REA is up!
 

There goes my shot at billing anything this afternoon...:)

Thanks for the heads-up!

Cheers,
Blair

Holy SH$T...that's quite an auction!!!

Unglaublich.

Lots of great stuff!

Impressive, to say the least. I must get over what it is that I will not win asap.

pretty sexay...at least scarlett johansson hot!

edit: over/under on the extended bidding period lasting well into monday with the incredible number of goodies?

very impressive as usual. Can't wait to receive the catalog.

Bittersweet day for me. I can't have everything or even most everything I want. And I've already received my first outbid notice.

First of all, wow.

Secondly, I sent them an email maybe 20 minutes ago pointing out that the year given for a couple of Obaks was incorrect and they've already made the correction. Top notch.

i've placed initial bids on 587 lots...if i go 1/587 i'll be happy :cool:

I just outbid Quan on 423 lots.

I just outbid Quan on 164 lots.

I think every single card on my want list is in this auction.. unreal stuff...

The Ruth bat... to me, that would be the dream item.... absolutely stunning!


come on lottery gods come on!!!!!!

anthony i'm getting outbid notice emails popping up left and right...at least i can pretend they're important work emails!

rob is really making a mockery of the pop report...he seemingly has multiples of every drool-inducing cards in the hobby.

He's really taking bids already. I think he's like ten days early!

One of my favorite pastimes is to bid on T206 Wagners early and take a screen shot that says I am the high bidder!

i didn't know you or anthony are also into those turkish actresses cabinets also...otherwise i would've stayed away.

If I collect all 25 I get to meet the Aga Khan.

REA is up!
 

I was thinking we had to wait for the catalogs, always look forward to this auction.

Jimmy

Can not wait for the catalog
 

Glad Rob realizes the value of making sure everyone who wants a catalog can get it (Examples to the contrary Bill Goodwin, SCP, Heritage, etc)

Regards
Rich

Goodwin gives out free catalogs as far as I know... now, Hunt and Heritage do indeed charge for theirs, which I can't say I understand; the one time I got Heritage to ship me a comped catalog, I bought a $6k card that I didn't see when browsing their web site and only saw in the catalog.

As a possible consignor in the future, I'm glad Rob realizes the value of not banning aggressive bidders who always pay within a day or two after the auction ends (Examples to the contrary ... oh, never mind.)

Everything's about you, isn't it?


LOL!


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This stuff represents the cream of the crop, and is a great reference and collectible in itself. I am looking forward to my catalog also.

Me, Sheff and all the folks I've chased away.

That California League card is crazy. $100,000 opening bid? Any guesses on what it sells for? More than the Wagner?

Dang, that is some nasty card porn for us credit card shoppers!
Bob

Incredible.

Thanks for the heads up Jeff.

Frank

I think it's pretty amusing that the Wagner doesn't even have the highest opening bid among baseball cards.

The Wagner will still sell for far more than the N172 Doyle.

Rea
 

Lot 1594 will make a great addition to my tobacco card collection...I'm just wondering where (and how) to display it. :p

No bid yet on Barack Obama's old Jeep Cherokee.

T207s ?!?!?!
 

Im simply speechless by the quality of T207s in this auction. And that says a LOT !!

-Scott

I just spent about 1 hour glancing and have over $80K in cards in the watchlist. Man the wife is going to be pissed when she sees all what I bid on.

Scott I agree I looked at the t207's and they are some of the best I have ever seen in one area at a time. A magnificent auction to say the least.

I love the T210 Stengel but why did PSA label it "Stengal" when his name is clearly spelled Stengel on the front of the card ? I was wondering --would PSA correct the label?

Let's see:

4 T206 StL Demmitts
5 T206 StL O'Haras
5 T206 Magie errors
4 T206 Planks
1 T206 Wagner

Not to mention EVERYTHING else!!!!!

I need a sugar mama!!!!!!!!!!

Also, that's 5! T206 Planks up for auction within the next month (Heritage has one also)

:eek:
Steve

Bill:

I'm sure that they will if you pay the reholdering fee.............

There are A LOT of T206's in this auction. You would think something might fall through the cracks but I doubt it.

Hey, I was looking for an original Creighton photo and the Merkle ball. Glad I could find them both in one place.

T206 lot with cy young miscut lot 284
 

I have seen and owned a few T206 miscuts in my day... but that one takes the cake! What a strange card.

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=13378

Plank
 

The PSA authentic Plank, with the Sweet Caporal 150 back is one of the nicest Plank's I have ever seen.

It never fails, whenever a nice looking T204 Plank or Mordecai Brown come up for auction, they are always part of the whole set, which I won't be able to afford.

Tony

I get a free catalog from Hunts every month.

That Plank is mine....I didn't plan on flipping it so quickly, but I can't resist Rob Lifson's charm. Our arrangement is too good to pass up!

Matt; I KNOW Bill for many many years; we have a lot of mutual friends; and for whatever reason I've never been on his mailing list. And yet; he's one of the nicest people in person I've ever met in the hobby. Couple of years ago; I ended up setting up at the National next to him; and because of the very short notice; he locked up all the "valuable cards" I had at the table each night. And made sure everytning was perfect. Nice man; just can't get the freakin catalogs :)

Rich

Edited to say -- Bill PM'd me this morning and promised I would be receiving all his catalogs in the future :)

The best part about the card is it has no name or other part of a card on it. Could be a very neat single.

t206 young miscut
 

Whoever wins that lot with the young miscut, i want it!!

please email me!!!

George/Andrew

This auction is awesome!!!!!!!!

Johnny

Wow...they should have listed that as a single lot.

Too bad about Walter's tobacco bath:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...em_13232_1.jpg

Drool..... they don't have a smiley face icon for that one yet...

Too bad about Walter's tobacco bath



can you soak a Ramly and remove those tobacco stains???

This auction separates the men from the boys. :eek:

Thats for sure. For those who have the resources go to it. Im anxious just to keep an eye on some things. Certainly, nobody can touch the quality of this auction, and Id expect more records to be set with prices.

that was me.

its on!

I have noticed that the only time I ever buy a lottery ticket is when there is a REA auction going on-------:rolleyes:

haha.....me too!

Wait, it was my bid on your consignment! :)

woke up this morning...i was outbid on all the lots i bid on last night. yay

Sorry, just had to have them!

I was outbid on about 20-30 lots last night and then returned the favor this morning.

California League - Doyle
 

Someone just bid on the Old Judge California League Doyle card. Anyone want to venture a guess at the ending price? I'll say $260K.

Tony

Can someone answer for me...
 

...why do you bid on auctions at anytime earlier than absolutely required?

The only people that makes happy are the auction company and the seller. It is just giving money away. Of course a $100 placeholder bid in an auction for an item that is expected to sell for $100,000 I understand. But otherwise, it's just bidding up the item unnecessarily in my opinion.

I'm thinking about 160-170K on the OJ California...............

People are bidding early to get their qualifying bids in. The sooner you do it, the less risk involved.

And I'm with Tom. I'd say 160-170K seems about right...and I'll predict exactly two people will place bids on it, no more, no less.:)

I wrote to REA to correct a description error in their lot 1008 (Josh Gibson and other negro league autograph book) and not only was it promptly corrected but Mr. L took the time to write back personally!

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My Baseball Card Project:
www.infinitecardset.blogspot.com

This year's auction ends on the same day as the Kentucky Derby.

Hit the Pick 6 in the afternoon, go on a shopping spree that night.

REA next auction??
 

I see posted on their website, that it says "We are currently accepting consignments for our next auction."

I wonder if they are planning on having 2 auctions this year? I remember this was discussed after last years auction.

I would be in heaven with 2 REA auctions each year!!

Tony

I get people bidding for that reason, but it seems like people are actually engaged in meaningless bidding wars on April 2.

Deleted.....wrong thread.


Steve

Steve, try this thread instead http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=122318

The SECOND post in that thread happens to concern your lot.

With the large amount of increments inbetween bids it makes sense to bid your max and let it ride. Once you get past 2000.00 bids are 500.00 gaps and then 1000.00 and so on, so if you get to your max and get outbid you are out and nothing left to worry about and it's someone else problem.

Shoot, thanks JP!

I thought this was that thread! :confused::o


Steve

Autobid annoyance
 

Maybe I'm missing something, but I find the Autobid annoying in that I can't place the bid I want if I'm "out of sequence" with the current bid. For instance, let's say the current bid is $2500. If I want to bid $3000 for a lot, I will hit "bid now" which allows me to bid $2750. If I want to use autobid, my next choice is $3250, which doesn't allow me to place a $3000 bid. It assumes somebody else will bid $3000 and leaves me no way to place that bid. Am I missing something, or has anybody else seen that as well?

Cheers,
Geno

You can only leave ceiling bids in alternate increments. This is a question I used to be asked time and again in my auctions. If you place the $2750 with a ceiling of $3250, your high bid will kick in only if somebody bids $3000. But if you bid $2750 with a ceiling of $3000, you've just taken two consecutive increments. At what level will somebody else be able to bid? He can't top your $2750 bid because you would be holding the next bid too. He would have to go straight to $3250. So you might as well have just bid the $3000. That may or be not be clear.

That's the problem
 

Barry --

That's the problem - I can't bid $3000 unless I wait until somebody bids $2750. Maybe I can and I haven't figured out how. But in any case, what difference would it make if I took up two increments? To the seller and auctioneer, it's the same cash. To the bidders, it's first guy at that level wins. I think the alternate increment rule hurts only the bidder looking to spend a given amount (like the amount my wife allowed me)...

Cheers,
Geno

Can't you just go straight to $3000? Are you saying the software doesn't allow it? I see you are saying that. Maybe you could call them and ask them to manually place it for you.

increments
 

At least from what I can see, that's the case...you can't take up consecutive increments with the software by going directly to a certain level. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but as far as I can tell, you can't do it. For instance, I wanted to place a $3000 bid on a lot and am currently the high bidder at $2250. I can only up my bid to $2750 or $3250 using the system they have.

Cheers,
Geno

Maybe we're both missing something.:confused:

N172 Doyle, S.F.
 

My guess is that the N172 Doyle, S.F. lot is done with 1 bid at $100k.

I'm up to 17 lots with bids.
Once I get the catalog and peruse it - I am sure that number will climb.

I am already losing 11 out of the 17.

There is one lot I want bad.

My problem is.... I fall asleep on 'game night'.