Election Memorabilia Values: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama

Daryle Lambert’s 31 Club Blog

2008 Political Memorabilia will Make Fortunes for Those Collecting it. Have You Started? 

Hillary Clinton 2008 Topps Baseball Card, autographed on the back, sold for $725 on eBay, May 13, 2008. There were only 18 cards printed.

More fortunes will be made in political memorabilia items from this election season than in any other time in history. I am more convinced of this now than I was back in August, when I began writing this about subject.

This event will not be a one day wonder, so everyone still has time to participate in this upcoming auction bonanza. I’ve seen items already selling on eBay, yet no one has shown me a single article written about this subject, except for my own.

Don’t be asleep at the wheel while dealers and collectors are working under a cloak of secrecy.

Get out there and get your share at a great price before the articles start pouring in over the wires. Gather up as much of the free items as you can get your hands on.

This morning on eBay, 1,065 Hillary Clinton Items were shown currently for sale; 722 McCain items, while Obama items reached 2,812.

The number of items sold showed Hillary Clinton coming in with 2,753 sales, McCain with 1,745 sales, and Obama ringing up 8,000 sales for eBay.

The highest price paid shown on eBay this morning indicated a high price for Hillary Clinton at $725 for 2008 Topps Baseball Card, autographed.

A signed on-the-spot, authenticated baseball produced John McCain’s high selling price of $273.98.

Barack Obama comes in with a whopping $2,700 sale of an Obey Giant Shepard Fairey Complete Set of 4 signed/numbered prints.

In other words, anything that can be connected to these candidates will be going to auctions throughout the world, sold to the highest bidders at some time. For those wanting to keep their money moving and cash in, items will be going to auction sooner rather than later.

Today, let’s get a little more detailed in the types of items that could become quite valuable in just a short period of time.

1)  High School and College Yearbooks from the schools that Clinton, McCain, and Obama attended will become highly sought after. If they are signed by the candidates, their value could escalate to the moon after the results of this election.

2)  Personal Letters will command astonishing prices. For example, personal letters from… read this blog in its entirety here.