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I had a couple of graded Old London coins for sale on eBay. I've just sold one of them - Dave Wickersham coin to the player's cousin. He'll be giving this to Dave or Dave's son.
It got me wondering, if there are other stories of members selling cards or memorabilia to the family of the player depicted. So let's have those stories. I'm sure there's many better than mine.
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A little off topic but I've always enjoyed buying and giving the last card a collector needed to finish his set as a gift.
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Didn't sell, but gave some to a former client of mine who's last name is Uhle.
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Lefty Gomez daughter purchased a snapshot photo from me. I didn't know until she wrote me a nice message explaining how much she loved that particular photo of her dad. I added a few extra snapshot photos of Lefty with her package. She was very grateful for the surprise.
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I have, but those stories aren't terribly interesting. These somewhat related ones are better:
In the early days of eBay, I had a vintage Joe Gordon signed GPC up for auction. Joe's daughter took the time to write, "Yup, that sure looks like a genuine autograph of my father. Neat!" This was years before his induction. At the time, I think it was the only Gordon autograph then listed on eBay. Duane Ward is/was a collector and eBay seller, at least at one point! Have any of you been contacted directly by a player as a result of something you listed? I once received a nasty, unsolicited message from a player whose autograph I had listed. "People like you are the reason I don't sign anything!". Funny, because he wrote a letter to another collector not long before this which alluded to his Christian faith being the reason he no longer signs (no precise explanation given other than that hint). I was rather offended at the "people like you" jab, as I was already familiar with his reputation as a non-signer and had never once troubled him for anything. The item in question was simply a career-era example of his signature which I myself had purchased for my own collection and was reselling in order to recoup what I had into it. I don't feel like putting his name out there, as he clearly spends all kinds of time Googling himself. ![]() |
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I've been working with John Miley, selling his complete game audio CDs for the past 20+ years and have sold several to players and their families. Eli Grba bought the first game in Angels history (4/11/1961) that he pitched and won, and then he called me and we talked about it. I asked him about Bo Belinsky but the guy he wanted to talk about was his good friend Dean Chance. He said if I ever wanted to get any of my Met Stadium seats signed by Dean (who was a 20 game winner with the Twins in 1967) I could go through him, since Dean wasn't always easy to reach for such requests. Sadly, Dean passed away before we could arrange it.
I sold the complete 1968 World Series runs to both Don Wert's family and also Sharon McLain. Nelson Briles' family bought some games he pitched in, and I included a picture of a note Nelson wrote to me when I was in high school asking for autographs/pitching advice. His wife (or daughter, can't remember) wrote back and said it brought back memories, seeing his handwriting again. Steve Blass' family bought about 8 copies of the 7th game of the 1971 World Series, to distribute among family members one Christmas. I've gotten orders every once in awhile through the years from Dave McNally's son, for games Dave pitched, and Ray Culp bought a couple games he pitched. There have been some others, but there generally isn't much of a story to go along with them. I've sold game used bats to Glenn Borgman's son, Steve Hovley's son, and Harmon Killebrew's daughter. In those cases, I let them go pretty cheaply because the bats meant so much more to them than they would to anyone else. But again, no interesting stories to tell. |
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Sold a 1939 Play Ball Schoolboy Rowe to his granddaughter about 20 years ago.
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So, I have been collecting the monster, and I have the 520.....
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sold a Rollie Fingers rookie card to.... Rollie Fingers! He considered it, but didn't purchase. Related - I sold a sealed 1970's Charlies Angels doll display to a friend of Aaron Spellings who was going to give it to him as a birthday gift (in the 90's)
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I sold a 1952 tony bartirome....wait they arent related...
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I sold something on Ebay in the summer of 2020 to Craig Biggio's wife.
She was nice enough to appease me and we talked back and forth a bit about Craig, then her son and the Blue Jays, her new favorite team. I've also sold a 1927 WS Ticket on here to a former St Louis Cardinals pitcher who is a Net54-er. And I've sold a Buck Weaver Postcard to Bill Mastro......oh wait, he's not a player. Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 10-10-2021 at 11:42 AM. |
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What a roller coaster that thread was.
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I sold a really nice 71 Topps Ron Swoboda to…Ron Swoboda! As a big Mets fan (my dad took me to game 5 of the 69 series…but I was 4 1/2 and dont remember it at all except for having the ticket stub), it was quite a thrill. I set up some cards at the Atlanta National to help pay for some of my purchases with my friend, a dealer, and Ron walked up to our table and asked if I had any of his cards. I think I got $10 for it.
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Love it! LMAO
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I messaged a minor leaguer to see if he wanted one of his bats for his kid, it he passed—was going to gift it to him as I wasn’t sure how many he had given his short stint in baseball.
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I was processing eBay orders the other day and noticed that one was for former Red Sox pitcher and current NESN in-studio analyst Lenny DiNardo.
He ordered a 1985 TCMA minor league card of Mike Griffin, who was a coach in the Red Sox minor league system when DiNardo was around. DiNardo is actually going to be a guest at my SABR chapter's next meeting (Saturday after Thanksgiving) - I'll have to ask if he was happy with his purchase. ![]() |
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I once had a buyer with the last Mejia from Puerto Rico buy a Francisco Mejia Rookie auto from me and so I mentioned the same last name and he said they were cousins
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Back in the early 2000s, I sold Ryan Anderson cards to his dad multiple times.
I pulled a Ryan Tatusko card numbered to 25 in probably the 2010 range. I posted about it on a message board and he actually contacted me and purchased it himself. I feel like there was another time I sold to a family member on eBay, but the name just escapes me.
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Same theme but flip flopped.
Years ago I won a 6 card lot on eBay of 1935 Goudey 4 in 1s. There were all in variety a conditions. When I received them there was a note explaining that they were put together years earlier for the 6 card puzzle on the back of HOFer Chuck Klein. The seller was Klein’s nephew. Drew
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Klein's nephew collected his uncle's memorabilia. I recall reading a great article in Baseball Cards magazine over 30 years ago that detailed an incredible sale of game used bats in Cooperstown. It mentioned that Klein's nephew was the first person to arrive, much before the doors opened, so that he could buy the bat he wanted. It also said that the nephew was Klein's last living relative.
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I worked in a baseball card store, Sports Fan-Attic, in Temple City, CA in the early 1980s and we had the daughter of Rudy Regalado come in looking for cards of him. She also purchased some other Cleveland Indians cards from the time he was with the team.
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Meet Dolphin great Jim Langer at a Chantilly show and told him that I had received an early 70s jersey of his from Joe Robbie. He said he didn’t have many keep sakes from his playing days and offered to purchase the jersey. He texted me his address the next day and I sent it to him as a gift and that all I wanted was a picture of him wearing it, which he sent a few days later with a thank you text advising he was having it framed and displayed in his living room.
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