Vintage Tickets - 1895 Omahogs Baseball - Value & Grading Advice Requested...

[batsballsbases]

Looks like one word here GREED. But hay I guess we all have a little of that in all of us. But just a little.

[smotan_02]

"It comes encapsulated/sealed and has only seen one owner: Me."

How old are you?

[ibuysportsephemera]

The book as a whole was great, as individual tickets just another collectible. There might be a few regional collectors that would have interest, but IMO there is little historical value other than age to appeal to a broad group of collectors.

Jeff

[scooter729]

On the CU forum, I asked why the tickets were split up, and he said he kept one book together and split up the other.

So does that mean there were TWO books of these which were found??

[bobbvc]

Pathetic.

[meatloaf]

I own both books. Graded one; kept the other intact.

[meatloaf]

Originally Posted by scooter729

On the CU forum, I asked why the tickets were split up, and he said he kept one book together and split up the other.

So does that mean there were TWO books of these which were found??

Yes.

[smotan_02]

Ok, breaking up the booklet aside.
I think the tickets are great looking, Im just curious what you believe a reasonable offer is? I saw your ticket pop up in my ebay search list (before I saw these threads) and immediately moved on as it is way out of my realm for a single ticket.

I could see asking 3,4, even $500 for this ticket, but how did you come up with $10K (especially since you told us what you paid for all the tickets)?

d

[barrysloate]

Meatloaf- here's what troubles me:

I don't care that you are asking 10K for the ticket; that's between you and a potential buyer and it's not my business. But you describe it as super rare and that it would be the cornerstone of a collection. What you leave out is that you have a total of forty tickets, and that they originated from what can be considered a hoard found in 2011 (and there may have been more than two books found, I don't know).

Since any 19th century baseball ticket can be considered rare, the fact that there are forty or more of these now makes them rather common. Don't you feel an obligation to share this information in your description? Shouldn't a buyer make an educated decision based on the information known about it? Seems like calling it super rare is too much of an ethical stretch.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I agree with Scotty, they are nice tickets, but with 2 full booklets and many graded there is no scarcity. IMO, the price is at best a hundred to a few hundred each...spaced out over time so that they don't pop up on completed eBay searches.

Jeff

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by smotan_02

Ok, breaking up the booklet aside.
I think the tickets are great looking, Im just curious what you believe a reasonable offer is? I saw your ticket pop up in my ebay search list (before I saw these threads) and immediately moved on as it is way out of my realm for a single ticket.

I could see asking 3,4, even $500 for this ticket, but how did you come up with $10K (especially since you told us what you paid for all the tickets)?

d

how about some one else having a book and selling them for $24 for a single and he has sold a bunch of them already maybe not that rare
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1895-OMAHA-W...kAAOSw4A5YwAzw

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Looks like one word here GREED. But hay I guess we all have a little of that in all of us. But just a little.

Can you say Omahog?