With 1,462 Tom Brady Jerseys on eBay, Which One to Pick?

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With 1,462 Tom Brady Jerseys on eBay, Which One to Pick?

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The Houston Police major crime force has started a search for New England’s Super Bowl MVP quarterback Tom Brady’s jersey. It was stolen, presumably, by someone close to the star as he moved from the field of Houston’s NRG Stadium to a press conference. Brady joked he might be able to find the jersey on eBay. Experts in memorabilia believe the jersey could be worth $500,000. The problem with searching for the jersey on the auction site is that there are 1,462 of them for sale there.

eBay, full of legitimate products (and sometimes junk and fake goods) has such a large inventory of products and services for sale across all its categories, it is a wonder that anything is easy to find. The Brady jersey section runs from ones for young children to those the sellers claim are autographed. Some of the autographed versions cost over $2,000. One listing is for a jersey that was autographed on the field at Super Bowl 39, which was held in Jacksonville’s EverBank Field in 2005. New England did win that title. However, it is hard to believe Brady autographed a jersey on the field. He was, among other things, probably too busy.

Oddly, the least expensive Brady jersey on eBay is $0.99, and it claims to be the “Stolen Missing Tom Brady patriots Game Super Bowl Jersey Steelers $:)” The smiley face probably means it is not real. It is also “used,” so few people may want it.

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The most expensive Brady jersey on eBay is offered for $5,500. It is a “New England Patriots Tom Brady Authentic Reebok Away Jersey Men’s Sz 58.” As of this writing, the time left to bid is 20 hours and 24 minutes. It will be sent via “Standard Shipping.” The seller will take PayPal or any major credit card.

If Brady wants to find his jersey, eBay is not the place, if the jersey is indeed worth $500,000.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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