I have autographed baseballs from Tim Worrell and Armando Benitez. I am auctioning them to raise money for a charity. Will people bid more if I auction them separately, or if I auction them together?\n\nPlease include your reasoning.
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Auction them seperately. These are two valuable pieces that are likely to go for a high amount by themselves. Together the bids will probably start lower, which means you are likely to get the same amount for both that you would have gotten for just one. Good luck raising money!
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great trade for you...your getting 3 quality guys for one quality guy.  Your messing up his team threfore you have a better chance of winning your league.  He has to find another third basemen and an OF.  Third base is a hard postition to get a good player especially of Blalock's caliber.
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I expect it is worth quite a bit of money, so if you sell it take it to a `good` auction company who specialise in `musical entertainers` where you will get people who will go just to bid for that item. Don`t release it to the first person interested, get a couple of opinions.
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OK - let's tackle the Upper Deck question, first.\n\nNOT opening the boxes does make them more valuable.  If you want to know what they're worth, sorry, not that much.  The Beckett Price Guide lists the complete '91 set at $15.   $20 for the factory set, which I believe, you have.   The '92 complete set is valued at $25.00\n\nNOW -- How to store them (the fun question).\n\nFun because it's a personal choice.   A choice that describes who you are, and what you like.   For starters -- yes, it is easier to store them by the team.  Easier because you can identify a team quicker THAN a year (which is found usually on the back side, bottom of the card, in tiny print).\n\nSome of the other members might ask, "Why would anyone classify a card by the year?"   Again -- while this may not be for some of you, it's a personal thing.  Storing cards by brand and year, is a cool way to see how the designs changed each year.\n\nThe best of both worlds, as someone quickly suggested, is team AND year.   \n\nIf you just bought cards, be committed to taking good care of them, and putting them in sleeves (9-sleeves) and then placing the sleeves in binders, preferably D-ring binders, so the front pages won't bend.\n\nEventually, you will be faced with the dilemma -- "What do I do with cards I don't like?"   (or) "What do I do with duplicate cards?"   At that point, (and it's easier to do this when you first open the cards, or a few moments afterwards).   Have cardboard boxes (you can buy them at trading card / hobby stores).   They are flat, and are bent into a square or rectangle, depending on how many they will hold.\n\nIdentify the card (Upper Deck, Series I - 2006 ; or Topps Heritage Baseball, 2006, etc.) by marking the top or side of the box, with a marker pen.   Before placing the cards in the box, depending on how valuable they are, place those cards in plastic sleeves.   You can buy the sleeves, usually packaged at 100 per packet, at the same locations.\n\nOne final thing -- decide what your collection will be about.   Like a favorite player, team or something like that.   If you're just starting out, it's a good thing to remember that it's easy to get carried away.   And it's easy to get discouraged when you don't pull "valuable" cards.\n\nIf you or collecting for yourself, and not what "others" are telling you to collect, that is, what the manufacturers or the hobby isn't trying to tell you that you "need", it will be a lot more fun, when you personalize your collection.\n\nIt doesn't matter whether cards are "going down in value" as someone else mentioned.   Actually, the interest might be going down, because a lot of people used to buy cards as an investment, like buying stocks.   But cards should never be collected for that reason.\n\nNor should hobbies make you so obsessed that you're spending an unreasonable amount of money on it.  After all, if you're , for example, a father with children, you gotta think about their needs first, not your luxuries.\n\nThat said, if you take care of your collection, it WILL go up in value.   Unless this nation goes invaded by terrorists, and the price of gasoline will be so high that no one cares anymore about things like baseball.\n\nEven so, it will be YOUR collection, and that's the main idea.  Keeping it fun and personal.
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Scotty,\nIn this Sports Memorabilia thing you never no as it goes up and down constantly by whims and the team/players record that year.\nI have a friend who is a dealer and sells and buys at all the Big Shows on East Coast including New York. Her advice, only sell duplicates and not the most mint or uncirculated. Hold on for those 35 years. You never know.
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I am sure you could get a lot for it. You can check auctions that have already completed by going to Advanced Search and putting in the keywords. That would give you an idea. Also, place a reserve price to prevent it for going too low. Set the reserve at the lowest price you would be willing to sell it for. So if it does not get bid up that high, you are not obligated to sell it.
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Don't SEND it anywhere.  Don't let it leave your posession.  Take it to a baseball card shop where they can give you a ballpark idea on it's value.  Tell them you want it for insurance purposes and they'll give you a truer amount.  If they think you want to sell it, they will lower the amount.
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I'm going to go against that grain here and say that unless you need steals - don't do it. Let’s start off with Beckett- he is now 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA, 1.25 WHIP after the Tribe kicked the snot out of him the other night. Everybody knows that Beckett, the 2003 World Series MVP, has talent. The question, as always, is his durability. He'll be just 26 in May and already has 100 starts in the bigs. BUT he's never thrown more than 200 innings or made 30 starts in a season. What happens when his first blister pops up -- on the front pages -- in Boston? How will he handle the heat? How will he get his road ERA (4.25 since 2004) down? How will he handle a full season with the DH? Not this well, that's for sure.\n\nSo...now you're talking Jones for Damon. Andruw is the back bone of the Braves lineup and he has had an awesome April (.284 8HR 23RBI's 17 runs). Project that out and he's looking at a 45+HR and a 100+RBI season. Damon on the other had has a slower start (.275 1HR 10RBI 16 runs). He's gonna have to find a way to settle down in NYC (which he may do just fine) but how far back in the standings will you be when he does?\n\nStick with Jones, go out and look at Ryan Freel (Cincinnati) for steals and grab whatever pitcher is hot on your waiver wire.
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An autographed ball by Alex Rodriguez will probably run around $450 - $550.  However, in your case, I think typing and or english classes would be a better investment.
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I imagine it would be worth a decent amount of money, but unfortunately Hank Aaron has signed an incredible amount of photos, cards, etc, so his John Hancock is easily obtainable.  The age of the photo will add to the value, but as you mentioned yourself, it's #22 out of 715, for that issue alone.  I would guess it's worth somewhere between $100 and $1,000 but you could always take it to be appraised.  \n     Ultimately though, a photo is only worth what people are willing to pay for it, so you might see if anyone else is selling Hank Aaron signed memorabilia on E-Bay, and see what it brings in.  \n     Also, if Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's career HR record (which I pray every day that he won't, the cheater), that will drive the price down.\n     Hopefully this has been somewhat useful, sorry I couldn't give you a more specific dollar amount.
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The number of Watchers let you know that there is interest in your product. If an item has watchers -- and the more the better -- chances are high that the item will see active bidding on the end of the auction.\n\nHowever, I have also been disappointed when there are a lot of watchers but none bid, or if the is hardly any activity on the auction closing. \n\nAt the end of the day, I realized that having bidders is SO MUCH BETTER than having watchers alone.
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Well, first of all, condition wise will decide on values. They'll mean a lot more to a Pens fan, than say, a Wild fan...Also, some collectors prefer the cereal inside it, some don't so it's speculative.\nThe local fans in the midwest, collect the twins boxes, from 1987 baseball, and usually ask about 20 bucks a box, unopened. So, I'd say probably ask 10 dollars a box, or more if you're in the PA area.\nGood luck!
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Go with your best stuff.  Blow them away.  Roger Clements or Greg Maddux didn't mess around they went right after the hitter.  \n\nHow many times have you seen a pitcher get to 0-2 then find themselves with pitch count issues a few innings later....
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mail it to the stadium or business address of the team he plays for, even if you have the home address it is bad form. most players do not sign autographs through the mail, too many people turn around and sell it. most players are pretty good about autographing a couple dozen or so balls or whatever before games but if they turn you down dont be upset they have to get on with the day like anyone else, and DO NOT ask if see them eating out alone or with family real bad form even if they are already autographing just dont do it, and after games is bad also. Well hope I did not confuse you too much
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I'm pretty sure that violates some eBay listing policy, so I wouldn't expect it to last until the end of the auction, BUT...\n\nIf they say "'one' of the denominations isn't X" that pretty much means that  the others are (a joke fully covered on an episode of Scrubs, just in case you couldn't figure it out for yourself).\n\nSo, if there are 30 bills ("at least 30" means 30), only two denominations and "one" isn't a single and "one" isn't a five, I'd say there are probably 29 ones and one five. If they want more than 34 bucks, they're ripping you off.\n\n\nEDIT: the other responder missed something--it doesn't say there are at least ten bills of EACH denomination, it says there will be no less than ten bills of ONE of the denominations. $34.
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Well, here's the thing.  If you think players are making ridiculous amounts of money (and I agree), what about the owners?  The owners are the ones that can afford to pay them this money.  On the one hand, I'd rather see the players make more money than the owners; however, I do think they are overpaid considering they are only playing a game.  \n\nRemember in Field of Dreams when Shoeless Joe says, "Man, I did love this game. I'd have played for food money. It was the game... The sounds, the smells. Did you ever hold a ball or a glove to your face? ..... It was the crowd, rising to their feet when the ball was hit deep. Shoot, I'd play for nothing!"  That's the kind of love for the game that has been missing in recent years.  It became about contract years and free agency, not just pure, simple love of the game.\n\nShould they get paid?  Yeah, it's their job.  Should they be paid millions of dollars?  I don't think so.  My job can be just as dangerous.  I have just as much chance getting injured as a player.  Do I matter less because I'm not in the limelight?  I'm having trouble walking right now because I got banged up at a softball game Wednesday night, but I'm still going to be heading to work in about an hour and a half, getting paid $10/hr to help people shop.  I don't expect to sit down and still get paid today.\n\nThe good thing is that a lot of players do not blow all their money on themselves.  Many of them have set up foundations and charities to help the underpriviledged.  I don't mind those players making a ton of money.  In fact, I'd rather see those players make more than anybody else for the simple fact that they have more to give away.
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You can set up and ebay business. Thats what I do. If you know a lot about autographs like how much certain players autographs are worth, you can get some great steals on ebay. Then turn around and sell it for more. The key here is knowing how much autographs go for and not overpaying. Get the best deal possible.