Signed Jeremy Lin rookie card goes for more than $22k

twilyth · 02-24-2012, 07:32 PM

Guy bought it for $1k 2 weeks before

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A rookie card for New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin sold on EBay Inc. for $21,580 two weeks after changing hands for $1,000.

Yair Rozmaryn, a Knicks’ season-ticket holder from New York, had purchased the card on Feb. 8 two days after the 23- year-old Lin’s first National Basketball Association start.

Lin, a Harvard University economics graduate, has risen from an undrafted player cut by two other teams to the most sought-after corporate player at the NBA’s All-Star Weekend in Orlando, Florida, after leading the Knicks to an 8-3 record as a starter.

Rozmaryn said he was impressed by Lin’s play and appeal to a large audience. He cited Lin’s style of play, his Asian ancestry and the size of the New York market, the biggest in the U.S.

“I figured this could really blow up, so I took a calculated risk,” said Rozmaryn, a 29-year-old client delivery manager at information technology company Mitchell Martin Inc.

The card, which contains a Lin autograph and a piece of the guard’s jersey, had 36 bids during the seven-day online auction, which ended yesterday at 3:40 p.m. New York time. The buyer, a San Francisco man who Rozmaryn declined to identify, placed the winning bid in the last 10 seconds of the auction and hasn’t made further contact, according to the seller.

Another New Yorker, identified by the New York Post as Pamela Schecter, paid $42,388 in a charity auction this week for a package that included a game-worn Lin jersey, Knicks tickets and a chance to meet the player.

theJesus · 02-25-2012, 12:16 AM

I'll never understand why people idolize sports players so much.

twilyth · 02-25-2012, 12:58 AM

It's an interesting phenomenon especially in view of the bubble in sports memorabilia we saw in the late 80's and early 90's. I mean you had shit selling for 10's of thousands of bucks and masquerading as "investments". I mean I guess that was true up to a point, but as usual, it was taken to the illogical extreme.

DannibusX · 02-25-2012, 02:07 AM

That's retarded.

HossHuge · 02-25-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DannibusX

That's retarded.

Not for the guy selling it..

m1dg3t · 02-25-2012, 04:08 PM

Oh look it's a 10ft Chinaman! Nothing to see here, back away, back away....

Death to professional sport's.

Screaming Beaver · 02-26-2012, 02:47 AM

people like underdogs, sudden breakouts and such.

Though I support the Celtics so I hate this guy out of principle

TheMailMan · 02-27-2012, 01:00 PM

Whos Jeremy Lin?

twilyth · 02-27-2012, 01:21 PM

Carmen San Diego's fuck buddy.

TheMailMan · 02-27-2012, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by twilyth

Carmen San Diego's fuck buddy.

I thought that was Waldo?

twilyth · 02-27-2012, 01:26 PM

You know Carmen goes for the bad boys.

TheMailMan · 02-27-2012, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by twilyth

You know Carmen goes for the bad boys.

Have you seen Waldo use that cane? Thats a pimp cane son!

theJesus · 02-27-2012, 05:08 PM

Where the fuck is Waldo?

twilyth · 02-27-2012, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by theJesus

Where the fuck is Waldo?

Waldo is out keepin' an eye on his bitches.

Got his mahnd on his money and his money on his mahnd.

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Screaming Beaver · 02-27-2012, 07:17 PM

the game is the game

erocker · 02-27-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by theJesus

I'll never understand why people idolize sports players so much.

...or anyone for that matter.

theJesus · 02-27-2012, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

...or anyone for that matter.

Hey . . .

02-25-2012, 12:16 AM	#2
theJesus I QUIT MAH JERB! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Where the broken things are Posts: 18,902 Thanks: 21,090 Thanked 8,758 Times in 5,560 Posts Dislikes: 445 Disliked 192 Times in 167 Posts	I'll never understand why people idolize sports players so much. __________________ "Oh come on. Quit making excuses already. Even in a weird position, and doing it manualy, it only takes a couple of minutes. You are just being OCD about it or something." - Wile E "OMG the chair I'm sitting on! It has a penus!! " - Black Panther "Signatures should not contain quotes. It makes no sense." - DanTheBanjoman I doesnt afraid of anything!

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m1dg3t Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brampton Posts: 3,834 Thanks: 4,974 Thanked 1,881 Times in 1,331 Posts Dislikes: 0 Disliked 89 Times in 74 Posts	Oh look it's a 10ft Chinaman! Nothing to see here, back away, back away.... Death to professional sport's. Last edited by m1dg3t; 02-25-2012 at 04:11 PM.

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Screaming Beaver Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 2,908 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,870 Times in 1,023 Posts Dislikes: 85 Disliked 27 Times in 21 Posts	people like underdogs, sudden breakouts and such. Though I support the Celtics so I hate this guy out of principle __________________ Matt Taibbi Quotes Morality is so trite You know what, Mike Bloomberg? FCK YOU* ...In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

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theJesus I QUIT MAH JERB! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Where the broken things are Posts: 18,902 Thanks: 21,090 Thanked 8,758 Times in 5,560 Posts Dislikes: 445 Disliked 192 Times in 167 Posts	Where the fuck is Waldo? __________________ "Oh come on. Quit making excuses already. Even in a weird position, and doing it manualy, it only takes a couple of minutes. You are just being OCD about it or something." - Wile E "OMG the chair I'm sitting on! It has a penus!! " - Black Panther "Signatures should not contain quotes. It makes no sense." - DanTheBanjoman I doesnt afraid of anything!

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Screaming Beaver Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 2,908 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,870 Times in 1,023 Posts Dislikes: 85 Disliked 27 Times in 21 Posts	the game is the game __________________ Matt Taibbi Quotes Morality is so trite You know what, Mike Bloomberg? FCK YOU* ...In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

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twilyth Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,280 Thanks: 7,402 Thanked 5,579 Times in 3,287 Posts Dislikes: 165 Disliked 124 Times in 107 Posts	It's an interesting phenomenon especially in view of the bubble in sports memorabilia we saw in the late 80's and early 90's. I mean you had shit selling for 10's of thousands of bucks and masquerading as "investments". I mean I guess that was true up to a point, but as usual, it was taken to the illogical extreme.

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DannibusX Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,040 Thanks: 477 Thanked 1,784 Times in 911 Posts Dislikes: 19 Disliked 31 Times in 25 Posts	That's retarded.

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twilyth Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,280 Thanks: 7,402 Thanked 5,579 Times in 3,287 Posts Dislikes: 165 Disliked 124 Times in 107 Posts	Carmen San Diego's fuck buddy.

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twilyth Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,280 Thanks: 7,402 Thanked 5,579 Times in 3,287 Posts Dislikes: 165 Disliked 124 Times in 107 Posts	You know Carmen goes for the bad boys.

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