Show your REA victories (are you awake yet)

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Posted By: Dave F

It's funny my 2 year old daughter didn't seem to care I was up late last night when she was at the bedside at 5:30 this morning.....so when everybody wakes up, show what you stayed up late and won...

my one and only lot-

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Posted By: Mark T

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Posted By: Matt

Underbidder on a few, but won the lot I was most interested in:

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

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Posted By: Paul

Great cards everybody. Jeff, I didn't even see that Star Player Cobb. You must of had triplets with no Epidural.

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Posted By: leon

I won 5 more lots....nothing too terribly exciting...

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Paul, pretty much! That was the only card I had to have from the moment I opened up the catalogue.

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

Matt, I was planning on going hard after that scrapbook lot, but changed my mind at the last minute. That's an awesome pickup - I love scrapbooks.

The one item I wanted most was the Casey Stengel team photo, but I got bidders remorse about it. By the time I decided to go and get it at all costs, the auction had just closed. Probably better for me.

I did get this:



Plus a complete set of 40 non-baseball N28s that I had my eye on.

-Al

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Posted By: Phil Garry

I was shut out again after the same with Mastro a couple of days ago.

However, my one consignment, a 1917 Collins McCarthy Babe Ruth (PSA 2), underperformed by about 25% of what I expected it to sell for. This comes on the heels of my E90-1 Joe Jackson (SGC Authentic-Trimmed) underperforming by about 25% from what I expected in the REA Auction two years ago. I believe these two cards to be premium pieces which should always be in demand and should have a wide collector base of interest. In both cases, I requested a higher starting bid but was told that a lower one would be more beneficial because it would get more bidders involved with my item. In my opinion, the downside is that it takes too many bids just to make it to the level that the starting bid should have been in the first place ($2,500) and ultimately it cost me a lot of money. In this year's auction the starting bid on the Collins McCarthy Ruth was $500.00 with an "estimate" of $1,000/$2,000+. I believe those are rediculous numbers and influenced bidders to think that the card was already overpriced at $4,250 as it sat there for 1 1/2 weeks before the final day of the auction. Only two bids total were received on the last day which was also very disappointing. It seems like most other items in the auction got strong prices and I will be looking for other options for my future consignments.

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Posted By: Joe D.

but when I woke up - I was the winner of the e94 Gold Wagner.

Although it was the lowest graded of the three e94 Wagners in the auction, I actually liked it the best.
Maybe I just like gold.

(There were others I was watching / hoping they would go high - because I have a similar card.... only to see them go pretty low. Anyone else think strong or weak prices overall? ).

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Posted By: Matt

Fantastic stuff everyone!

Al - please email me when you have a moment.

Joe - I was pretty close to bidding up that Wagner last night.

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Posted By: Dave F

I thought the T206 Wagner and the Ruth were both very strong prices...also the K-Bat Ward at 120k I think before BP.

The Holmes to Homes lot I won was at my max bid...was hoping they'd go a little cheaper than that...$2250 before BP, but oh well...I may have slightly overpaid but what can you do.

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Posted By: Joe D.

you would have gotten it. Because I was sleeping at around 11pm.

One more bid would have taken it apparently.

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Posted By: Matt

Joe - I figured it might, but decided instead to go stronger after the lot I won and keep the Wagner from it. I also liked the E94 gold Wagner better then the others desipte the lower grade. Enjoy!

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Posted By: LetsGoBucs

Phil,

edited due to anonymity...

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Posted By: T206Collector

...on a card. I was high bidder from 4pm to about 9pm, and was starting to get scared I was going to win it at a price that I really thought was too high. When I got that outbid notice, I was so relieved.

Has that ever happened to anyone?

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Visit http://www.t206collector.com this month as we count down 4 Magies, 2 Wagners and a Plank!

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Posted By: Rob

Prices are always strong on stuff I win! I hope the wifey never finds this out!

Only wanted a few of the CJs ...






Paid about twice as much as I expected for this lot of 42 Supplements ...



Rob

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Posted By: Dave F

I do wish I would have tried bumping the D380 lot of 4 up at least one increment and seeing if I could have got lucky...they may have went for a pretty good deal

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Posted By: cmoking

Jeff, I went to bed at 3am with the high bid on that CJ Cobb. #@#%*(#&%#)(*%(*@

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Posted By: Dave F

And whoever won the D380's...interested in trading a SGC 10?

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Posted By: Matt

Rob - congrats on picking up the M101-2s; how close are you now to the set?

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Posted By: Rob

Actually it only gives me two or three that I don't have, but I'm hoping for about a dozen of them to be upgrades. It'll put me just over 80 (i believe) out of 100 for the set. Most of the ones I'm missing, surprisingly, are from the last two years of issue - 1912 and 1913 - and those two years weren't represented in this auction.

Rob

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Posted By: Steve Murray

Whoda thunk?

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Posted By: Matt

lol Steve - nice pickup

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Posted By: Jeff Prizner

Nice card Steve, and you got a great deal. With so many e107's offered all at once, many bargains could be had!

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Posted By: barrysloate

Great card Steve- and I love the spelling of his last name. Who snuck a "z" in there?

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Posted By: nbrazil

got shut out. my mistake was to not bid early on more lots because i was focused on winning a few lots. I thought i had enough to win at least one of those lots, but in the end the bidding was too strong. I wanted to get into the n300 action at the end, but couldnt because i didnt bid early on any of those lots.

i bid strong on the m110's and the e90-2 lots, especially the lajoie m110 and the e90-2 complete set. but, i was blown out of the water by around 7 pm PST. i couldnt see myself spending 5 figures on one single card or buying the complete e90-2 set when i really only wanted one or two cards.

if the person who won the e90-2 set is reading this, i am interested in purchasing the wagner if willing to sell. thanks

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Posted By: Rob D.

If a board member is the high bidder on the Overland Candy lot (No. 574) and is interested in selling the Keltner, I'm a buyer.

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Posted By: Jeremy

If any Board member won lot #330 (Raw Lot of 137 Various T's) - I am in need of 1 card from that lot that I don't mind over paying for... Please email me at parcelpup@comcast.net - Thanks

~ Jeremy ~

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Posted By: Preece1

I am officially closed for business in 2008 after these two purchases

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Posted By: Rob D.

Very stout indeed. Beauties!

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Posted By: 1880nonsports

over 2000.00 with buyer's penalty - I can't get a reserve of 750.00. last week on eBay..... Nice

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/bidplace.aspx?itemid=9876

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Posted By: LetsGoBucs

edited due to anonymity

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Posted By: leon

You need to put your name by your posts....nothing personal ...it's the rules. How do we know you don't work for REA (not that there's anything wrong with that)...

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Posted By: 1880nonsports

I respect Rob - bid in his auctions - and appreciate the power of the respected auction house. I would have thought of consigning it - but they like bigger $ lots and just figured I'd get the 1000. or so it's "worth"....... 150 independent watchers (many more views) and I try and do business in a straight-up manner.... perhaps it was a closet buyer or two that just prefers to bid on what they like out of a good catalog and can't be bothered with the dilegence many here apply to the hobby. Probably a fair number of collectors don't frequent eBay although i would think more serious collectors do than don't.....

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Posted By: Andrew S.

"However, my one consignment, a 1917 Collins McCarthy Babe Ruth (PSA 2), underperformed by about 25% of what I expected it to sell for."

Speaking of Ruth, I just noticed that someone picked up his 1935 4-in-1 Exhibits in PSA-6 for $500! It should have gone for around $2000 shouldn't it?

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Posted By: Dave Haas

Wanted that 1904 Allegheny Card "Mathewson" that Preece got but to no avail. Lost out on 3 others also.

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

...as usual.

If the winner of the lot of 57 Old Judges is reading, I would be interested in the O'Connor and/or the Hornung.

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Posted By: Seth B.

Didn't want both, but considering the price, these well loved e107s were cheap.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Picked up 2 lots #25 (lot of 23 Old Judges) and #525 (lot of 12 PCL Exhibits), both of which were purchased for a few specific cards, so if there are cards you are interested in just let me know... rhettyeakley@netzero.com
-Rhett

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I'm also on the "done for the year list."

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Posted By: Matt

preece - congrats! really incredible pickups.

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Posted By: JimB

Jeff,
Congrats on the CJ Cobb. Its a beauty. So who won the Cobb back?

Preece,
That is a phenomenal card!
JimB

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Posted By: Matt

If the winner of lot 332 (the Sepia postcards) would consider selling off 1, please send me an email.

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

Picked up a few things over the course of the past few days. Some terrific looking e102s, very difficult d359s and some nice Mayos too!

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Posted By: DMcD

Bruce: Those are two damn nice cards!

Won this in a fistfight:


Vintage cards, scantily-clad Hawaiian maidens, uku-zillion penguins and more at . .
http://ImageEvent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika

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Posted By: Matt

Brian and David
WOW and WOW

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Posted By: MVSNYC

David (DMcD)-

i glanced at your hawaii pictures...very cool documentation!

i want to visit!

regards,
MS

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Posted By: Bill Cornell

Picked up the T204 Eddie Collins and 3 Ramly upgrades, as well as a T3 Clarke. Twisted myself in knots over going one bid higher on the T204 Johnson, but sleep prevailed.

Bill

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Posted By: Andrew

All the auction eye candy in April/May is pure sensory overload. I went 2 for 2.





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