It's Official, Stephen Strasburg is Worth More Than Abraham Lincoln

I'm sure most of us, if not all, have been keeping an eye on the Stephen Strasburg Superfractor auction. Well, it has now since ended, destined for the history book pages that our childrens' childrens' children shall be privileged to read.

Everyone has their own unique response upon learning that it has sold for $16,403. Some appropriate ones include:

-I could buy a car with that
-I could put a down payment on a house with that
-I could send my kid to college with that
-etc

My response:

-Stephen Strasburg is now officially worth more than Abraham Lincoln.

I'm not talking about the crazy homeless guy under the bridge who says his name is Abraham Lincoln, I mean the 16th President of the United fucking States, the dude who freed the slaves.


This little number sold for $7,100 back in November of 2009. 1/1, auto. An... Auto, something the Strasburg didn't have.



Example number 2, sold for $11,000 on, guess it, ebay back in February 2009. Again, it has the auto and this time we even have a super neat-o piece of "Office Wood". I'm really hopping, for sake of a stranger world, that Topps also made "Office Wood" cards of JFK and Clinton.




Continuing with the trend: Sold for $12,277.77 on eBay in August 2009.


Here we have the only Lincoln Cut Auto that beat Strasburg. Sold, best offer- $17,500. This example, however, has the Auto + 1/1 + a strand of hair.

...

Could you possibly imagine the cocaine fueled hysterical shit fit that would have ensued had the Strasburg card included an autographed hair!?!?

(...Joe)