Ouch! Steiner Sports...

[mschwade]

I just got off the phone with Steiner Sports because they have Derek Jeter coming in on 3/31 for a Private Signing and I wanted pricing... I need a Derek Jeter index card (which is considered a flat).. It would cost me $500 in this signing for him to sign a flat! Ouch. I love Derek, but those prices are ridiculous.

[drc]

You could get Jimmie Foxx or Tris Speaker for less than that.

[GrayGhost]

That price for Jeter is utter nonsense, when as was stated, you could get two of the all time greats for less than that, plus a nice cobb too, Id bet.

[Wihawk]

500$ not bad, That's only 450$ more than I'd be willing to pay. For that kind of money give me the Foxx or Speaker like drc suggested.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Wihawk

500$ not bad, That's only 450$ more than I'd be willing to pay. For that kind of money give me the Foxx or Speaker like drc suggested.

To be honest, I would have paid $200 for him because of the importance he has in my project and the fact it's coming with a Steiner holgram that it was signed in front of them. But GrayGhost is right.. Utter non-sense.

[smotan_02]

Give it 10 years and catch him for $20 at the White Plains show.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by drc

You could get Jimmie Foxx or Tris Speaker for less than that.

David - You are one of the really good guys here and have always been helpful to me but you wrong on those two autographs.
If you can find legit Foxx and Speaker for less than $500 let me know, I am a buyer and could easily resell at a profit.
And yes, $500 for Jeter is insane. Beyond insane, but I guess Derek needs the dough, isn't he back with Minka Kelly?

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

David - You are one of the really good guys here and have always been helpful to me but you wrong on those two autographs.
If you can find legit Foxx and Speaker for less than $500 let me know, I am a buyer and could easily resell at a profit.
And yes, $500 for Jeter is insane. Beyond insane, but I guess Derek needs the dough, isn't he back with Minka Kelly?

To me, if it's more about money, he'd charge less and attract more volume. 10 items at $200 apiece > 2 items at $500 apiece.

[travrosty]

its the age old question of signing more items for less money and making it up in volume, or holding out and signing less for more money and creating artificial scarcity. i can see it both ways, it's just a strategy they pick and they go with it.


bob feller signed anything that wasnt nailed down for a reasonable price, and on the other hand mike marshall wont sign hardly anything and when he does, he charges an arm and a leg, same for bill russell, celtic great, although he has signed more lately.


but once you start signing more, then you have to go that route, you cant go back and create scarcity anymore, the flood gates are open.

the guys like jeter who sign less for more have only one outlet like steiner, kind of like a legal monopoly, when there is only one pipeline to obtain his sig, they can charge more.

i represent corrie sanders, former wbo heavyweight champ who knocked out w. klitschko for the title. his signature is not normally in demand, but some people collect signatures of all the wbo champions, so they need him when they want to fill that hole in their list of wbo champions.

when they find out there are almost none out there, because sanders is from south africe, and i have some for sale, they will expect to buy one for 25 bucks or something like that. i charge a lot, well over 100, more than it would normally be worth, and some people tell me they would never buy it for that much. they swear and call me a nut, but then later they come back and buy it anyway, because they checked around and cant find his signature anywhere. but as long as there is only 1 avenue to get his signature, it can work like that. once there is more than one place to get it, then competition kicks in and the price comes down. i dont sell very many, but when i do, its at a nice price.

i give corrie all proceeds from the sale of his signature, i don't keep any, so the guy who took the beating in the ring gets the profits from his own signature. the way it should be in my book.

[MGHPro]

I was told Jeter doesn't want to sign bats or jerseys anymore and that he is charging 1k to sign those now.

As far as a cut.. You can get legit signed copies of his book, The life you imagine, for 150 -200 regularly on ebay, so you might want to buy one and cut it.
Matt

[RichardSimon]

At $500 a pop I say the over/under number is 300,,, what do you guys think, over or under 400?

[4815162342]

Does the $500 price include game-used dirt?

[David Atkatz]

No. But it comes from a game-used dirt-bag.

[MilBraves]

Wow, that is steep for that Jeter and the price on the Aaron is out there too. Last winter, I won an auction from Steiners for Hank Aaron to sign anything I wanted. Hammer price was $170.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by MilBraves

Wow, that is steep for that Jeter and the price on the Aaron is out there too. Last winter, I won an auction from Steiners for Hank Aaron to sign anything I wanted. Hammer price was $170.

I could have done without that knowledge. I am now feeling the sting once again. What did you get signed?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by 71buc

I could have done without that knowledge. I am now feeling the sting once again. What did you get signed?

If people would resist the insanity of Steiner then their prices would have to come down, but as we know collectors HAVE TO HAVE that item.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

If people would resist the insanity of Steiner then their prices would have to come down, but as we know collectors HAVE TO HAVE that item.

Sanity has never been one of my strong points

[MilBraves]

I had him sign a '57 world series champs commemorative bat given to me by my father. He had it signed by just about all the members of the '57 team over the years but never got Hank.