REA Awakening
 

I had forgotten the passion that a REA auction catalogue can bring. Just an observation but it seems that the freaky stuff, ghost images, scraps, wet sheet
transfer etc gets more attention than it deserves. If that is where the future money is then let others have it. I will say that the grading company gurus really pulled one out when they decided to keep track of the rare and rarer T206 backs. Pure marketing genius. When I can't sleep, I often recall a special T206 card now long gone, a T206 Griffith batting PSA 7 with a Drum back. We all have had ones like that, I know. John

Any idea how long it takes to enable an account for bidding once you fill out the information online for REA?

I got my new account enabled in less than a day. That was about a week ago.

I don't think the grading companies keeping track of the rare cards has any effect on the attention or the actual price they bring. The people who collect
these already know how rare they are without the grading companies pointing it out.

It's always curious when lots get pulled without an expaination. I wonder what happened to Lot 971 - Lemon Peel Baseball?