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Posted By: James Gallo
Ok this isn't exactly card related but it is close. |
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Posted By: whitehse
Thats just insane....how many Ruth Goudeys in decent shape can you buy for that price and know you investment will at least stay close to what you paid?? |
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Posted By: Chris Diaz
MacFarlands are a cut above Starting Lineup as far as quality goes, no doubt, and there are some hardcore MacFarland collectors out there. People go crazy over those variants. |
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Posted By: James Gallo
There used to be some hardcore Starting Line-Up collectors too. |
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Posted By: MVSNYC
wow, that's crazy...maybe it's made with bits of real panther? |
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Posted By: Doug
I just glossed over the article, but is the only difference is that 3 of them have a blue hat instead of a white one? From what I can tell on ebay the normal version is only worth about $12. |
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Posted By: Jim VB
Come on James! This includes the "exclusive logo tape"! |
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Posted By: Frank L.
I'm amazed |
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Posted By: Frank A
Time to get out the BLUE paint! |
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Posted By: Jason L
I think I can guess as to what's going on... |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
You could probably buy every single Starting Lineup figure ever made for what that one McFarlane is going for. |
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Posted By: Richard Simon
"This auciton is for a Babe Ruth McFarlane figure (Current Starting Lineups) |
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Posted By: Erick Lewin
Thats insane! You could buy a very decent looking authentic single signed ball of Ruth for that price. Or a handful of nice various Ruth cards from his playing days. All because he has a blue cap instead of a white one! nuts.... |
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Posted By: Alan U
I'm not sure "dumb" is the right word just because someone has different "collecting" interests. |
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Posted By: Jeff Prizner
agreed with Alan, it's no more dumb than buying little pieces of cardboard. |
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Posted By: Doug
I still don't get it, but I guess it's basically the action figure equivalent of buying a T206 Magie for thousands over a Magee for a few bucks when it's basically the same card. |
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Posted By: David M
I agree. Dumb is in the eye of the beholder. It's been argued several times. I would never pay the kind of prices people are willing to pay for some card in a PSA 10 holder. Did you see that 1956 Koufax in the Mile High Auction? It was in a PSA 10 holder and went for $49,019. That's about $48,000 too much in my opinion! |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...collecting art or memorabilia is similar to a pyramid scheme. The $7,000+ spent on a 2009 Babe Ruth figure is only "dumb" when the pyramid falls apart. Given the expectation of diminished value of modern memorabilia (e.g., SLU figures), this looks like money poorly invested. But it only becomes a poor investment if and when that market crashes. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Since I don't know this market at all, what is the resale value of this jewel a few years from now? Equal to what was paid, more than what was paid, or more like ten bucks? |
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Posted By: Bob
I am not surprised although I am stunned at how expensive this madness is. I do slightly and respectfully disagree, however, with the attempts to correlate the obsession with this "variant" to our collecting pieces of cardboard because the cards are 100 years old and have survived time and numerous paper drives from WW1 and WW2, much less moms throwing them out. |
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Posted By: Jeff Prizner
yes Bob, there is obviously a difference between true rarity and created rarity, but my point was that collecting anything can be argued as "dumb" by the non-collector. |
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Posted By: Anthony S.
So what kind of car do you hit your dog with after he mauls your 2009 Ruth barbie doll two days after it arrives? |
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Posted By: boxingcardman
And I urge everyone who is debating whether to bid on cards I want or to bid on these ultra-rare statuettes to go right out there and buy those statuettes. |
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Posted By: James Gallo
My point is that history has already proven that figures will not have staying power. Line-ups were the end all be all and they died a very quick death. |
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Posted By: HRBAKER
Contrived scarcity vs. actual scarcity. |
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Posted By: Mark
Reminds me a bit of the Beanie Baby craze. I remember people paying close to $2,000 for Humphrey the Camel (I'm actually ashamed that I remember his name) What a silly fad... I bet that Camel is worth under $100 now (but am not sure, as I don't follow these). |
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Posted By: T206Collector
Popular culture artificats have a certain amount of staying time as collectibles. Some will stay longer than others. Claims that little cardboard pictures of men playing baseball 100 years ago will always retain some level of interest above little plastic statutes of men playing baseball today are impossible to make. In the short run, you may be right. In the long run, we'll all be dead. |
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Posted By: Greg B.
Don't forget that the blue hat is not an error, it is an intentional "rarity". I'm thinking a $7700 beanie babie with this one... |
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Posted By: Rich R
That camel sells for about $7-15 on Feebay now |
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Posted By: Steve
To each his own. |
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Posted By: JB
All that being said.......Who needs some '92-'94 Starting Lineups???????????? Anybody? |
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Posted By: Fred C
There is one smart person in that whole mess.... the SELLER! |
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Posted By: leon
Most folks think I am crazy when I spend a $100 on a card (they don't know, or care, about really expensive ones) but I just go about my hobby. The one thing about our hobby is that it's been around a long time. Collecting old cards has been going on at least about 70 yrs....and the values have gone mostly up, for the true rare, old cards. I don't think that is a fad....but who knows what the future will hold.. |
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Posted By: Steve
Agree with the Judge. |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Seems awfully hypocritical to me that any collector would demean and belittle another collector's tastes. If someone with money to burn wants to spend thousands of dollars on an item which is guaranteed to have only three available on the open market (two more stay in the McFarlane archives), even if they are dated 2009, I say all the more power to them. |
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Posted By: James Gallo
I don't think it is hypocritical at all. I have seen the rise and fall of a dozen or more toy/figure/statue lines over the years. You can not compare something that has been around for 12-15 years to baseball cards that have been around over 100. |
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Posted By: Alan U
The guy may already have a buyer to flip it to for a quick profit, so he may not be the ultimate "dummmy" |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
Excluding future but currently unknown stars, the value of current year issues-- including cards-- tends to go down. Modern collectors gravitate towards the brand new-- and in a year, this year's issues are last year's issues. |
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Posted By: John H.
James, |
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