The only types of sports memorabilia that actually interest me anymore are things that connect directly to an experience that I’ve had. I would never pay for a bobblehead - just a personal policy. I have a shelf of bobbleheads in my office, but those were all free giveaways at games I’ve attended or covered. Autographed artifacts have lost any value to me since I work in this business a signature is really just another person’s scribbling, and at the heart of it, pro athletes are people just like you and me. I have a box of old cards in my house that I occasionally flip through, but I see them more as tools to create art with my toddler during quarantine than something I cherish. ![]() Once I started browsing the site I ran into a problem - I don’t really want or need any more sports memorabilia, and I certainly didn’t want to pay for it. It sounded fun, so even before looking at eBay, I signed up. (Please go give me the people’s vote at the bottom of the story, I feel like I deserve at least that…) The rules were simple: spend $50 on eBay and others will judge who comes out with the best sports memorabilia haul. ![]() As part of The Athletic’s memorabilia blitz, we had an open competition that anyone could enter. ![]() The ‘best if used by’ date had passed more than two decades ago.īut those dates are just suggestions, right? And technically, a dietitian hadn’t told me to not eat them.īefore we get to breakfast, you need to understand why I even bought the box and where it came from. Two days later, the box of Hull-O’s that I bought on eBay arrived.
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