How much would you pay for something that Stephen Curry chewed on and slobbered all over for about 40 minutes? For one ambitious collector, the answer is more than $3,000.
As ESPN’s Darren Rovell pointed out, Curry’s game-used mouthguard that was listed at SCP Auctions earlier this month sold on Sunday morning for $3,190. The bidding for the authentic piece of memorabilia — does a mouthguard count as memorabilia? — started at $1,500. Dan Imler, the vice president of SCP Auctions, said he expected the item to fetch at least $5,000.
That’s a bummer.
Several other unique items were also sold, such as handwritten notes from Julius Erving’s 1981 MVP award acceptance speech, which went for $10,010. A pair of shoes that Dr. J wore and autographed after his final NBA game fetched $8,562.
We’d say Curry’s mouthguard may have been a little too gross to bring more than $3,190, but we have seen some bizarre items sell for big bucks in the past. Maybe the Warriors will go undefeated and win the NBA title next season. A Curry mouthguard from one of those games has to be worth at least five figures.
