CLOSING TONIGHT - Love of the Game Auctions

[Exhibitman]

My consignments picked up extra bids well after midnight Eastern so roll all night as far as I am concerned.

When I saw these two results (not my consignments) my reaction was Holy $h**!

[Snapolit1]

Love the exhibits. Got one of the mixed exhibit cards with Ruth and the actors.

As far as the Ruth card above, I may have bid $2700 at 11 pm if I thought I could call it a night and win before turning in. Like any auction you try to gauge the interest level in the audience in making your bid. The idea that you need to be up at 5 am or through the night is insane.

Would love an economist to study this notion. I think it's highly overrated and even could be counterproductive. Can you think of anything else we sell in our society in this way?

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

As far as the Ruth card above, I may have bid $2700 at 11 pm if I thought I could call it a night and win before turning in. Like any auction you try to gauge the interest level in the audience in making your bid. The idea that you need to be up at 5 am or through the night is insane.

Would love an economist to study this notion. I think it's highly overrated and even could be counterproductive. Can you think of anything else we sell in our society in this way?

I went to bed at a normal time (around 11pm) and slept like a baby. I set an alarm and got up at 3:30 to watch the auction close. Won two items and went back to bed and again, slept like a baby. Now I'm up making breakfast and will head to church in a bit. No need to stay up all night just to play the game.

Late auction endings obviously (my opinion) put more money in the pockets of consignors and AH's and without those two we'd be back to the stone age of the hobby. I've read a plethora of threads regarding AH ending times over the years and the only thing that's clear to me is that there is no perfect way to close for everyone.

[x2drich2000]

Like Paul, I went to bed early and got up at 3:30 this morning to check my bids. Find this is much less stressful and easier than ruining the whole next day trying to recover. Also ended up winning two. I reacquired the E92 red crofts Miller and while not what I normally collect, love the image on the Rehse Cabinet, which I believe the scan doesn't quite fully capture.

[pclpads]

Glad I live on the left coast. Put in two bids at 0130 - 0430 on the east coast - and ended up winning both.

[Yoda]

I guess that old adage, "what goes around, comes around" makes some sense. I won the T5 Cobb Pinkerton and was delighted to have snagged it; it is the specimen with Buck Barker's stamp on the back and will be the 3rd time I have owned it. I am not a great believer in card destiny, but sometimes I feel certain cards are somehow inexorably tied to me. Like this one, Cobb in a great pose with Buck's seal of approval.. Had to have it, and we all know what that feels like.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I guess that old adage, "what goes around, comes around" makes some sense. I won the T5 Cobb Pinkerton and was delighted to have snagged it; it is the specimen with Buck Barker's stamp on the back and will be the 3rd time I have owned it. I am not a great believer in card destiny, but sometimes I feel certain cards are somehow inexorably tied to me. Like this one, Cobb in a great pose with Buck's seal of approval.. Had to have it, and we all know what that feels like.

Ah now I know who I was battling with! Such a great piece! Glad you won it.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Ah now I know who I was battling with! Such a great piece! Glad you won it.

Hey, I had a pony in that race too! 😀😀

[ValKehl]

The ONLY good thing about having an old man's BPH condition (enlarged prostate) is that I don't need an alarm clock to wake me up in the middle of the night. I seldom am able to sleep more than 2-3 hours before awaking with an urgent need to use the bathroom. So, I awoke at about 4 a.m. EDST, and after increasing a few bids, I was able to win 3 of the 4 lots I most wanted. But, someone kept outbidding me on the 4th lot, the neat 1916 Morehouse Baking - Joe Tinker card with "CANCELLED" stamped on the back, presumably indicating that this card had been submitted to the company back in the day along with 49 other cards in order to obtain a free ball & bat or a jump rope.
Val

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

My consignments picked up extra bids well after midnight Eastern so roll all night as far as I am concerned.

When I saw these two results (not my consignments) my reaction was Holy $h**!

I was the winner for both of those cards. For the 4-1 Exhibit, I had three other color variations, so I really wanted to add this color tint. I was pretty happy with the price, to be frank.

For the 1931-32 Exhibits, I know that I overbid for that card. Myself and another bidder (who I think I know who it is) were going back and forth on that card in the wee hours of the auction. If I ever decide to sell the card, there probably isn't going to be another buyer willing to pay the price that I did. However, I "needed" the card for my Ruth collection, and had gotten blanked at the recent REA and Heritage auctions, so I had spending money I usually don't have.

[gabrinus]

Nice DJ.....I went after it for a little while but gave up..sold one a few years ago and wanted to see if I could get one back......Jerry