Posted By:
petecldJim,
What in the world makes you think Edwards bidders are different people from the Mastro bidders? You don't think once the Mastro catalogs were put on the pile the Edwards catalogs weren't picked up?
I can say I have never bid on a lot for just for the sole reason of protecting my investment. Maybe if the type of items I "invested" in were cases of 1990 Fleer it would be a different story. Besides, and I know this is cynical, but I don' believe the auction houses need bidders to run up prices. . . if you know what I mean.
After the last Mastro auction there was a lot of talk about dealers buying the big lots, breaking them up, and selling cards as singles for a profit on eBay. In my opinion, this time around everything seemed to sell too high for that. Were there that many "new corners" this time?