Baseball Memorabilia Auction

[Aries Walker]

Okay, so as some of you know, I work as an online estate sale organizer in real life, and one of the auctions we just put up is the estate of a lifelong baseball memorabilia collector. There really is an unbelievable amount of stuff in here; MLB players would come to his house as if it was a museum. There are signed photos and baseballs, vintage posters and pennants, lots of bobbleheads and figurines, Negro League and women's league things, and memorabilia from almost every team.

To be quite honest, it isn't getting as much attention as we were hoping, which sucks for us as a company, but because everything starts bidding at a dollar, it means that things are going for much less than they otherwise would. So here's the link; there's a good chance it'll be worth it for you to sign up and bid (especially since there's a special offer for first-timers).

They're also selling a bunch of non-baseball household stuff, and the auction ends on Tuesday night. Here's the link.

https://www.ebth.com/sales/12313-spo...ore/categories

If you happen to live in the DC area, you can pick up whatever you win on Thursday, but otherwise we also offer shipping (which for baseballs and pictures probably won't be much). Make sure you check the shipping price before you bid.

And to give you an idea of the scope, this is what his baseball room looked like before we organized it.





And that's not even counting what was already upstairs, in the stairwell, in those cabinets, or in his back room.

Good luck.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Just saw when I logged back into the website that I had 1 item in the won category, although I know none of my auctions were ending today.

Went and looked and low and behold I won a purse.

My wife was on and bid on a few things. This is not good, not good at all that she knows about this site now.

[Rain Man]

I want old non-sports autographs if you ever come across any.

I keep wanting to buy some sort of appreciating old stuff, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if I'm paying an appropriate price.

[Toby Waller]

different page

https://www.ebth.com/items/3246976-h...n-trading-card

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by smellypitts

different page

https://www.ebth.com/items/3246976-h...n-trading-card

Nice find. Hadn't seen that auction.

I want this for the photo alone. You'd think in a photo where you are posing, the photographer would suggest you take off your glasses.

[Toby Waller]

But Sabo played in those like a Rambis

[BigRedChief]

I don't know man. Some of this stuff is not hard core authenticated. without that, no serious collector is going to bid. Some is, might bid on some stuff though, thanks for the heads up.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I don't know man. Some of this stuff is not hard core authenticated. without that, no serious collector is going to bid. Some is, might bid on some stuff though, thanks for the heads up.

Yeah, there isn't much escaping that. We send the high-end signatures (Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, that sort) out to JSA for authentication, but if nothing else, we simply don't have the time to send every one of them out. Like our disclaimer says, we match them visually to known examples, and in this case, the seller got almost all of them signed personally while he watched.

But I know what you mean.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Just saw when I logged back into the website that I had 1 item in the won category, although I know none of my auctions were ending today.

Went and looked and low and behold I won a purse.

My wife was on and bid on a few things. This is not good, not good at all that she knows about this site now.

Heh. Sorry about your impending bankruptcy.

Just make sure she checks the shipping first. That's the best advice I can give. It can turn a $2 purse into a $25 purse or more, and they don't combine shipping; that really can add up quickly.

[Aries Walker]

Originally Posted by smellypitts

different page

https://www.ebth.com/items/3246976-h...n-trading-card

Dang. I even have an alert set up to tell me whenever the words 'Kansas City Chiefs' appear, and I missed that one.

Sweet.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Just saw when I logged back into the website that I had 1 item in the won category, although I know none of my auctions were ending today.

Went and looked and low and behold I won a purse.

My wife was on and bid on a few things. This is not good, not good at all that she knows about this site now.

New plan everyone. Let lewdog and his wife buy everything off this website, then get it all on the cheap when his household goes bankrupt.

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I mostly only collect baseball memorabilia and mostly only autographed baseballs. And while some of this stuff is cool, I don't collect the Yankees (personal hate) and most of this is players from a generation I didn't watch. Good stuff though and prices are very low right now. Glad the OP showed us this. I plan to keep that website handy and look at things from time to time. Very interesting stuff in other auctions too.

I buy my father a lot of sports stuff for gifts. He is retired and sits in his office playing PC games. He has some cool stuff on his walls I have bought him and he loves it. The 2 masterpieces, Arnold Palmer Pic from the late 60's black and white autographed and a picture of Bird and Magic posted up, duel autographed. It's fun giving him this stuff to hang up.

[Hamwallet]

Friday was my first royals game of the year. Got him a Gordon autographed WS ball. It's a fun hobby buying your dad cool stuff. Haha

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I don't know man. Some of this stuff is not hard core authenticated. without that, no serious collector is going to bid. Some is, might bid on some stuff though, thanks for the heads up.

That's not necessarily true. If you do your research, the source looks legit (like this known baseball collector) and you compare known authentic signatures, this is a way to snag cheaper items and then pay to get them authenticated yourself. I have balls I got signed myself by the current Royals. When inclined, I can pay money and have them authenticated to make them worth more. If I can get something I think is real but not authenticated, it's usually much cheaper. You've got to know what you're doing though.

Hell, half of the authentication that took place in the 90's was fraudulent stuff anyway. Those companies have since went under after it was made public their practices. Still happens today so just because something is authenticated, doesn't mean it's actually legit. I trust most JSA authentications, however.

[Aries Walker]

Anybody win anything? The Royals lot went for $47, and the most expensive sports-related item was, believe it or not, the pile of minor league commemorative balls, which went for a staggering $350.

https://www.ebth.com/items/3221443-g...tive-baseballs

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

Anybody win anything? The Royals lot went for $47, and the most expensive sports-related item was, believe it or not, the pile of minor league commemorative balls, which went for a staggering $350.

https://www.ebth.com/items/3221443-g...tive-baseballs

It looks like I had the high bid for the Pete Rose autographed plaque but it hasn't confirmed it yet. Says ended but not won, even though it has a green gavel by it?