RabidTortuga 0 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Bobby Murcer passed away today at age 62. R.I.P.http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Whenever someone of note dies (particularly athletes) , there's a rush to ebay of people buying their autographs for whatever pre-death "Buy It Now" price it had been listed at.There's an equal rush of people to ebay of people listing their autographs (supposedly) from said stiff for sale at extremely high prices.No exception here with poor Bobby Mercer.I think I may have f'ed up by not selling my Chip Reese auto'd 8X10 (with pic of him signing it) right after he kicked off... Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,354 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Whenever someone of note dies (particularly athletes) , there's a rush to ebay of people buying their autographs for whatever pre-death "Buy It Now" price it had been listed at.There's an equal rush of people to ebay of people listing their autographs (supposedly) from said stiff for sale at extremely high prices.No exception here with poor Bobby Mercer.I think I may have f'ed up by not selling my Chip Reese auto'd 8X10 (with pic of him signing it) right after he kicked off...I can't see that celebrity, "hall of fame" caliber poker player's autograph's holding the same sort of value that HoF sports figures do. I could be wrong, but I think the Reese autograph will be next to worthless in a couple years. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I could be wrong, but I think the Reese autograph will be next to worthless in a couple years.I'd pretty much stake my net worth that it will not be anywhere near "worthless" and as time goes on, with more and more "David "Chip" Reese" awards are handed out for whoever wins the $50,000 HORSE, the few good Reese autographs with signing photos and certificates from well known, professional autograph hounds will rise- possibly, a lot. Lets say hypothetically that back in 97, someone got Stu Ungars autograph on a WSOP program and in a moment of clarity, had the foresight to actually photograph him signing it. As someone who casually tracks this kind of stuff, I can say without hesitation that such a thing would bring a mound on ebay.Hard to find, unquestionably authentic autographs of dead, legendary "huge names" in narrow fields of interest that people are highly passionate about (like poker) are usually ebay gold. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,354 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I'd pretty much stake my net worth that it will not be anywhere near "worthless" and as time goes on, with more and more "David "Chip" Reese" awards are handed out for whoever wins the $50,000 HORSE, the few good Reese autographs with signing photos and certificates from well known, professional autograph hounds will rise- possibly, a lot. Lets say hypothetically that back in 97, someone got Stu Ungars autograph on a WSOP program and in a moment of clarity, had the foresight to actually photograph him signing it. As someone who casually tracks this kind of stuff, I can say without hesitation that such a thing would bring a mound on ebay.Hard to find, unquestionably authentic autographs of dead, legendary "huge names" in narrow fields of interest that people are highly passionate about (like poker) are usually ebay gold.yeah, I suppose that's true. I just question how much of a collectibles market there will be for poker in 10 years, but i could be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
YonYonson 156 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Who?My thoughts exactly. Link to post Share on other sites
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