Mike Piazza post 9/11 jersey at Goldin

[ajquigs]

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...piazza-jersey/

So it looks like the jersey was pulled from the auction and sold privately to two minority owners of the Mets and a third person (thanks Richard) for $365,000 on the condition of long-term public display. I guess this will be a relatively uncontroversial outcome in the long-run, but still not without controversy I'm sure.

As a Mets fans, I'm sure many of us wonder whether any other team is bumbling enough to have sold it in the first place. As noted below, the Daily News reported that other jerseys from that game were sold. I guess certain employees were tasked with finding creative revenue sources, which may be a responsible reaction when MLB is assisting with your team finances and you're taking on new minority owners. However, it seems the club was tone deaf in choosing certain items.

The Mets bought a lot of goodwill with the pennant and then opening the vault door for Yoenis. Without that I think the theme of "exactly how desperate is this team for cash?" would have gained much more traction.

[ooo-ribay]

I wonder what the Mets sold it for in the first pace? A few thousand?

[RichardSimon]

Apparently the Mets sold all the jerseys from that day.
Oh Bernie Madoff,,,, look at what you have done.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by ajquigs

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...piazza-jersey/

So it looks like the jersey was pulled from the auction and sold privately to two minority owners of the Mets for $365,000 on the condition of long-term public display. I guess this will be a relatively uncontroversial outcome in the long-run, but still not without controversy I'm sure.

As a Mets fans, I'm sure many of us wonder whether any other team is bumbling enough to have sold it in the first place. They bought a lot of goodwill with the pennant and then opening the vault door for Yoenis. Without that I think the theme of "exactly how desperate is this team for cash?" would have gained much more traction.

The jersey was sold to three people, the third being an anonymous woman.

[dhernandez]

"Since its inception, Goldin Auctions in its history has never removed any of the 20,000 items we have listed in an auction for private sale. However for this unique item we will make an exception. In all of the media interviews, Goldin Auctions has clearly communicated that it will, for the first time in our company’s history, pull this item for a private sale prior to the auction close if a buyer makes an offer that satisfies these important goals:
Offer a price that is satisfactory to our consigner based upon its potential at auction.
Agree to display the item for a mutually agreeable period of time at your choice of the following museums: a) The National 9/11 Memorial Museum; b)The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY; or c) The Mets Museum at CitiField. This can be a rotating display. Please note we have been in contact with all three entities and they are all very interested in displaying the item.
As an alternative to the display criteria above, agree to donate the jersey to the 9/11 Memorial Museum and receive the charitable tax donation that will come with making the donation."


I think this is wonderful gesture by Ken and staff to offer this to the public and with stipulation of public display. The unprecedented move to offer it as a private sale so it does not get buried in private collection was a great thing done. Nice to see that honor holds true to the tragedy of this event vs making a nice profit. Hats off to Ken and staff.

[WindyCityGameUsed]

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[ooo-ribay]

IMO, Goldin and the consignor totally made out. To me, they held this jersey for ransom and sold it for way more than it would have realized at auction. I mean, $365K for a Piazza jersey? C'mon!

[mickeymao34]

I think most AHs have pulled an item for one reason or another and sold privately. Ameen

[Scott Garner]

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[dhernandez]

If you look upon the history of Ken's company it hasn't been around that long and I don't recall him every pulling items off the block unless the item had a question mark. They were honest and forthcoming about pulling the item off the auction and that is something they didn't have to too but did. They stately exactly what they're intentions were and it did seemly so appear to be for the right cause. The jersey will be displayed and agreement was one of the factors that the buyers had to agree upon. For historical purposes they did baseball fans a great justice. IMO I think the company's intentions were good for baseball and for recognition of that horrific day. As far as the money that changed hands I can only say it is a company that exist in the free world to make money. All companies and corporations in the free world exist to make money. The bottom line is they did it all with good intentions.

[mickeymao34]

Originally Posted by WindyCityGameUsed

Seriously David???

The only way I'm buying 1 word of that jive is if Kenny can pass an independent 3rd party lie detector test in regards 2 that press release about that 911 jersey being the only item the Rev has ever pulled from an auction and sold privately.

IMO the problem with lies is the truth always comes out

As stated previously, despite the reasons why items are pulled I'm sure a private sale is nothing new in this biz.

-Only real "6th man-Bones" I've seen so the outcome was favorable.