Simmons Jeter plaques

[theshleps]

Does anyone know why hof signed plaques of Simmons and Jeter seem not to exist? Never seen this with previous inductees

[felada]

I thought jeter signed some as part of the mlb alumni signing he did in Aug and September

[Wrightfan85]

Haven't seen any of those two either. Covid probably is one of the reasons.

[MGHPro]

There were a few Jeter plaques on eBay last week .

[dgo71]

There's a Jeter up now for a ridiculous $1495. He was $800 I think for non-RC flats at his last private signing and I emailed to confirm the plaques fell into that category. They do. The signing price may tick up slightly but Jeter will do a signing or two and these will start to become more readily available. Same with Simmons, he just hasn't done any signings since the plaques were issued. Give it a little time.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

With plaques, patience is nearly always a virtue, but we always remember Kirby Puckett and our eagerness kicks into overdrive. And who can forget Campy and all the things we should have forked over the money to have signed instead of the humdrum 8X10s and other pedestrian fare.

It felt like it took forever for Griffey plaques to be signed and nearly the same for Piazza, but they're around now.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by dgo71

There's a Jeter up now for a ridiculous $1495. He was $800 I think for non-RC flats at his last private signing and I emailed to confirm the plaques fell into that category. They do. The signing price may tick up slightly but Jeter will do a signing or two and these will start to become more readily available. Same with Simmons, he just hasn't done any signings since the plaques were issued. Give it a little time.

$1495 is somewhat ridiculous, yet somewhat not. From the seller's perspective, he has his $800 outlay. Jeter signings won't likely be a regular occurrence and it's doubtful they'll get any cheaper. After his fees, taxes, etc., the seller is trying for a markup in the 40-50% range. I can't say as I begrudge him. It costs money to sit on $800 items. Jeter's signing was limited to a certain number of items, so the possibility of having a bunch of plaques signed to do a quick flip with much thinner profit margins just wasn't there.

I just hope that a $1495 Jeter plaque doesn't sound like a "bargain" a few years from now.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by dgo71

There's a Jeter up now for a ridiculous $1495. He was $800 I think for non-RC flats at his last private signing and I emailed to confirm the plaques fell into that category. They do. The signing price may tick up slightly but Jeter will do a signing or two and these will start to become more readily available. Same with Simmons, he just hasn't done any signings since the plaques were issued. Give it a little time.

$800 for Jeter to sign? F*#k him.