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john/z28jdWow, i posted this thread about a minute before i went to work and wasnt sure what kind of response it would get.I didnt really think of it at the time of posting but my initial reaction was who would bid on something like that.I think the problem is that people are willing to bid on stuff like that so auction houses will continue to offer them.I applaud auctions that dont sell stuff related to a famous persons death(or famous incident) just to make money off it.Eventho im not a registered bidder with Lelands, im not sure something like this would make me totally blow them off for good,but it will make me think twice about them.
In a situation like this i think only relatives would have the moral right to sell something like this and assuming theyre not money hungry,it would probably be very distant relatives who never even met the person in question.
If you follow ebay youll notice when ever a baseball player dies,his items are all over ebay,and the prices they get the first few days becomes outrageous.People who sell those items are no better than Lelands in this instance.I remember when Willie Stargell died,the amount of items for him on ebay went from 250-300 at anytime up to 900 the next night