O/T Crazy selling price for signed program

[gonefishin]

Giovanni I am impressed! Your knowledge is amazing.

Now a question for you. Is that price reasonable?

[jingram058]

Who knows why some things sell for incredible sums, and some things don't.

Some time ago I watched an eBay bidding frenzy for a Navy WW2 book entitled "Battle Report - Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea". I just happened to have a copy that I bought from ABEbooks for $10. They bid it up to over $600. I contacted the runner-up, which eBay despises, and offered him my copy for $600. He sent me a cashiers check. I couldn't in good conscience cash it, so I sent him my copy and his cashiers check, with a letter asking why in the world would you be willing to pay $600 for an easily obtained book? Never got a reply.

[stat192]

i paid $1,181 in 2011, and as i said this is first ive seen for sale since then so yes, i think it sold for a fair price

[jimtb]

I won the program, and yes it was for the Bill Froats auto. He's a Tiger auto that I've needed for at least ten years. It closes a gap for me, and now I'll have all of the Tigers autos from 1933-present. It's the only Froats auto I've seen come up for sale. If his name was in the auction title, it may have gone for more.

[Chris-Counts]

Congratulations Jim! That's quite an accomplishment. Who are you missing from 1932?

[jimtb]

Thanks!
I need five Tigers autos to complete the 1930s. If anyone has a lead on any of these, I would greatly appreciate it.

Orlin Collier
Johnny Grabowski
George Quellich
Don Hankins
Johnny Watson

[HexsHeroes]

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… since I started collecting Tigers autographs back in 1990.

Jim, what type of medium are you accepting ? Flats only or team baseballs too ? I might be able to help on some of those listed if baseballs acceptable.

The Grabowski is out there; especially on team signed sheets & balls.

Collier is tough to find but does appear once-in-a-blue moon on signed balls. I battled Jack Smalling in an auction for a signed Tigers team sheet with Collier. When I chatted afterwards with Jack, he said he bought the sheet just for the Collier.

I actually encountered fewer Hankins signatures than Collier. Just two; a signed album page and on the sweet spot of a Tigers team baseball.

Not sure why Quellich tough other than he had a short career. I had a couple of 3x5s I won years ago in a couple of Smalling auctions and a signed page in a 1932 Detroit Tigers team focused scrapbook

Good luck on the hunt !!!

[OLLIECARNEGIE]

Not sure if already mentioned. This wasn't a complete program. Just a detached front cover only.