Heritage Platinum Auction

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

I have just one thing to say.

Holy Shit!

Bad economy, what bad economy? LOL

This just further illustrates the point that when extreme high-quality, early baseball treasures enter our hobby, there are elite collectors that are willing to pay absolute moon money to add them to their collections.

I don't know about the rest of you, but after looking at this auction catalogue I felt this was perhaps the strongest offering since the Halper Auction. WOW!

[jacksons]

Goes to show how important provenance is, especially with the Gehrig items.

Very impressive. Heritage making a name for themselves in the sports auction arena.

[GrayGhost]

I guess IM the jealous type, but how can people afford this stuff? Those pieces are AWESOME< but the prices seem RIDICULOUS too. Still, Great baseball memorabilia, especially of the greatest of the great, w top provenance, is like the best investment around, and simply fantastic to own

[e107collector]

Is anyone surprised by what the Shoeless Joe Jackson Bat ended at - $537K?

I know that's a lot of money, but I thought it may have went closer to $750K?

Thoughts?

Tony

[Mark]

Originally Posted by e107collector

Is anyone surprised by what the Shoeless Joe Jackson Bat ended at - $537K?

I know that's a lot of money, but I thought it may have went closer to $750K?

Thoughts?

Tony

I wasn't sure what would happen in light of the questions that were raised on this site and others about calling that particular bat "Black Betsy." But it sure would be nice to have a bat that was bequeathed by Joe Jackson.

[Giants00]

I was stunned by the prices for the top two jerseys. The fact that we have 2 non Ruth jerseys over 500k is an incredible day. If we had a world where buyers could have comfort on big ticket jerseys without golden provenance, it would help all.
Heritage is really on a roll. I have bid and bought from them and they have been a class act.
I was a bit surprised the Musial did not go a bit higher.
Dan

[bobbyw8469]

I am not 100% convinced with that particular bat being dubbed THE "Black Betsy".....I would wager a heavy sum, that it was NOT the fabled bat.