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    Even Busch's urinals can be yours, for a price

    Even Busch's urinals can be yours, for a price

    September 24 2005 at 10:49 PM Eric (Premier Login ecky3)
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    Even Busch's urinals can be yours, for a price
    By Michael D. Sorkin
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
    Friday, Sep. 23 2005

    Smart investors know they should keep their hands firmly on their wallets
    whenever they hear pitches like, "You have a once in a lifetime opportunity to
    purchase ..."

    But what if the opportunity is a chance to buy a piece of a beloved sports
    stadium before it falls to the wrecking ball?

    Fans have been drooling for weeks, and there may be no limit to what they're
    willing to buy. That includes the dirt and urinals from Busch Stadium.

    With at least two weeks - and perhaps as many as five - to go before the last
    game is played at Busch, the Cardinals already have sold all 13,000 pairs of
    game-used stadium seats put up for sale. Each pair cost $470.

    The seats won't be available until sometime after Thanksgiving, but some new
    owners already are trying to turn a profit by reselling them on eBay.

    Is the salvage from Busch Stadium a good investment?

    In the past, demolition companies took away the remains as part of their
    payment. These days, ballclub owners know better.

    The Cardinals hired an accounting company to provide an "authenticator" for
    each game.

    "A buyer of one of these objects from the stadium will have the Cardinals and
    Major League Baseball standing behind it," says Michael Barnes of the Barnes
    Sports Group in Festus. He's a consultant to the ballclub. "We're very
    cognizant of the fact that buyers want to know that it's real."

    There's another reason: This sale is big business. Cardinals President Mark
    Lamping expects to net "in excess of $5 million" from selling pieces of the
    stadium.

    The money, he says, will help defray the team's share of the cost of the new
    stadium, now budgeted at $345 million.

    So is this stuff a good investment?

    "I don't know," Lamping says. "I'm not a collector."

    He says some will buy on speculation, while others will purchase items because
    they are unique.

    The Cards still have empty champagne bottles left from last year's championship
    series. The club is pricing the empties at $500 apiece.

    If you missed out on the stadium chairs, you still can get game-used seat backs
    autographed by Hall of Famers Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Bob Gibson, Lou
    Brock and Ozzie Smith, if you hurry.

    The Cardinals will sell at least 3,222 of the hard, red plastic backs of the
    seat, or whatever the total number of Cardinals games played at Busch turns out
    to be. The price is $599, and 1,000 already have been sold.

    A non-autographed seat back removed during renovations in the 1990s was being
    offered on eBay this week. It had a high bid of $39.99.

    Barnes is a lawyer who specializes in the auction of big-ticket sports items.
    He says bases from the Cards' last game at Busch will have the potential to
    increase in value. Another good investment, he predicts, is Albert Pujols'
    locker. ("He'll make it into the Hall of Fame one day," Barnes says.)

    If Busch Stadium had artificial turf, Barnes estimates he could sell thousands
    of 2-inch-by-2-inch sections at $20 to $30 apiece.

    Instead, the club plans to sell small containers of the stadium's dirt for
    under $10. Barnes says he expects to sell 5,000 or so.

    As for those urinals, Barnes says they'll be very popular. He expects to get
    several hundred dollars or more each at an auction planned for Thanksgiving
    weekend.

    Why would anyone buy a used urinal from an old stadium?

    "If there's a demand," Barnes says, "we will meet it."



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    Andrew
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    Urinals for sale

    September 25 2005, 9:41 AM
    I don't know who would want their favorite urinal from Busch Stadium and then I remembered that someone purchased off of eBay in 1998 a Mark McGwire game used jock strap.

    To each their own I guess.


    ryan4fregosi
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    Re: Urinals for sale

    September 25 2005, 5:58 PM
    I'm saving up for Fredbird.


    Ken
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    Re: Urinals for sale

    November 17 2005, 10:48 AM
    Just recently someone paid for Greg Maddux's game used cup, although it was auto'd!

    Also on ebay, someone bought Jody Gerut's game-worn insole!! how do you display that?

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    Re: Even Busch's urinals can be yours, for a price

    As the saying goes, it's better to be pissed in, then pissed on.

 

 

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