August generally means sweltering heat, getting the kids ready to go back to school, and baseball pennant races that are starting to get interesting. We decided to see if there's any scientific value to using online auctions as a predictor of who will be in the World Series in October.
We took the 7 division-leading teams (the Diamondbacks and Giants were tied for 1st in the NL West on the date searched), checked out how tickets to their ballgames were doing in online auctions and came up with the following: It's up to you to interpret the data, though!
Chicago White Sox
Number of Items Sold 29
Number of Items Unsold 16
Sellthrough Rate 64.44%
Highest Priced Item $135
Lowest Priced Item $20
Average Price $62.88
Seattle Mariners
Number of Items Sold 2
Number of Items Unsold 4
Sellthrough Rate 33.33%
Highest Priced Item $255
Lowest Priced Item $180
Average Price $217.50
New York Yankees
Number of Items Sold 69
Number of Items Unsold 25
Sellthrough Rate 73.4%
Highest Priced Item $315
Lowest Priced Item $9
Average Price $109
National League:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Number of Items Sold 0
Number of Items Unsold 0
Sellthrough Rate 0
Highest Priced Item 0
Lowest Priced Item 0
Average Price 0
Atlanta Braves
Number of Items Sold 22
Number of Items Unsold 12
Sellthrough Rate 64.71%
Highest Priced Item $246.01
Lowest Priced Item $30
Average Price $85.27
San Francisco Giants
Number of Items Sold 33
Number of Items Unsold 14
Sellthrough Rate 70.21%
Highest Priced Item $230
Lowest Priced Item $10
Average Price $48.99
St Louis Cardinals 0
Number of Items Sold 0
Number of Items Unsold 0
Sellthrough Rate 0
Highest Priced Item 0
Lowest Priced Item 0
Average Price 0
About the author:
David Steiner is President of Steiner Associates LLC, publisher of AuctionBytes.com. David was formerly a television producer.
