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Old 07-15-2012, 02:49 PM
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Default Let`s Play the Tipping Point Game: Awesome vintage prizes guaranteed!

Some of you may have seen the nice estate lot I recently acquired, so I thought I'd share part of my good fortune by basically giving away a good portion of it.

I'm also running this contest on Freedomcardboard.com, so some of you might have already entered.


RULES

1. Below you will find the complete inventory list of items in the estate lot

2. I have pre-selected 18 items to be part of this contest and have also pre-set a ridiculously low pricetag on it (otherwise known as "the tipping point").

3. The contestant who has the lowest bid without going below the tipping point will win all 18 items for that amount.

4. Only one bid per contestant.

5. The tipping point price and the 18 items will be revealed tonight, July 15th around 10pm EST.

6. At that time, the winning bidder has two options. They may choose to buy those items for that absurd price, or if they don`t like what they see, they are free to back out. Absolutely no obligation. In this case, the items will be sold traditionally (Ebay, auction house, etc...)

Please place your bid in this thread. Any questions, just ask! Good luck and have fun.


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1 1948 World Series Pennant
2 1951 Dodgers Silk Scarf
3 1951 World Series Program
4 1951 World Series Program (signed by Horace Stoneham, Chub Feeney, Edward Brannick, Leo Durocher, Fred Fitzsimmons)
5 1951 World Series Program (signed by Douglas MacArthur)
6 1951 World Series Program (signed by Larry Goetz)
7 1953 World Series Program (signed by Ford Frick)
8 1953 World Series Program
9 1953 World Series Program
10 1953 World Series Program
11 1953 World Series Program
12 1953 World Series Program
13 1953 World Series Program
14 1953 World Series Program
15 1953 World Series Program
16 1954 All-Star Program
17 1954 All-Star Program
18 1954 Baseball Sheet Music
19 1955 World Series Program
20 1955 World Series Program
21 1955 World Series Program
22 1955 World Series Program
23 1955 World Series Program
24 1955 World Series Program
25 1956 World Series Program
26 1956 World Series Program
27 1956 World Series Program
28 1956 World Series Game 5 Program (signed by Larry Goetz, Don Larsen, Billy Martin)
29 1956 World Series Game 5 Program (signed Larry Goetz & Don Larsen)
30 1956 World Series Program (signed by Larry Goetz)
31 1959 World Series Program
32 1959 World Series Program
33 1959 World Series Program (signed by Ford Frick)
34 1961 Cincinnati Reds NL pennant glass
35 1962 All-Star Program (signed by 6, including Ford Frick)
36 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series button
37 1971 American League Program
38 1971 American League Program
39 1971 American League Program
40 1971 NLCS Program
41 1971 World Series Program
42 1971 World Series Program
43 1971 World Series Program
44 1971 World Series Program
45 1977 American League pocket schedule
46 1976 Cincinnati Reds "Best in the West" pennant
47 1979 World Series Program
48 1993 Colorado Rockies inaugural baseball
49 Italian baseball player figurine
50 Robert Merrill's Brooklyn Baseball Cantata LP record
51 Dizzy Dean & Paul Dean autographed baseball
52 1955 Greatest Moments in Sports LP record
53 1970's Joe Morgan button
54 Lot of 5 vintage baseball books
55 1940's/1950's Luke Appling Model A2310 Glove
56 1950's Milwaukee Braves pennant
57 1950's salesman's sample/stadium souvenir mini catcher's mitt
58 Stan Musial autographed/personalized photo (kneeling)
59 Stan Musial autographed/personalized photo (w/ wife)
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Okay, the moment of truth. The tipping point was one of these 11 figures...all significant in baseball history (sort of):

$26.32 (Ripken's consecutive games played)
$27.00 (27 World Series titles for NYY)
$60.27 (Ruth's 60 HR in 1927)
$61.61 (Maris' 61 HR in 1961)
$56.41 (DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak in 1941)
$73.01 (Bond's 73 HR in 2001)
$75.76 (Cincinnati's back-to-back World Series titles)
$116.01 (Seattle's 116 wins in 2001)
$130.82 (Henderson's 130 SB in 1982)
$262.04 (Suzuki's 262 H in 2004)
$383.73 (Ryan's 383 K in 1973)

To keep this one simple, I just went with the median. Whoever came closest to that without going under wins. Unfortunately, the winner came from the other board.

http://www.freedomcardboard.com/foru...zes-guaranteed!

Thanks for playing and stay tuned for future contests/games.

P.S. The items were:

7 31 34 38 40 42 45
47 48 49 50 52 53 54 59

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I can't be the ONLY one who has absolutely NO IDEA what this contest was all about----am I?

I have read it 3 times over w/ nary a clue as to what one was supposed to do!

Anybody else want to "fess up" & make me feel better?
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I can't be the ONLY one who has absolutely NO IDEA what this contest was all about----am I?

I have read it 3 times over w/ nary a clue as to what one was supposed to do!

Anybody else want to "fess up" & make me feel better?
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AHA! I'm NOT alone!

Thanks Mike---Your honesty is admired!
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Nothing like "Keeping it simple" The "contest" reminded me a little bit of that scene in the movie "Scanners"
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Thanks Mike---Your honesty is admired!
Right there with you Fred!
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What are you boys trying to say???

O.K., so maybe the game was a bit contrived. Basically, I wanted to share part of this lot with a board member by offering 19 items (including 5 books) for an outstanding price. The winning bid of $73.45 won every item I mentioned in my last post (the lowest bid without going below my reserve of $73.01).

Back to your regularly scheduled perusing...
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What are you boys trying to say???

O.K., so maybe the game was a bit contrived. Basically, I wanted to share part of this lot with a board member by offering 19 items (including 5 books) for an outstanding price. The winning bid of $73.45 won every item I mentioned in my last post (the lowest bid without going below my reserve of $73.01).

Back to your regularly scheduled perusing...
That was a pretty cool contest CJ...however, I have had the good fortune to deal with large groups of folks before and The KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) method usually works best. Thanks so much for the contest though. It was certainly in the right spirit of collecting. I wish everyone shared your enthusiasm and generosity. best regards
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I think the OP preselected items with his set low ball dollar amount. Poster that gets closest to that amount is given the opportunity to purchase the lot at that amount. I was actually a little annoyed when I figured it out because words like "prizes" or "win" present a false impression. The "contest" was simply a means to sell items.

Perhaps Im wrong and I just completely missed the mark like everyone else.
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I think the OP preselected items with his set low ball dollar amount. Poster that gets closest to that amount is given the opportunity to purchase the lot at that amount. I was actually a little annoyed when I figured it out because words like "prizes" or "win" present a false impression. The "contest" was simply a means to sell items.

Perhaps Im wrong and I just completely missed the mark like everyone else.
He was doing all of that and selling 19 items for less than $75 and that was some big situation to sell items to make out like a bandit? Maybe I am totally missing it too.
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No, its $451. Check out the thread on the other board. Im still confused though.
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No, its $451. Check out the thread on the other board. Im still confused though.
ok, like I said....I figured I was missing something. No, $451 isn't as good of a deal.
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Okay, clearly not one of my better ideas for a contest. In the simplest possible terms, the winner won the right to purchase the following items for $73.45 delivered (approximately $40 net after shipping). I'll let you be the judge if that's a good deal or not.

7 1953 World Series Program (signed by Ford Frick)
31 1959 World Series Program
34 1961 Cincinnati Reds NL pennant glass
38 1971 American League Program
40 1971 NLCS Program
42 1971 World Series Program
45 1977 American League pocket schedule
47 1979 World Series Program
48 1993 Colorado Rockies inaugural baseball
49 Italian baseball player figurine
50 Robert Merrill's Brooklyn Baseball Cantata LP record
52 1955 Greatest Moments in Sports LP record
53 1970's Joe Morgan button
54 Lot of 5 vintage baseball books
59 Stan Musial autographed/personalized photo (w/ wife)

Keep in mind that the winner always reserved the right to pass on the deal if they didn't like what they won.

Not sure how many folks would be willing to give away a lot like that for basically nothing.

At any rate, I"ll cool it with contests until I have something to truly give away for free. Sorry, folks!
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ok, that makes sense. good deal to me!
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