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Originally Posted by khkco4bls
is it me or were the prices insane in that auction. baseballs , gloves etc.....
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Memorabilia, especially vintage equipment, is a completely different animal than cards. Gloves, balls, etc. were meant to be played with and used accordingly, most of the time to an extreme before being discarded. Cards were, for lack of a better term, keepsakes, and therefore available today in much larger quantities in top condition. There is a liquidity to the current card market that just doesn’t exist with vintage store model equipment. Most top items are stashed away in collections, never seen by the public eye for decades at a time. Single pieces are occasionally found or come out of collections, but tidal waves such as this offering rarely occur. When they do, you have one chance to make an acquisition and add to your collection or get shut out, seemingly indefinitely. Though final hammer prices appear high, a premium must be paid for the opportunity because a large portion of the offerings will be squirreled away, never to be seen again.