Ticket stubs on eBay

[Snapolit1]

I believe ticket stubs are a great buy right now . . . particularly as they are fading into oblivion . . . but, having said that, the prices people are asking on eBay for vintage tickets is just jaw dropping. I guess most of these folks aren't really in a rush to sell, but asking $5000 for some run of the mill 1930s Yankee ticket ("Babe Ruth homerun number xxx and Gehrig had two doubles!") just seems nuts to me. Even more ridiculous are people selling sportswriter annual passes and the like for $7500 and higher ("1925 Season Pass. Start of Gehrig's Streak!!).

To each his own, but I can't many of these tickets are selling at these level. I guess it's more of an online museum kind of thing.

I see one season pass listed for around $10,000, and I was unsuccessful selling the same piece at a buy it now of $399 a few months ago. Slight disconnect.

I also enjoy seeing someone selling an American league season pass for 1925 with heading "Earliest Gehrig Streak Ticket!" Ok, sure.

[mr2686]

Agreed. The price of tickets, cards, and some autographs have made me re-evaluate the direction of how and what I collect...at least until the bubble bursts.

[philo98]

Im a ticket collector but focus on limited players or events. The prices on Ebay are ridiculous and if you really dig deep into alot of those listings, some have been listed for years. Ive seen a number of them listed for 5, 6, 7+ years. On a few, I have offered a higher than market value amount and usually get automatically declined. I dont sell on Ebay but I always thought there were listing fees each month an item doesnt sell but I guess not.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by philo98

Im a ticket collector but focus on limited players or events. The prices on Ebay are ridiculous and if you really dig deep into alot of those listings, some have been listed for years. Ive seen a number of them listed for 5, 6, 7+ years. On a few, I have offered a higher than market value amount and usually get automatically declined. I dont sell on Ebay but I always thought there were listing fees each month an item doesnt sell but I guess not.

Nope. As you say, some stuff has been listed for years. I wonder what the longest running is.

[Snapolit1]

And of course you have the guys who make a run of the mill ticket sound like something super special.....

“Only the third time Ted Williams homered in first game of a double header”.

“Only game in 1929 where Gehrig homered and Ruth had two doubles”.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

And of course you have the guys who make a run of the mill ticket sound like something super special.....



“Only the third time Ted Williams homered in first game of a double header”.



“Only game in 1929 where Gehrig homered and Ruth had two doubles”.

Lol. I see that all the time and laugh my rear end off.

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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

And of course you have the guys who make a run of the mill ticket sound like something super special.....

“Only the third time Ted Williams homered in first game of a double header”.

“Only game in 1929 where Gehrig homered and Ruth had two doubles”.

Talk about STUPID stats, I'm stealing the rest of this post from Joe Posnanski's article on The Athletic today :


Pujols homered for the Dodgers today (yay!) and StatsPerform posted this tweet:

"Albert Pujols of the @Dodgers is the first player in MLB history to homer for two different teams in the same metro area before the end of May."

And I say this with all respect: This is not a thing. This is a statistic that they would use on “The Simpsons” to mock baseball stats.