Poll: Final Hammer Price - 1914 BN Babe Ruth vs the 1952 Rosen Topps Mantle

molenick · #1 12-03-2023, 11:01 PM

Does anyone think the cards will show up as individual lots in a future REA (or other auction)? And will average less than the $9K per card that they ended up at? I am leaning in this direction at the moment.

brianp-beme · #2 12-03-2023, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molenick

Does anyone think the cards will show up as individual lots in a future REA (or other auction)? And will average less than the $9K per card that they ended up at? I am leaning in this direction at the moment.

I am guessing that the reserve bid amount was $100,000, and the consigner made a mistake in requesting this amount. The top bid possibly came this close to the reserve, and in my mind it is unlikely that these cards, as a group lot or as individual cards, will approach the amount that was (unsuccessfully) bid tonight...the connection with the Ruth card will no longer be physically present at any future auctions.

Brian

parkplace33 · #3 12-04-2023, 03:57 AM

7.2 million is the final number. Hey, I actually picked a winner.

My takeaway is that while this is a great card, the high end bidders simply weren’t there for this card. It never moved in extended bidding.

View Poll Results: REA 1914 Babe Ruth vs 1952 Rosen Topps Mantle?
Ruth sells for more than the Mantle	134	62.04%
Ruth sells for less than the Mantle	60	27.78%
Ruth sells for roughly the same as the Mantle	22	10.19%
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