What's it Worth

[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.