Josh Evans - Lelands on CNBC

[puckpaul]

obviously the ring is awesome, but i disagree its the holy grail of collecting. a uniform is far superior as memorabilia, something he played in versus an award.

[ruth-gehrig]

This ring belonged to Charlie Sheen correct? Wonder why they link Charlie Sheen to the Babe Ruth signed baseball but not the ring?

[prestigecollectibles]

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000621887&play=1

[conor912]

Is anyone else turned off by Josh wearing the ring? Do you think he puts on the Ruth jerseys, too? It's hard to describe but something about it doesn't sit right with me.

[Snapolit1]

Agree, seems totally unnecessary. If I was selling wouldn't do that. Sure many
folks have tried it on over the years but that's clearly not the vibe you should be going out of your way to put put there.

[Donscards]

I have no problem with Josh wearing Babe's ring---He is a wonderful spokesperson for our hobby--and it was a interesting interview---He pays a lot for some of this stuff, so let him have some fun.

[calvindog]

I'm more offended by his shirt and tie combo.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by conor912

Is anyone else turned off by Josh wearing the ring? Do you think he puts on the Ruth jerseys, too? It's hard to describe but something about it doesn't sit right with me.

I should clarify that my comment had nothing to with Josh personally....it could have been anyone and I'd feel the same way.

[rlevy]

Josh wearing the ring was probably done so that he never lost sight of it. If I was the consignor, I would prefer that he never took his eyes off it when it was off his premises. He wouldn't even hand it to the TV commentator when she asked to see it.

Rick

[bobbyw8469]

Agreed....seeing as how their company lost this one collector's "50 greatest NBA players" signed lithograph, not once but TWICE!!!!!!!!!

My bad..I realized that was Steiner's, not Lelands......

[conor912]

Originally Posted by rlevy

Josh wearing the ring was probably done so that he never lost sight of it. If I was the consignor, I would prefer that he never took his eyes off it when it was off his premises. He wouldn't even hand it to the TV commentator when she asked to see it.

Rick

Sure, there are all kinds of ways you could justify it. I'm just saying that over the years, plenty of equally rare and valuable artifacts have been kept perfectly secure without wearing them. What if a signed, game used Cobb cap came into his hands and he stuck it on his head on CBNC? It's just not the way I would want to see something I'm about to drop six or seven figures on be handled. That said, I understand, the ring having been in Charlie Sheen's procession, that there is at least a 50% chance that it has been inside at least one person's body cavity at some point, but what happens behind closed doors hopefully stays there.

[MVSNYC]

No issues with him wearing the ring.

I've known Josh for years, he's a good guy, have done several deals together.

[DirtyT]

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[brianp-beme]

If you bid high enough he might give you the finger as well.

Brian

[Leon]

I have always liked Josh and he has spoken at a Net54 Dinner or two, also..
National news and big auction items are good for the hobby. I don't think Josh wearing it for a little while was that big of a deal. He was having fun.
I would only hope he was careful with it, is all, and I am sure he was. That said I also hope he was only wearing it for a very, very short amount of time...*(as in minutes) as there should be no more wear to it.