It has been a while since I shared some of the Phillies items I am currently watching on EBay. While I am
a frequent buyer, I am a habitual watcher - keeping track of a variety of lots to either investigate further, or see determine market value. A lot of the stuff I track are things that I either have never seen, or rarely see. Here are few of those lots I am currently keeping an eye on...
1986 Meadow Gold, Mike Schmidt Ice Cream Wrapper
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| Mike Schmidt - 1986 Meadow Gold Ice Cream Wrapper (via ebay) |
As a Mike Schmidt collector, I have many things that could be considered non-mainstream. In 1986 Mike Schmidt won the National League MVP and evidently appeared on an ice cream bar from Meadow Gold. I have never seen it, but
it's available to buy now for $12.98 (plus shipping).
1992 Turn Back the Clock Lapel Pin
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| 1992 Phillies lapel pin (via ebay) |
I always think it is interesting to find items that pertain to the Phillies, but were sponsored by opposing teams. Many of these things - like road playoff programs, or maybe something created for Opening Day - were never available directly in our market and tend to be at least a little more rare than things given out at a stadium in Philadelphia. Here is one of those pieces...I'm not a pin collector, but this stuck out to me. I remember watching this game on TV - the Phillies wearing the gray uniforms with "Phils" in block lettering across their chests. Like the Schmidt ice cream wrapper, this is the first time I came across this particular pin.
Buy it now for $10 (plus shipping).
1977 World Series Phantom Parking Pass
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| 1977 World Series phantom parking pass |
I can't emphasize how much I enjoy finding phantom memorabilia. 1964 is probably the most famous example, with the tickets and press pins that are frequently available on the secondary market - but, believe it or not, there is a lot of great stuff out there for the other Phillies near-misses, too. 1977 seems to have the most - I have seen World Series press pins, tickets and now parking passes. This is an iffy buy at $20 - but, great look into the hopes the Phillies had pinned on the 1977 postseason.