Heritage Auctions. Dilemma.

[barrysloate]

Since you don't want or need to sell it, and since it's Babe Ruth, you should have more control over this deal. Ask $1200 or as much as you want, and if they pass, it's over.

I once won a rare baseball book at Heritage that I didn't want to sell. Someone kept making offers which I turned down, until the third offer was almost double what I paid. I finally sold it. Stick to your guns.

[iwantitiwinit]

Sell it.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Sell it.

agreed! I think ruth photos depicting him in action are much more desirable.

[brianp-beme]

First run it on here as an auction with a starting bid of $1000, and if someone or if multiple folks bite, then you will have made more than you would have if you had sold it to the Heritage customer. If no interest here, then you still have the option to sell it to them.

Brian

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Since you don't want or need to sell it, and since it's Babe Ruth, you should have more control over this deal. Ask $1200 or as much as you want, and if they pass, it's over.

I once won a rare baseball book at Heritage that I didn't want to sell. Someone kept making offers which I turned down, until the third offer was almost double what I paid. I finally sold it. Stick to your guns.

+1. Ruth is as safe as it gets.

Regards,

Larry

[brianp-beme]

On second thought I do agree...if you indeed don't need to sell it, hang onto it.

Brian

[Bpm0014]

Thanks everyone for the great advice. I believe that I will keep it. I wish I knew how to post bigger pictures. It’s a decent Type I. The scans came out really bad.

[Bored5000]

Seems like the OP has made up his mind, but I agree that he should hang on to the photo. The fact that he is asking for advice on here seems to indicate that he doesn't really want to sell.

A $240 profit isn't a huge amount of money to sell an item when you didn't solicit the offer in the first pace. It's not like Babe Ruth items are a thin market devoid of potential buyers if you decide to sell sometime in the future.

[Bpm0014]

Thanks all for the advice and PM's. I'm probably going to hold on to it for now. I don't need to sell it and it really does look good on my wall with all of my other Type I photos. Annnnd it is Babe Ruth. Always going to be a market for Babe Ruth...

[t206kid]

Seems like a piece where there will always be profit moving into the future. You said you don't need the money. Consider if it's a piece that you will regret selling at some point in the future. If the answer could even remotely be yes, don't sell. Seems like it is, so hold on to it.

Also worth considering how easy it will be to replace. I'm totally clueless on photos but I would say probably not so easy.