Goldin 100 auction

[ichieh]

The sale has been very quiet so far with only few hours to go. Do you think it is because the economy has been choppy, or people simply wait until the last minute to bid? I am surprised the 1957 Mantle jersey and the MJ sneakers didn't generate a bid in over a month.

[ichieh]

And the Brady jersey has a high reserve

[ichieh]

and this LBJ playoff jersey is only at $42K

https://goldin.co/item/may-1-2017-le...giOjM4fQ%3D%3D

[Leon]

I don't follow those markets but there's a lot of stuff being sold lately. It seems more than normal, if there's a normal.
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[ichieh]

The Mantle jersey is photo matched to 10 games, including matched to his first career cycle game. It was projected to hammer over a million and now it's only sitting at $375K. The LBJ jersey came from a playoff game where he scored like 38 points. His regular season jersey usually sold around $100K, and right now it's only at $42K. Very strange.

[ichieh]

Maybe there is a Mantle and LBJ fatigue in the market

[Lordstan]

Personally, I think much of this stuff is in a bit of a bubble from the big push of the pandemic. Obviously people should collect what they like, but I would never buy some of this stuff at these prices.
I keep getting proven wrong, but a ton of stuff has retracted so perhaps it's now happening with this stuff.
We'll see how it ends.

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[Topnotchsy]

Mantle has sold.

This image captures a world I don't begin to fathom.

(I do recognize that these are essentially entirely different markets and collector bases but wow...)

[ichieh]

The Mantle jersey had 9 bids on day 1, and since then no bid. Very interesting

[rlevy]

I was reluctant to comment prior to closing, but the Mantle jersey, while impressive for being photo-matched to so many games, was restored on the front. Pre-pandemic, most HOF vintage jerseys were tough sales if restored, and sold for substantially less than one that was all original. It seemed to change a bit during the pandemic as new players entered the big ticket market, and it may be settling down a bit now. Most of the big hitters have always wanted all-original jerseys, and having a Mantle jersey with the NY restored, no matter how well done, is a non-starter. It would drive them crazy to look at it on their wall, knowing an important part of the jersey wasn't original. I have sold many big ticket items, and the first question I get is always about originality. So while the market may indeed be softening, I think it is hard to gauge the vintage baseball jersey market based on this one sale.

Rick

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by rlevy

I was reluctant to comment prior to closing, but the Mantle jersey, while impressive for being photo-matched to so many games, was restored on the front. Pre-pandemic, most HOF vintage jerseys were tough sales if restored, and sold for substantially less than one that was all original. It seemed to change a bit during the pandemic as new players entered the big ticket market, and it may be settling down a bit now. Most of the big hitters have always wanted all-original jerseys, and having a Mantle jersey with the NY restored, no matter how well done, is a non-starter. It would drive them crazy to look at it on their wall, knowing an important part of the jersey wasn't original. I have sold many big ticket items, and the first question I get is always about originality. So while the market may indeed be softening, I think it is hard to gauge the vintage baseball jersey market based on this one sale.

Rick

That's an important point. I never read the description, so I was not aware of the details, but that's a very significant factor.

Does anyone know what the pre-auction estimate on it was? Did they anticipate this, or was it $1M+?