Old Yankee Stadium Memorabilia Prices Revealed

Following up a story in the NY Times, here are the prices to snag a pair of seats from the old Yankee Stadium:

Package A $1,950

-Generic Pair of Yankee Stadium Seats
-Derek Jeter Hand Signed Joe DiMaggio Thank the Good Lord Sign
-Yankee Stadium Final Game Ticket/Line Up Card Collage
-$100 Gift Certificate
-Yankee Stadium Free Gift

Package B $1,850

-Generic Pair of Yankee Stadium Seats
-Mariano Rivera Hand Signed Final Season Baseball Click Here To View
-Yankee Stadium Final Game Ticket/Line Up Card Collage Click Here To View
-2 Ball Final Season & Inaugural Season Set Click Here To View
-$50 Gift Certificate
-Yankee Stadium Free Gift

Package C $1,650

-Generic Pair of Yankee Stadium Seats
-Yogi Berra Hand Signed Baseball Click Here To View
-Joe DiMaggio Thank the Good Lord Sign (unsigned)
-Yankee Stadium Final Game Ticket/Line Up Card Collage Click Here To View
-$50 Gift Certificate
-Yankee Stadium Free Gift

Package D $1,800

-Generic Pair of Yankee Stadium Seats
-Derek Jeter Hand Signed Final Season Commemorative Baseball Click Here To View

Package E $1,500

-Generic Pair of Yankee Stadium Seats
-Yankee Stadium Free Gift

The official press release, with loads more info can be found here.

We were tipped off on these prices before they were made public by a reader of the blog, who happens to also be a sports memorabilia dealer. Since we have absolutely no perspective on these prices (and no interest in purchasing any of this crap) we will defer to our "source" for further insight into the pricing:

"It is funny that they are charging $1500 for seats that are from 'Yankee Stadium 2'... The original (and my opinion better ones) are still available for $1000-$1200 ...Wouldnt it make sense to sell the 'Yankee Stadium 2' seats for cheaper than the harder to find originals?

I also think it is a joke that they are throwing in yankees player autographs in some of the packages... $1950 for the stuff is over priced. The Jeter/ DiMaggio sign sells online for about $250-300...Mariano balls sell for $125-$175...

This Yankee Stadium final season ticket collage isn't even real... It is fabricated... It costs them barely nothing to make and their framing is only costing them $25..."

So there we have it. At this point, we should all expect that anything licensed by the New York Yankees will be completely overpriced. Buyer beware. Read the full post, after the jump

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Purchase a Urinal From The Old Yankee Stadium

You really can't make this stuff up.

The old Yankee Stadium will be chopped up and sold to fans in little pieces as part of a $10 million-plus deal the team struck with the city, The Post has learned.

The payment will give the team the right to sell city-owned portions of the ballpark, including all 57,000 seats, the foul poles, dugouts and even the urinals sources familiar with the deal said.

Hey, at least if we get one of those urinals for our home, we will finally be able to relieve ourselves in peace, without being "splashed" on.

So, what would YOU pay for these beautiful, urine-soaked urinals?



On a serious note, we can totally envision a sports bar purchasing these urinals as part of a bathroom theme. The free market is a beautiful, but strange beast sometimes.

For those of you out there interested in buying a pair of seats from the old park, be aware that pairs of seats from the now-demolished Shea Stadium sold for $869. The Mets were smart and started those sales earlier, so the recession was not as deep as it is now. We'd expect seats from Yankee Stadium to start out at a higher asking price, but eventually settle down to the Shea Stadium price. Who has expendable income for stupid stuff like this anymore? Read the full post, after the jump