What does +1 mean?
If someone wants to overpay for something (especially charities) and they have the means, let them. How much will this item sell for "the second time around", as we saw many of the items purchased at Halpers auctions sell for far less then what people paid for them. How much is McFarlane's baseball collection worth of he sold them today? Would he even get 25% of his investment back?
I once tried to win Sammy Sosa's historic 9th home run baseball from the 1998 season. I was thinking "why not purchase something historic from a historic season and there will only be like 60 or so ever!". It sold for like $8,000. I got caught up. It's probably worth $300 now.
Do I think the bat is worth this money? Nope, but who cares what I think. If I was wealthy, I would love to own the bat. For sure, but I'm not, so it doesn't matter. If it goes to great fans and collectors, even better. If this bat gets chopped up into squares for insert cards, then we should form a mob with lit torches.
Larry
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