Why this high of a price???

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by isaac2004

When you say Dave Cameron, do you mean fan graphs Dave Cameron?

I've actually wondered if that's the same guy but I'm not sure. Dave was a super collector in the 80s and 90s. He hit ST annually and worked sets, and has complete signed Topps sets from some ungodly stretch, something like 1980-1992 or something. Nuts. He also did a bunch of signings with long lost Latin players in the Dominican and Venezuela. I saw the guy on Fan Graphs with the same name but I don't know if it's actually the same person.

[mcgwirecom]

Wasn't there a story about Wayne Gretzky not signing his rookie card? Or maybe a diiferent one?

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I've actually wondered if that's the same guy but I'm not sure. Dave was a super collector in the 80s and 90s. He hit ST annually and worked sets, and has complete signed Topps sets from some ungodly stretch, something like 1980-1992 or something. Nuts. He also did a bunch of signings with long lost Latin players in the Dominican and Venezuela. I saw the guy on Fan Graphs with the same name but I don't know if it's actually the same person.

I doubt, fangraphs Dave Cameron is in his 30s

[JimStinson]

That price does seem ridiculously high ...but reminds me of a really wierd experience I had on e-bay that I've still been unable to figure out.

I bought an autograph collection in Las Vegas from the estate of a former security guard that happened to have six unsigned polaroids of Elvis Presley nothing spectacular just Elvis hanging out while shooting a movie. Most were even out of focus. They were "Throw ins" on the deal. After the autographs were all sold I listed the Elvis pics on e-bay. Figured maybe they would sell for $50.00 or something.

Within three days they were up over $3,000 and when the auction closed they closed at almost $7,000.00. Needless to say the high bidder never paid , I offered them to the underbidder who also never paid. I then blocked BOTH bidders and relisted them and they again shot up to $6,000.00 again same thing happened , never was paid. Underbidder never paid either. So finally offered them to the 3rd highest underbidder who was around $600.00 and he bought them. To this day I have no clue what happened ...point is with e-bay you never know
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[travrosty]

i had a rare boxing autograph that i thought might bring in 150 dollars, and two guys fought it out and with a few seconds left on ebay, they both sniped and it went for 565 bucks. when two people want it bad, look out!

[dgo71]

Just goes to show you that an item is only "worth" what someone is willing to pay. Some days it's worth $10, some days $1000. Just depends on who is bidding.