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Rob D.The thing that struck me as odd, and perhaps Barry or Max or one of the other guys more familiar with rare book auctions can chime in if this is the norm, is how few photos were included in the catalog. I realize that photos of all the lots were available online, but honestly, as I looked through the printed catalog I wasn't really motivated to go online and call up the photos. While this is the Internet age, I still think it's odd to print a catalog with minimal photos and direct people to your Web site.
As Dan said, I thought the starting bids on many baseball items were way above fair market value, so I guess I wasn't a motivated bidder to begin with. I'm sure had I seen some lots I really was interested in, I'd have gone online to view them. But man, the catalog seemed unimpressive to me.
Edited because I hate typos.