Holy bleepin' cow!! Ted Williams personal items for auction!

[MaineMule]

This looks to be the highest item at this time, his 1949 American League Most Valuable Player Award plaque at $146,410.00

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http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imagev ... &lot_qual=

Decided I really like this baseball as well......
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Still several weeks left for bidding.....

 

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I so want one of these-

.....which clearly is not happening......

Take a very, very good look at these, because the next time we see it, it's all going to cut into tiny little pieces embedded in cardboard.

 

[James52411]

The only thing bad about this was I told one of my employees that Ted Williams stuff was being auctioned and he said "Who is Ted Williams?"

I live in Massachusetts, he's a 22 year old male. How the f does that happen?!?!

Just make sure he doesn't wear his pink Red Sox cap to work.

 

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The only thing bad about this was I told one of my employees that Ted Williams stuff was being auctioned and he said "Who is Ted Williams?"

I live in Massachusetts, he's a 22 year old male. How the f does that happen?!?!

Oh, that's just another sign of bad parenting nowadays ...

 

[MallCopKJ]

I cant wait to go see these items. Probably wont win anything but it will be fun to see them.

 

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I cant wait to go see these items. Probably wont win anything but it will be fun to see them.

You going to be at Fenway? I was considering it too.

 

[MallCopKJ]

I cant wait to go see these items. Probably wont win anything but it will be fun to see them.

You going to be at Fenway? I was considering it too.

Yup, emailed them about coming on one of the preview days before the auction.

 

[MaineMule]

Anyone in Boston had a chance to check this stuff out?

Saturday April 28, 2012 Location: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Online pre-bidding close, Thursday, April 26th, 11pm ET.

 

[MansGame]

Wow, this stuff is sick

 

[MallCopKJ]

Just left the auction. 8 hours waiting for the baseball cards loll. But I had a great time. The auction was inside Fenway in the Pavilion club. They allowed people outside to walk around and take pictures which was nice. Some stuff was HUGE and way surpassed the estimated price and there were some greats deals. For instance, every signed bat was right around $1,000 yet there were lots with 10 bats could be had for thousands less. I tried for the 99 Upper Deck Piece of History auto/bat 1/9 but got outbid at $4500. It sold for $5500 which would still be a steal until you consider the fact that you pay a 15% premium and because the auction is in Mass, you pay 8% sales tax, making the card almost $7,000.

Teds daughter was there and spoke before the bidding started which was cool. I did make one purchase http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=36&lot_num=568&lot_qual=

Overspend? Lmk what you guys think. Anyone else go or bid on anything?

 

[MaineMule]

Just left the auction. 8 hours waiting for the baseball cards loll. But I had a great time. The auction was inside Fenway in the Pavilion club. They allowed people outside to walk around and take pictures which was nice. Some stuff was HUGE and way surpassed the estimated price and there were some greats deals. For instance, every signed bat was right around $1,000 yet there were lots with 10 bats could be had for thousands less. I tried for the 99 Upper Deck Piece of History auto/bat 1/9 but got outbid at $4500. It sold for $5500 which would still be a steal until you consider the fact that you pay a 15% premium and because the auction is in Mass, you pay 8% sales tax, making the card almost $7,000.

Teds daughter was there and spoke before the bidding started which was cool. I did make one purchase http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=36&lot_num=568&lot_qual=

Overspend? Lmk what you guys think. Anyone else go or bid on anything?

Well done and congrats!! You won a whole series of cards personally owned by Ted, himself- that is just cool . I am sure all the provenance on the JSA certification indicates his/his family ownership PLUS the details from the auction certainly do. I've got to go look and see if there were any "deals." I just did not have the time to track all the lots, which in hindsight I should have done ::facepalm::

 

[beefycheddar]

Well done and congrats!! You won a whole series of cards personally owned by Ted, himself- that is just cool . I am sure all the provenance on the JSA certification indicates his/his family ownership PLUS the details from the auction certainly do. I've got to go look and see if there were any "deals." I just did not have the time to track all the lots, which in hindsight I should have done ::facepalm::

Most of those cards I am pretty sure came out after Ted died.

 

[MaineMule]

This looks to be the highest item at this time, his 1949 American League Most Valuable Player Award plaque at $146,410.00

http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=36&lot_num=603&lot_qual=

$260,000 plus 15% plus 8% for the MVP plaque

 

[MansGame]

http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=36&lot_num=603&lot_qual=

$260,000 plus 15% plus 8% for the MVP plaque

That's amazing. True piece of MLB history. It's something you'd expect to see at the MLB HOF or something lol