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Posted: April 10th, 2007, 6:02 pmVintage Baseball Glove Forum
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Posted: April 10th, 2007, 6:02 pm
Posted: April 10th, 2007, 9:24 pmIMO it is absolutely insane what people are paying for 70s and later gloves. When you consider the "vintage" equipment and memorabilia available for similar prices, it boggles the mind.
Posted: April 10th, 2007, 9:50 pmI saw that one earlier today.
With that Buy-it-Now price the seller is obviously "fishing" for that one sucker...errr...motivated buyer...with a few extra bucks to burn. I would bet that the reserve price is quite a bit less than the BIN price. That price is THREE TO FOUR times the book value!
Similar gloves can be had for much, much less.
One other observation. I hope that glove "grading" never becomes as insanely picky as what you see in cards, coins or comic books. But I also wish that sellers would at least familiarize themselves with the common grades used in the glove collecting hobby.
Mint condition? Not by the standards described in the Vintage Glove Price Guide. While clean- and most likely cleaned!- this glove is not "stone cold new, never played with". A mint glove should look essentially like a newly purchased glove, with some small blemishes allowed for storage.
And can a relaced glove ever be considered as "like new, just as bought from the store"?
This one is somewhere between excellent and near mint, probably closer to NM. On average, near mint prices are only half the mint price.
Nice glove? Yes! $650 nice? No way!
With that Buy-it-Now price the seller is obviously "fishing" for that one sucker...errr...motivated buyer...with a few extra bucks to burn. I would bet that the reserve price is quite a bit less than the BIN price. That price is THREE TO FOUR times the book value!
Similar gloves can be had for much, much less.
One other observation. I hope that glove "grading" never becomes as insanely picky as what you see in cards, coins or comic books. But I also wish that sellers would at least familiarize themselves with the common grades used in the glove collecting hobby.
Mint condition? Not by the standards described in the Vintage Glove Price Guide. While clean- and most likely cleaned!- this glove is not "stone cold new, never played with". A mint glove should look essentially like a newly purchased glove, with some small blemishes allowed for storage.
And can a relaced glove ever be considered as "like new, just as bought from the store"?
This one is somewhere between excellent and near mint, probably closer to NM. On average, near mint prices are only half the mint price.
Nice glove? Yes! $650 nice? No way!
Posted: April 10th, 2007, 11:24 pm3X is pretty accurate.
I always get a kick out of reading "better than new"
I always get a kick out of reading "better than new"
Posted: April 13th, 2007, 9:14 pmwonder how she jammed those (1/4") laces into the holes? i have trouble pulling 3/16" laces.
love the "once in a lifetime auction"
(once in a lifetime you make the mistake of hitting the BIN button at that price for that grade, 8/10, of a glove)
love the "once in a lifetime auction"
(once in a lifetime you make the mistake of hitting the BIN button at that price for that grade, 8/10, of a glove)
Posted: April 14th, 2007, 8:44 amEY, I was thinking the same thing when I saw the pics 
It's back....................
Posted: April 17th, 2007, 9:48 pmStill mint, with 1/4" what???? palm lacing...and again a once in a lifetime, er.....make that second chance in a lifetime opportunity.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WILSON-A2000-XL-BAS ... dZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/WILSON-A2000-XL-BAS ... dZViewItem
Posted: April 17th, 2007, 10:58 pmhe shoulda' taken the $202 and ran, ($150 more than i woulda paid)