With all of this banter about how much people are paying for memorabilia, I thought..

[Leon]

I traded mostly baseball cards for it but have around 28k into it. It is still the only thing on my office walls.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Leon

I traded mostly baseball cards for it but have around 28k into it. It is still the only thing on my office walls.

Leon,

That is absolutely killer. I have yet to break the 4 figure mark. I have spend around 8k on a couple items..one being the below photo which I believe is the centerpiece of my photo collecton (Type 1 Babe Ruth by Charles Conlon).
At the time, I asked myself.."What did I just do??". Now I think.."that was the best investment I have ever made".

Jimmy,

Just a fantastic shot of the Bambino.
I have not seen many if any photos of Ruth pitching in a yankee uni at auction lately..have you??

Ben

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[Scott Garner]

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[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Here are some of my high-water marks on various category baseball collectibles that I have, or have owned, in my personal collection:

Game used equipment: $11,000 (Nolan Ryan 1973 Home Jersey) Mears 8

Ticket: $1900

Baseball card: $725 (1972 High Number rack pack with Ryan and Seaver on top, Rose on bottom)

Autographed ball: $1900 (trade + cash)- (1930's Babe Ruth ball aquired in 1993, but I no longer own it)

Autographed photo: $1600 (Walter Johnson 1927 signed and dated photo)

Photo- Type I or otherwise- $285

Scott, do you have pics of that jersey?? What photo cost you 285? Just curious..

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Scott, do you have pics of that jersey?? What photo cost you 285? Just curious..

Hi Ben,
I'm sorry, but I do not have any photos to post of the jersey at the moment. I've never shown it here on net54, but will at some point in the future.

The Type I photo that I mentioned is of Johnny Vander Meer warming up prior to his 1st no-hitter.

O/T After posting, I realized that I actually did pay more for a Type I B/W photo of Nolan Ryan pitching in his only World Series appearance in game 3, 1969 at Shea. I believe that I paid over $300 for this one a few years back. I've never ever seen the image before and it's pretty awesome. I love the WS bunting in the background as it's shot from the perspective of 1st base looking over towards third. I'll try to remember to get a good scan of it, but it is oversized and I don't have one handy at present.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Ben,
I'm sorry, but I do not have any photos to post of the jersey at the moment. I've never shown it here on net54, but will at some point in the future.

The Type I photo that I mentioned is of Johnny Vander Meer warming up prior to his 1st no-hitter.

O/T After posting, I realized that I actually did pay more for a Type I B/W photo of Nolan Ryan pitching in his only World Series appearance in game 3, 1969 at Shea. I believe that I paid over $300 for this one a few years back. I've never ever seen the image before and it's pretty awesome. I love the WS bunting in the background as it's shot from the perspective of 1st base looking over towards third. I'll try to remember to get a good scan of it, but it is oversized and I don't have one handy at present.

Very cool! That oversized photo of Ryan sounds like one taken by ken regan..am I right? I have seen a couple fantastic 1969 ws images by mr. Regan.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Very cool! That oversized photo of Ryan sounds like one taken by ken regan..am I right? I have seen a couple fantastic 1969 ws images by mr. Regan.

Ben,
You are correct! Ken Regan is the photographer.

[GrayGhost]

Is there a need to really show how much you paid for an item? GREAT items regardless all.

[Splinte1941]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Is there a need to really show how much you paid for an item? GREAT items regardless all.

I've noticed you have a hang- up of sorts on prices? Any particular reason why? You've made comments to the effect of prices being obscene, outrageous, etc. just curious.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Is there a need to really show how much you paid for an item? GREAT items regardless all.

Understand where you are coming from however when the title of the thread and the first line are-


"With all of this banter about how much people are paying for memorabilia, I thought..
Let's hear the absolute MOST you've ever spent on an item."


I would say folks are just responding correctly. And if you didn't respond that way then really you are taking the thread off topic. Just sayin....

and.. No matter what happens there will always be someone with more and someone with less...that's the way I look at it.