OK, Who Bought It?

[MFS62]

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2009/1157.html

Fess up.

But the real question is "Who sold it?"

I guess the Wilpons are really hurting as a result of the Madoff mess. Who else might have owned it?

A shonda.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

="MFS62":3g63gtt1]I guess the Wilpons are really hurting as a result of the Madoff mess. Who else might have owned it?[/quote:3g63gtt1] The Doubleday family or Doubleday, Inc.

MFS62 Jul 10 2009 08:02 AM

Still, it would really look good on display at CitiField. It should be there. I hope whoever bought it will give it back to the club. Later

Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 08:12 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 10 2009 11:43 AM

There probably is one on display there, or will be. It's not like the club gets one unique trophy. I honestly think those are some pretty ugly trophies.

Nymr83 Jul 10 2009 08:12 AM

i'm shocked a) that it was sold and that it was only 23k in light of some of the prices they got for junk from Shea.

soupcan Jul 10 2009 08:19 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jul 10 2009 08:22 AM

If I'd have known it was being auctioned and known it could've been had for what it went for - I would have seriously considered it. Not saying I would have done it, but I would have definitely thought about it. OE: Story I saw this morning said it went for $23K. MFS' link says $32K. I was thinking more along the lines of $23K. And Namor makes a good point - if this was made known to Mets fans at large I'm sure they would've gotten a boatload more than they did.

MFS62 Jul 10 2009 08:20 AM

="Edgy DC":39dxf7uv]There probaby is one on display there, or will be. It's not like the club gets one unique trophy. I honestly think those are some pretty ugly trophies.[/quote:39dxf7uv] I believe there is only one given each year. I had my picture taken with it in Rockerfeller Center when I gave a donation to charity during one of Imus' radiothons for SDS. (Yes, it was a trophy the Yanks had won the previous year. They loaned it for the charity drive pics.). Thought about the pic a while ago to show someone and couldn't find it. Later Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 08:29 AM From the description at Robert Edward Unlike the standard-size World Series trophies, which are issued to players, coaches, and front office executives, only a very limited number of owner's trophies are produced each year. Normally the team owner or owners get one and another is ordered for display in the team's office. According to our consignor, this is one of only three New York Mets owner's trophies ordered by the club to commemorate its 1986 World Championship. Fman99 Jul 10 2009 08:31 AM Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 10 2009 09:03 AM ="Fman99"]Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld. Same here. Also, started wondering about the Shea auction pricing... and yes, you could have bought the entire "AIG" wall segment, so as to make some Endy (or, more likely, Steve Finley) moments at your backyard BBQ. (Or about a bullpen-and-a-half. Or three gates' worth of turnstiles. A refresher: http://www.loge13.com/pricelist.php) MFS62 Jul 10 2009 11:37 AM Thanks, Edgy. More on the apparently low winning bid. When the major auction houses have items like this (usually over $10,000 starting bid), they put them in a catalog/ announcement and send it to the group of people who are interested in things like it. They have special mailing lists for categories such as stamps, coins, art, artifacts, etc. They might even have one for sport-related items. Maybe they didn't have a list for Mets fans. Later metsguyinmichigan Jul 10 2009 12:42 PM So this is smaller than the real one? Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 12:58 PM I think, for your purposes and mine, it is the "real one" --- except that there is no one. There are multiples ones --- at least three for the owners in this case and smaller ones for the uniform personnel. metsmarathon Jul 10 2009 01:29 PM that's gonna look great in little marathon's nursery...

Edited July 10, 2009 by Guest

[MFS62]

Still, it would really look good on display at CitiField. It should be there. I hope whoever bought it will give it back to the club.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

There probably is one on display there, or will be. It's not like the club gets one unique trophy.

I honestly think those are some pretty ugly trophies.

Edited July 10, 2009 by Guest

[nymr83]

i'm shocked a) that it was sold and that it was only 23k in light of some of the prices they got for junk from Shea.

[soupcan]

If I'd have known it was being auctioned and known it could've been had for what it went for - I would have seriously considered it.

Not saying I would have done it, but I would have definitely thought about it.

OE: Story I saw this morning said it went for $23K. MFS' link says $32K.

I was thinking more along the lines of $23K.

And Namor makes a good point - if this was made known to Mets fans at large I'm sure they would've gotten a boatload more than they did.

Edited July 10, 2009 by Guest

[MFS62]

="Edgy DC":39dxf7uv]There probaby is one on display there, or will be. It's not like the club gets one unique trophy. I honestly think those are some pretty ugly trophies.[/quote:39dxf7uv] I believe there is only one given each year. I had my picture taken with it in Rockerfeller Center when I gave a donation to charity during one of Imus' radiothons for SDS. (Yes, it was a trophy the Yanks had won the previous year. They loaned it for the charity drive pics.). Thought about the pic a while ago to show someone and couldn't find it. Later

Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 08:29 AM

From the description at Robert Edward Unlike the standard-size World Series trophies, which are issued to players, coaches, and front office executives, only a very limited number of owner's trophies are produced each year. Normally the team owner or owners get one and another is ordered for display in the team's office. According to our consignor, this is one of only three New York Mets owner's trophies ordered by the club to commemorate its 1986 World Championship.

Fman99 Jul 10 2009 08:31 AM

Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 10 2009 09:03 AM

="Fman99"]Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld. Same here. Also, started wondering about the Shea auction pricing... and yes, you could have bought the entire "AIG" wall segment, so as to make some Endy (or, more likely, Steve Finley) moments at your backyard BBQ. (Or about a bullpen-and-a-half. Or three gates' worth of turnstiles. A refresher: http://www.loge13.com/pricelist.php)

MFS62 Jul 10 2009 11:37 AM

Thanks, Edgy. More on the apparently low winning bid. When the major auction houses have items like this (usually over $10,000 starting bid), they put them in a catalog/ announcement and send it to the group of people who are interested in things like it. They have special mailing lists for categories such as stamps, coins, art, artifacts, etc. They might even have one for sport-related items. Maybe they didn't have a list for Mets fans. Later

metsguyinmichigan Jul 10 2009 12:42 PM

So this is smaller than the real one?

Edgy DC Jul 10 2009 12:58 PM

I think, for your purposes and mine, it is the "real one" --- except that there is no one. There are multiples ones --- at least three for the owners in this case and smaller ones for the uniform personnel.

metsmarathon Jul 10 2009 01:29 PM

that's gonna look great in little marathon's nursery...

[Guest Edgy DC]

From the description at Robert Edward

Unlike the

standard-size World Series trophies, which are issued to players, coaches

, and front office executives, only a very limited number of owner's trophies are produced each year. Normally the team owner or owners get one and another is ordered for display in the team's office. According to our consignor, this is

one of only three New York Mets owner's trophies

ordered by the club to commemorate its 1986 World Championship.

[Fman99]

Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Fman99"]Immediately thought of George Costanza as "Naked Body Suit Man," dragging one of these around the parking lot at YSII while trying to get fired on Seinfeld.

Same here. Also, started wondering about the Shea auction pricing... and yes, you could have bought the entire "AIG" wall segment, so as to make some Endy (or, more likely, Steve Finley) moments at your backyard BBQ. (Or about a bullpen-and-a-half. Or three gates' worth of turnstiles. A refresher: http://www.loge13.com/pricelist.php)

[MFS62]

Thanks, Edgy.
More on the apparently low winning bid.

When the major auction houses have items like this (usually over $10,000 starting bid), they put them in a catalog/ announcement and send it to the group of people who are interested in things like it. They have special mailing lists for categories such as stamps, coins, art, artifacts, etc. They might even have one for sport-related items.

Maybe they didn't have a list for Mets fans.

Later

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

So this is smaller than the real one?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think, for your purposes and mine, it is the "real one" --- except that there is no one. There are multiples ones --- at least three for the owners in this case and smaller ones for the uniform personnel.

[metsmarathon]

that's gonna look great in little marathon's nursery...