LAST DAY FOR BIDDING 2-2-13: Love of the Game Auctions
 

Hi, everyone, and Happy New Year!

I'd like to invite everyone to visit Love of the Game Auctions and check out our Winter, 2013 sale, which has been open for about half an hour now.

We have a large selection of prewar baseball cards and memorabilia this time around, including the entire Rudy Strejc Collection of tobacco cards (including some great E98s and PCL cards), the beginnings of a large collection of T3 Turkey Reds, an E90-1 Joe Jackson, and an 1889 Hartley Studio cabinet of new Hall of Famer Hank O'Day.

We've also got a gorgeous original painting of Nap Lajoie by noted artist Arthur K. Miller, a Sporting Life trade card from the 1886 Akron Acorns (one of the teams at the center of the baseball segregation debate), and a gorgeous 1907 Eastern League composite photo.

Please visit our website and check out the auction - it closes on February 2!

Thanks, and good luck!
-Al

Good Luck, Al! Great auction.

al
 

this second auction has been even more phenomenal than the first.
congrats, ole pal.

all the best,
barry

some great stuff, good luck all.

Good luck Al. You have some great stuff in there.
JimB

WOW, the consignor for the '05 Frank Baker postcard just bought it on e-bay a few weeks ago for $265. Already over $1K now (with BP), totally rediculous......

Phil,
Yes that was a good buy and quick profit.
Not sure what is ridiculous about it.

Yeah, I think it is around a $500 piece, it went so low on e-bay because the seller listed it in the postcards - people section instead of sports. I think it is way too high this time around though.........

I was the high bidder on it until tonight. I log on and I am outbid by 500.:(

At least two people think it worth at least that much or close.

My guess is that it will end at the current price. I am currently the underbidder and don't think it is worth near that much but just really wanted the card and went well above my pre-determined maximum to try and get it but I'm done.

LOL, okay there is at least one person who thinks it worth that much and one more who is willing to pay considerably more than he thinks it's worth. I am with you, I'd love to have it but I like my ballplayers in uniform.

As a consignor I'm very disappointed in the results. Dealers are getting some cheap inventory. Al is a great guy, but I'm very unhappy with prices. Would have done better on Ebay or selling to dealers.

sorry to hear that...i'm very happy with my consignments. the auction seems to be getting a ton of action.

My consignments au contraire are doing great. Sun don't always shine on the same dog's ass.

Some of my consignments are below what I paid, which is of course disappointing [but not unexpected, given my quixotic purchasing patterns]; however, others are selling for far more than I expected.

There is also a considerable savings in time to me in having Al auction items, rather than listing them myself on ebay.

I think my consignments for both this auction and last auction are doing much better than ebay and without the fuss. Lots of late action on this auction. Sorry your items aren't doing well - must be a hit/miss thing, because a lot of what I'm watching is really strong.

Consigned in the first auction and was very happy. Thought he did a good job. Would consign again.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Great auction this time around.

Hope your Superbowl pick is better then this.:)

Yea I can already tell this is gonna be a late one

I have 5 lots consigned this time around with Al and am very pleased with the results on every one of them.
Another great auction!

You are becoming very tired ...your eyelids are slowly getting heavier....you are ready to turn of your computer, crawl over to that warm bed and let your mind drift off......

Happy with my consignments, about 20-30% more than I could've gotten on ebay.
Not happy with a few things I wanted that are going much higher than I'd planned.

I was a bidder (not a consignor), but this is what I've been seeing too. I have given up bidding on my lots, but they keep going up. Everything I was following is way over recent VCP at this point...

Cheers,
Blair

+1

I can't find a deal on my losing list either.

It's 3:00AM EST and still going. I'm winning one lot, but I don't know how much longer I can wait.

CLOSED.

Very happy with my consignments.

+1

Also, had a few placeholder bids but was outgunned in the end as a bidder.

I got the Krapp beat out of me, but there's no Schmutz on my floor.
They didn't take my wallet though.

I was an underbidder on the Matty E98. Considering the population of that card hasn't been blown apart by the Black Swamp Find, I didn't really think my bid was going to hold up. Matty has always been one of my collecting interests, because I live two hours from his hometown. I hope I don't regret bowing out of the bidding, though, considering blue background E98s were also completely unaffected by the Black Swamp find.

Great auction.Im disappointed to wake up to outbid notices.

Thats why I turned my heater on

Just like I figured, no one else bid on the Baker postcard after I stopped, probably would have sold for $500 minus one bidder (either the winner or myself).

On the consignment side, my one item did not receive a single bid and went unsold. Really not a good night for me other than getting to bed before midnight.

Yea I gave up around 2 AM but always nice to wake up to a win

Sorry for your loss. I predicted the Baker card would go for over $1k with all the recent "outings" on BST. Rest assured, it isn't in my collection either. Probably landed in either Scott Mt. Joy's or Jeff in Toronto's collection, if I were a betting man.

I was interested in the Baker to a point, but not at $1000.00+. If I remember correctly, one sold for around $400.00 on ebay not too long ago, I guess I should have gone after that one. Congrats to the winner though! Postcards are on FIRE lately, they don't fall under the radar anymore!

Lot 103
 

If anyone here won Lot #103 (Scratch, Ding & Dent collection of T206), I may be interested in taking a card or two off of your hands. Please contact me, if interested...thanks.

Mark

If anyone is using Ebay as a guage when determining market value on postcards your selling yourself short. To many times they are listed in the wrong category which keeps them hidden from so many collectors who otherwise would be active bidders. Couple that with the many who do not even use Ebay as a venue anymore because of their ever ending unfriendly changes we all seem to complain about here endlessly. Many deals can be found on Ebay such as this pc, you just gotta search. If you don't you'd better be prepared to pay up when they pop up in an auction for all to see.

I don't understand how it's "ridiculous" when a card reaches a certain price, when in fact it got to that level thanks in large part to the person making the "ridiculous" claim. I guess the other bidder was acting recklessly; the person complaining just really wanted the card.

Never said the final price was "ridiculous", just wasn't worth it to me to pay more than $500 for it. It was worth $1000.00 to someone, congrats on the great purchase, shows how strong the postcard market is becoming. I believe ebay sales to be somewhat accurate, some postcards sell very high and very rarely does one sneak through un-noticed. The whole "people don't bid because of bay fees" thing never factors in. When you want something, who cares about the fees.

Jeff, I know you didn't refer to the bidding as being ridiculous. My post was directed at Phil's comments farther up the thread, not yours.

Sorry but minor league team postcards picturing pre-rookie Hall of Famers routinely sell on e-bay in the $200 - $500 range, including Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel, Stan Coveleski, Dave Bancroft, Dazzy Vance and many others. I would put Frank Baker in a similar class as far as tier level Hall of Famer. I have picked up Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby (much higher level HOF'ers) on e-bay for $800 and $900 respectively. Therefore, the Baker postcard last night was not a good value, just a must-have for someone willing to pay "whatever it takes" to get it.

To clarify, I wasn't referring the reasoning in my post to the Ebay fee's. I was was referring to the many collectors who do not even search Ebay anymore for what they collect as much as they once did. I know many board members who have totally banished them as one of their sources anymore. I can also tell you many pc's are still listed in the wrong category and do get missed my many alot. I think a couple high profile pc collectors here will agree if they wish to chime in. I think it's safe to say collectors who saw this pc in the auction last night and were active bidders probably never caught it when listed on Ebay. Just my two cents fellas. Doesn't mean we need to agree.

You're right, Tony. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, it was missed by many (including myself) on e-bay because the seller listed it under Postcards - People rather than Postcards - Sports. Even so, I don't think that it would have topped $500. The writing on the front was also a detractor for me. I know that it pre-dates the divided-backs era and that's why but still would prefer a blank one to that one.

I won the T206 SLer lot of 13 cards & the Dahlen, BK...and my consignments did extremely well.

Congrats Al, can't wait for the next one.

Great auction again Al, those Cycle460s went strong! Happy for the pickup but went quite a bit more then I was banking on.

Great auction Al. My consignment exceeded my hopes for where it would end up.
JimB

al
 

i'm mighty pleased!!!
what i sold brought me way higher than I dreamt possible and the pacific coast
biscuit and E120 album that I won came at great prices!
a great night for me.
with mike s., i can't wait for the next auction!
all the best, ole pal
barry

auction
 

I picked the up the St. Louis team card with Stan the Man on it.


john

Hooker
 

Got the Hindu Hooker

This was actually the first non-eBay auction I've ever bid on. Thanks to a certain card being in this auction (the T3 Tris Speaker) and the fact that Al C. was running the show, I registered and won four lots. This was the key card I was aiming for, and I couldn't be more pleased (my max bid was actually a bit higher than the winning bid, so from my limited experience LOTG is an auction house I can trust)...

:eek::eek::eek:

I prefer the Christian ones...

Rudy Strejc Collection...
 

I had 85 lots, 83 of them sold! Some came in lower than expected, others way above. In the end, I'm very happy with the results and truly appreciate Al's expert handling of the collection.

My family is grateful to this community for the strong showing and we're happy that the collection is passed on to those of you who will cherish the cards as Rudy did.

Great T3 Speaker congrats Chuck.

This was a fun auction to participate in. I was fortunate to win the T211 Red Sun cards from the Rudy Strejc collection. Thanks for offering these.

You got that right. Jim Thorpe has always been one of my collecting favorites. There was a raw 1912 "Thorpe returns to Carlisle" postcard on ebay for the past week that I would have loved to have had. I put in a $402 snipe. In hindsight, I guess I was foolish for thinking I could get the postcard at that price. The postcard being raw prevented me from going higher, but I just got crushed by three other snipes. Final bid: $823.55.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360577489042...84.m1423.l2649

I was happy to grab the four T80 Old Mill backs from the Rudy Strejc collection.

http://loveofthegameauctions.com/Ite.../559a_med.jpeg

I was the underbidder on this card. Had a high snipe of $813, and thought it would never come close to that. Apparently someone wanted it worse than I.

Pinkyton
 

Beee-a-u-T-ful T5 that some lucky so&so won. I was with you until that thousand mark. Am still mad I didn't go higher.:mad::) those T209's were sweeet as well. #cantwin :cool:

Gracias, Chris and John. Can't wait to see the Speaker in person. It should be easy to see past the wrinkles on a 100-yr old card. ;) All the best to y'all.

I was very happy to add two more 1911 Zeenuts (tough pose variation and a tough single), great auction Al!

http://starsofthediamond.com/1911zeenuthitt.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/1911zeenutmelchoir.jpg

I did my research on the postcard, and could only find three others that have been sold in the past through the various auction houses. There was an "authentic" one that went for $450 before the BP, an "excellent" one that went for $900 before the BP and a raw one that was beat and sold as part of a lot with a Thorpe photo that went for $3xx, IIRC.

I knew what the postcard was when I saw it, just from being a Thorpe fan. I was shocked to see it show up on eBay. In hindsight, my snipe was woefully insufficient. But i was kinda nervous about it being raw. I coudn't find anything about the postcard ever being reprinted, but I am cetainly not as knowledgeable as many of the other posters on here. I am a mostly a low-end collector, and I was gunshy about getting in too deep.

The postcard did start at $199, but I wonder if the seller (a postcard dealer) really knew what he had. Seems hard to believe such a nice example would sell raw if the seller knew the rarity of what he had.

Baker price did not surprise me, earliest card and extreme rarity, heck... kinda seems like a bargain for what it is.

Anyone care to fess up that they were the buyer or consignor of the Baker postcard?

I was neither for the record.

I was the consignor. I had a considerably larger snipe on ebay and feel the card is worth what was paid in LOTG. How many are out there? No one knows but only 2 (including this example) that I've seen. So you have the earliest card/postcard of Baker with 1 other example known. Doesn't seem crazy to me to pay $1100 for something like that. I think the buyer got a good deal.

I also don't think ebay is the do all end all for judging prices. In most cases, postcards that sell on ebay are BELOW market value. This card is one that transcends just postcard collectors and branches into rookie HOF collectors and HOF collectors in general.

Let me just say that there is a reason I went with Al. He knows his stuff, presents it well. It translates to good prices on those items that might need a little extra care and explanation.

nice Jason...I agree!!!!

It looks like the collection did quite well. You can be sure the cards are going to make alot of collectors happy! Congrats


I was glad to see my max bid held up for this 1951 Topps Reds card.
http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...f/1951Reds.jpg

Nice pickup!!!