REA - dammit I'm out already
 

Got bids on about 8-9 items, obviously outbid on all, but now I'm out for extended.

Strong prices have knocked me out.........a 1st round KO.

I do have some consignments so I will make some money, but was hoping to get something.

Not a chance.

........on to next weekend and Love of The Game!

Not done there......................................yet.

ive got a few bids hanging on...but I'm likely done bidding. not much I have to have these days.

I have one still hanging around

I put bids in on five lots of the many that I was watching.
Still "winning" two of them, but doubt they'll even make it to extended.

I was outbid a long time ago.
John

Rea
 

Any of you smart enough to consign rather than buy, are already ahead of
me:) My rule with REA is to just come out with one win per auction, just one.
We shall see... Trent King

I'm in a similar position, put in 5 strong bids (I thought), I'm out on 3 already have 2 left with a little room but think I'm only have a true chance at one of them and it's not the one I really want.

Roy dammitt
 

Title of the thread reminds me of Roy;

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Prior I put in a lot of preliminary bids and then some upped on the key ones I was thinking of.
Currently leading on 1 but most are already above my comfort zone
I will make it to round two but will probably be KO’d

Rea
 

Im out already ... but Tribe/ Guardians won so its a good day..ha

I’m down to one. Just upped the bid one more increment. Doubt it holds. We will see

Good luck to all

The wealth in the hobby has never been stronger ! Money Money Money Money it always shows up in the Big Boy Auctions REA Heritage Memory Lane and Mile High bring out the big guns with big wallets.

These prices are unreal! So much for National & other auction fatigue.

I noticed too late the 56 game hit streak combo ( ticket/signed program). I own a program already, but been looking for a ticket.

Well a 52 Mantle in SGC 5 holder is now almost 305k adding the juice

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?itemid=112451

Yeah, they had one item I thought was really cool, putting in a bid that I thought was way over what anyone else would bid…and I am just barely hanging on. We’ll see but yikes.

I got to about 11 p.m. before I got knocked off a 52 Bowman Mantle PSA 7. Trying to see if I could bring it home for four digits instead of 5.

I snuck in one late bid and hoping it holds on...out on everything else.

REA separates the men from the boys.

Here we go again--frozen out of the site now that the lot by lot 10 minute rule is in effect.

Aaand the server shuts down, right on que...

*delete*

REA-What a great way to extend a day
Crash at 12

back up, lots close at 12:31am EST

I'm pretty sure I got the card I wanted. It says it's closed now. It's definitely nice being on MST than EST for these endings. My first real auction house purchase.

Wound up being a window shopper.

Really nice items, strong prices

I was mainly watching the 19th century items. Some lots went for what I thought were stupid prices. Some went really cheap or didn’t sell at all like the FBH Mutrie.

What were you after in auction Jeff?

......and exactly what happened...

pretty much anything Ruth or Jackson but main items were

1916 Sporting News Joe Jackson
1908 Rose Postcard Christy Mathewson
1926 Exhibit Ruth
1927 Exhibit Ruth
1922 e120 Caramel Ruth
1915 Ruth Photo
1923 Maple Crisp Ruth
1920 Societe Anonyme Ruth
1916 BF2 Felt Pennant Jackson
1913 Tom Barker Jackson

Strong prices. The 20% buyers premium played into my bids though.

Rea
 

The early stuff was so cool to see. Jackson and Ruth prices continue to be out of this world.

REA winnings
 

Well...I read about the "downage" this morning...I no longer stay up late for auctions...no card is more important than my sleep!

I was relieved to have been outbid on 1 card...I DID win one. Happy to add this ruth to my stable.

Congrats Pete.

Jeff, I was wondering whether I would battle you on this Ruth.

Thrilled to have picked these two up, and I think I got them both at very reasonable prices.

Regarding the auction: (i) OK REA, I love you, but enough with the extended bidding glitches already. Figure that out once and for all, as its becoming a major detraction from what is otherwise one of the best auction events of the year. (ii) I thought prices in general were very strong. There were some bargains, but last night's results generally indicate that pre-war vintage remains strong

yep Ryan

That was the primary Ruth I wanted. Lucky for you and sad for me that my recent splurge on 6 Ruth Cards kept me grounded.

Great pick up and Congrats.

There is always a next auction and a next auction and so on

I'm a low-roller so this was my win. I was a bit shocked by how cheap it went for. I can finally add my favorite 19th century player to my collection!

It looks like I significantly overpaid for the E-90 Young but thrilled to finally pick up a version that at least looks to be well centered with strong registration. In my view one of the 5 most beautiful cards of all time and this will be my third time owning one ... hopefully the third time is the charm :-)

Great adds Ryan I was happy to snag the E120. Took my to about where I thought it would top, on to LOTG. Jeff I should’ve contacted you and I sure never want to bid up fellow members.

Josh Great pick up. was looking at it but glad another member of the forum picked it up.

I feel I am letting down the forum...:)

LOTG is around the corner I am ramping up my game for it....lol

Jeff, Thanks man I was hoping to get it a little less as I’ll want to reslab. It hit my top and was a nail biter to the end. I was anxious on the 20 min countdown. The color and centering for the issue I figured I better not let it pass.

i won the catalog

This letter is an amazing piece. I went to sleep leading at 17k and expected to lose later on for sure, but was stunned to see the final price. Would love to have this.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?ItemId=114610

That Young was, in my opinion, hands down the best looking card in the auction. I am sorry to admit that I was the underbidder and likely cost you some money, and I almost went back at it again. Congratulations on grabbing a gorgeous example of a key card.

Josh, great pick-up. Not too shabby either!

Red- nice pickup. Those Scrappss are very cool

Octovia- LOL. Enjoy. I am happy to give you mind. In fact, I tried to opt out of getting a catalog and I could not figure out of I could. I would be happy if you got mine and then you would have two

Yes. A buyer's premium of any amount plays into everyone's bids.

hi i have so many catalogs i love looking at them ..all in my office ..hope your well

I was in on the 1882 White Stockings Cabinet and the PSA 9 1961 Billy Williams, but the Williams really took off and I couldn't swing getting both. That's gotta be a record high for that card.

I appreciate it Ryan. I am always in awe of you alls collections. Thanks for always sharing.

Agreed, loved this one!

I won the 9-page 1910 Cobb letter, great insight into Cobb's personality and the "I am with you" under the signature sealed it for me.

It is such a cool letter

I was the buyer of the accompanying baseball signed by Ruth and Gehrig

All I won was a good night's sleep! Was outbid before 9 pm :p

I agree. I own 2 and wouldn't mind another but nice ones have gone way up like everything else. That is a great example, damn the grade. Congrats

I struck out except for one small card, probably for resale.
.

"Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;

The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,

And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;

But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out."


Congratulations to all the net54 members on their wins.

Now on to LOTG...

I was under bidder on 3 lots.

With the prices these days --- that's some sort of half-assed accomplishment .... :rolleyes:

Some of the T206 Cobbs went cheap, I thought. PSA 4.5 Bat Off for $10,500.
Red portrait 4.5 for $9,600. There were alot of Cobb choices but some bargains in there.

One of my highlights was a 1887 n284 cap anson hard to believe they go that cheap

I managed to pick up two cards, a 1952 Bowman Mantle that has pretty good centering and a T200 Fatima Cleveland team card. The T200 is an upgrade to a PSA 1.5 that I currently have in my collection.

https://i.ibb.co/G3KGRz2/mantle.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/C0CtWnx/jackson.jpg

Nice !

Rea
 

Some beautiful pick ups. Figure I would join the Ruth Party.

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image.../81741/46-ruth https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...2/46-ruth-back

Nada. Was only pursuing one card, a 56 Mantle, but it went into orbit and I gave up.

In my opinion price differential will vary greatly, even on the blue chip cards when factoring in centering, surface wear and overall eye appeal.

High eye appeal examples no matter the grade will always carry a premimum and sell for more than those examples which are just kinda blah!!

Thats my two cents on some of these from last night.

Yes, eye appeal, especially centering seems to be a big factor in price these days.

There were 2 Cobb's Bat On, both PSA 4. One was 65/35 ish right/left and went for 9,900. The other looked at least 55/45 or better and went for 14,400.

I was out shortly after I posted this - the lot of B18 blankets was my last one alive. I have a couple dozen and thought the lot of 41 would be a good way to grow my collection. I was about 50% under the winning bid so I wasn't even close.

Victory for "Eye Appeal"
 

REA Lots #'s 326 and 327: T206 Freeman Old Mill: PSA 6 (Badly Centered): $690; PSA 5 (Well Centered): $900

Ruth/Gehrig Letter
 

Great piece! I was a player in the low 30’s and got crushed. Never thought it would sell for $50K all in.

well
 

was hoping for a slight upgrade on my N43 Ewing...... 6500+ for a "50" looked quite a bit out of range at around 2am so I chose to fight another day. It was much easier to just go for it last REA with a large consignment that did well - I happily overpaid for my N162 along with the people who overpaid for my stuff.

I was bidding on that Ruth type 2, but I lost steam. I did find the same photo (same stamp) on eBay for $20k obo. I think they list it as a 1916 photo. Not sure what year it was printed as this one from the 1930s.

Re: REA - dammit I'm out already
 

Was hoping to win one or both of the E90-1 Wagners. Needless to say, I got neither. Underbidder on the batting and blown out of the water on the throwing. I'll probably just break up my set now.

Battled to the bitter end on the Wagners...ultimately just some others to chase for now. Ed let me know if you break your set up!

Very nice additions.

Very nice addition on a tough Ruth!

I'm trying to pay my invoice to REA, but I never got emailed a copy of the invoice and my invoice in my website account just says this for payment types:

If I remember correctly, the emailed invoices showed a lot more options for accepted payments. Would someone please be able to post or PM me the other options listed on their invoices? I emailed REA but haven't heard back yet.

Thank you for any help you can provide! :)

Some fantastic pick ups...Ryan, the Brooklyn Atlantics card is a museum piece of the highest order.

I was happy to get this Wheat Red Hindu.

I am happy, and slightly nauseous, with my pickup last night.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.co.../1955T_164.jpg

The most I have ever spent on a card before was about $400 and this came in at 5X that. But, as I mentioned on the Tell Me Some Good News thread, I landed a new job while still collecting severance checks from the previous one. I only needed 6 cards (including Clemente) to finish my 1955 set, so I decided to bite the bullet.

I actually managed to pick up a card for what I thought was a bargain price -- the 1920 Zeenut Sam Crawford.

Everything else I was interested in went for at least double what I was willing to pay.

I thought that was a good price to Paul.

Very nice, MVSNYC. I was bidding on that one!

Stayed up late to get my first Goudy Ruth. I also landed the Cobb(Bat Off). They stretched the budget, but very happy to have them. Anyone else in on these?

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Congrats on the pick ups Brian.

Thanks Phil. Always tough to know how high to go on some of these. I have been trying on both for a long time.

Brian:

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