Dmitri Young collection

[barrysloate]

Who is buying this stuff??

[ullmandds]

i confess...it is me buying all of these multi-million dollar items...they're to decorate the bat cave.

[CharleyBrown]

The winner of the Clemente posts on the PSA boards. He also won another card that night.

[murcerfan]

I used to think all those hookers and blow back in the day were a waste of money too.

[wondo]

Originally Posted by murcerfan

I used to think all those hookers and blow back in the day were a waste of money too.

What's the Tug McGraw quote? "I spend 90% of my money on women, booze, and gambling. The rest I waste."

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Who is buying this stuff??

I just saw on the local news that Lelands bought the Ruth jersey and plan to resell it privately.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

I just saw on the local news that Lelands bought the Ruth jersey and plan to resell it privately.

At 4.4 million you have to wonder how many $$ are left to go up......Interesting.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Leon

At 4.4 million you have to wonder how many $$ are left to go up......Interesting.

If they only go up 5% that's 220,000 Not a bad weeks pay.

I get the impression from what I've read about some of my other hobbies that many buyers in that sort of price range will have dealers or others act as agents to bid for them. I'm not sure how that works exactly, but I'd assume some "small" profit for the bidding agent. (small percentage)

I suppose if you can afford 4.4 million for a jersey your time might be too valuable to spend cruising auctions looking for one to spend that sort of money on as well.

Steve B

[Matthew H]

I'm also assuming the bidding agent idea, as Steve said. If they paid 4.4mil to add one item to their inventory, then wow.

[insidethewrapper]

Can you imagine the stress for a grader between labeling a top rookie card a 9 vs a 10 ? In each case the value can be over 100k. A lot of room for fraud etc

[glchen]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Can you imagine the stress for a grader between labeling a top rookie card a 9 vs a 10 ? In each case the value can be over 100k. A lot of room for fraud etc

I don't think there was too much stress. If they did have stress, they would just label any questionable "10" a "9." So the fact that you see plenty of weak 10's says to me that they're not spending too much time on the card. There probably definitely was stress in grading that Goodwin Plank, however, where SGC wrote a letter justifying their decision to give that card a number grade. For these PSA 10's however, the graders who gave the 10's probably never even imagined that these cards would go for such huge sums.

[olrac44]

Originally Posted by steve B

If they only go up 5% that's 220,000 Not a bad weeks pay.

I get the impression from what I've read about some of my other hobbies that many buyers in that sort of price range will have dealers or others act as agents to bid for them. I'm not sure how that works exactly, but I'd assume some "small" profit for the bidding agent. (small percentage)

I suppose if you can afford 4.4 million for a jersey your time might be too valuable to spend cruising auctions looking for one to spend that sort of money on as well.

Steve B

If you've got that kind of money your anonymity is just as valuable.

[peterose4hof]

You know who's happiest about the results of this auction...

Not Dmitri Young, not SCP Auctions, not the winning bidders. It is Mr. Joe Orlando.

[smotan_02]

Originally Posted by peterose4hof

You know who's happiest about the results of this auction...

Not Dmitri Young, not SCP Auctions, not the winning bidders. It is Mr. Joe Orlando.

Definitely not Dimitri...he spent nearly $5 mil on his collection and took in $2.5.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...-slam-bat-next