OT:Antiques Rdshw Allen and Ginter (last night)

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Posted By: Rob Ray

Please excuse the OT,Leon. Wasn't sure where else to post this.
Last night's Antique's Roadshow featured an elderly woman who brought in several HUNDRED A and G's,along with the boxes they oringinallycame in.
MOST of the cards (that were shown)seemed to be in EXM-NM shape.
NONE,except one horse racing card,were sports-related.
Still,the "guess-timator" only guessed their value at several hundred dollars,due to their being non-sports related A and Gs. I believe some of them were even proofs,or samples. They ALL looked gorgeous.
Could it be possible that non-sport A and Gs,moslty in great condition,AND their cartons...numbering in the several hundreds,be valued at only a few bucks a piece?
I was just curious.
When I saw the condition of the cards,I was expecting an "auction estimate" of tens of thousands of dollars....I'm a little bit of a newbie with A and Gs....
Rob

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Posted By: barrysloate

No- that sounds way too low.

I've often caught the appraisers way off base, particularly when they assess baseball memorabilia.

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Posted By: Corey

I caught that episode too. Those cards were in great shape. Lucky, she didn't let her kids play with them.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

last lot that we talked about of the A&G's at auction. They had N28 and N29 baseball in them but MANY MANY other A&G non-sports as well. Close to $30K with the juice. Most of the A&G non-sports cards are $10-$30 in nice VGEX to EX shape. Sets like the N15 Generals and 3-4 others will bring more than that and certain cards within sets will bring more. I've been outbid on raw A&G singles from relatively easy sets in the $50 and above range. Check out what the VGEX to EX 50 card sets sell for in Mastronet and other auctions. Generally $1200-$2500 or so depending on grades. So.....no....someone was sandbagging with that few hundred dollar estimate..........

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Posted By: Rob

i rarely watch the show, but flipping through channels last night i just happened to catch that part. i thought the guy said $100-200 per box, so as a lot it was $3.5k+ cuz she had like 35 boxes. anyone else hear that, or what i just half asleep?

Rob

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Posted By: Ken W.

You are correct, Rob. The estimate was $100-$200 per box.

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Posted By: Rob Ray

Guess I must have heard wrong. Still,.considering the shape of the cards,all the boxes,etc...it seemed low to even the casual observer (me).

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Posted By: David Smith

I believe that show originally aired a few years ago, so that is something to take into consideration.

David

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Posted By: Jerry Spillman

That show aired about a year. The appraiser was Phil Weiss. As I recall the estimate was a bit low but reasonable. I think Rob is accurate in what he remembers as the appraisal given for the cards.

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Posted By: Anonymous

The estimate seemed ridiculously low when I saw it aired originally last year and catching it again just confirmed my opinion.

Adam B