JimH5

Whoever turned it in may have found it empty. Person A helps himself to your money and tosses your wallet on the ground. Person B finds your wallet and turns it in. Person A = Criminal loser. Person B = Good samaritan. Just a possibility.

Is this guy a regular? Did he lose a bet? When you think about the humiliation that I would suffer at the game, plus all the residual razzing that I would take for the rest of my life & all the snippy comments from strangers, etc.--I think it might take $10,000 to get me to wear that costume for a game. If he took less, he got ripped off.

Rich Folkers I wonder if he's part of the one percent?

I love the idea of the nightly show on the MLB Network where they drop into the games and show virtually live highlights. But the announcing team of Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds & Mike Lowell is pretty terrible. They sound awkward & uncohesive almost all the time.

Pre-accident Campanella sends that one through the roof. If Hodges is there too, that's even more awesome. Keep it out of the light. If you're going to frame them, I would recommend a professional frame shop to be assured of acid-free materials and UV-protectant glass. Kevin Keating from Quality Autographs is good at pricing high end stuff--though understand he will want to buy it.

He might be hanging out with Shyam Das who was fired today by MLB. Per Jay Jaffe's tweet.

The owner of the A's, Charlie Finley wasn't really trading players back then as much as he was selling them. Bowie Kuhn stepped in when it was clear those deals were about draining the A's to benefit Finley. This is kind of similar to the Frank McCourt situation, where baseball stepped in when it became clear that he wasn't being a good steward of the Dodgers franchise, but was draining assets for his own benefit.

Now I'm looking forward to seeing this guy. But of course we're in the family section so I won't be able to support him financially.. There used to be a beer vendor at County Stadium with a big, booming voice who used to get the whole section into his spiel. I don't remember his name, but he concluded his call with "Nooo Old Style!!". He was a lot of fun. Though don't let that little reminiscence bury the lead, which is that you, Hawing, go to a Brewers game and you eat a baked potato? That's a far greater crime than someone selling a bobblehead made to look like themselves!

Jim, Think of it like this. You have a business and give your salesman a promotional item to give away to your customers. Would you be happy if that salesman sold those items instead of giving them away? I know its not exactly the same situation, but its close. I guess the biggest difference is that the promotional item is in this guy's own image. And he's employed as a beer vendor, not as an athlete who gets a cut of merchandising. To me, of all the people who are profiting from the bobblehead craze: the artist who makes it; the company who produces it; their suppiers who sell the raw materials; the shipping company who delivers it to the stadium; the Brewers organization who see a bigger turnout for SGA days; players who get licensing money through the MLBPA; people who get bobbles strictly to flip them; hobby shops; eBay and Paypal for getting their cut of the sale. . .of all of those people who make money over the market for bobbleheads, the least objectionable person to me, for someone wanting to cash in would be the guy whose own likeness is captured in the bobble. Everyone else gets to make money on them, but not him? That seems weird.

Thanks for the backstory. As for what the team thinks, that wouldn't really matter to me. They're all too happy to charge ridiculous prices for food and drinks and parking, and for game used stuff in their fan shop. If one of their employees is able to make some money from his popularity, I don't have a problem with it--though again, I'm not emotionally or financially invested in bobbles. How many chances is a beer vendor going to get to cash in like this?

I guess I should learn some more of the background before piping in with an ill-informed opinion. . .but why let that get in the way!? Is Mr. Meyer a pseudo-celebrity at the stadium? I confess to never having heard about him until this thread. Was this done as some employee recognition thing or something? Is the bobble desirable because it came from the team/he's wearing a Brewers jersey? Generally speaking, I don't have a problem with people profiting off their name or off their stuff. If the price of the bobble were closer to $50, would he still be greedy? I liken it to the autograph business. Yount charges $75-$100 at signing events, while Molitor charges $50-$65. Is Yount greedy for wanting more?

Hope it's a good one. I'm about 5 minutes from that location. It seems like a great spot for a good restaurant, but there have been more than a couple of concepts that have failed there. And when I hear "American menu" I worry that it's another Applebees/TGIFridays/Chili's-type of place. But I'll give it a shot after they have been open a few weeks.

They gave them to him and told him to give them out to customers, friends, family...unfortunately I'm near 100% certain he's the seller on eBay. It's a damn shame. Why is it a shame or greedy that someone is making money? The seller had something that the buyer wanted and they agreed on a price. I don't get the criticism.

Dang it! I need to stop posting from my phone. I keep getting duplicate posts in these threads.

Not me. I just won two game used bats (Cooper and Nilsson) from MEARS and spent less than that. BUT, I have spent a ton of money on stuff that leaves others scratching their heads, so I'm not going to criticize people from buying what they want. Bobbles just don't do it for me.

It's a cool thing to have, but I don't think that having all the pics together adds value to your collection. As such, I would say you have 32 things, each of them with a unique value. It depends on the quality of the photo and the quality of each signature, but I would think the common ones are probably worth between 8 and 12 dollars each. For the others, Yount is probably $70-$100; Molitor $50-$75; Vuckovich $80-$100; Sutton $25-$40; Simmons $40-$50; Fingers $15. For awhile, Marshall Edwards was rare, but he has signed enough stuff in the past couple of years to bring his price back to $20 or so. Waukesha Sportscards has been busy in the past years with tons of 82 Brewers in for signings. They surely have a lot of 8x10s to use as comparison. www.waukeshasportscards.com Another dealer that I like is Main Line Autographs. They have tons of pics including most of the Brewers from all eras. http://www.mainlineautographs.com/browse.php?catid=148

I traded 3 or 4 early 70s Hank Aarons (back in the 70s) for a desk lamp one of my friends had in his basement. Not sure of the value of those Aarons, but the lamp is sitting in a landfill somewhere.

Yikes. This is completely BOO-worthy. If this season falls apart, this could be the game that lives in infamy. Somebody needs to be screaming at a room full of guys with their heads hung low.

Too bad that the hobby went down the toilet once the moneygrabbers got into the game. Ahhhh. . .but who were the moneygrabbers? I blame the card companies themselves for turning out so much product at such high prices that set building became impossible. To me, the joy of collecting was in buying $5 worth of packs and trying to fill in the gaps. Maybe I'd trade with my buds so that we could each get closer to having a complete set. Walking around with a big wad of cards and a big wad of gum was really fun. That was when cards were 25 cents to 75 cents a pack. And if you got a guy, that was it, you got him for the year. But then they started releasing so many different products that you didn't know what to buy--and whether or not your store would keep getting that product all summer. And then when pack prices exceeded $1.00 per pack, I was out. You can't get to 800 cards without spending $100, and that became the breaking point for me. And the whole chase aspect of refractor/chrome/1 of 1 stuff was lost on me. The base cards became the filler to get you to buy the chase--and I didn't care about the chase stuff. Something isn't 1 of 1 if you're doing it in 25 variations. And the cutting up of jerseys, bats and autographs also torqued me off. I still have cards and get a kick out of some of the older sets. I completed the 1968 & 1969 football and 1969-70 basketball sets that I started from when I was 6 and 7. And I'm in the process of getting the baseball hall of famers from the 1969 set. I like to see the auction catalogs and read Net54baseball.com to see what the big boys are into. But as those older collectors start to die off, I wonder if their treasures will hold their value. Are there enough interested guys in their 40s and 50s with enough money to pour into tobacco cards? Even from the 1950s. . .Mickey Mantle was a god to all those New York kids, but I turn 50 this year, and by the time I knew anything about baseball, he was retired. His aura never reached me, so I never felt he was a must-get. Are Mantles going to mean anything 15 years from now? And are any cards from today going to be sought by people in the future? I would think not, but maybe they'll have some life. #oldguyramblingsaboutcardboard

Awesome to hear that he likes the stickers! Don't give up on the cards. Five is a little young. Some stuff that we bought for my daughter when she was young is just now being rediscovered. She turns 8 next month. After he gets better at reading and math, cards might have some appeal. I noticed the stickers at Target last week and it looked like a fun thing for new collectors.

Indeed on the Jefferies cards. By then, it was just assumed that there would be a new guy every year, and Jefferies had the pedigree. I wonder if there is anything now being made for retail sale that will have great collector appeal in the future. I would imagine so, but can't really think what it could be. I guess some wines might, but even then, it would have to be something that's rare right now. Right after I graduated from college in 1985, Patrick Nagel art prints were a fad. Now they just seem laughably hideous to me.

I have 2 retail sets of 1988 Fleer baseball that I bought new for $20 each--AND I have moved them from Delavan to New Jersey to Florida back to New Jersey then to Brookfield. 24 years later they are available on Ebay for $8 a box. I mostly avoided the great rookie card chase of the late 80s, but the 1986 Donruss Jose Canseco rookie card was going for around $75 (if memory serves), and now its about $2. Beanie babies, Hummel figures, Collectible plates, Frozen Tundra... sometimes it takes awhile for the junkiness to show itself.

The Channel 10 auction is back! One of my favorite things that reminds me I live in Milwaukee.

Against Billingsley. I would mark Harper down for 2 Ks. But the other two could find the parking lot.

If you're doing any home projects, they might be good as insulation. Load up some cardboard boxes and stick them between the studs. Future generations might get a kick out of their find. Every once in awhile, you hear about some T206s showing up in an attic or stuffed away in a secret compartment. Other than that, I don't think you're going to find any interest at all in them. And word to the wise, bobbleboys, things that are hot collectibles one day are sometimes deemed worthless junk in the future. Collect what you like, but don't get carried away with "investment potential".