Word: memorabilia
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...they say, plays the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. But what about the third time? In the O.J. Simpson case--recalling his 1995 trial and O.J. 2, its 1997 civil sequel--it became nostalgia. As the Juice and his cronies stood accused of robbing a memorabilia collector at gunpoint, the coverage--O.J. 3: What Happens in Vegas--had the misty tone of a high school reunion. My, his daughter has grown! Doesn't his girlfriend look like Nicole? "A lot of these people I know from many years ago," said Dan Abrams on MSNBC almost wistfully...
...Mark McGwire hit for his then record-breaking 70th home run. It seemed even crazier when he paid about $500,000 for Barry Bonds's record-breaking 73rd home run ball in 2003. Steroids scandals were by then casting shadows over home run records, and McFarlane was riding the memorabilia market down. But it doesn't seem so crazy now that McFarlane Toys is the official distributor of action figures for all four major American sports. McFarlane also has individual deals with Bonds as well as outspoken Bonds critic Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox. And he credits...
...believe Barry is our current-day Ty Cobb. People didn't like Cobb for various reasons. He's sort of notorious. But 80 years later, notorious is cool. His memorabilia is going up. Walter Johnson was the greatest pitcher of his day, but what do we know about him? What do we know about Cy Young except for the trophy? What do we know about Eddie Collins? They were nice guys - and it's too hard to write books about nice guys. Fifty years from now, Bonds is going to be the cool badass dude. The future generations are going...
...good. Odd and rare is really good," says Tod Bohannon, who operates murderauction.com out of his Georgia home. But Bohannon, who describes his passion for prison memorabilia as a "hobby," is concerned that a proposed federal law could shut him down. The bill, filed in late May by Republican Senator John Cornyn, takes aim at the trade by forbidding prisoners from using the U.S. Postal Service to deliver or receive items for profit. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it is likely to face criticism from civil-liberties groups and support from victims' rights advocates...
...Michael Jackson has decided not to block the auction of some of his vintage memorabilia, including the handwritten lyrics to ABC, his black silk jacket with gold sequined epaulets and a drawing of a young boy dated 1994. Blogsite DEFAMER cheekily predicts a potential result at the auction: "Sold! To the lady in the back row with no nose!" SCORE...