POST AUDIT OF MASTRO AUCTION

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Posted By: Jay Miller

My impression of the auction was that it was a great success. The realizations seemed to reflect the current market, with the exception of one minor glitch the individual lot expiry went smoothly, and the auction was over for most lots before 12:30 EDT. Great job guys!

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Posted By: john/z28jd

I liked it because i was finally able to win something from them,and i got a good deal in the process.One of the lots i won went for less than half of what i almost paid for it at a ft washington show.I could be happier if i won everything i bid on for the opening bid[wishful thinking] but im still happy how it turned out

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Posted By: john/z28jd

Bill,i love your forum where its so easy to double post due to website not responding messages,that i fell the need to do it all the time.

ps I didnt win the 1882 chicago team cabinet and i hate whoever did win it

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

John:

I followed that auction with interest, since I own one as well ... and I think the buyer got a great deal on the card (despite the writing all over it).

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Posted By: petecld

This auction sure had some interesting prices realized.

Lot of 4 E102s with 2 HoFers sold for only $924 and I wonder who the heck thought the E253 Hornsby was worth $3K with fees. . . . .

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Posted By: leon

The E253 Hornsby was stupidly high....it is about $100-$150 card...and went for the 3k (with juice)....wow...why don't my auctions or consigned items ever do that? Otherwise it looked like some really good deals were had. I didn't win anything...probably because I didn't bid on anything.....That's one thing about a "focused" type collection. You don't always find something you still need.....till next time...

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Posted By: john/z28jd

Nice card Hal,i was about to bid the final price on the card but in between the time i saw it was at 2600 something,and the time it took to bid,someone had bid the 2911 already.The next increment just seemed to high to me.

I won a nice team cabinet card anyway so all was not lost

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Posted By: Ben

I think the format for this auction really worked well. Most of the time I'm left in the dust in Mastro auctions, but this time I was lucky enough to win the St. Louis BBC Joseph Hall cabinet for what I thought was a great price. Granted, some little critter had its way with it at one time long ago, but I probably owe the little guy some thanks - I would never be able to afford one of these babies otherwise!

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Posted By: hankron

In the photo department, I thought there were some good deals for normal collectors-- something I don't ordinarilly say with a MastroNet auction.

Ben, there literally aren't enough Joseph Hall cabinets so that everyone who has one on his wantlist can own one. So finding out that a 20-something graduate student has a Joseph Hall cabinet in his Montreal appartment will no doubt play with some old timer's mind.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

I was skunked on all items I bid on. The prices realized seemed higher than Ebay or show prices but not as high as "normal Mastro" prices. I did like the ease of use and format on the internet auction. I think we will see more and more net based auctions as time goes on. I think 19th century only has the best internet auction set-up.

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Posted By: Julie

The part of the auction I was concerned with was over by 9:00 P.M. All lots beginning at $100 made it easy to see exactly how much to bid (with a limited budget) to get
the highest possible bid in without going broke--you aim for your top spot from 2 bids down--so nobody else will get it.

But, aside from those circumstances, limit bids suck...

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Posted By: david

i think the joseph hall cabinet was a steal at that price. if i were not going after some other cards in the auction i probably would have bid it up to at least twice what it went for.

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Posted By: Jay Miller

Adam--What do you think it is that makes the 19thcenturyonly auction better than this Mastro auction? I thought the procedure was basically the same except for the improved closing method that Mastro has added. Is it that Seth's auction has more bargains?

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: John

Under bidder on some but once again skunked, I do like the format though very nice.

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Posted By: ramram

I was the one banging with you (er...Julie) for the Joseph Hall. I actually punched in one more bump in the last few seconds of the fifteen minute O.T. but by the time my bid went in it was too late. I was figuring on having a mat made for it, which would cover up the damage, and then putting it in a vintage frame. With the quality of the image it can still be made very visually appealing! Nice pick up
Rob M.

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Posted By: Judge Dred

Does anyone know who got the G&B Welch?

The consignor for that Ward SF Hess should be pretty happy with the final price. It was still a fairly nice card even though it's an SGC10.

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Posted By: Julie

damage." If you want to mat it, mat it AROUND the damage...

leave the card as it is.

Comme ca:

(humph. It doesn't like being shrunk. It gets all liney.)

Hey, it's St Crispin's Day...

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Posted By: warshawlaw

I thought their web site was more user friendly. Just seemed easier to use.

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Posted By: Glen V

Liked the smaller lots. I've been close before, but never able to win anything from Mastro. This time I picked up a Sporting Life composite PC and the 6 Fro Joy cards - was surprised (and happy) at the final price on them.