1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: So you won't believe how much this Larry Bird jersey 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: just just went for sold at auction for a lot 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: of money. Huh. It's the Kennel and Casey shown Rob 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: Casey's back ahead. 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: This is one that he wore during the nineteen eighty 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: seven Eastern Conference playoffs. 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the Celtics, obviously many people around here became 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: big Boston Celtics fans because of Larry Bird Indiana State 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: and then played high school basketball in Indiana, and so 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: many many Hoosiers became huge Boston Celtics fans, especially if 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: you were a you know around in the nineteen eighties, 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: and the Celtics of course won three championships. This was 13 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: not one of the years they won the championship. 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: This was they. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: Lost in the other year. Yeah, they lost in the 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: conference in the NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: in six games. But this, as you said, was the game, 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: the game Warren jersey by Larry Bird, which he wore 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: in at least it's what they call it photo matching 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: in the sports rebelia industry. They photo matched this to 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: at least seven games that he It could have been more, 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: but they have identified at least seven in April and 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,559 Speaker 1: May of nineteen eighty seven, and Casey, this item went 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: for five hundred and twenty four thousand, six hundred dollars. 25 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: Fantastic. I want to know who bought it and if 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: they would like some sports illustrateds there. 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: Collectables for those who don't know. Casey's husband makes his 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: living buying, selling, and pressing sports illustrateds. 29 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: Now. 30 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: Now what's interesting is Heritage Auctions did this, did this 31 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: member of this this piece of memorabilia, and it had elevated. 32 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: It started out Indy started did a piece on this 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: in December, early December, because this thing had wrapped up 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: in late December, and it went from one hundred and 35 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: seventy five thousand dollars then to half a million, yeah, 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: to well over half a million dollars. 37 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. So and they're saying that it's more valuable obviously 38 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: because it was a game worn jersey. But it does 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: show you that Larry Bird still has an enduring legacy 40 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: and people are still willing to drop big bucks on 41 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: his merch. 42 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: You know what. One of the it was this interesting 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: So the guy what do they what's his name? Mister, 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: mister fabulous mister wonderful Kevin O'Leary, Kevin O'Leary, and I 45 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: saw an interview that he did. He has gotten into 46 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: sports cards, and of course he's not buying like he's 47 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: not going to your local card store and buying you know, 48 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: tops and tops packs. He's he's buying million stuff that's 49 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: selling for millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars. 50 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: And he was talking about like why he's doing this, 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: and he said basically, and I can't remember if he 52 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: artifacts was the word that he used, but he basically 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: was saying, hundreds of years from now, people will look 54 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: at sports memorabilia the way we find things that are 55 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: like in the in the ground or from fields of 56 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: battle or or things or I think artifacts is maybe 57 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: the word that he used, but he was basically saying, 58 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: the sports memorabilia market will someday become the way we 59 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: view these other things that are getting found after hundreds 60 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: of years. 61 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, he said it's a good way to divest his portfolio. 62 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: And I think he compared it to some people collect 63 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: works of art, like a Jackson Pollock, where he's collecting 64 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: these you know, baseball cards or magazines. I keep telling 65 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: my husband Jim, he needs to start tagging some of 66 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: these whales. 67 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yea, we find it's interesting. 68 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 2: You know who else has really gotten into it lately 69 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: is Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida. He's been posting a 70 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: lot about it as well. 71 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: Now you know, he was, of course a great athlete. 72 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: He played in the Little League World Series. Ron de 73 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: Santis did, right, he did. And you know what's fasting 74 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: is there's a show and I told your husband because 75 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: he needed things to do while you were while he 76 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: was taking care of you. This Ken Golden is the 77 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: guy's name. Golden Auctions is the company, and Netflix has 78 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: its I believe it's in his third season now, a 79 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: behind the scenes documentary type show on Golden Auctions, and 80 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: they sell all sorts of stuff. They sell everything with 81 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: al Capone's gun, you know, Pokemon stuff like, they don't 82 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: just do sports stuff. But what's fascinating is how many 83 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: people are now and famous people are in the memorabilia 84 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: game because they're the tippy top guys at Golden they're 85 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: always looking to and of course it's a TV show, 86 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: so they want them on the show, et cetera. But 87 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: these famous people that they're looking to sell stuff too, 88 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: and so I just think it's fascinating. So you were 89 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: just about five hundred thousand other short that Jersey could 90 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: have been yours to tarn it.