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As a follow-up to the $50 eBay challenge ( https://theathletic.com/1821349/2020/05/19/the-50-ebay-challenge/ — I AM WINNING THE FAN VOTE, BY THE WAY), I'm going to flip some of these items for charity. All proceeds go to @RESCUEorg:
First up: '92 NBA Hoops Michael Jordan card (Dream Team): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jordan-1992-NBA-Hoops-Dream-Team-sharp-corners/233594991593
First up: '92 NBA Hoops Michael Jordan card (Dream Team): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jordan-1992-NBA-Hoops-Dream-Team-sharp-corners/233594991593
Keeping it in All-Time Greats and 1992, here'a s '92 Ken Griffey Jr. Starting Lineup figurine. Box has been opened, inner contents have not: https://www.ebay.com/itm/233595067973
Third: an 8x10 of Ricky Ledee mounted on a wooden plaque. Why does this exist? I HAVE NO IDEA but I included some suggestion in the details on how you might use it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233594996270
And lastly (for today) — a 693-card lot, including a 1959 Fleer Ted Williams, some unopened "The Rookies" sets, some other sets that *are* opened and picked over, 7 packs of 1994 Flair and 15 packs of 1999 Topps Opening Day baseball cards. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233595092143
I'll do four of these per day til I run out of stuff, and I'll try to spread the charity love around, picking a different one each day, since Lord knows there are a lot of people who could use the help right now.
Three listings today, all going to benefit @FeedingAmerica. We start with a 1959 Ted Williams PSA-6 “Ted’s Goals For 1959” card. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233596317906&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
A bunch of magazines, including the infamous BURT HOOTON signature on the Nolan Ryan magazine. Bids start at a dollar. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233596309371&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
And lastly for today, just a gaggle of vaguely collectible stuff. Wheaties boxes, limited edition oversized Dan Marino cards, some pins…? This is officially the ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ Lot. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233596295994&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
You can now own the mysteryball, along with some McGwire bobbleheads, an unopened Sammy Sosa bag of peanuts, and a Zack Greinke giveaway jersey I found outside Minute Maid stadium in, I think, 2018(?)
All proceeds to Feeding America http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233597128332&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
All proceeds to Feeding America http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233597128332&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Ok obviously this would have to be 2019, since Zack Greinke did not pitch for the Astros in 2018.
The pandemic has picked up my comprehension of time and twisted it around like salt water taffy. I hope this all passes before the 1974 season is cancelled and repurposed as 2051
The pandemic has picked up my comprehension of time and twisted it around like salt water taffy. I hope this all passes before the 1974 season is cancelled and repurposed as 2051
While I was selling the $50 eBay challenge stuff, I decided to get rid of a few other things, so I’ll add to this thread as I go. First up: a White Sox stadium giveaway jersey. 100% of sale price goes to Greater Chicago Food Depository. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233598174060
Today’s offering, benefiting the Greater Boston Food Bank, is a Ted Williams package that includes a hardback version of his 2004 biography by Leigh Montville, and 2 cards from the 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233599534798&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Here's a catch-all spreadsheet with all the links. We've got Michael Jordan cards, a few different memorabilia lots, some stadium-giveaway jerseys… All of it still at pretty affordable prices & and all of it goes to benefit charity. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RX8WR_jvS6lHznL5hbS51eE4XOyhOxfPLGQG5aqJ05c/edit?usp=sharing
This doesn't all have to come from me, now that I think of it.
If you want to auction a piece of sports memorabilia for charity, go ahead and put it up on eBay, choose the "100% to charity" option, pick a charity and DM me the link — I'll add it to the spreadsheet.
If you want to auction a piece of sports memorabilia for charity, go ahead and put it up on eBay, choose the "100% to charity" option, pick a charity and DM me the link — I'll add it to the spreadsheet.
Okay this is how I cope with frustration at greed: MORE CHARITY! This Mark Jackson card has the Menendez brothers on it (!!) Let’s use it to benefit the Food Bank for NYC http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233600784049&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Last one tonight: 12 team-giveaway pins (uhhh, without backs, sorry), commemorating some of the great moments in Texas Rangers history. This lot goes to benefit Don Wakamatsu's @TheWakWay Foundation. http://ebay.us/zhuDJb?cmpnId=5338273189
next up: its the Adrián Beltré / @ElvisandrusSS1 “Best Friends” bobblehead set. This two-pack goes to benefit Homeless Nexus. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233601345887&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
This one goes to benefit The Innocence Project: the four-oversized-card “Triple J” Taco Bell promo set from the mid-90s, fearing Jamal Mashburn, Jim Jackson, and Jason Kidd (x2) http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233601681306&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Ok Twins fans, your turn. A never-used tumbler from Target Field (2018), plus Puckett + Mauer + a Brian Harper autograph that 12-year-old me was super excited to get.
100% of proceeds go to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, and I will match the sale price, up to $100.00
100% of proceeds go to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, and I will match the sale price, up to $100.00
Oh shoot! I forgot to include the link! http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233602713692&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Alright we’re back to this. Four autographs (3 Ranger Hall of Famers and one Hall of Fame Hall of Famer) and a small jar of dirt from the last game at Globe Life Park.
100% of proceeds go to the Texas Civil Rights Project. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233606839348&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
100% of proceeds go to the Texas Civil Rights Project. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233606839348&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Hey so I’m the midst of all this turmoil I just want to say thank you. You guys have thus far raised over $375 (75 in non-eBay sales) for various charities.
Love you people.
Love you people.
Holy cow. $263 to Homeless Nexus for the Beltré / Andrus bobbleheads. I am in grateful disbelief
All told, counting @TepidP’s contribution last night, we have raised over $1,000 for 13 charities ($1,009.94). Still have three auctions live (“Triple J” basketball cards / Twins lot / Rangers autograph lot) and there will be more to come.
This is the last currently-active eBay package (but I’ll be putting up more soon). We’re currently already over $1,000 total to various charities. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233606839348
OKAY we are BACK! Today’s package is a Vlad Guerrero combo — a bobblehead (courtesy of @SaadYousuf126) plus a Vlad minor league baseball card. All proceeds go to benefit @RAICESTEXAS http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233618457980&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Here’s another one: 13 autographed baseball cards from late-90s / early 2000s Texas Rangers, incl. Rafael Palmeiro, Rick Helling, Ruben Mateo and others. All proceeds go to the Equal Justice Initiative. https://www.ebay.com/itm/233618467446
Next-to-last one for today: an autographed 1989 Rolando Blackman NBA Hoops basketball card, also benefiting Equal Justice Initiative http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233618477579&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
Today’s last one: Adrián Beltré home run counter bobblehead (also benefiting Equal Justice Initiative) http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233618481655&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111
These last four are still active and end on Saturday:
- Vlad Guerrero bobblehead/card
- 13 autographed Rangers cards
- Rolando Blackman autographed card
- Adrián Beltré homer counter bobblehead
- Vlad Guerrero bobblehead/card
- 13 autographed Rangers cards
- Rolando Blackman autographed card
- Adrián Beltré homer counter bobblehead
