Thoughts on state of memorabilia market?

[Shoeless Moe]

I had no idea what those signs were thank you for posting examples.

My guess is it's all got to do with Mantle once again.

Mantle-mania strikes again!

He'd be 91 had he taken care of himself. Damn boozehound!

[murphusa]

all great

[Exhibitman]

The Jackie memorabilia has definitely blown up. This blotter



has gone up 20X since the movie 42 was released. I think it is a fallout of the rise in card prices. People want vintage Jackie stuff and they can't afford more and more of the cards, so they go for card-adjacent material. It is scattershot, though. I got this booklet-sized magazine for under $30 delivered:



Ruth stuff is strong.

Good snapshots are strong.

Press photos are all over the place.

Team-issued photos of the top postwar stars have risen considerably but are still pretty good values. I was shocked at the two team-issued publicity photos of Jim Brown that sold in SCP last weekend. $2,510 for the 1958 and 1963 base shots that were used to make the team issues that year. Wilt Chamberlain is now a $250-$500 photo, yet I got a 1970 Alcindor for under $50.

[MVSNYC]

Thoughts on state of memorabilia market?


Greg: I'd say strong...to quite strong.

Kevin: You gotta strike while the iron's hot. Now's the time.


-Meet the Parents

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Thoughts on state of memorabilia market?


Greg: I'd say strong...to quite strong.

Kevin: You gotta strike while the iron's hot. Now's the time.


-Meet the Parents

[bigfanNY]

I would agree that all PF Flyer signs are created equal. The addtion of Mantle on the ad has a strong impact and Bob's die cut with Mays is all the more rare in nice condition. The Mays image is easily damaged. And some of the ads just turn up more often.

[bobfreedman]

I have discussed this with several people in the past and what it comes down to is that memorabilia has a much smaller collector base. Because of the smaller collector base, prices fluctuate more drastically. For example, if an item sells for $10,000 in one auction, it may sell for only $2000 in a different auction because of the thinner collector base.

Also,condition in memorabilia is everything and it’s very subjective. You don’t have a grading company to commoditize memorabilia. Just my two cents.