Yankee Stadium memorabilia prices

[bigtrain]

Exactly my point Jim. The plastic ones may be more comfortable to sit on but they are not original.

[Jay Wolt]

I heard that it cost the Yankees $11.5 million to acquire the contents
of Yankee Stadium from the city to sell the artifacts via Steiners auction.
With the slumping economy, who know...maybe Steiner is right, that they
may not make much on the auction.

[bronxbomber609]

This is the only seat I need

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[drc]

High prices from Steiner on Yankees stuff is nothing new.

[David Atkatz]

Here's what I like the best about those greedy, shameless, bastards.

This is from their site when the artifacts first went on sale:



Can you imagine being proud to have destroyed Yankee Stadium?

(They have since changed their slogan to "Ruth built it, now you can take it home.")

[barrysloate]

The whole thing is pretty tacky..and who wants to pay all that money for plastic seats? I hope most of it goes unsold, like the premium seats behind home plate.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

who wants to pay all that money for plastic seats? I hope most of it goes unsold, like the premium seats behind home plate.

If someone want to puchase 'em good for them.
Why is a grand for a plastic seat any better or worse then a grand
on a small cardboard photo we call cards?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Why is a grand for a plastic seat any better or worse then a grand
on a small cardboard photo we call cards?

Hey buddy! Watch it! You're starting to get personal now!

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Here's what I like the best about those greedy, shameless, bastards.

This is from their site when the artifacts first went on sale:



Can you imagine being proud to have destroyed Yankee Stadium?

(They have since changed their slogan to "Ruth built it, now you can take it home.")

I have to laugh: David, that has got to be the worst advertising I have ever seen. Not only are they proud to destroy the stadium but of course they had to rip off NYC at the same time. For these reasons I stopped buying anything from Steiner years ago. To me it felt the same as if I were buying a fur coat.

[Jim VB]

Lichtman, on casual Friday...

[barrysloate]

Just my feelings Jay. At least the little pieces of cardboard people collect have some character to them. Plastic seats...all ticky tack. It's subjective of course.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by bronxbomber609

This is the only seat I need

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Very nice!

(You do know that the curved back and seats were not original to the 1923 Stadium. David would know for sure, but I believe they were added sometime in the 1940's. Until then, the box seats used folding chairs.)

This means that your seat, while newer, is from the more expensive seating areas.

In 1973 both the straight seats and curved seats were pulled for the plastic ones now on sale.