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Yankee Stadium memorabilia prices
There was a guy from Steiner Sports on the radio yesterday talking about the "artifacts" from Yankee Stadium that they are going to sell to the fans. They are selling seats for about $2,000.00 a pair. What is interesting is that if you check their website, the seats are described as "seats from the original Yankee Stadium" which is technically accurate. However, that is quite different from "original Yankee Stadium seats". The latter would be from the opening of the stadium in 1923, while the seats that are on sale are only about 35 years old. "Original Yankee Stadium seats" sold in conjunction with the 1970s renovation went for $7.50 each plus a few box tops. You can probably buy them today for around the same price as the new "original seats". They are also selling, among other things, Brian Cashman's desk chair for $5,000 and Men's Room signs for $250.00. And Steiner says that they probably won't make much of a profit on this deal, they are doing it as a service to the fans. They are as out of touch with reality as Yankee ticket prices.
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Exactly my point Jim. The plastic ones may be more comfortable to sit on but they are not original.
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I heard that it cost the Yankees $11.5 million to acquire the contents
of Yankee Stadium from the city to sell the artifacts via Steiners auction. With the slumping economy, who know...maybe Steiner is right, that they may not make much on the auction. |
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Stadium Seat
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High prices from Steiner on Yankees stuff is nothing new.
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Here's what I like the best about those greedy, shameless, bastards.
This is from their site when the artifacts first went on sale: Can you imagine being proud to have destroyed Yankee Stadium? (They have since changed their slogan to "Ruth built it, now you can take it home.") |
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(You do know that the curved back and seats were not original to the 1923 Stadium. David would know for sure, but I believe they were added sometime in the 1940's. Until then, the box seats used folding chairs.) This means that your seat, while newer, is from the more expensive seating areas. In 1973 both the straight seats and curved seats were pulled for the plastic ones now on sale. Last edited by Jim VB; 05-14-2009 at 03:35 PM. |
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I won't be buying anything, but it's not as unreasonable as it originally sounds. |
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I believe that the $750.00 seat is a "commemorative" seat. Only the plastic back and seat are from the stadium. The sides are newly manufactured and were never used in the stadium.
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Yep. I just looked. You are correct. But think about it logistically. As constructed, each seat shares an armrest with the adjoining seat. If they tried to sell a seat individually, (with 2 armrests), every other seat would be unusable (no legs, no armrests.) By pulling them in 2 seat sections, only 33% of the seats are left this way. Rather than throw them out, they manfactured arms and legs that could be used.
Since those 1973 seats (the $7.50 ones) are now worth close to $2000 per single, I guess I don't find $1500 so outrageous for a double. If it is outrageous, we'll see them come down in price, either direct or on the secondary market. |
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