REA warming up in the bullpen

[Snapolit1]

Next Wednesday fall auction starts. Can’t wait for their catalogs to arrive. They are the 600 pound gorilla in the industry until someone knocks them off.
Seem like they do fine without all the breathless press releases and other tricks others resort to.

[ValKehl]

Steve, REA would be the "closer" in my bullpen. I would have LOTG for "8th inning setup." For "long relief," I would have Sterling.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Steve, REA would be the "closer" in my bullpen. I would have LOTG for "8th inning setup." For "long relief," I would have Sterling.

Where in the bullpen would you have Coach's Corner?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Whats legit about REA is they tell you if reserve not met..but they still keep the bid prices.... they dont delete them the actual bid prices...not just the asking price. (which for some net54s the asking price is a big secret)

1952 mantle psa 6 65k bid...plus juice didnt meet reserve for instance

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Where in the bullpen would you have Coach's Corner?

They are #1 starter easily, no bullpen for them. They have the best selection of fake autographs by far.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Where in the bullpen would you have Coach's Corner?

In my opponent's bullpen, if they weren't banned from the league!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

In my opponent's bullpen, if they weren't banned from the league!

LOL....I vote banishment and possible prison time for Coaches Crud!!
It's always fun when some of the big auctions, including REA of course, show their current wares. I am hopeful of a few cards which I would like to pick up ....who knows?

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[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Whats legit about REA is they tell you if reserve not met..but they still keep the bid prices.... they dont delete them the actual bid prices...not just the asking price. (which for some net54s the asking price is a big secret)

1952 mantle psa 6 65k bid...plus juice didnt meet reserve for instance

Nice statement

Wait it was edited

Nevermind

[RedsFan1941]

per REA's website the last month or so, bidding begins friday, not wednesday.

[pawpawdiv9]

Posted Sept 20,2017
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...-fall-auction/

Posted Sept 21,2017
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...ing-2800-lots/

Among the highlights are a 1948 Leaf Satchell Paige (PSA 7), 1951 Toloteros Josh Gibson (PSA 7.5), 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle (PSA 8 and SGC 88), 1951 Bowman Willie Mays (PSA 8), 1951 Parkhurst Gordie Howe (SGC 96), 1954 Topps Hank Aaron (PSA 9 and SGC 88), 1958 Topps Jim Brown (PSA 8), 1961 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain (SGC 96), 1966 Topps Bobby Orr (SGC 96), 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan (PSA 9), and 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10). Classic cards from all years will also be present, including several 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards (led by a PSA 7 and SGC 80) and one of the hobby’s highest-graded T206 Eddie Plank cards (SGC 60)
As always, there is no shortage of fresh-to-the-hobby material, including an incredible find of Turkey Reds, all of which have the extremely rare “Checklist – No Offer” reverse. Graded by SGC, these cards had not seen the light of day in decades and are highlighted by a Near Mint 84 Christy Mathewson, an EX-MT+ 82 Cy Young, and an EX 60 Ty Cobb. All cards #1-50 are present and grade from VG-EX to Near Mint. Several other original-owner collections ranging from tobacco cards to the 1950s yielded some gems and their exciting stories will be told in the pages of the catalog.

Turkey Red Cobb Turkey Red Mathewson

Hundreds of non-baseball lots round out the card offerings with two notable highlights emerging from the crowd. One of the auction's featured items will be a full set of 1932 U.S. Caramel "Presidents" complete with the legendary William McKinley rarity! REA is no stranger to this incredible non-sport card, having sold three of the fewer than ten examples known to exist, including the Fall 2014 sale of the hobby's highest-graded example for a record $96,000 price. Each of the thirty-one cards in the set has been graded and encapsulated by SGC. The complete set is further distinguished by the fact that it is an entirely stamp cancelled set, very likely kept together for the last 85 years since having been redeemed by the manufacturer in exchange for the prize a complete set earned tenacious youngsters. Also presented will be a PSA 5 example of the 1948 Leaf Boxing set’s legendary rarity picturing Rocky Graziano. One of only two examples graded at this level, and one of fewer than ten examples known to exist, the card has always been of great interest to collectors and ranks high on many collectors' wantlists both in and out of the boxing-card world.

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For memorabilia collectors, the offerings are equally as impressive, with several game-used bats leading the way. In addition to the previously mentioned 1931 Babe Ruth bat, which grades PSA GU9, the auction features stunning examples of lumber used by Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, and Derek Jeter. Mantle’s bat grades an unimprovable PSA GU10 and features the slugger’s #7 ideally on the knob of the bat. Robinson’s bat is also significant for its iconic #42 on the knob of the bat, one of the few known with such a trait. The bat dates to 1953 and grades PSA GU9. A 1958 Mickey Mantle jersey, one of the few 1950s flannels available from Mantle’s playing days, and a 1962 Jim Brown jersey are two of the more significant game-used jerseys available.

Babe Ruth Bat CompositeMantleJerseyFB

A superb selection of Type 1 photographs, autographs, and other memorabilia dot the auction. A phenomenal Lou Gehrig signed and handwritten letter, responding to a young boy’s school project questions, has been consigned from a longtime collection. Ticket collectors will be treated to the largest and finest selection ever featured by REA. Dozens of important events are memorialized by tickets, including the first All-Star Game, the first and second Super Bowl, World Series games dating back to 1911, the first NFL Championship, and the Greatest Game Ever Played. Furthermore, many of these tickets are the highest-graded examples.

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If sports aren’t your thing, there’s still a great selection of historical documents and music memorabilia that you don’t see every day. An Abraham Lincoln handwritten prisoner exchange order dating to 1865 is one of the more special pieces in this auction. Significant John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. letters are also available. The Beatles are represented with several pieces signed by all the members of the Fab Four. A Marilyn Monroe document, which bears one of the finest signatures ever penned by the actress and outlines her termination by 20th Century Fox, is also on the block.

Beatles Cut Signatures Graded Beatles Signed Photo

According the Dwyer, the spike in consignments is attributable to several different initiatives undertaken by REA within the last year, two of which he views as critical to the company’s direction. REA exhibits at more shows than ever before, including an appearance this weekend at the Philadelphia Sportscard & Memorabilia Show in Valley Forge, PA. Dwyer said this year’s National Convention in Chicago was an unparalleled success, with more than seven figures in consignments coming in during the show’s five-day run.

Also key, according to Dwyer, is a change in the way that REA closes its auctions, starting extended bidding during the day, while the overwhelming majority of bidders are awake, and establishing a deadline by which the auction must close to prevent it from continuing into the early hours of the morning. This change, which REA was the first to debut in 2016 and which has been met with wide open arms by the collecting community since its implementation, is long overdue in Dwyer’s mind. “We live in a day and age that offers us the greatest technology to follow auctions at anytime from anywhere. The days of sitting attached to a landline with catalog in hand and bidding at 4 AM are so far behind us. We can do better, and we must do better for the sake of all involved.” Dwyer believes that collectors continue to speak with their consignments, and their wallets, as to which method they prefer. “Collectors appreciate that REA has gone out on a limb and tried to change the way that our hobby operates. We appreciate that they recognize the importance of what we’ve done.”

Anyone interested in more information on items in the auction is encouraged to visit www.RobertEdwardAuctions.com. First-time bidders may register online and free catalogs are available to anyone who requests them. The final day for bidding is Sunday, October 29



UPDATE Sept 29, 2017
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...-fall-auction/



Babe Ruth Leads The Way In REA's Fall Auction!
September 29, 2017



Ask anyone, even a casual observer or non-baseball fan, to name an old-time baseball player and you can almost predict the names you'll hear most often. Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, maybe Ty Cobb. Atop that list, however, we would argue would almost certainly be Babe Ruth. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino. Nearly seven decades after his death, and 80-90 years after his greatest feats on the baseball diamond, Ruth's name lives on as one of the greatest and most popular figures ever to play the game of baseball. Certainly the fact that he played in New York, one of the greatest cities in the world, gave him a leg up in the publicity department, but his heroics at the plate would've made him a star anywhere he played.

It should come as no surprise then that Babe Ruth takes center stage in REA's Fall Auction, opening October 6. With more than 2,800 lots featured throughout the catalog, Ruth has something to do with scores of them. Among the featured items within the auction, Ruth emerges as what he was always was while playing the game: the undisputed leader.

Babe Ruth collage Fall 17

A stunning 1916 M101-4 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card graded PSA 7 kicks things off with a starting bid of $100,000. Ruth cards of all varieties have climbed to staggering heights, but the rookie cards continue to be the focus of many high-end collectors seeking the best of the best. Keeping with the Ruth theme, all four 1933 Goudey cards of the Bambino are available for consideration in PSA 8 grade, and a signed example of #181, authenticated by PSA/DNA, is in there for good measure. A newly-discovered example of the 1915 Boston Red Sox team postcard featuring a young Ruth in the center is also available for the first time ever along with a Stag Sweaters advertisement from the next year featuring the same image. One piece with a tremendous story, is a game-used bat dating to 1931 and signed by the famous slugger before he presented it to a friend of his, the doorman at a famous New York City lounge. Also included is an extremely desirable signed contract, executed in perfect GEM MINT 10 signatures by Babe and Claire Ruth, for The Babe Ruth Story movie. There's also a fascinating and monstrous 1930s folk art painting of Ruth at bat in a game-in-progress scene viewed from several different angles. One thing's certain--Ruth is admiring one of his home runs sail over the outfield wall! An array of Ruth signed items, including several baseballs; tickets and programs, including one from his famous "Called Shot;" and Type 1 photographs, including a superb rookie-year composite and the first recorded image of Ruth wearing number 3, round out the offerings.

Ruth cards continue to lead the hobby to new heights, whether it's his rookies, early caramels, classic Goudeys, or even more obscure cards to feature his image. We are pleased to present a newly-discovered advertising postcard that becomes only the second-known example! In addition to the PSA 7 Sporting News card, we have a great looking PSA 4 for the collector not looking to spend the $500,000+ to land the Near Mint example. A newly-discovered Ruth Honey Boy card, straight out of Canada, is featured, as are several 1930s classics, including Goudeys in all conditions and a stunning U.S. Caramel. A very rare Collins-McCarthy Ruth should be exciting to watch as will a rare, numerically-graded strip card from 1921. Numerous Exhibits, strip cards, and a rarely seen PM6 baseball pin fill out the card section.

Ruth Cards Promo set Fall 17

Bidding opens Friday, October 6 at www.RobertEdwardAuctions.com. For more information or to register to bid or receive a free catalog, be sure to visit our website

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Nice statement

Wait it was edited

Nevermind

LOL, try finding a post he didn't edit. We need to start quoting his posts pre edit.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by bnorth

LOL, try finding a post he didn't edit. We need to start quoting his posts pre edit.

No idea what you guys are talking about actually. However feel free to quote at any time. You may even catch me adding a period at the end of a sentence that was not there pre edit....that would be huuuuge..

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

No idea what you guys are talking about actually. However feel free to quote at any time. You may even catch me adding a period at the end of a sentence that was not there pre edit....that would be huuuuge..

Nice punctuation

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Nice punctuation

thanks..maybe i will have to edit for that..