Personal Brand & Positioning
How many signed Messi shirts has Icons.com sold?
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The short answer
What the archive says
01Roughly 50,000 signed Messi items have been sold by Icons across two decades, which is what creates the rarity underpinning the price. source →
02Mass signing destroys long-term value — Dan estimates Messi items carry roughly eight times the value of Pele's because Pele signed around two million shirts over decades. source →
In their words
What was actually said
Stop chasing cheap flips and start building generational wealth. The biggest secret in the $400 billion collectibles market is that the higher the price, the higher the demand. Icons.com CEO Dan Jamison joins us to reveal how they maximize the veblin effect to turn Lionel Messi's memorabilia into a scarcity masterclass, contrasting it with the valuation pitfalls of mass signed legends.
The episodes