Posted By:
DJ
You are being generous with the 1/5th price...more like 1/20th.
Take for instance Mel Ott single signed baseballs, VERY RARE, right? Mastro sold a beauty for $35,187 some six years ago and got $24,107 for one three years ago.
CCSA had TWO in their last auction that were very "high quality". How much did they sell for?
Ball #1: (lot 19)
...grades a 7.5 overall and the ball comes with a COA from the hobby experts/pioneers at STAT AUTHENTIC for authenticity purposes. Book value is over $20,000!
Sold for $ 682.
Ball #2: (lot 213)
...grades a 7 overall. It comes with a COA from forensic expert examiner Chris Morales and book value is over $20,000. Nice!
Sold for $ 653.
They mention the retail price and nobody (including the winning bidder) questions why they won a $20,000 item for $600?
Gotta love it Bob, gotta love it.
DJ