Yankee Stadium memorabilia prices

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

They are selling seats for about $2,000.00 a pair. .. They are as out of touch with reality as Yankee ticket prices.

I just took a look at their site. They are asking $750 for single seats. $1499 for doubles. And $1999 if you want your specific season ticket seats.

I won't be buying anything, but it's not as unreasonable as it originally sounds.

[bigtrain]

I believe that the $750.00 seat is a "commemorative" seat. Only the plastic back and seat are from the stadium. The sides are newly manufactured and were never used in the stadium.

[Jim VB]

Yep. I just looked. You are correct. But think about it logistically. As constructed, each seat shares an armrest with the adjoining seat. If they tried to sell a seat individually, (with 2 armrests), every other seat would be unusable (no legs, no armrests.) By pulling them in 2 seat sections, only 33% of the seats are left this way. Rather than throw them out, they manfactured arms and legs that could be used.

Since those 1973 seats (the $7.50 ones) are now worth close to $2000 per single, I guess I don't find $1500 so outrageous for a double. If it is outrageous, we'll see them come down in price, either direct or on the secondary market.