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Ticket Stub Auction Results: 1931 and 1932 World Series

An eBay seller recently listed two different historic World Series tickets, both in outstanding condition, and got drastically different results.  The first auction was for a ticket stub from Game 3 of the 1932 World Series.  That game, between the Yankees and the Cubs, featured Babe Ruth’s alleged called shot.  The ticket sold for $2,764.

A minute before that auction ended, the seller’s auction for a ticket stub from Game 1 of the 1931 World Series between the Cardinals and the Philadelphia A’s sold for $105.32.

Assuming that the price paid for the Ruth called shot ticket was reasonable, it seems to me that the buyer of the second ticket got a much better deal.  Yes, Babe Ruth is an icon and both the Yankees and Cubs have much bigger fan bases than the other teams, thereby driving up the value of memorabilia related to those teams.

But as the ticket market continues to grow, demand for old World Series tickets is going to grow considerably.  I can see the 1931 ticket reselling for a lot more than $105.32.  I don’t see the same kind of increase in value for the 1932 ticket.

February 13, 2009 - Posted by Dan | Ticket Stubs | | 1 Comment

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  1. hi yes i totally agree with you that the $105.32 the buyer paid for that 1931 ticket stub is a steal right now because if you think about it at the most if it was a sold out game probably around 50,000 fans watched it out of that 50,000 in 1931 how many do you really think saved there stub….lets just say have saved there stub 25,000 that is not that many tickets especially if you take the fact that there are way more mickey mantle rookie cards and look what that is worth. then again with any collectible an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay so let say some is only willing to pay $50 for a ticket but someone else is willing to pay $150 is the ticket worth $50 or $150 and with ticket stubs there are really no price guides to go by i sell ticket stubs and what i take into account the MOST is how old it is even if it has some damage to it the fact that its almost 77 years old will always out win the debate on condition in my book and we are in times now that the auctions are pretty much dead unless you have a one of a kind or very rare item like that 1932 (but it was also babe ruths called shot that had some help driving it up) your not going to get many bids if your even lucky to get on. thats why these days BUY IT NOW or FIX PRICE is the way to go because you the seller DECIDES the PRICE not the buy as in auctins allow. if the buyer doesnt like the price they can move right along. and to me these days if i see something close at $100 its really worth at the least $300 because no everyone gets to but a bid in at that last minute these days Auctions are not a true indicator of what an item is worth like auctions use to be about 5 or 10 years ago. this is only my opinion and everyone has one of them lol i just hope i made some bit of sence.

    Comment by adam | April 17, 2009 | Reply


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