1960's Mets Shea Stadium Tickets - written by hand?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by philo98

Can these tickets even be authenticated to the correct game if they were filled in by hand? Most seem to use a ball-point pen. thanks.

You know the answer to that question, and you also know that the opinion sellers would love for you to pay them.

May we see a picture?

Doug

[Shoeless Moe]

Just wait for one with the actual date on it.

Written in ones have very little appeal, and very little re-sale value.

1960's Mets tickets are some of the most plentiful tickets out there. Be patient and persistent and you'll see your game again soon enough.

[philo98]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

You know the answer to that question, and you also know that the opinion sellers would love for you to pay them.

May we see a picture?

Doug

Correct, I thought I would double check though since many of you are far more advanced than I am. Maybe there was something I was missing. I attached a photo, although I have a few others but this one gives an idea.

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Just wait for one with the actual date on it.

Written in ones have very little appeal, and very little re-sale value.

1960's Mets tickets are some of the most plentiful tickets out there. Be patient and persistent and you'll see your game again soon enough.

Thank you. Good advice. Was the first time I had seen hand-written tickets.

[Shoeless Moe]

....or buy it, if cheap enough, as a placeholder until you find one that's dated.

I don't think PSA would slab that, but who knows, they'd slab a Walmart receipt if it made them money.

Scott might now better, and may chime in.

[whitehse]

These are likely replacement tickets for lost tickets, perhaps from a season ticket holder.

When I worked for a MLB team they would issue replacement tickets to season ticket holders who lost their tickets. If the original tickets showed up which was usually someone who bought them off the street, the holder of the originals would be shown the door or encouraged to purchase another ticket as they had no rights to that seat for that game.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

... they'd slab a Walmart receipt if it made them money.

I love that quote.

And, I like that ticket, too. Good day for the Mets, with 2 wins vs the Expos.

I would be happy to find something like that in a scored program, and would prefer it to a printed ticket. But, I don't buy things for their resale value, so my tastes are different than some collectors.

[Snapolit1]

I recall going to games at Shea where the genius friend I was with discovered that if you didn't like your seat you could go to a window somewhere and exchange your ticket for an equally priced seat in another section. Pointless, but I remember one game where we moved like 3 times. Pretty sure they gave you something with handwriting on it as your replacement ticket.

[bigfanNY]

I went to a game at Shea in 1983 or 84. It had rained hard before game time and the section above was leaking down on our seats. Saturday day game so pretty packed, I asked Usher for some help, He asked us to be patient and he would get back to us before game started. A couple outs into first inning He comes back apologizes and sits us right behind home plate 4 rows up. And he had a pad that he filled our old and new seats on and handed them to us. Last time I had a handwritten ticket at shea. I will try and post..
Now Shea was a leaky old girl and a number of other patrons complained and were neither polite or patient with the usher. They sat with program over their heads as umbrella.
J

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I recall going to games at Shea where the genius friend I was with discovered that if you didn't like your seat you could go to a window somewhere and exchange your ticket for an equally priced seat in another section. Pointless, but I remember one game where we moved like 3 times. Pretty sure they gave you something with handwriting on it as your replacement ticket.

Correct. My cousin and I would do this until we got seats we liked.

Mike