Koufax’s prices are even higher from a year ago

[RICHIEHARRIS]

Sandy Koufax has always been generous with his autograph. As was said earlier in this thread, he signed a lot of items over the years, many that turned up on eBay and other auction sites with high price tags. Forgetting his age and that he may have a limited number of years left to make money, you have to respect the fact that all the years that he signed and didn't charge but saw that sellers were profiting from autographs they didn't pay for, he now obviously feels that he also be entitled to revenue from his autograph.
He took also the time to write and send personal notes on his personalized note cards on various occasions. Not too long ago, I found on eBay a seller whose family must have had a relationship with Koufax and this guy put personal note cards received from Koufax up for sale and at hefty prices. I was very put off by that and messaged the guy how I felt. He immediately took them down off eBay.
It's one thing to trade in notes and letters of stars who have passed, such as the beautiful letter from Claude Ritchey that member T206 Collector recently shared with us. It's quite a different thing for a living player to see that a personal note he sent to a family friend was being put up for profit.
No one can offer any negativity about Sandy Koufax that I will tolerate.
I'm quite sure there are many who agree with me.

[RICHIEHARRIS]

Just an example of personal a note card that Sandy Koufax sent. He made it even more personal by signing 'Sandy'...as though he was a friend.

[packs]

Sandy was a signing machine at Dodgers spring training when he returned.

I don't blame him. He's 90. I'm less than half his age and I'd be uncomfortable sitting still writing my name for a few hours on end. It must be a real hassle for him and I can't imagine he'd tolerate it if it wasn't worth it.

[RICHIEHARRIS]

Ha!
Just after I posted about Koufax personal note cards being put up for sale I came across this about another athlete giving a gift and then seeing it put up for sale. Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs gave a jersey to a young fan, only to see that Goldin Auctions subsequently had it to put up for sale. I'm sure Wembanyama wasn't to happy about that.

[packs]

They're always unhappy but it's sometimes hard to understand why. Wemby is in a position to help his family and I like to think he does. Here is a child who experiences good fortune but what does Wemby know about their home life? It's easy to criticize but his gesture may have made it possible for the child to do something incredible for their own family.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by packs

They're always unhappy but it's sometimes hard to understand why. Wemby is in a position to help his family and I like to think he does. Here is a child who experiences good fortune but what does Wemby know about their home life? It's easy to criticize but his gesture may have made it possible for the child to do something incredible for their own family.

Or the dad is just pocketing the money and the kid's just a pawn.

[packs]

Or not. That's my point.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by RICHIEHARRIS

Ha!Just after I posted about Koufax personal note cards being put up for sale I came across this about another athlete giving a gift and then seeing it put up for sale. Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs gave a jersey to a young fan, only to see that Goldin Auctions subsequently had it to put up for sale. I'm sure Wembanyama wasn't to happy about that.

Lesson learned. Don't hand out your jerseys willy-nilly. It's not about sentiment anymore.