Sports Illustrated Blog # 145 on Our Way to 200 – Ken Goldin Likes My Mantle-Jordan Combo
Welcome to my Sports Illustrated/TIME magazine blog – Your collector’s guide to the latest hobby updates and insight into what’s trending now. Full Disclosure – Ken Goldin’s video showcasing two CGC 8.5’s – Mantle and Jordan SI first covers – are my pieces. These auctions are not important because they represent some of the higher grades ever auctioned in these issues, but because they represent a turning of the page. For eight years, I have been in the business of acquiring and selling the highest graded SI’s out there. At the same time, I have encouraged owners of high grade SI’s to sell one or more of their top-grade SI’s in an effort to establish a market and an interest in sharing an opportunity to own the best. Not one, repeat, not one, was willing to sell even one of their best stuff. So it has come to this – although I don’t own the very best of the best, I have chosen to move the hobby forward by offering two highly sought after graded mags in a grade you rarely see come to auction. See Ken Goldin’s video. As higher grades come to auction, more potential stakeholders will take notice and, in my opinion, that’s how this hobby will grow and in turn your investment. These are the mags that in one or two or five or twenty years from now, you will be saying, “I could have made a shit-ton of money if I’d have had the balls”. I highly endorse investing in Jordan and Mantle first covers. There’s plenty of history out there to substantiate this opinion. My Ebay handle is “sportsillustrated9.8”, not to be confused with other similar tags. If you’re interested in one or more of my ebay auctions and you would like to purchase, email me at wylliejohn@yahoo.com to save on taxes, fees, and shipping. Thanks for your loyal following. My readers always receive “first among equals” pricing/service. Many thanks for your continued support and patronage. On the web – Sportsillustrated98.com I hope you are enjoying the reads on the history of SI, SPORT, and BASEBALL magazines as well as an insight into relevant magazine collecting. Great collecting to you in our second century of blogs and best fortunes with Sports Illustrated/SPORT/BASEBALL magazines. For a complete review of previous blogs, please visit www.sportsillustrated98.com |