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Guy turns down what turned out to be an $80,000.00 baseball:
I am just going to quote this, as the Ford SVT forums I got this from requires that you register. The link is below, in case you are a member, or want to comment to the dude directly.
I figured I'd post this up, I finally dug up the picture....
Last year, my grandmother's good friend had this "baseball" that her husband had forever, and since he passed away, she wanted to get rid of it. My grandmother informed her that I do a lot of the e-bay stuff for fun, and I could probably sell it for her. When I spoke with her, she said all she wanted for the baseball was $1,000 , that's it. The baseball was signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and kept in a glass case, not touched by human hands or even opened since the day it was signed. SO, me, not being any good with baseball memorabilia, took some pictures of it, and checked on e-bay and other auction websites looking for prices. When I was looking around, I was seeing these baseball's signed by Babe Ruth going for $1,000 max, so I figured it wasn't worth my time, and told the lady I would have trouble getting $1,000 for it. So, she took it back, and then this is what happened.
Two weeks later, she called an auction house, described it to them, and they sent her two round trip tickets to new york for her and my grandmother. THEY APRRAISED THE BASEBALL FOR $65,000!!!!!!! That part alone made me feel sick to my stomach. So, she kept it at the auction house, and the next week, it sold for $82,500!!!!! That lady only wanted $1,000 for that thing. I am an idiot, and am still pissed to this day.... Sorry, I figured I could vent about it. Here is a picture of the baseball:
Here was my response to him in the same thread:
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Originally Posted by carrrnuttt
Jesus.
YOU could have called the appraisers yourself, even before you forked the money out for the ball!!!!!!!!!
Those two names...
My god. It hurts MY heart that those names don't send bells clanking in your head. Have you ever watched The Sandlot?
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I am just going to quote this, as the Ford SVT forums I got this from requires that you register. The link is below, in case you are a member, or want to comment to the dude directly.
This guy is a complete MORON!!! I don't know dirt squat about memorabilia, but jesus, I certainly know that a ball with Ruth and Gehrig would be worth a whole-helluva-lot more than $1,000.
This guy got what he deserved though, because had he known, he would have given her the $1,000 and not said a thing about how much he got for it. I would like to think I would have done the leg-work for her and split the money, but you never know...
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Originally Posted by SunDevilDon
This guy is a complete MORON!!! I don't know dirt squat about memorabilia, but jesus, I certainly know that a ball with Ruth and Gehrig would be worth a whole-helluva-lot more than $1,000.
This guy got what he deserved though, because had he known, he would have given her the $1,000 and not said a thing about how much he got for it. I would like to think I would have done the leg-work for her and split the money, but you never know...
What kind of a jerk is going to screw a good friend of his grandmothers out of over $80,000? Karma is alive and kicking.
This reminds me of my old professor's story about the time an old lady tried to get him to buy her son's "jalopy" for $500 just to get it out of her garage. I guess he'd been dead for a few years and never got around to getting rid of his stuff.
That "jalopy" turned out to be a 58 Corvette in near-mint condition, all original everything save for some hoses, and it was worth quite a bit more than what the old lady asked for. The professor's next door neighbor bought it and sold it through Auto Trader for $25K (and I'm not even sure if that wasn't a low bid).
I have no idea if the old lady got any kick back. I kind of doubt it.
This reminds me of my old professor's story about the time an old lady tried to get him to buy her son's "jalopy" for $500 just to get it out of her garage. I guess he'd been dead for a few years and never got around to getting rid of his stuff.
That "jalopy" turned out to be a 58 Corvette in near-mint condition, all original everything save for some hoses, and it was worth quite a bit more than what the old lady asked for. The professor's next door neighbor bought it and sold it through Auto Trader for $25K (and I'm not even sure if that wasn't a low bid).
I have no idea if the old lady got any kick back. I kind of doubt it.
A lady in Half Moon bay was selling old fishing gear from her late husband in her artshop. IN amongst rusted out crap was 2 seamaster flyreels worth
several thousand bucks each. I guess because she was British and my mom is too I felt sorry for her so I gave her the url for a website of a guy who would buy the reels off her and told her they were worth quite a bit. She said her husband had bought them from a friend and then decided flycasting was too hard so he'd never actually fished the reels, they were in perfect condition still had the warranty cards from the late 1970's.
I stand to inherit a set of those reels from my dad, last he checked they were worth about $35,00 although he has 6 or 7 of them in various sizes, she only had 2.
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