2010 REA invoice
 

My invoice just updated, and it now reflects the correct amount for shipping.

Tony

Mine showed the same $1000 and now it's down to $35... much more palatable. Now I just have to figure out how to scrape together some cash to pay for it all...

David, those are incredible pickups. It's uncanny, but in every auction we seem to have almost the identical taste in cards.

And PS, my birthday is next month. My favorite color is M110.

So you liked the Wilmer Mizell, huh?
 

Jeff: A recurring nightmare I have is that I will finally go off my nut and murder one of the rectal orifices in my life, you will fly out to Honolulu to defend me but that it will cost me the '14 CJ Matty, the signed '34 Goudey Gehrig and the D304 Cobb. And that would just be your retainer.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...em_13962_1.jpg

Hi David,
Adam is closer than Jeff.... And he doesn't have the same Cobb fetish .... So most of your cards of safe, except maybe the boxers....
Be well Brian


PS Serenity now.....

Red Hindu
 

if you won the red Hindus in REA-I would be interested in the Doc Crandall.:D

[QUOTE=calvindog;804323]David, those are incredible pickups. It's uncanny, but in every auction we seem to have almost the identical taste in cards.

+1
Great pickups David. Love the Cobb, and Kelly.
I think you got the Connor for a steal especially compared to the Keefe

Someone got a terrific deal on the E94 Speaker with Bloom overprinted back. I thought I had it for a steal but alas. Congrats to whomever won it. If the winner of the large T210 lot is thinking of breaking it up, please let me know and I might be able to help up recoup some of your investment on Series 3,5 and 6 cards.
tbob

Well you missed a very high grade Johnson that I am sure went for 1/2 price.

As far as wins I didn't even win the 2 lots I wanted. Might have to do with the extremely low price my card sold for. As a matter a fact I was told by REA that they always got the best prices because they have buyers that wait all year to buy. Just my luck I declined a $9800 offer for it on Ebay to sell it for $5000 on REA because they are the best.:mad: Hell I would give 25% of what it sold for just to get it back. Oh well I guess I learned my lesson that if you want to lose money on a card consign it to an auction house so massive that even some of the better cards in the hobby are pushed to the back and shadowed by the monsters:eek:

I agree Jeff!
 

The E107 Keeler is a sweet card, but 22K+ I couldn't believe!!

Hmm...Before the bail hearing, I'd probably stop at your house with a large truck which I'd back up to your baseball card room. :) And yes, that M110 Cobb and the 14 Matty would be the first to go!

What is the story behind the PSA 6 T210 Casey Stengel card?

In the October 2009 Heritage auction, the Stengel sold for $48,995.

http://sports.ha.com/common/view_ite...=81006&src=pr#

Last night in REA, the very same Stengel sold for $23,500.

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=13257


Looks like the winner got a very good deal last night on the Stengel, but the consignor lost more than half his money in six months.

Andrew- I'm sorry that happened to you. Your card is awesome. I think there is certainly some truth to what you said. This was one stacked auction.

That really sucks about your card Andrew. My opinion on REA's auction is that there were so many lots and because it's only a once a year gig.....some cards get overshadowed. That T210 Stengel card's price was way low in my opinion. the buyer of that card got a true deal. I also think the buyer of the two large N172 lots got good deals there too. I wonder how many bidders participated this time around ?

Matt and Tony,

Congrats to everyone who won something.

It was a good night for me. I won the e90-1 Wagner PSA 4 and the Hoy. They were my #1 and #2 hopes. If the person who won the ER Williams game wants to deal the Hoy, please let me know.

And the quest continues.

Scott (ubiqty)

T206's - Wow !
 

Major HOF'ers T206 in PSA 5 & 6 had some very high final prices.

with buyers premium:
Cobb - red PSA 5 - $3,525. ............way over SMR
Cobb - bat on PSA 5 - $3,525. ...........over SMR
W.Johnson - hands chest PSA 5 - 1,880. .........over SMR
Cobb - green PSA 5 - $6,462. ............way over SMR
Cobb - green PSA 6 - $14,100. ...........way over SMR
Matty - portrait PSA 6 - $3,525.
Cy Young - portrait PSA 5 - $3,819. ........super way much over SMR
Matty - dark cap PSA 6 - $3,525. ..........way over SMR

Three weeks ago I had listed on ebay a T206 Cobb green PSA 5 (outstanding centering) listed for $5,200. - nobody bought - scratch head - then this Cobb green PSA 5 goes for nearly $6,500. hmmm.

And that Cy Young portrait PSA 5 at over $3,800. - WOW !!!

steve

Unfortunately lost out on the T204 lot of 24 with a low grade Johnson.

Would've put a big dent in my set. Maybe next time.

Nice auction.

I was absolutely thrilled to win lot #1150 - the 1867 Bernards Base Ball Club of Basking Ridge, NJ Scorebook.

It's an absolutely amazing look into the history of baseball in New Jersey, IMO, and an incredible piece that's traveled more than a century through the State's baseball culture, includes game scores from 1867 through 1980, a number of great autographs, and a bunch of news clippings that chronicle the journey that this book has taken throughout the years.

Given the Elysian Fields game happened in 1846 and this book is from 1867, I can't imagine that there are many surviving pieces of NJ baseball memorabilia that are older than this one.

Best part: I won it for the opening bid.

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...em_14267_1.jpg

-Al

I didn't bid, so nothing to show. Although I have been given the opportunity to go through a few lots that were won by a dealer/acquaintance.

Nice pickup on the Cobb/Landis photo Bruce.

By the way.....welcome back.

Jantz

Hi Rob,

I was thinking the same thing on the 23 t204s. I ended up being the underbidder on that one so I could focus on the e103s. Nice group, someone got a pretty good deal there....

:confused:
Really???

Wow Larry, no scrubs in that lot!

yes?

I ended up winning this lot of 5 classic post-war cards, which I'm quite pleased about:

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v.../mantlelot.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v.../koufaxlot.jpg

Rea
 

bid on one.
lost on one.
just fell asleep, as usual.
a fabulous auction. Rob L is top drawer!

congrats to the winners!!
best,
barry

Hey M's fan!! I liked that lot, but thought it went kinda high based upon past selling prices....you probably would have done better picking them off one by one on Ebay.....

I appreciate the honest input. At a total of $2925 for this lot #635, I figured based on current eBay prices that this price was about the same as the eBay auction value of each of these cards. Maybe I overestimated eBay prices by some. These were all cards I wanted, so I did save some time by snagging the whole lot. I knew I wasn't getting a deal, but 'm okay with the price.

I was shut out, on nine different lots. :(

Oh, well, now I've got more $ to spend at the National.

M's Fan I think you did great, auctions are not always about getting deals but getting something you want....think of it as a day at the spa for dudes...go ahead treat yourself. :)

The 54 Hank looks great as does the 53 Mantle nice lot.

John, you may have just provided the comeback that will save a few marriages. thank you!

Indeed!

You and me both, Ryan. Sale price was $21,150, but still...
Somebody wanted that one very badly.

very nice
 

Brian- had I not had a type 2 you would have had more competition. This is a great card you got at a really good price. I love it!! Congrats.

Leon,

I am glad you and the other PCLers weren't bidding on this one, I am stunned at the price (but quite happy).

Yours is orange?

Brian

yes...orange
 

Yes. There are 2 green type 2's known and 1 type 2 orange. (All type 2's only come in green or orange, as you know)....that red is awesome.

I've seen one of the two green's. E100's are a very interesting set.



A good friend and I won this -- we are still discussing the joint custody agreement:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...em_13249_2.jpg
http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...em_13249_3.jpg

I have to agree with the other consignor regarding disappointing results. Consigned a 1/1 33 goudey (highest graded) that ended way below my expectations ($3,550 or so with the premium). Rob has great stuff but the catalog is so massive items do get overshadowed. In a smaller boutique auction house a similar card recently hit $7,000 with the premium. Another consignment also fell relatively flat. I usually pick Robert Edwards because it is in my backyard plus I can view every item. A couple of years back I gave them a Ruth signed photo which did okay but would have done much better if not for the exact same shot signed by Ruth included in the same auction. I did pick up the t207 SGC 60 Walter Johnson and the E120 Cobb. I think they were relatively fair deals.

Weren't there 2 sheets -- can't you just flip a coin to see who gets which sheet?

Easy!

1 sheet
 

I am pretty sure it was one sheet. I would go for custody on the weekends. Then you can take it out partying, drinking and meeting girls and stuff :).

Alternate weekends. 4-6 weeks in the summer. Take turns on the big holidays.


Or,... there's always the King Solomon approach!

I got outbid on the Mickey Mouse & Movie Star set.

Obak sheet
 

Brian...if splitting up the Obak sheet I could use the Fitzgerald and Shinn...thanks! ;)


Brian

Jim--It's very interesting that on the sheets the margins between cards are not all the same width.

That is one of the most interesting card-related observations I have heard (read) in a long time.
JimB
P.S. They are also not all the same height.

Joe D would know this better than I do, but all of the type-setting and layout for this would have been done strictly by hand and that might account for differences in variations of the margins.

I know years ago, the department store I worked for still set up and pasted up, all our ads in house. If a copy block and/or photo slipped while being transported to the newspaper, well, they printed it that way.



(Tim - Better?)

:eek:

Brian - you can probably post that Obaks sheet as much as you want. I can't imagine I'd ever get tired of seeing it.

I think next year I need to go into REA with a bit more of a plan - some specific target items ahead of time and then a large group of fall-back items. Usually I just bid on things I like in general and see what happens in Extended Time.

J

I have some perspective on Obak centering and sizing that might be attributed to this. And not just on the 1909s. I might start a thread on it at some point.

There are also 3 and 5 card panels out there. I think Leon or Dan S might have a couple, if not others.