Sports Autographs - Determining Value For The Long Term
Sports Autographs -
Determining Value For The Long Term
Sports autograph collecting is
a unique and exciting hobby. Fans across the world watch in awe and
astonishment feats of their favorite groups and players. Like stocks, fans and
collectors are always looking for athletes and teams that are winners-
memorabilia that will rise in the future and become valuable and cherished
collectibles. This article explores the many factors that enable one to choose
valuable sports autographs early on that could become sought after commodities
in the future.
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| Sports Autographs - Determining Value For The Long Term |
Like most investments, one has
to do research on finding good fundamental assets that yield high returns. For
most, these include stocks, bonds, CD's, real estate and commodities.
Autographed sports memorabilia investing is no different. Predicting the rise
of a player and team takes extensive analysis of statistics, financials,
management and ownership. There are countless reasons why teams like the L.A
Lakers have won 15 NBA championships and teams like the L.A Clippers zero although
they both share the same fan base and venue. Let's use these 2 groups as
examples for example variations of winning and losing cultures.
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So how does a team like the
L.A Lakers field a championship team year after year while the L.A Clippers
rarely make the playoffs? The answer is quite simple- quality ownership. Jerry
Buss, the long time owner of the Lakers, has the right approach when it comes
to hiring the right personnel to make basketball decisions. His scouts traded
for a cornerstone player in Kobe Bryant and surrounded him with role players
that buy into the system head coach Phil Jackson implements. Of course it's not
hard to sell a system to players when the head coach has won 9 championships
and has one of the greatest NBA coaching records of all time.
In contrast, the L.A Clippers
are owned and managed by eccentric Donald Sterling, have never won an NBA
championship and have made the playoffs only 6 times in their history. The
Clippers, year in year out always seem to get high quality draft picks, a
franchise player where a team can build around and succeed for years to come,
but don't. This year was no different. The Clippers were awarded the top pick
in the 2010 NBA draft and quickly drafted Blake Griffin as the new face of
their troubled franchise. Unfortunately, he went down for the season in October
with a knee injury.
As a sports memorabilia
collector, which autographed sports memorabilia has more potential? An
unheralded rookie with infinite potential in Blake Griffin or a established winner
and future hall of famer in Kobe Bryant.
Most collectors would agree a
Kobe Bryant autograph would be worth almost 10-12 fold more than a Blake
Griffin autograph. But 5 years from now, does Blake Griffin have what it takes
to lead the league in key statistics and more importantly lead his team to the
playoffs and eventual title? Bryant has already established himself as a hall
of famer. He has garnered 4 NBA championships, Olympic gold, Finals MVP, league
MVP honors, All Star MVP and numerous scoring titles. These achievements are
already priced into the current value of his autograph. The only way for his
autograph value to surge astronomically would be if he were to pass away or
stop signing memorabilia all together.
On the other hand do you take
a chance on Blake Griffin and hope he becomes as advertised by talent scouts
and resurrect a franchise from the depths of mediocrity to championship
contender or champions. If that were to happen, it is like finding a Wall
Street Darling, your investment would soar radically and demand would be huge.
Blake Griffin has the potential to help the Clippers like Kobe Bryant did for
the Lakers. The big question is will he? Basketball and most team sports are
not one player squads. It takes commitment from ownership to the last bench
player to bring home titles consistently.
Like all good investments, it
takes tracking, analyzing, and keeping up with your player's on court and off
court activities. There are countless players out there with unbelievable
potential. Like stocks, a little time and research can go a long way to picking
quality high yielding sports autographs
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