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[GrayGhost]

Wow.. thats freaking AWESOME, that ball. CONGRATULATIONS.

[D. Broughman]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Wow.. thats freaking AWESOME, that ball. CONGRATULATIONS.

Thanks here is a picture of the team.

[mcgwirecom]

Bought this Babe Ruth bat on Ebay for $500. Thought it was a store model. Sold it to a bat dealer for $8000. I really don't think it was his but the dealer didn't mind. Saw it on Ebay bot long ago looking to get $25,000 but no bids.

[JohnH19]

A couple of very desirable board games from the 1960's that usually sell in the $500-$600 range:

-Challenge the Yankees. $135 on an eBay Buy It Now listing where the seller grossly understated the condition of the game. He described it pretty much as a beater but it's probably one of the nicer copies to be listed in the last few years. The box lid with the gorgeous artist's depiction of old Yankee Stadium is usually in rough shape but mine is in excellent condition as are the game components and the terrific player photo cards.

-Bamco's Hank Bauer Be A Manager game. Coincidentally also $135 in a bid style auction. My copy is the 1967 AL edition, again in excellent condition. This is one of the rarest of modern day baseball games and always goes high. For some reason this one stayed within my price range and I was lucky enought to snipe it for a very low price.

Two other bargains that come to mind are 1960 and 61 season complete APBA Baseball games both in gem mint condition. I paid $82 on eBay for the 1960 season game and $45 on an small obscure auction site for the 1961 game. The listings made no mention that either game was in unused condition so I had no idea until I opened up the packages. Needless to say, my jaw dropped when I saw what I had and it was all I could do not to drool all over the 40 year old (at the time) pearly white player cards.