| | By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com
The memorabilia business has changed. Rapidly. Big names, big money and big deals are everywhere. ESPN.com takes a look at some of the wildest.
The price of fame
So you want some game-used memorabilia on cards, huh? This is as ridiculous as it gets -- at least as of right now:
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Price
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Item
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Collection
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$225
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A net used during a game Vince Carter played in
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1999-00 Skybox APEX Net Shredders #1
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$150
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Brett Favre's shoe
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1999 Donruss Quarterback Club Materials #12
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$150
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Dan Marino game-used sock
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1999 Fleer Mystique Feel The Game #5
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$80
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Netting from batting cage
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2000 Pacific Crown Collection In the Cage Mark McGwire #15
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$60
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Netting from foul pole
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2000 Revolution Foul Pole Mark McGwire #16
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$50
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Jon Kitna's practice shorts
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1999 Fleer Mystique Feel The Game #3
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Sources: Beckett Basketball Card Monthly, August 2000; Beckett Football Card Monthly, August 2000; Beckett Baseball Card Monthly, September 2000.
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Caught in the Net
In the age of the auction economy, to find out the going rate of almost anything, check sites like eBay. Here are some of the highest bidding prices out of the 900 game-used memorabilia cards up for auction in the last couple days:
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Price
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Item
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$3,383.33
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Upper Deck Michael Jordan autographed legends game jersey card
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$1,525
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1998/99 Upper Deck Vince Carter game jersey card
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$985.55
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Upper Deck SP Authentic Joe DiMaggio gold game-used jersey card
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$349
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1998 Gordie Howe autographed game-used jersey card
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$202.50
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2000 Fleer Ultra Carl Yastremski game-used jersey and bat card
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$242.50
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2000 Upper Deck Derek Jeter autographed game-used jersey card
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$355.00
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2000 Upper Deck MVP Joe Montana autographed game-used jersey card
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Source: eBay (Aug. 9, 2000).
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