Ticket Collectors

Beck6

Does anyone else see this as a growing part of the hobby? It seems like the supply is fairly limited. Does anyone collect tickets that might have an idea of availability and maybe even difficult tickets that you would never guess are difficult? For example, I had a dealer tell me that Game 1 of the 1975 World Series is very difficult to obtain and he would give me a couple hundred dollars for just a stub. I would have never guessed that, considering I bought another game in that series for $20.

Not a huge collector, but dipping my toe in the water and finding them interesting at this point.

MooseDog

I used to collect ticket stubs back in the 1970s and 1980s. It is/was a very small community and basically we used to just send each other envelopes full of ticket stubs back and forth. Rarely would any money change hands.

Though I don't collect actively any more, things have changed. Full unused tickets seem to be the hot "ticket" item as well as "big" events such as Super Bowl, World Series, and milestone games. Mostly baseball are the only tickets heavily traded and of course eBay is the go-to place to find them. There are two very large ticket dealers that I know of, but their prices range from high to outrageous, but that is my opinion.

Super Bowl tickets are the T-206 of the ticket world. High graded full tickets bring massive amounts of money, especially the early ones.

Through eBay I met a few collectors working on interesting sub-sets, for example:

Ripken streak is very popular
Koufax wins
Gretzky goals
Bonds HRs
No Hitters/Perfect Games
Milestones (3000 hit games, 500/600 HR games)

I've found that your basic regular season game ticket stub can be had pretty cheaply. World Series can be all over the map, depending on condition, while Division and League Championship Series tickets rarely draw any interest. Moderate interest in football.

So in short, ticket collecting is very much a "collect what you like" kinda thing and you can certainly enjoy it on any kind of budget depending on what your interests are.

Cubby

i have a ticket stub from the Rose Bowl game on Jan 1, 1946 signed by Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee. The ticket is good shape.
Can someone give me an estimated value?

tkd7

<< <i>i have a ticket stub from the Rose Bowl game on Jan 1, 1946 signed by Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee. The ticket is good shape.
Can someone give me an estimated value? >>



Sinatra PSA/DNA autographs go for about ~$1,000 to ~$1,200. The Rose Bowl ticket stub goes for ~$50. Peggy Lee is a nice addition, but I think the value is in the Sinatra autograph itself, so I think the value is about the same as a Sinatra autograph. Possibly more if you can find any Hollywood magazines or newspaper articles from the time that have a story on why they were together. Was this ticket passed down through the family or did you acquire it afterwards?

The best way to determine its value is to sell it at auction.

Cubby

Wow, that much? It was passed down to me from my father. I guess I'll be bringing it to a PSA show.