You thought YOU were having a bad day...

[todeen]

Agree. But.....

At the time, the home run chase was the cultural moment of a lifetime. It was approximately 40 years to break Ruth's record. And it was approximately 40 years to break Maris' record. Who could foresee Bonds record breaker only 5 years later? Hindsight is 20/20.

Today, $3 million for that ball seems like it will never be retrieved.

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[philliesfan]

Nothing that big. But I think of the guy who paid me $420.00 for a PSA 10 Fleer Bonds rookie.

[samosa4u]

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Todd McFarlane has a net worth of $300 Million!

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Todd McFarlane has a net worth of $300 Million!

I wonder if that was before or after COVID-19 tanked the stock market?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Todd McFarlane has a net worth of $300 Million!

Today he is worth a lot less

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Leon

Today he is worth a lot less

Like a lot of us.

[bbcard1]

I think Todd MacFarlane is awesome. When he bought the McGwire ball, it was a lot of money for him. Not so much now.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think Todd MacFarlane is awesome. When he bought the McGwire ball, it was a lot of money for him. Not so much now.

He gave the big speech at a graduation I attended at Eastern Washington University. Was very good and he seemed quite happy to be there (he graduated from EWU).

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Nothing that big. But I think of the guy who paid me $420.00 for a PSA 10 Fleer Bonds rookie.

Now, THAT'S actually hilarious.

[Snapolit1]

No idea who this guy is and couldn't care less how much money he has now or how much he lost yesterday. But I've know a few people up his financial realm and none of them would brush off a $3 millions dollar investment/purchase that has lost nearly all of its value. Their attention to finances is usually pretty obsessive.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No idea who this guy is and couldn't care less how much money he has now or how much he lost yesterday. But I've know a few people up his financial realm and none of them would brush off a $3 millions dollar investment/purchase that has lost nearly all of its value. Their attention to finances is usually pretty obsessive.

Exactly. There's a reason they became rich, and it wasn't by throwing away money or being oblivious to value.

There was a Japanese billionaire who duct-taped his shoes when they got old instead of buying a new pair. May seem bizarre for a billionaire, but it was that type of prudence and thinking that made him rich.

[Ronnie73]

I'm not a collector of autographs so to me, the baseballs would be only for bragging rights. But interestingly, this bad day post reminds me of many great days. I made a lot of money in the early 90's selling Todd McFarlane Amazing Spiderman comic books. Back then I was purchasing 100+ of many comic book issues and getting them at 40 percent off of cover price. Then I was selling them new at full cover price for the month and then 10 times that a month later. All while I was in high school lol. I went to school to make money, not learn