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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly section is dedicated to educating the Join us today. collector. You now have a voice on our Kieta site. Specifi cally, the forum seeks any July 09 President and C.E.O. Vegas Baby! Roger Hornsby Victor J. Moreno Rock-n-Roll will Baseball Wow! Editor-in-Chief never die. Kieta Editor Jim Johnston 3 Paul Ladewski 5 Art Director Maria C. De Léon Photography Basketball Jersey’s Rare Style Michael Petersen On the Rise Warriors Jersey Staff Writers Anthony Giese Stephanie Wilczynski Inventory Control/Shipping 24 James Specht 6 Contribution Editors Denny Esken Lou Lampson Babe Ruth Best Boxing Lives Web Developer Baseball Seen Again Sam High 1 15 Volume 2, Number 6 Sept 2008 ISSN#1935-9799 Jackie’s Memorabilia on Printed in the United States. Copyright 2008 by Ameri- can Memorabilia, Inc. All right reserved. No part of Tribute the Vegas Strip this publication may be produced in any form without prior written permission from the publisher. American Baseball Memorabilia Auction Magazine is published monthly except for: January, May, August, & November by American Memorabilia, Inc., at 2539 E. Washburn Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89081. 172 POSTMASTER: Send address change to: Ameri- 2 can Memorabilia Auction Magazine, 2539 E. Washburn Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89081. Famous Almost Famous Referee Girls, Tuaca Girls, Girlz to Fanz, Ed Hatch and Victor Moreno, Bruce Fromong, Bills Fan Michael Jackson LE Gold Record, Limitied to 500 By Michael Kasmar More than Memorabilia Rock -n-Roll will never die In my company’s 10+ years of doing business, never They epitomize the word ‘devoted’ and upon hearing of his pass- have we seen the sale results which occurred from the passing of ing, clamored to buy up anything they could get their hands on. Michael Jackson. Immediately upon hearing of the passing of the I’m still getting calls daily on merchandise requests and pop icon, website shopping carts were full and processing orders as a result, all other levels of autographed memorabilia are also for anything from autographed fedoras to custom airbrushed auto- starting to increase. Michael’s passing has once again reignited graphed guitars. In the course of 48 hours we managed to sell 18 the fi re found in most collector’s hearts and the desires to create autographed guitars. collections to be proud of. Autograph buyers and even the general I know what you are thinking. How does anyone get that public due to the constant news coverage witnessed the SIGNIFI- many Michael Jackson autographs? CANT price increases for autographs. Michael Jackson auto- Our company has staff members that have probably met graphed guitars that were barely selling for $500 a few months Michael Jackson more times than any other dealer out there. We ago were now realizing prices upwards of $5,000. As a result of have photos from us meeting Michael in NY, Vegas, on the steps this incredible markup, educated buyers are now trying to pinpoint of Gary, IN, and more. Michael Jackson even owned one of our their next investments. It’s always going to be about supply and rare custom airbrushed guitars which he personally asked us for demand and when a star passes, obviously the supply is no longer on the steps of the Town Hall in Gary, IN. We of course obliged and the demand rapidly increases. him with this request after which he invited my three workers Names like B.B. King, Paul McCartney, and of course into the Town Hall while he received the key to the city. Shortly The Rolling Stones are exactly the type of investor pieces we are following this, Michael was kind enough to sign anything and recommending. Of course, our fi rst suggestion, buy from a source everything. This wasn’t an isolated incident. Michael has always which has a strong reputation in the industry and second, make been great to Autograph Pros’ workers and has on more than one sure the items are authenticated by PSA or JSA or Roger Epperson occasion signed dozens of items. All the guitars we sold also ac- of REAL. companied the PSA or JSA certifi cation and we are now left with When buying the best autographs you really need to 1 autographed guitar. demand the best provenance and certifi cation. If you wonder why, I’ve never seen anything like the price increases which do completed searches on ebay to see what the prices realized for resulted after Michael’s passing and honestly, I was astonished. non-third party authenticated Michael Jackson autographs sold for He was an icon in his own category with a fan base that is not as opposed to those that were authenticated. comparable to mere mortals. I had no idea of his fan’s magnitude. Vegas, Baby! American Memorabilia.com 2539 E. Washburn, North Las Vegas, NV 89081 Taking consignments for August and Kick-Off Auctions Authentication American Memorabilia subscribes to the fi nest authenticators in the industry. For the bidder’s assurance, and our containing integrity, we will designate in each pertinent description the authenticating entity, and respectively, include the appropriate, original certifi cation. For the purpose of this auction, American Memorabilia endorses only the stated authenticator per lot. Further, American Memorabilia will not acknowl- edge disputed authenticity from any authenticating body other than that precisely stated with the particular lot. We are grateful for the guidance and professional declarations provided by our authenticators. We encourage our subscribers to review this supportive corps of the hobby’s most able. * PSA/DNA - Steve Grad, Zach Rullo - Autographs * Spirit of the Game, Rich Ellis - Game-Worn Hockey Jerseys * PSA/DNA - John Taube, Vince Malta - Game-Used Bats and Equipment * James Spence Authentication - Autographs * Great American Prop & Ellis - Entertainment Properties Roger Epperson - Rock ‘N’ Roll Autographs * John Reznikoff-Presidential Autographs accompanied by an Auction House Letter can be upgraded to a Full Letter Cert Please Read: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE “ALL SALES FINAL” 20% Buyers Premium will be added. If you win a lot for $100, your cost will be $120.00 plus shipping and tax (if applicable). 1. Auction starts NOW and will close at 8:00 p.m. PST. However, we honor the 15-minute rule. The rule means the auction can continue for verifi ed bidders that have bid on any particular lot prior to the 8:00 pm close. 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