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Posted By: leon
I have a question about Columbia U. items...Scott and I took in a fairly substantial Columbia University collection. It has 100 or more silks, an oversized L1 like item (leather with nice insignia) and many other related items including lots of postcards. ALso there is some pre-1910 basketball stuff and 1940's football program(s).....Any ideas if there is a good market for this kind of stuff? |
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Posted By: ErlandStevens
Could you be more specific on the pre-1910 basketball stuff? |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
All I can tell you is that with vintage football collectors, there is very strong demand for college material. Early Notre Dame or U of Michigan material can be as popular, and even as valuable, as Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions. In baseball memorabilia, college baseball is relatively minor, but in football, and perhaps other sports like basketball, college is in high demand. Columbia is an Ivy League school, so would rank as a popular vintage school. In the old days, the Ivy League was an athletic powerhouse, with Ivy League teams winning a majority of the Pre-WWI national football championships. Lou Gehrig played football and baseball at Columbia in the 1920s and was sometimes called 'Columbia Lou.' |
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Posted By: leon
I will get more specifics this evening on the things we have....The consignor is a friend and I want to do the best I can for him...and if we aren't the right venue then so be it......back in touch this evening on these items...regards |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Pre- 1910 basketball should be in high demand...1940's football less so. There is a cutoff date where this memorabilia starts to get scarce. It's probably 1920's for college football. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
I know of a board member, who you know and went to Columbia. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
I'm raising $$ so my wife and myself can have extra to adopt a child(ren) and Leon and myself were both stumped as to some of the items. |
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Posted By: leon
As you know it's a major no-no for any auction house to expose a consignor or bidder and Scott, nor I, will never do that. If a bidder or consignor wants to let folks know then we certainly have no issue with that. I might post a couple things to get some guidance. I should have them loaded this weekend and you and I can go over descriptions. You were right...the pre-1910 basketball will have some lookers...It's always my pleasure when we get together. I look forward to our next Tin Star lunch too......best regards |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Say- wasn't I the one who mentioned pre-1910 basketball would be desirable? Credit please! |
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Posted By: leon
Actually Rich said it first but yes, you did...so credit bestowed. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I'm a good speller but I miss typos left and right...you have no idea how many times I reread my posts before I hit "respond." I think it's partly a visual thing. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
I just wanted to help answer David's question; should have done that on an email. |
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Posted By: leon
I love it when people use semi-colons. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
I assumed it was Rich-- the Columbia, Leon, Dallas connection pretty much narrowed it down. Didn't mean to cause big trouble. |
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
My great uncle once adopted a child. He said it was the best decision he ever made. |
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Posted By: leon
That is a good suggestion. Since Rich doesn't mind it being known then Scott and I certainly don't. I think you are correct in adding something to the descriptions about the owner being a Columbia Alum.... |
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Posted By: paulstratton
You could put "Obama went here!" in the title too, it might help. OK, I was joking...but not really. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
No partisan politics in the NET 54 crowd. We've had IKE (university president) and Obama amongst others. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
It would certainly not hurt sales to mention Dwight D. Eisenhower was a President of Columbia. He was German and defeated the Germans, that's got to appease to everyone. He was the first President to win both the pro-German and anti-German vote. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I like the old fashioned way of looking something up in the dictionary...I don't want to see us losing the printed word. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
The worst is when the Word dictionary is unable to find a word that even resembles the word you typed out. You fiddle around with letters several times and it still can't find any resemblance to the English language. You're spelling is so bad, it's not even recognized as a misspelling. |
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