"Show and Tell" of your cheapest game used jerseys or the "best deal" you have gotten!

[AutographAddiction]

Re: "Show and Tell" of your cheapest game used jerseys or the "best deal" you have gotten!

I know I've shown this before, but back in June of 1996 I flew out to Kansas City to see Cal Ripken Jr. pass Sachio Kinugasa (Japanese star player) for the then World Record of consecutive games played . As the game progressed, i thought it would be neat to have a game used ball from the game and at one point Chris Hoiles hit a foul ball off Kevin Appier into the stands..The guy who caught it was probably in his early 20's and could have cared less about the game or Ripken (more interested in consuming as many beers as he could). Anyways, I think I gave him $50 for the ball and he couldn't turn it over to me fast enough...Luckily, I knew the guy who had brought Kinugasa over from Japan and we all shared a ride back to the hotel after the game and I had him sign the ball (later added Cal)..It would be fair to say that no other game used balls from that record breaking night exist with both signatures

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!

[sox83cubs84]

Re: "Show and Tell" of your cheapest game used jerseys or the "best deal" you have gotten!

Best of all, Bill...no "provenance" from Al Clark.

Dave Miedema

[Mark17]

Re: "Show and Tell" of your cheapest game used jerseys or the "best deal" you have gotten!

About 1988 I was doing a small card show in northern California, San Francisco Bay area, and another dealer had on display a banner used to commemorate the Twins coming to Minnesota in 1961. He wanted $45 for it. There was a red stain that he said was the result of Calvin Griffith spilling wine on it (he said he'd asked Cal to autograph the stain, but he had refused.)

Well, I was a card dealer then, so while I thought it was pretty cool, being a Twins fan from Minnesota, I told him if it was still available after the show I'd give him $20 for it. I spent the whole show glancing over there, wondering if I'd get it, not at all sure of its value (for all I knew, the Boog Powell flannel jersey with NOB at a table behind me was overpriced at $200.)

Anyway, as the show ended, other dealers flocked to my table to load up on my 100-card lots. The guy with the banner came by and said he'd accept the $20. Then he saw I had some 1986 Topps traded sets, and said he'd be willing to trade for two of them. Well, stuff was selling off my table so fast, I told him I'd rather just give him the $20, which I did, and he took the banner down and brought it over.

As I was leaving, he came back over and said, "You really got a good deal on that banner." Seller's remorse I figured. I replied, "Look at it this way, it was clearly displayed for two straight days, and I'm the only one who showed any interest in it, and that's because I'm from Minnesota." He nodded, that logic made him feel better.

For many years I had no idea of that thing's value. But one day, while negotiating the sale of a Twins flannel jersey to a fellow Twins collector, I mentioned it, and the next thing I knew, I was selling it for $1,200. Since then I've been told I sold it way to cheap..... but I certainly am not complaining.