REA, What did ya win?
 

I got the T217 Howard. Excited? Yes.

T202 WaJo and Cobbs!🍾

T206 Street/ Lenox

T214 Bresnahan

John, cool buddy!

Sean, I don't cuss much, but damn!

REA Winnings
 

Here are the three cards I managed to hold onto. Really excited about these -- particularly the Grove, given the strength of the sig...

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Nice Sean!! That is a lot better of a deal than the last Street Lenox that we discussed! Now, begin your campaign to convince us that it is brown ... :D

I picked up one of my favorite poses at a price that is a lot lower than I expected, the E107 Monte Cross.

Thanks Ed. I was sweating that T214 until the very end. :)

REA win
 

1914 CJ Walter Johnson PSA 2MK

REA win
 

My first Wagner...

I was watching the T214s.....nice pick up

Beautiful!

Great Stuff Guys!

I again got outbid on Smoky Joe. :(


I'll get 'em some day!

He's on my short shopping list.


Congrats to all that did win!

Nice pickup! Beautiful card for the grade. I wanted the cheapest E107 I could find so I won the mike powers :D

Underbidder on the two cards I wanted. Fack.

Ended up outlasting the competition for these guys..

Great pickups. AJ, great haul man.

Congrats, Sean!

Sorry that I cost you a few pennies on that one, I guess. ;)

I shifted from that and ended up winning the T214 McGraw.

Some very impressive prices in this auction, to be sure.

Cheers,
Steve

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t213-3
 

Won a nice coupon...

That's a really nice Type 3, Rob, congrats!

My related question is, was anybody surprised at the realized price on the Type 3 Tinker?

Congrats Rob - I ended up with the type 3 Tinker. I was very happy to be asleep by 12:30 last night; I am afraid that will hardly be the case next week when memory lane ends (sometime around 5:30am eastern...).

Steve, just saw your post. Yes, I, as the buyer, was surprised at the price! But I needed it, so consignor got a nice payday.

[QUOTE Yes, I, as the buyer, was surprised at the price! But I needed it, so consignor got a nice payday.[/QUOTE]

We've all done it, nice pickup! ~ tough card.

I've been searching quite a while for a decent Red Cross HOF'er. Lost out on plenty. But finally won. Also won a T206 Merkle Lenox.

Ryan -- I agree with Rob, we've all been there with cards that we need for a project. I was just surprised because it takes two to tango. Sometimes you just wish you could ask. :)

Thanks for sharing your pickup,
Steve

Great pick up Dave. I was your under bidder on that Marquard (but blew my load on a tinker). Enjoy and let me know if you want to trade for something!

Not in the same league as the stuff posted so far, but...
 

I was happy to win this '21 World Series Type I photo of Ruth stealing 2nd to hang on the wall of the man cave!!

That's Awesome, Steve!

How fleet-a-foot he was before hotdogs!


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Carl Horner cab, Love the brown.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1493642580

I lost the two lots I really wanted including the E222 Richmond Guy Titman. The quest to start the set continues:D I held off on the 3rd lot in the hopes something better becomes available in the days after the auction.

i bid on that too

In light of the price inflation recently in Exhibits, I was floored to get this for $840 (all in). Ruth's final Exhibits card.

I picked up my first boxing cards. Not sure if it was a good price or not, but happy to get a complete set of 1910 E76 American Caramel Prize Fighters.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=22511

Jos Hall..

http://luckeycards.com/hall.jpg

Damn, nice pickup Leon. Getting back into​ 19th century?

It's good to be back in the game.
 

I had lost my entire collection in '07 and '08 with a divorce. It's good to start rebuilding.

Holy moly, nice way to ease on back in!

Thanks. Not really too focused nowadays. Loved the photo quality and thought it went cheap for what it is. And I lost out on several other lots I wanted, but not wanted at the levels they went to. Another great REA auction. Many more auctions on the horizon....

Aaron.........Good to see your name again and that you're back in..........

I picked up a couple lots.........1961 Post Set with 88 duplicates towards a master box/sheet set and a lot of (3) 1954 Bowman Sample sheets..........couldn't find my way to win a couple Allen Ginter nonsports sets....N15 Generals and the large Birds of America. Strong prices on the nonsports A&G stuff......congrats to all......some beauties here....especially that Anson N162 AJ...........

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=22512

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=22513

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I have been chasing an intact T4 for 20 years - very happy to finally add one to the collection.

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Nice pick up on the T4 and your 122nd T212 Miller. :)

2 Cobbs and a House
 

Last night was kind of surreal. In addition to watching and bidding on REA, my wife and I placed an offer on a house outside MSP as we're relocating for work. Though the house was on the market 2 days, we were informed that there would be multiple offers, so I used my baseball card strategy to throw in a "snipe" well above asking to act as a bit of a "top all." Learned late last night, well into extended bidding hours, that we got the house. So while a good deal of money was spent last night, I don't have the big card pick-ups to show for it. :D

I did manage to win these modest Cobbs. My favorite pose. I would normally avoid cards with marks on them, but I was drawn to the typed "right field." It reminds me of a modern art piece I can't quite place.

May seem odd to post this in a "winnings" thread but it might be fun to see comments from people who actually "regret" a win. What I mean is when you bid early and seemingly low--presuming someone will outbid you but you'll have a chance to jump back in--but your bid holds up, and holds up, right to the end. Along the way you may wish you didn't have that money tied up there, or you look at the card or VCP or something else and now feel your bid doesn't look so "low" --and you pray for someone to top you near the end so you can rush and bid on something else....

Last night, for example, I happily lost a couple cards on late bids (both had come to look like bad ideas, especially one with a back issue I hadn't noticed) and so was able to bid and win something else. Also, I bid early on a swell Evers e95 SGC 80, at a well-under-VCP price, because as a type collector I had been looking for a nice e95. After bidding, however, I unexpectedly happened to win elsewhere another HOFer--at SGC 84. So: even at good price, I now had little interested in the Evers. Of course, I ended up winning it last night. No tragedy to be sure (given the price) but if anyone would like it now, let me know!

I was in very early for my "marker" bids. However, a couple of weeks ago, on a Friday, I was looking as the 46/49 leaf short prints and put in a $6500 bid.

I have every intention of building that set one day but I have a bunch of priorities in front of it. After about a week, I was still showing high bidder and was rehearsing my speech to my wife - we well as contemplating breaking them
up and selling individually to get my money back - knowing full well that I would regret it when it came time to build the set.

Eventually the outbid notice came and the price soared to 14k before BP so it wasn't even close but I have to find the disable bid button when the wine is flowing for future reference.

managed to get my targeted lot:D, lost the other 4 I threw bids on fairly early in the auction.

Yeah, I thought the presence of three other T214s might lessen the competition for Bresnahan. Nice pick up on the McGraw. :)

Sorry to be your under-bidder once again. I love that piece, the Baum was cool, too. I got the Roy Hitt in LOTG, which brings me to a total of 2. I was tempted to go a few more bids, but I realized it was futile, and that all I would be doing was make you pay more. I am, however looking for a T212 if you know anyone that may have an extra 121 or so. :D Congrat's!

Funny you say that Greg because yes I have the slightest regrets. I put a bid on the Type 1 version of the Texas Tommy Chief Meyer, just simply to be a part of the bidding game for later. My initial goal was to try to win the Type 2 of the Meyer, but lo and behold the clock kept ticking and no one outbid me on the Type 1, and since I made myself a bidding limit beforehand I wasn't able to go for the Type 2. A little regret, but not too much because the Type 1 was my backup just in case the Type 2 didn't pan out.

Great stuff, everyone.

I'm excited to finally add a T206 proof to my collection. This example used to belong to Wonka, so I am happy to own it.

Great story! I had a similar experience. I have a 1948 Leaf Paige in a PSA 4, but i want an upgrade. A few auctions ago, a Paige in an SGC 84 came up and I threw in a bid at $47k, thinking I would be outbid, and if I won (and I thought no way), it was a card I would not regret owning. Like 10 days went by and I remained the high bidder. As the days went by I became more convinced (and nervous) that i was going to be the high bidder. There were numerous lots I did not bid on because I thought I was coughing up $55k+ w/ BP on the Paige. And, like you, I was trying to figure out how i could justify the purchase to the wife (who is totally on board with my cardboard addiction, but $55k+++??). Finally, i became resigned to the card and actually excited I was getting it at that price. Then, in extended bidding, the text came in that I was outbid and the card climbed higher than $60k without the juice (although i dont think the hidden reserve was met because the same card showed up a few months later in the AH's next auction). I was so relieved and upset at the same time, and I missed my chance to get other items to boot. But at least I have a story, and now, a place to tell it

Awesome proof Michael!! Congrats