The odd thing about the DuMouchelles Auction was how bad a fit it was for that collection. I still get their flyers, and they sell mostly antique furniture, paintings, bric-a-brac, etc. When they were consigned this collection it was clear they had no expert on staff who knew anything about it. I think it was given to them because the family lived nearby. No book had any reliable descriptions; $5000 books were estimated at $100, and $100 books had estimates in the thousands; and most comically, the cover was adorned with a blatantly fake T206 Wagner. It was a mess, but the bidders knew very well what was there. It was a once-in-a-lifetime baseball library, and unfortunately when the owner died he did not leave specific instructions to his family how to best liquidate it.
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