Best way to sell a 1912 World Series ticket stub??

[mmync]

Hello everybody, my name is Mike, and I am a newbie here at Net54.

I have a ticket stub from the 1912 World Series, and I wanted to get some suggestions on what the best way would be to try to sell it. The stub is from the fourth game of the 1912 World Series. It was between the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox, and it was the second game played at Polo Grounds. Jeff Tesreau pitched for the Giants, and Joe Wood pitched for the Red Sox. The ticket stub has been authenticated by Psa.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice,

Mike

[GrayGhost]

Nice stub, damage yes, but great WS and desirable. try B/S/T here if you have a price in mind, or ebay w a reserve if u don't want it to go too low.

[cbcbcb]

Early World Series ticket stubs get pretty good action on eBay.

[carrigansghost]

Do it the easy way, send it to me.

Rawn

[mmync]

I've been thinking about listing it on eBay, but I can't decide if I should list it with a low starting bid (with reserve), high starting bid (with no reserve), or super high buy it now with the best offer option. My original plan was to list it with one of the major auction houses, so I took it with me to the Sun Times show in Chicago a couple months ago so I could some opinions on what it might be worth, and who I wanted to list it with. All of the auction houses wanted it, and they all offered me a full page ad in there upcoming catalog. A lot of them even offered to put it on the front cover of there catalog. Most of them offered to list it for 0% commission on my end. The problem is that nobody could really tell me what it might be worth, and I even got a bunch of opinions from some of the larger dealers that where at the show. Some of them said that was only worth a couple of hundred dollars, but then some other people said it might be worth as much as ten thousand dollars.

[GrayGhost]

$10,000? wow. someone must have been nipping at the cooking sherry..haha.

Id try it on ebay, maybe w the reserve idea.

[jbsports33]

you should not have a problem moving that on eBay, early Red Sox items do well or if you are from the Northeast you could bring it to a few of the larger shows - good luck Jimmy

[mmync]

Originally Posted by jbsports33

you should not have a problem moving that on eBay, early Red Sox items do well or if you are from the Northeast you could bring it to a few of the larger shows - good luck Jimmy

I was going to list it with one of the big auction houses that is going to be displaying items at the White Plains show in New York this weekend., because I thought it would be a great way for it to get some exposure to local New York collectors, but when the time came to sign the papers, they tried to tell me that it was worth around $3,000 less then what the originally estimated it to be worth. I've never dealt with an auction houses, so I don't know if they where just trying to see if they could buy it from me out right, or what there plans where, but that's what made me decide to just try selling it on my own. If I can't get some decent money for it, I'll just keep it. When I look at the ticket, I like to think that Babe Ruth was only around 17 or 18 years old when this world series was played, and I don't think he was even a professional baseball player yet. Being that the world series was between New York and Boston can hurt either.

[Leon]

Speaking for myself it is very difficult to put a value on many of our sports items. Cards are the exception as many are commonly traded and there are comparison sales. A ticket like this is almost impossible to give a close value on. I would venture to guess most auction houses won't give you a very close valuation that they think it will bring in auction, as they don't know. I think they are wise for that decision. If I were you I would first of all list it on our own BST area with a price you are comfortable with and see what happens. That will cost you 0. Then if that doesn't pan out, you might try ebay with a reserve, again, very little cost associated with it. After you list those 2 places you might start to get more of an idea of it's value, if nothing else. Then you can decide what you want to do with it.

At the end of the day an auction house can get you a good audience but they can't guarantee a price, unless there is a reserve, and even then that is only a protective measure so you are not upset with too low of an outcome. Good luck with it.

[jbsports33]

I agree with Leon, try different ways on your own first and see what happens, because there is no guarantee with an auction house with an item like yours. The ticket is a very select item that only certain collectors look for, just take it to the show and get some ideas from other collectors or dealers on your own and don’t sell it or place it in auction just yet.

Jimmy

[GrayGhost]

Good luck with the ticket sir. and good idea to keep it if you don't get what you think is fair. Babe's first ML game was 1915? . Great history obviously w Snodgrass, Matty, Wood, etc. , and from the Second world championship of the Sox.

[mmync]

Wow, thanks for all the great advice everybody. I'm really glad that I decided to become a member here at Net54. It seems like this is a really great forum, with a bunch of really classy members. Unfortunately, I don't have very many Pre-war items yet, but I guess the ticket stub isn't a bad way to start.

[Joe Hunter]

The 2003 edition of the Standard Catalog of Sports Memorabilia lists the 1912 ticket stub in a price range from $650-900.

[HiNeighbor]

You can't go wrong with the REA that is coming up in the spring

[mmync]

Hey guys, I took your advice and ended up listing the ticket stub on eBay. I decided to run it as a regular auction style listing with a reserve, but I have a quick question. I've already had a couple of people send me messages asking me what I set my reserve amount at. How should I reply to these types of messages?? How do you guys think the auction looks?? Is there anything that I should add or remove from the listing?? Thanks again for everybody's help!!

Here is a link to the listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[slidekellyslide]

I rarely list with a reserve, but when I do and someone asks what it is, I always reveal it to them.

[GrayGhost]

The Auction looks pretty good. And yes, it probably is smart to reveal a reserve, if they ask, so they don't waste their time if its too high, or plan their top bid, knowing what they have to bid at the very least.

Good luck w the stub. Certainly a great item!

[perezfan]

Excellent job on the listing. Definitely disclose the reserve, if they ask. There is no downside, and you may lose them as potential bidders if you were to skirt the issue. They would not be inquiring unless they were interested.

[mmync]

Well, the auction is scheduled to end on Sunday, and I'm starting to get a little worried. It's been 3-4 days since anyone has bid on it, and it is only up to $870.00

So far, it has 485 hits, 60 watchers, 34 bids, and 13 different bidders.
Anybody want to take a guess at what the final bid will end up being??

Here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by mmync

Well, the auction is scheduled to end on Sunday, and I'm starting to get a little worried. It's been 3-4 days since anyone has bid on it, and it is only up to $870.00

So far, it has 485 hits, 60 watchers, 34 bids, and 13 different bidders.
Anybody want to take a guess at what the final bid will end up being??

Here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

How much do you think its really worth? It'll go for a few hundred more probably, as according to a friend who is an ebay regular, lots of bidding last day. Plus, with all those bids, and different bidders and watchers, Id be shocked if you don't get it to 1250.00 or so..my guess.