Would you pay $25 for this? Joe Jackson Bat sawdust

[brob28]

Not worth a dime to me. At one time (assuming it is legit) it was an incredible piece of baseball history. It's now worthless to me.

Of course I could buy it, split it into two bags of sawdust and double my money...

[brob28]

ChiSoxFan - it's amazing how much time that guy spent in his description making sure everyone looking at the listing knows just who Joe Jackson is.

PS I'm a Sox fan too & a bit nervous about KW rebuilding this team.

[iwantitiwinit]

Ditto. I find your last sentance interesting though. If there were a buyer for this dust how much do they require? Is 1 oz worht $100 and therefore 1/2 oz is only worth $50. Where is the supply/dmd inflection point. Can I sell 1/10th of an oz for $100 as easily as 1 oz?

Originally Posted by brob28

Not worth a dime to me. At one time (assuming it is legit) it was an incredible piece of baseball history. It's now worthless to me.

Of course I could buy it, split it into two bags of sawdust and double my money...

[Rickyy]

Please say it ain't so!

Ricky Y

[alanu]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Ditto. I find your last sentance interesting though. If there were a buyer for this dust how much do they require? Is 1 oz worht $100 and therefore 1/2 oz is only worth $50. Where is the supply/dmd inflection point. Can I sell 1/10th of an oz for $100 as easily as 1 oz?

I see this sawdust on the commodities market soon.

[ethicsprof]

I chose $0 but would have picked $.25 in honor of Leon's ubiquitous quarter but the choice was not available.
all the best,
barry

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Ditto. I find your last sentance interesting though. If there were a buyer for this dust how much do they require? Is 1 oz worht $100 and therefore 1/2 oz is only worth $50. Where is the supply/dmd inflection point. Can I sell 1/10th of an oz for $100 as easily as 1 oz?

For argument: 40 oz original bat, worth $50,000 - that's $1,250/ounce. Break-even for the seller at $100/'vile' is under 1/10 ounce.

The good news: highly unlikely it came from a Jackson bat, or even from a bat.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Wouldn't buy it for any price. By paying anything for this type of stuff only encourages more destruction of these allegedly historical relics.

[doug.goodman]

IF somebody can PROVE to me that this is actually sawdust from Joe Jackson bat, I still would have no interest, only sadness that a Joe Jackson bat has been destroyed.

But, since I doubt that it ever was a Joe Jackson bat, I feel only sadness at what our "hobby" has become.

Is this stuff graded authentic, or did it get a number? The picture is too smalll to tell.

Doug

[steve B]

Not graded, just put in a capsule by Highland mint.

They currently make stuff like this
http://www.highlandmint.com/2005worl...photomint.aspx

Or more commonly medal type items with dirt inside.

http://www.highlandmint.com/national...tkeychain.aspx


The Game used bat ones looked like this
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...used-119003378

And the sawdust was the leftovers from making the little slices of bat to frame with the photo. They had a COA with pictures on the back showing what they'd cut up.

These predate the "game used" cards, and probably inspired them.

And yeah, I think they should be beaten for cutting up that stuff.

Steve B

[Tim Kindler]

I swear it's just oregano officer!