Interesting Jay Leno Article

[Snapolit1]

Leno is absolutely spot on correct. People grossly exaggerate the extent of current/recent celebrity staying power. Most of these people have zero staying power over time.

The folks paying huge bucks for the Tupac stuff that has been sold the last few years by Golden? Enjoy your purchases. It will never be worth much. Ditto people paying for Kurt Cobain or many many other celebs. They will be dust in the wind. To quote Kansas. Who are also worth bubkiss.

Try getting $2 for a David Cassidy autograph.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Leno is absolutely spot on correct. People grossly exaggerate the extent of current/recent celebrity staying power. Most of these people have zero staying power over time.

The folks paying huge bucks for the Tupac stuff that has been sold the last few years by Golden? Enjoy your purchases. It will never be worth much. Ditto people paying for Kurt Cobain or many many other celebs. They will be dust in the wind. To quote Kansas. Who are also worth bubkiss.

Try getting $2 for a David Cassidy autograph.

+1. I recall that some few years ago, someone paid either $25K or $16K (or both, with subsequent buyers) for a one of one Strasburg rookie refractor--does anyone think you could get $2500 for it now? Same thing with $1500-$2000 for one of fifty refractor rookies of Mauer and Wright. So many stars of the (brief) time turn into bit players over a longer period. That having been said, even the popularity of Cobb, Wagner, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Mantle and the like will depend upon not only a fervent interest in our game, but also it's history. MLB used to do more to cultivate that, with shows like the best 9 players of all time at each of the various positions. Lately, that task seems to have fallen into the hands of the Smithsonian channel (with specials on Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, etc.), and PBS with American Masters (great feature on Teddy Ballgame!).

Hi, Steve,

Larry

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

I recall that some few years ago, someone paid either $25K or $16K (or both, with subsequent buyers) for a one of one Strasburg rookie refractor--does anyone think you could get $2500 for it now?

The Strasburg card sold for $16K in May 2010 and the seller flipped it for $21K a month later. (Source: The Definitive History of the Legendary Stephen Strasburg 2010 Bowman Chrome Superfractor)

The 1997 Tiger Woods Grand Slam Ventures card once sold for over $100,000, if you believe the hype Don West used to do on Shop At Home. (For example, at 0:42 on this video.) Did the card really sell for that much, and if it did is there any information on that sale?