Auction Kings-OT, maybe

[alanu]

The recap for tonight's new episode of Auction Kings says:

"A vintage fortune telling scale; taxidermy animals; an impressive collection of baseball cards."

Not sure if the cards will be vintage though.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by alanu

The recap for tonight's new episode of Auction Kings says:

"A vintage fortune telling scale; taxidermy animals; an impressive collection of baseball cards."

Not sure if the cards will be vintage though.

I think I remember that one. If so, the best card is a '52 Bowman Mays.

The taxidermy animals were pretty cool. If I remember right, one was some type of goat from Mexico that was worth a lot of money.

[mintacular]

What channel and time? Is this the one where the dude wears really tight soccer jerseys and his helper is a "hard on the eyes" redneck blonde?

[alanu]

It's on Discovery Channel at 9:00 here on the west coast.

I think this is a new episode, but it only includes 50's to 60's cards, see link to "preview" below

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/auct...aseball-cards/

[slidekellyslide]

They sold a Ty Cobb Tobacco tin in an earlier episode..I think it brought $5,500.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Nevermind my earlier post. I had it confused with an episode of Auction Hunters. Too many reality shows to keep up with.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by mintacular

his helper is a "hard on the eyes" redneck blonde?

Not if you wear beer goggles.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

They sold a Ty Cobb Tobacco tin in an earlier episode..I think it brought $5,500.

One of my friends saw this episode. He has no idea about vintage collecting, and when he saw the episode he simply said "it's a hobby filled with people that have too much money".


Thought it was pretty funny to hear an outside point of view.

[sycks22]

I think there was a '56 Topps Mantle and '53 Topps Paige in the bunch. Don't know much about the others. I laughed about the "hard on the eyes" comment.

[Big Six]

Howard's assessment of the collection was interesting to say the least...not what I think of when I think "expert appraisal.". Yikes...

[campyfan39]

I cannot believe that lot went for 2,550.....
umm sign me up to sell some at the next auction!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Big Six

Howard's assessment of the collection was interesting to say the least...not what I think of when I think "expert appraisal.". Yikes...

Yikes indeed. He said the '53 Topps Paige was his rookie. Where do they get these so-called experts for these auction/pawn shows?

[campyfan39]

My wife said, "Those are not rookie cards!" I LOVE THAT WOMAN!

[hunterdutchess]

The "expert" said 53 Topps Paige goes for about $600 in mint condition (try $10,000+) and then grades it with paper loss a 6.