Re: Game Changer:Escobar inside-the-park ball sells for 19K
Two years from now nobody will care one bit about that ball. Not like it was the first one ever in a WS nor is it even a super popular player. Instant hype and that's all.
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Re: Game Changer:Escobar inside-the-park ball sells for 19K
Its amazing what a 4-base error game used baseball will go for these days.Leave a comment:
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Re: Game Changer:Escobar inside-the-park ball sells for 19K
It's my belief that it's not an everyday collector unless its someone like Stephen Wong. I always wondered why a rich person couldn't just buy everything and never noticed them doing it, until now. They're definitely not a collector we know from here. Would you agree there are too many astronomically high bids on baseballs( Syndegaard game 3 first pitch realized $9,020, Matz first pitch for game 4 is currently active at $1,125)? I spoke to a few Forum members who came up with celebrities and extremely wealthy people who are probably propelling the prices. But what's particularly interesting is that they chose the baseball as their item of choice (Jerseys are also in the mix but not primary targets). Again, I find what's happening remarkable and that MLB auctions now have placed themselves as a primary location where we have to look when considering items, especially current items who authenticity is 99.999% without question. An interesting year in collecting to say the least.Leave a comment:
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Re: Game Changer:Escobar inside-the-park ball sells for 19K
How do you know a collector didn't buy it.Leave a comment:
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Game Changer:Escobar inside-the-park ball sells for 19K
MLB.com/auctions has sold the Alcides Escobar 2015 World Series game 1 inside-the-park home run baseball for $19,200. A game changer in which a new type of buyer (not a collector, not a dealer) has basically defined what is the most coveted type collectible: a baseball. More high sells are on the way for baseballs from this postseason.
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