At one sports collectibles shop
phone calls quadrupled. In the days following Mantle's Aug. 13
death, Upper Deck Authenticated filled orders totalling $500,000
as the cloud of Mantle's lawsuit against UDA for breach of contract
lingers. With the exception of some photos and signed baseballs
bearing the logo of the Ken Burns' television series Baseball,
UDA is sold out of its Mantle inventory, company officials told
Sweet Spot. A spot check of shops throughout the U.S. revealed
that demand for Mantle items was as impressive as a 562-foot
clout. During the first day of business following Mantle's death,
Kit Young's shop in California received 40 phone calls in two
hours. Single-signed balls that sold for $120 were selling for
$180, "and, frankly," Young said, "We're being
told by collectors and dealers that we're as low as you can find."
Indeed, other dealers and promoters with any inventory had replaced
the old sales price with one that read $250. Others were higher.
At one sports collectibles shop
phone calls quadrupled. In the days following Mantle's Aug. 13
death, Upper Deck Authenticated filled orders totalling $500,000
as the cloud of Mantle's lawsuit against UDA for breach of contract
lingers. With the exception of some photos and signed baseballs
bearing the logo of the Ken Burns' television series Baseball,
UDA is sold out of its Mantle inventory, company officials told
Sweet Spot. A spot check of shops throughout the U.S. revealed
that demand for Mantle items was as impressive as a 562-foot
clout. During the first day of business following Mantle's death,
Kit Young's shop in California received 40 phone calls in two
hours. Single-signed balls that sold for $120 were selling for
$180, "and, frankly," Young said, "We're being
told by collectors and dealers that we're as low as you can find."
Indeed, other dealers and promoters with any inventory had replaced
the old sales price with one that read $250. Others were higher.