1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

[gorilla777]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

that's a great bat, I'm still waiting to own my first Tino Martinez item. are his usually rare, or easy to find?

Just keep on the look out - you can find Tino items/bats out there. For those Yankee era teams, the Paul O'Neill bats are a more difficult find typically than Tino, Bernie, or Posada.

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

thanks gorilla777, what about other game related Tino items, like jerseys, are they as easy to find as his bats?

[gorilla777]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

thanks gorilla777, what about other game related Tino items, like jerseys, are they as easy to find as his bats?

That I am not so sure about, as I just collect GU bats. I think that I saw one in the recent Vintage Authentics auction, but it may have just been an issued jersey. Plus you always have to be wary if it has the Lampson authentication too.
There are probably some collectors with his gear on this site, so I would just post on the classifieds and see what you might get?

Good luck - Ben

[legaleagle92481]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

that's a great bat, I'm still waiting to own my first Tino Martinez item. are his usually rare, or easy to find?

There were a bunch from the Yankees-Steiner partnership they popup on Ebay every couple of months. A good guy to contact is Tfig27 i believe he had one for sale in the past and he deals in alot of yankee stuff.

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

thanks, I'll keep an eye out. it would be nice to see him as a coach like with Mattingly and have some of his game used available since I missed out during his playing career.

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

I contacted Steiner yesterday and they said they had a game used Tino bat for 1250$, is that a decent price? they didn't have any further details if it was game used from the regular season or playoffs?

[gorilla777]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

I contacted Steiner yesterday and they said they had a game used Tino bat for 1250$, is that a decent price? they didn't have any further details if it was game used from the regular season or playoffs?

That is a 300-400% markup if a regular GU bat. You should be able to find a Yankee era bat easy enough for much less.

Ben

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

that is pretty steep, are there any other sites that sell Tino used bats?

[suave1477]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

I collect many Yankees items including but not limited to bats.

I have handled many Tino bats and have a few in my collection.

IMO I would put a bat like that in the value range of $800 to $1,000.

But hey on any given day if no ones looking it could sell for $600, if you have 2 guys with deep pockets it could sell for $2000.......so who knows.

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

thanks suave, I was reading some older threads and there was one with Tino Steiner certified bat that had a line under the 125? I'm just starting to collect but have you came across this with any of the Tino bats you owned, and is Steiner the only store that would have Tino bats at the moment? though I am a Tino fan, how popular is he in general with the rest of baseball fans because his bat prices seem to be high for him, since he wasn't a superstar Hall of Fame player.

[suave1477]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

Well as most here would tell you a line under the 125 usually means it is a retail/promotional bat so it is not common to find that on a Game Used. Is it possible and have retail items before made it onto the playing field Yes. But not common.
Well I am sure if you look around to game used dealers and such you may come across more. Other than Steiner.
As other members have mentioned here he is a fan favorite but moreso to Yankees fans as hey was a key member of the World Series teams and done so much for the Yankees. That is where the strength of his fan base would come from I would imagine. But what also drives up the price for his other items I would think is because he had short stints with other teams so his items from those teams are even hard to find.
Not a hall of famer but he was a constant star that put up high consistant numbers for a good amount of years and had clutch moments. And his items are more towards the harder side to come by. So when they hit the market at a good price people tend to jump on it.

But as always in the collecting hobby it all depends on which way the wind blows that day

Example I pointed out to someone not too long ago I listed an item on ebay 3 times dropping the price every time because it just seem no one wanted it. By the 4th time I listed it which was way below even what I paid for it, I had 2 people go into a bidding war over it and it ended up selling 3 X over my original orice I asked for it. So go figure!!

[legaleagle92481]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

you can get cheaper than 1200 on ebay and from steiner. do you have twitter? if you do follow jason klein on there once he gets 200 followers each follower will get 25% off for one item on one day. and there are 10% coupons online.

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

thank you suave and legaleagle for your advice and suggestions, I hope to be able to own a Tino game used bat one day. I wonder why Steiner would even still have any available for sale, considering 5 years have passed since he retired and with his popularity surely even at over a thousand dollars for his game used bat those should have been gone by now.

also are most of Tino's bats cracked or uncracked?

[BULBUS]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

yankees24,

have you seen this bat?

http://cgi.ebay.com/TINO-MARTINEZ-GAME-USED-BAT-COA-STEINER-NY-YANKEES-/190392014780?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c543f97bc

[yankees24]

Re: 1996 Tino Martinez GU Signed ALCS Bat

yankees24,

have you seen this bat?

http://cgi.ebay.com/TINO-MARTINEZ-GA...item2c543f97bc

thanks Chris, no I haven't. do you know if this is a member here, maybe I could talk to him further about this. also are Tino bats MLB Authenticated, only see the Steiner Sports hologram on that bat. thanks.