole subject of this thread......and the truth comes out.

A passionate Mark Grace fan in fact paid less than he had planned to spend to pick up a one-of-a-kind rare Mark Grace game used item.
Congrats to that true collector, give him my best, BIGSTIG.

You continue to go from thread to thread contradicting any little thing I say ! Who are you to determine who a real collector is. Give up your silly little tirade here and the other thread and once again: LEAVE ME ALONE ! Stop finding every little thing you can in my posts to pick a part and attempt to contradict.

Take your passion theories and everything else and go bother somebody else. You're continued harassment of me will no longer be tolerated. I have already turned this matter over to the moderators. So, do us all a favor, and CUT IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!

[BIGSTIG]

Re: Why did this Grace All Star Jersey sell for so much?

C'mon guys no reason to derail this post. The question was asked as to why it went so high. I think that it was answered. Congrats to my buddy for adding a truly unique piece to his collection. End of story.