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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Find something you love…. and then get the love sucked out of it
Paying for signatures.
However, the most absurdly priced athlete at the 31st National Sports Collectors Convention was undoubtedly baseball immortal Willie Mays. Prices for autographs began at $300.00 for a baseball and reached $800.00 for a specialty bat. If an inscription was added, it would cost an additional $125.00 and Mays would not write “Say Hey Kid.” Also, photo opportunities were not available and Mays had the ability to refuse to sign any item.
The pure love of it is the journey, as you try to find the player, camping out, do something unique or crazy, and then, get the memorabilia. To pay upfront, stand in line, and be one of the many ants in the marching band as you are shuffled off is… useless? Maybe not useless, but it’s not what it should be.
http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheParkingSpace.html
George: I can’t park in a garage.
Elaine: Why?
George: I don’t know, I just can’t. Nobody in my family can pay for parking, it’s a sickness. My father never paid for parking; my mother, my brother, nobody. We can’t do it.
Elaine: I’ll pay for it.
George: You don’t understand. A garage. I can’t even pull in there. It’s like going to a prostitute. Why should I pay, when if I apply myself, maybe I could get it for free?
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