Scott,
You might be getting a call on this price sooner than you think!;);)

Leon,
I totally agree like I said in the upper posts when supply exceeds demand thet will drop like a stone. By the way I was trying to be nice at a 100. But you my friend stuck the knife in at 20!:D:D

I have several personal instances of things dropping quickly. I know it happens. If I were meatloaf I would be selling quickly.

The more people that read this thread, pertaining to 4 booklets of them, the less they will be worth (imo). If there were only 20 in total, how much would you pay? If there are 80 in total, how much would you pay? There is your easy reference.

Agree 100% and even now trying to sell a full booklet has really lost its mystique. I think the name of the game was strike fast and at a fair price. But now its a strike out.

I really believe there are probably more than 4. Ed and Meatloaf have two, I know another guy here in town that got one (his name is Leon!), and the original owner placed one on ebay after two had already been sold by him privately and intimated that he had multiples of them. The smile he gave me when he said "AT LEAST four" told me that he probably has more.

Getting these loose tickets graded by PSA was a complete waste of money IMHO. I stated this in my original post on this thread. With the potential value diminishing by the moment, think how much Meatlof has already spent on plastic slabs. In the end, he may end up scrambling just to recover the PSA bill. BTW, if I'm not mistaken, PSA charges $50- $75 to authenticate these tickets. Good luck recovering all your money... :rolleyes:

The PSA grading/slabbing fees for tickets is $25 if you declare the value under $500
and $50 if you declare it over $500

Jay,
When I contacted PSA a while ago, I thought that they quoted me $50 for grading tickets pre-1974. Maybe I misunderstood??

How much do they charge for grading Omahog tickets that are $9,999 OBO on eBay? LOL

Scott, I got the prices off their website Though as you stated $9,999 Omahog's may command the "Kings Ransom" rate. :eek:

Thanks Jay!

I sent tickets in a few months ago. All were from 1920s-2010. They were $25 a piece.

Bumping for updates . . .

Did we ever find out how many books there are?

Tickets rarely show up in my searches on eBay but when I saw one this morning for $125 BIN I jumped on it. A great looking ticket, Dave Rowe (of OJ fame) was president of the club (printed on ticket), beautiful looking ticket, I pulled the trigger without hesitation.

I somehow missed this thread (or forgot about it), only found it after a quick search after I purchased the ticket. I'm sad to hear the previous owner cut up a book. They are great looking tickets, glad to add one to my collection even if I paid too much. I now wonder how many have already been sold into the hobby and how many remain.

Dan, I often think of you when I see Omaha items, did you end up getting a booklet? I know it is a bit outside your scope, but would really be at home in your collection.

More than anything, I'm just looking for an update on these neat tickets. Do we stand at ~20 free tickets and 3 books?

No more books were found. I have one individual ticket, but never obtained a book. I know the guy who found these very well, if he had more he would have sold them by now and I would have heard about it.

I agree Joe that's a great looking ticket!

Picked this up a few months ago on Ebay:

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Very nice...can "we" ask what you paid for it?

Thanks,

Jeff

I offered $225 to end it early and he came back with $300 and I said sold.

Randall, do you recall the ebay seller name you got it from. Totally missed it.

I don't recall the seller as it was back in January. It wasn't up long, maybe an hour before I snagged it.

Congrats, nice purchase.

Jeff

Well that explains why I didn't see it then. :D

Great score!

Picked this one up about a year or so ago:

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Pretty sure I remember you buying that one from me. I got one locally from Ed (the guy mentioned earlier in this thread).

Well, these booklets are hitting ebay again and all from the guy who originally sold the first four booklets back in 2012. I can't believe he waited this long to sell more of them, but he has sold 4 of them in the last month.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/rcraftmidwes...p2046732.m1684

And Meatloaf (Alex) still has a graded single listed in his ebay store for $799.99.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1895-Omaha-B...kAAOSwdGFYwX2V

1895 ticket on ebay buy it now for chump change
 

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

Admittedly I bought a book. I think they are neat.

Well I just read this thread and went to the bay to look at the competition and tickets are now listed at $25 each which I think is more than fair. I purchased one and will update you when it arrives. I do not think I will have it graded it looks just fine the at it is.
Regards
Jonathan

Jonathan,
Are you sure you don't want to spend $50 to grade a $25 ticket?
That sounds reasonable to me.... ;):)

I always am looking for Omaha Baseball items so from the beginning of this thread/find I wanted at least one of these tickets. I just got 2 for just $21 ea. Happy to add them to my collection.

Just a quick search showed different ticket books number as follows:

# 75-full
# 76-full
# 77-full
# 89-sold full now singles
# 91-full
# 93-sold full now singles
# 100-full

So there may be as many as 25 full books from this find (maybe) if you have a ticket or book with a different number let me know and I'll update this list.

There were other booklets sold locally, I do not know the numbers on those books though.

more 1895 tickets left
 

scott
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
he still has many left
bet you can get 3 for $100 of this guy

David,
Now that seemingly a lot of these have surfaced recently, I personally am out.
They are cool though. It's just that I'd rather spend my money on something rarer.