Appearances in the Super Bowl, hall of fame, popular television shows and even death are helping to create a boom in sporting memories.
Yes, even collecting baseball cards comes back strong.
So what better way to do the weekend before the Super Bowl than to leave the closets blank and mess up the spaces to see if the hidden gems can still exist (everyone’s mom didn’t throw away her card collections, right?)
Baseball legend Henry Aaron’s recent death at the age of 86 has added to a sad list of nine Baseball Hall of Fame members who have died since last year. To say the least, everything about Aaron has a popular good.
A random example on the eBay online auction site, on January 27, 4 auctions (among many others) closed on Topps-branded baseball cards from 1956, 1959, 1963 and 1965 Hank Aaron for a total of just over $2,000. The highest offer of 38 on the 1965 $937 card.
Super Sports Cards on Andresen Road in Vancouver had a baseball cap and bat autographed through Hank Aaron, recently sold for $200 and $395 respectively. The autographs were qualified originals and, as store manager Justin Mirabal pointed out, costs increased.
But the death of an athlete increases demand and value.
“When Kobe (Bryant) died, many other people came looking for (items) from Kobe,” Mirabal said. “But there were many pieces coming in. They had met him, seen him in a game, nothing signed and sought out to know what he was worth.
Mirabal said the most autographed pieces are that they want to be authenticated before they can be sold on the market.
“We had a Kobe T-shirt he signed,” Mirabal said. “We have to ask another company to authenticate it. No one locally does, but corporations like JSA (James Spence Authentication) will enter the store and authenticate the pieces for us. and customers. “
The price of maps is a little less difficult because Mirabal and his staff enjoy the state and prospective price. After all, Super Sports Cards has an inventory of cards of several million.
Please note that the fact that an item has a safe value on eBay or has a cost indicated on a value consultant means that a card store will pay that amount. After all, it’s a business.
“With more expensive items, it’s probably about 70% of the payment value,” Mirabal said. “Cheaper, $10-20 is closer to half. “
An athlete does not die to get an increase in souvenir prices.
“When they get to the Hall of Fame, or possibly won’t, I’m sure I’ll get other people to ask about (Curt) Schilling and (Barry) Bonds this week, or play Super Bowl,” Mirabal said. increase in interest and prices.
He explains that Derek Jeter’s election to the Baseball Hall of Fame last year raised the value of Jeter’s items, and even Ken Griffey Jr. won the Hall in 2016, an advantage for Griffey’s articles.
“Since then, there’s probably been more interest in him than before he made the room,” Mirabal said of Griffey. “He’s been a popular player, especially locally. “
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Tom Brady and Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes are at the forefront of the Super Bowl on February 7.
No NFL quarterback can play how much former NBA star Michael Jordan is now after the broadcast of ESPN documentary “The Last Dance. “Jordan has been a great draw anyway, only more amplified now and for a new audience he probably wouldn’t have noticed. he plays or plays at his best.
Super Sports Cards has an original limited lithograph autographed through Michael Jordan in the store, someone brought it after he discovered it in a garage locker he had won at an auction.
And you can suspend at home in time for the Super Bowl for $5,000.