Ticket collectors, show us your tickets !

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by yankeesjetsfan

This is one aspect of my collecting that I would love to get into. The problem with tix from the 90's I have found is that a lot of times the ink printed on the tickets either fade or are rubbed off.

Here's a sad example of a ticket whose ink has faded over time. This stub from the June 4, 2000 New York Mets v. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays game at Shea Stadium was sold at an "ETM" ticket kiosk in the Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City, New York. It's particularly sad because ETM ticket kiosks didn't last very long, so stubs from those machines are, I'd guess, particularly rare.

As faint as the printing is, it's much more legible on this enhanced scan (made July 18, 2012) than on the actual ticket.