Manny Ramirez game used 555th career HR jersey

[allstarsplus]

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I could never understand why collectors pay a premium for a players home run jersey, especially a jersey worn for only one game, the jersey had nothing to do with the HR being hit, it's just some sewn fabric that he wore for the game.

I would pay a premium for the bat the player hit the HR with or the HR baseball some fan caught in the stands.

Not too long ago on SCP auctions Kurt Gibsons 1998 WS HR jersey brought in $303,000 and the HR bat brought in close to 600,000 almost double of what the jersey sold for.

If I was the owner of this Manny jersey and someone offered me $10-15 grand, I'd sell it in a heartbeat.

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks, Bobby

Bobby - I see your point but the rarity of a HR jersey is much greater than the HR bat IMO. The jerseys are generally controlled by the team and the bats generally by the player and since they wear the jerseys longer it is difficult to match jerseys.

A hologram'd jersey attributable to a HR is very rare. Now maybe with the Yankees barcoding it won't be as rare, but I collect HR items and my favorite items are HR balls and the jerseys as I have a few in my collection and in comparison I have dozens of HR bats.

Now if you are an ARod collector, there are probably 400 or more HR bats out there and you probably couldn't count more than a few jerseys that you absolutely knew was worn for a HR.

[gameused]

Re: Manny Ramirez game used 555th career HR jersey

I could never understand why collectors pay a premium for a players home run jersey, especially a jersey worn for only one game, the jersey had nothing to do with the HR being hit, it's just some sewn fabric that he wore for the game.

I would pay a premium for the bat the player hit the HR with or the HR baseball some fan caught in the stands.

Not too long ago on SCP auctions Kurt Gibsons 1998 WS HR jersey brought in $303,000 and the HR bat brought in close to 600,000 almost double of what the jersey sold for.

If I was the owner of this Manny jersey and someone offered me $10-15 grand, I'd sell it in a heartbeat.

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks, Bobby

[allstarsplus]

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I know that the Manny White Sox HR Jersey was sold by the White Sox for $1200. Pretty fair price considering that his Dodger shirts sold around 700-1000 through 2009 and 2010, but I guess some people place a large premium on it being a HR shirt.

The Manny HR jerseys i have are not MLB authenticated, but matched to game photos and video.

I understand and I clearly was pointing out what Mike Benko paid and what S. Mears paid.

When Edgar purchased it, you have to wonder if people knew he hit a HR with it.

[gamer35]

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From what I heard, Benko paid much more than that and sold it to S. Mears at a price about 3x what you are estimating as I think you are off on your evaluation as this is rare if you collect HR jerseys with impeccable provenance.

MLB Auctions has his Opening Day Tampa jersey up for auction and that will sell most likely well in excess of $1,200 and he didn't hit any HRs with that jersey. It will most likely be his "last" Opening Day jersey but other than that, not too much other significance with the jersey and I predict it will get to $2,500.

If you have MLB Authenticated ManRam HR jerseys, I am interested so please send me an email. thanks.

I know that the Manny White Sox HR Jersey was sold by the White Sox for $1200. Pretty fair price considering that his Dodger shirts sold around 700-1000 through 2009 and 2010, but I guess some people place a large premium on it being a HR shirt.

The Manny HR jerseys i have are not MLB authenticated, but matched to game photos and video.

[allstarsplus]

Re: Manny Ramirez game used 555th career HR jersey

MLB Auctions has his Opening Day Tampa jersey up for auction and that will sell most likely well in excess of $1,200 and he didn't hit any HRs with that jersey. It will most likely be his "last" Opening Day jersey but other than that, not too much other significance with the jersey and I predict it will get to $2,500.

Already over $2,000!!!!

http://auction.mlb.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=150975911&prmenbr=33072944&aunbr=151322621

[allstarsplus]

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I really dont get how a jersey can jump from lets say $1200-$1500 to $10,000-$15,000 just because the guy was once again discovered as a cheat and he hit his last home run in it (albeit in a 1 day specialty shirt). If you guys are looking for Manny HR shirts from his Indians, Sox, and Dodgers years and are looking to pay prices like that, feel free to contact me.

From what I heard, Benko paid much more than that and sold it to S. Mears at a price about 3x what you are estimating as I think you are off on your evaluation as this is rare if you collect HR jerseys with impeccable provenance.

MLB Auctions has his Opening Day Tampa jersey up for auction and that will sell most likely well in excess of $1,200 and he didn't hit any HRs with that jersey. It will most likely be his "last" Opening Day jersey but other than that, not too much other significance with the jersey and I predict it will get to $2,500.

If you have MLB Authenticated ManRam HR jerseys, I am interested so please send me an email. thanks.

[DeacDoug]

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Love that jersey, which I owned it, and love Manny. But what an idiot! Guess he just couldn't hit anymore. His last hurrah was '08 with the Dodgers when he was hitting like Bonds. However, you may not have heard the last of Manny. His son, Manny Jr., is a 6-4, 220 high school sophomore playing for the IMG junior varsity. Manny has another, much younger son also named Manny with a different mother.

[gamer35]

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I finally heard back from Steve Mears and he said he had no interest in a $10,000 offer for the Manny jersey. He said he wouldn't even take $15,000 for it as it was a much needed part of his Manny Ramirez HR collection. I am not going over $10,000 as that was my top end. I even offered to trade him a game used Pauly Pierce Boston jersey as part of the deal plus cash and he said no dice.

As far as this being some type of "joke" as Rob L states, everyone has their area of interest. I am guessing that all of the Manny collectors on here are not going to suddenly liquidate their entire collections now that Manny has tested postive for another banned substance since we have been down this road before.

Everyone can collect what they enjoy collecting and if someone finds value in an item then all the better for them and it is what it is. Obviously since my $10k offer to Mr. Mears would not get the deal done, I am not the only one that is willing to pay at a higher level for Manny gear.

As Mr. Dave Grob says "Enjoy what you collect and collect what you enjoy"

Joe

I really dont get how a jersey can jump from lets say $1200-$1500 to $10,000-$15,000 just because the guy was once again discovered as a cheat and he hit his last home run in it (albeit in a 1 day specialty shirt). If you guys are looking for Manny HR shirts from his Indians, Sox, and Dodgers years and are looking to pay prices like that, feel free to contact me.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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I finally heard back from Steve Mears and he said he had no interest in a $10,000 offer for the Manny jersey. He said he wouldn't even take $15,000 for it as it was a much needed part of his Manny Ramirez HR collection. I am not going over $10,000 as that was my top end. I even offered to trade him a game used Pauly Pierce Boston jersey as part of the deal plus cash and he said no dice.

The nerve of him!

[BostonSportsFan]

Re: Manny Ramirez game used 555th career HR jersey

I finally heard back from Steve Mears and he said he had no interest in a $10,000 offer for the Manny jersey. He said he wouldn't even take $15,000 for it as it was a much needed part of his Manny Ramirez HR collection. I am not going over $10,000 as that was my top end. I even offered to trade him a game used Pauly Pierce Boston jersey as part of the deal plus cash and he said no dice.

As far as this being some type of "joke" as Rob L states, everyone has their area of interest. I am guessing that all of the Manny collectors on here are not going to suddenly liquidate their entire collections now that Manny has tested postive for another banned substance since we have been down this road before.

Everyone can collect what they enjoy collecting and if someone finds value in an item then all the better for them and it is what it is. Obviously since my $10k offer to Mr. Mears would not get the deal done, I am not the only one that is willing to pay at a higher level for Manny gear.

As Mr. Dave Grob says "Enjoy what you collect and collect what you enjoy"

Joe

[nationals2k9]

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Some excellent points during the game on ESPN last night. My favorite was from Orel who basically said, the HOF is quickly becoming a place in the heart of each individual fan, not so much whether or not a player lands in Cooperstown one day. I think I may just run with that one... I agree 100%. They also said that the Hall is starting to look more like a museum with everything that's happened the last few years. I like that too.

Why all of us are trying to make conclusive comments about Manny just a couple days after this all happened is beyond me. And comparing him to Jason Giambi is just stupid. Paying a guy millions of dollars for being at the top of his profession has no direct correlation with stuff like how many babies he was seen kissing.

BostonSportsFan - I'm sure Andrew will get ahold of you if he hasn't already. I agree the jersey probably went up in value for the small number of us who still consider Manny one of the best we've ever seen with our own eyes. I'm smart enough to acknowledge that number is getting smaller by the day. But to each his own.

[Rob L]

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Andrew:

Rumor has it that this jersey was purchased by a high end game used collector out of the Los Angeles area Steve Mears. I emailed Mr. Mears without any response so far. If he has it can anybody confirm this. I would pay right now $10,000 for that jersey without question.

Joe

Wow. Really? What a joke!!

[legaleagle92481]

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IMO the question is not value but why a collector would want it. Manny cheated himself, his teamates, his family, his opponents, the fans and everyone else. The guy has been caught three times. It shows that either he is a total moron or more likely he just does not care. he made his $200 million now good bye and good riddance.

[gamer35]

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I really do not get why a one game specialty jersey would shoot up to anything above $1500, regardless of what number home run jersey it was. You guys really think that a last HR jersey for a shirt worn one game would increase in value to $5k-10k because the guy was found to be a drug cheat who was basically forced to retire from baseball?

I do own a photomatched home 09 jersey which was photomatched to multiple home runs in April-May 2009 prior to his first 50 game suspension and am close on a photomatch to a home 2010 HR jersey used to hit his second home run of the year. Email me at mannygameused@gmail.com if interested on seeing the pics.

[BostonSportsFan]

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[quote=justinbittner220;246349]Whether or not he used steroids, Manny still had an amazing career and this is a very well documented, beautiful jersey.

I agree with that. Manny's 500 HR jersey wasn't even MLB hologram'd and I don't know for a fact about other HR jerseys but when Michael told me he bought this jersey I thought the greatest value was the fact that it was MLB Hologram'd and there may not be any other Manny holo'd HR jerseys in existence. If someone knows of another Manny HR jersey that is photomatched or MLB holo'd, let's hear about it.

Now that this looks like it most likely will be Manny's last HR ever makes this jersey even more valuable. The story behind it is also adds to the value with Manny getting traded from the Dodgers to the Chisox and was the only HR he hit for Chicago and now the last (?) of his career.

Now to the value, the value is what someone is willing to pay for it. Right now I would say it is $5,000 to $10,000, and I can say a minimum of $5,000 as I personally would buy it for that from the person Michael sold it to![/quote]

Andrew:

Rumor has it that this jersey was purchased by a high end game used collector out of the Los Angeles area Steve Mears. I emailed Mr. Mears without any response so far. If he has it can anybody confirm this. I would pay right now $10,000 for that jersey without question.

Joe