What's it Worth

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by murphusa

Never understood why anyone would pay a premium on an item all because it was owned by another collector.
A case in mind is the Big Six Boxed Game. All because it was owned by Mark means it should cost more?
Over the years I sold Mark a couple of games at shows in the Philly area and I don’t remember ever thinking, “Here comes Mark, I should charge more for this game”
Just a though but find it interesting that someone would do so because a certain collector once owned it

You're assumption of where the premium comes from is off.

Some "famous" (for lack of a better word) collectors are known to have high quality items with solid providence and are usually one or two owner pieces. You pay the premium for that.

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

You're assumption of where the premium comes from is off.

Some "famous" (for lack of a better word) collectors are known to have high quality items with solid providence and are usually one or two owner pieces. You pay the premium for that.

how many paid a premium for Halper stuff only to find out it was junk.

I have experienced this a few times in more than 30 years in this business when people offer an item for sale and tell me that so and so owned the item.

never made sense to me

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by murphusa

how many paid a premium for Halper stuff only to find out it was junk.

I have experienced this a few times in more than 30 years in this business when people offer an item for sale and tell me that so and so owned the item.

never made sense to me

Again they were paying a premium for precisely what I just described, it just didn't turn out so good.

There is no premium associated with "[insert name] touched this item" there was a premium associated with "This item came from a collection of the highest caliber".

[gnaz01]

Jim,

I will chime in here since it is me you are referring to. I could care less that Mark owned it, but the fact that the condition it was in was impeccable is why I paid the premium. Having known Mark for a long time, I know that this Big Six game was the best condition one known, and I wanted it for my collection, being a Matty fan.

Hope this is what you were referring to.

Greg

[murphusa]

Greg,

Not picking on you at all just using as an example as that was written in your initial post. Over the years I have been offered items that come with the Tag that so and so owned this item, and it never made much difference to me who owned it before.

but the seller always thought a premium should be paid, because someone special owned it

so I was just curious as to what others thought.

[packs]

I've seen cards sold from player collections. There are a few Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle collection cards out there. If I saw a common card with a tagline of "Don Mattingly Collection" I know personally I'd rather have that card than any old version of the same card and I'd pay a premium.