Rare Sports Items

[KevinmH9]

I was walking around town today after grabbing some lunch and I walked by an old sports collectibles shop that I hadn't been to in awhile. It was cold out so I thought I'd stop inside and look around and see if anything interested me. I found some signed bats, helmets, photos, etc., but none of which I could afford. I ended up buying a new ball cap and some baseball cards with my hope that I'd find a Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams or some other rare card.

Anyone own some kind of rare sports memorabilia that you keep in your house that you got at a game or that you've purchased?

 

[mike311gd]

David Wright's jock strap. I keep it under my pillow.

 

[imjustagirl]

Just my Brook Jacoby jersey, my autographed Brook Jacoby hat and my game-used Brook Jacoby bat.

 

[KevinmH9]

I'm curious: What kind of rare memorabilia can you get at a game?

Well maybe a baseball, football or hockey puck that you got signed by a player as a kid or a baseball bat that flew into the stands or something like that. I guess you can't really classify that as rare, but items along those lines

 

[Hustle]

I saw a mini Cowboys helmet hand-painted by Peter Max. Couldn't afford it then, couldn't afford it now.

 

[BYH]

A pennant reading "CHICAGO CUBS 1984 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS"

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[buckweaver]

I'm curious: What kind of rare memorabilia can you get at a game?

Well maybe a baseball, football or hockey puck that you got signed by a player as a kid or a baseball bat that flew into the stands or something like that. I guess you can't really classify that as rare, but items along those lines

Ehh, doesn't seem so rare to me. I gave away all but one or two of the BP balls I've caught.

I got a splintered bat from Robbie Wine once when I was a kid. I'd say that's pretty rare.

 

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A pennant reading "CHICAGO CUBS 1984 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS"

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Guess what, you jerk, I actually have 1984 Cubs World Series tickets.

Probably won't use them.

 

[BYH]

I'd make a Tom Nevers crack, Bucky, but let's face it, 72,000 autographed 1991 Score cards don't exactly make for a rare item.

 

[Angola!]

i was given a jim leyritz bat once at a game, but it burned up. my family once gave torre, zimmer and a traveling secratary a ride from the kingdome to a restaurant in downtown seattle. that's pretty rare.

 

[Clerk Typist]

A pennant reading "CHICAGO CUBS 1984 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS"

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Guess what, you jerk, I actually have 1984 Cubs World Series tickets.

Probably won't use them.

They probably would look cool framed, actually. Similarly, I have a Chicago Blackhawks 1971 Stanley Cup Champions pennant somewhere. They actually sold them to goofy kids like me the next season, never mind the result of Game 7 against Les Canadiens.

 

[buckweaver]

I'd make a Tom Nevers crack, Bucky, but let's face it, 72,000 autographed 1991 Score cards don't exactly make for a rare item.

Did you know he hit .313-13-77 in 2002 with the Lookouts? Best season he's ever had. I smell a comeback ...

http://www.minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/person.php?milbID=nevers001tho

 

[pseudo]

Rare. Hmmm. I suppose complete team sets of Bills football cards from 1960-90 might not be too common, and I'm close to a complete run of their media guides. Other than that, a few authentic jerseys, AFL-era pennants and posters, stuff like that. (Remember, hardcore fangirl here.)

But even though I've been out of autograph-collecting mode for a long time, I still have one item to follow up on. Billy Shaw signed a hat for me the autumn before he was elected to the Hall of Fame, and I promised him I'd have him add "HOF 99" at some point. I've talked to him at least 10 times since then (including once for an interview), and every time, he wonders whatever happened to that hat. One of these years ...

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I have one of these. Hell, maybe they made a million of them for saps like me, but I like to think it's rare.

(in case it's too small to see, it's a 1994 WS ball)

 

[JakeandElwood]

I have one of these. Hell, maybe they made a million of them for saps like me, but I like to think it's rare.

(in case it's too small to see, it's a 1994 WS ball)

I have one of those from 2005. Gold print, not red.
I have a few pictures, and a Fridge signed mini-helmet. Nothing rare.

 

[Madhavok]

The only thing I really have is an autographed basketball that reads: 'Madhavok, best wishes on your 16th birthday.'
Signed by John Wallace, Byron Scott and Marcus Camby. My mom bought the basketball and gave it to one her coworkers who went to the NBA draft way back then with Wallace in mind to sign it. Camby and Scott apparently were jealous and wanted to get in on it.

It's been sealed ever since, sitting in NY.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I have one of these. Hell, maybe they made a million of them for saps like me, but I like to think it's rare.

(in case it's too small to see, it's a 1994 WS ball)

I have one of those from 2005. Gold print, not red.

I think you might be missing the hook. The 1994 World Series. The one that was never played. That's why I think it might be rare.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

I've got a football signed by Jimmy Johnson (the coach not the driver) and a football signed by Lee Roy Selmon.

That's about it.

 

[BYH]

I've got a football signed by Jimmy Johnson (the coach not the driver) and a football signed by Lee Roy Selmon.

That's about it.

It would be much better if you had a football signed by the driver Jimmy Johnson.

In 1996, my future wife and I were at spring training. She had a baseball with a Yankees logo on it and saw a superstar from the other team signing autographs by the dugout. She worked her way down there and got him to sign it. Looked pretty good when Cecil Fielder was acquired by the Yankees four months later.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

I've got a football signed by Jimmy Johnson (the coach not the driver) and a football signed by Lee Roy Selmon.

That's about it.

It would be much better if you had a football signed by the driver Jimmy Johnson.

In 1996, my future wife and I were at spring training. She had a baseball with a Yankees logo on it and saw a superstar from the other team signing autographs by the dugout. She worked her way down there and got him to sign it. Looked pretty good when Cecil Fielder was acquired by the Yankees four months later.

It was a gift so I'm not complaining And the Selmon ball is decorated with his restaurant logo and in USF Bulls colors. I think some high-ranking sj dude on here went to USF but I'm not sure. I am sure he'd like that ball though