Cricket Memorabilia

How to sell cricket memorabilia on Metzee

Three words decide the price — worn, issued or replica — and the fourth is how you know.

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Buying cricket memorabilia in a live auction

Ask how they know. The answer, not the item, is what you are really bidding on.

Pricing cricket memorabilia for a live auction

Price the certainty, not the name. An unverified bat is not a cheap verified one; it is a different item.

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Packing and posting cricket memorabilia

Bats are long, frames are glass, and ink fades. Three different problems in one category.

Describing the condition of cricket memorabilia

Condition and provenance are two separate statements. Collapsing them into one is where this goes wrong.

What is your cricket memorabilia worth?

The match, the player, and whether the story survives a direct question.

Photographing cricket memorabilia

Bats are long and shiny, shirts are large and creased, and ink fades in warm light.

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Delivering cricket memorabilia: courier, local or collection

A bat is a length surcharge waiting to happen. Check before you quote, not after.

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Questions to ask before bidding on cricket memorabilia

How do you know? Everything else follows from the answer.

How cricket memorabilia is assessed

Worn, issued or replica first. Condition is the second question, not the first.

Storing and caring for cricket memorabilia

Bats dry out, shirts crease, and signatures fade. All three are storage decisions.

Starting a cricket memorabilia collection

Programmes, tickets and scorecards first. Signatures are the expensive part of the education.

Common mistakes selling cricket memorabilia

Certainty you cannot back, and a bat posted without checking what the courier charges for length.

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How to spot fake cricket memorabilia

Bats signed long after the event are the known problem. Ask about the day, not about the ink.