REA - how'd ya make out?
 

Discussion aside from the hard midnight close, there were some very impressive items up for grabs last night. Who ended up as high bidders when the clock struck 12?

One lot coming my way - I've been keeping an eye out for one of these for a while, and was happy to add this one!

Honestly...I forgot about them. I wish I hadn't as I lost a lot I really wanted to win. It went cheap too.

That was a steal Scott, nice pickup!

Love K-Bats. Nice pick up.

REA Winnings
 

The photo was very under-priced IMO and the composite piece fits nicely with my other A's pieces

I won this one. Just missed out on the beautiful Nadja World's Champions Eddie Plank.

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Won these two Old Judges, out of 9 OJ lots I bid on:

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I've always liked the Boston K-Bat. Great pick up at a great price.

Great pick ups. This was my sole win

Nice job David. The best two of the Brown’s Champs.

For my set
 

My pickup

Very nice, congrats.


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Waddells
 

I added the Colgan’s Square proof Waddell and 1908 St. Louis Browns team photo tri-fold postcard featuring Waddell

My overpay for the night. But I really wanted it.

Great stuff.

I won these.

Wow, a Brown Lenox and a BL 460. I guess you found something to spend on instead of that Cobb Red/ Lenox. :D

Nice Joe...

That Browns Tri-fold is a beautiful piece at a pretty nice price. I love the Jackets they're sporting... especially displayed in panoramic style.

Speaking of the Brownies... did anyone here win Lot 1914 (the 1888 Browns Celluloid piece?) I thought that item was stunning as well, but it exceeded my budget with a late-night flurry.

Hardwood Trade Card
 

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Did anyone look at the Harwood Trade Card? Sold for $2500 less than consignor purchased it in 2005. I saw a similar card on Ebay over the weekend, though he Seller (who would appear to have sold a significant number of items on Ebay) specifically stated that it (the Ebay one) may be a reproduction. Just wondered about people's thoughts. Could just be that the consignor way over paid way back when.

Not prewar, but I have been looking for a high grade copy of this and finally got it last night.
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Michael, BAM!! That is how it’s done.

Steven, awesome.

I have two other Browns Champs, and once I have these two in hand, I figure I might as well go for the whole subset.

Rea booty
 

I picked up the group of 4 1928 Major Drapkins...
and the 1968 Topps Bob Gibson Proof (unissued pose!)

one of the nice things about t206s is that they can always be found in affordable grades. nice job.

I picked up a couple 1914 CJs for my set.

Marquard and Packard.

Both PSA 3’s.

I picked up a couple items, these being my two favorites. Been wanting a Winthrop for a number of years and forgot to bid on the one last year.

beat down
 

I got curb stomped on every lot. great for the pocket book, horrible for the collection.

Awesome pick ups Mike, congrats

I finally won a female ball player cabinet
 

After years of being outbid. It's the only one with two players.

Thanks man!

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Had high bid on one card for about 4 hours Sunday, wasn't sure if I made a mistake. Eventually I was outbid in the overtime, and the next 8% I needed was too much IMO. "It" happens, as Forrest Gump says on TBS.

Just this one, but it's the one I wanted the most:

Picked up the 1909 Newark Eagles postcard and the McGinnity lot ( basically to upgrade my C46 in my set).

Two great pickups Richard! That Winthrop is too rare for it's own good. I was hoping to pick that one off late. That is one of the rarest postcard sets ever made and most folks don't talk about them.

just about a mile from Texarkana
 

Great cards, all. That K-Bats team card is really cool.

If the winner of the OJ lots 78 and 84 wants to sell a Fogarty, let me know. Thanks.

I had the Sporting Times Keefe on my bidder card and was ready to take it if no one else wanted it, but it ended up selling over 10K. Was languishing below 2k for a long time. Congrats to the winner of it.

Here are 2 T216's of Evers...

Is the image reversed on that Gibson?

Jay, was it you who tried to snipe it at away from me at 11:59? I agree about the Winthrop being too rare. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a couple more, but I've only been able to find of 3 McGinnity, 1 Brown, 2 Mathewson, and 1 Dixon (Boxer).

For anyone not familiar with these, here is a animation of the Brown from the old cardboard website

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I unfortunately struck out in REA for the first time in awhile. Luckily they were nothing to get too upset over:D

Great pickups everyone!

OT: I won a Bob Dylan handbill for a concert in my home town (Norfolk) during my senior year in high school (1966). Unfortunately, I didn't attend the show.

As to baseball, Chuck Stobbs and Hank Foiles were the battery for my high school (Granby) but long before my time ('46 I believe).

good eye Sean,yes it is...kind of:::

from the listing---
On the offered card, Gibson is shown in a left-handed pitching follow-through pose, the result of a prank played by Gibson on the Topps photographer tasked with compiling images for use in the upcoming set. The prank was ultimately discovered by editors at Topps and corrected with the portrait image before the final run...

That Winthrop is great!

I knocked off two cards I wanted, a 1962 Pittsburgh Exhibit Mays and a 1985 Star Jordan Slam Dunk.

Was pretty happy to add this one.

If there weren't so many great cards
 

in this auction you'd have had some competition for that Mays - went cheap - had way too many other things to focus on this go round!

Rea
 

So- with all the noise in the hobby- what does everyone think of the hammer prices in REA?

Anything go high?- low?

Did I overpay for my one win?

Congrats Dave

a couple of Kbats for me and a lot of 20 '52 high numbers
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Mack cabinet to pair with my Waddell from the same studio session...

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Hey Andy, that's a great Tinker.

Jeff,

Glad to see the Mack find a good home, I traded that off several years ago and was very tempted to buy it back in the auction, but decided to let it find another home as bidding on other items escalated.

Thanks guys.


Andy- great HOF Lenox.

Jeff- Stunning image of Mack.

Anthony- Love the K-Bats! Great pairing.

I'm fairly new to the forum but it's good to see some net54 guys being the ones who win the lots I'm outbid on!

Anyone here pick up the Cy Young Portrait EPDG Altered, and Marquard Portrait American Beauty lot?

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Thanks guys!

Great card. I think you got a pretty good deal on it.

Here is one I got.

Thanks Leon. I am just getting into Vintage- figured Joe Jackson was a good place to start.

That Johnson is beautiful. I think his stuff is undervalued. Was looking at picking up a Cracker Jack of him.

Thanks for the feedback!! I appreciate it.

Looks like a lot of members here got some great stuff!

Nice Leon. Congrats

I'm a happy camper - I swept 4/4 :)

JeremyW alerted me to this one - I've been on the lookout for this for quite a while. Pumped to have it coming!

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I've also wanted a Connor Old Judge. I remember a beat to death raw '86 OJ came up. I threw a couple grand on it ... yeah ... it went for over 13k LOL. May upgrade at some point, but happy to have an authentic Connor for now.

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This card has ALWAYS mesmerized me, and may be my favorite looking 19th century card, ever. I think it captures the game magnificently - bare hands and all. But ... where is he playing, on the beach? It looks like he is in the middle of a beach/park day playing a game.

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Last, but not least - drool. It has a spot of paper loss on the back which is my favorite kind of damage. I have the M116 Wags, but this is just that much closer to a T206. I like to think of it as the exact opposite of a T206. Candy, blue, reversed image ... just perfection.

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What a fantastic E90-2 Wagner - an incredible 1! There were 3 E90-2 Wagners in the auction in various grades - I bet if there hadn't been 3 running at the same time, any of those three would've sold higher. I think you got a decent deal on a card with such fantastic eye appeal!

Thanks! I was super happy about it. I had been looking at a 3 elsewhere with similar eye appeal, but for much higher. When the M116 landed, I stopped looking, but when this beauty of a 1 came up, I knew I had to go for it.

Tango Cobb
 

Great acquisition on the Tango Cobb Steve!! One of a kind...Jerry

Got the only one I was interested in/after
 

Can’t download photos, as the new work computer doesn’t like Net54 Vintage Baseball Cards, but got Lot #446: 1909-1911 T206 White Border George McQuillan Ball in Hand - Brown Hindu Back.

Congrats on the Creighton woodcut! You got a great buy at that price, and it has the entire newspaper to boot. IMO it is one of the most undervalued items of 19th century memorabilia out there.

Thanks! Yeah, I was willing to go significantly higher, so I was pleasantly surprised :)

I agree with Corey on the Creighton piece. You will notice that Mort Rogers, of later scorecard fame, is pictured at the bottom.

I've never heard of him, but am now excited to do some research, thanks!

Came away with this one:

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It's a great piece. I have one framed. I have all of the 19th century Harper's Weeklies and almost all of the Leslie's Illustrated from the 19th century that contain wood cuts etc depicting baseball. All Leslie's are also full newspapers other than this one -- although my print is in a bit better condition. I thought this would go to about $600 or so, so I didn't bid. You got a good price. Congrats.

Thanks! I think the last few I saw had some holes, so I'm happy with it. What are some of your favorites in your collection beside this one?

I thought it was surprising how few bids it got. I got knocked out of another lot I wanted more, saw this one was still there, and put in a bid that held. Of course you have to factor in 20% vig and 10% sales tax (in CA).

On the issue of prices, I watch Exhibits and the Ruth single subject cards performed very well. They are getting quite pricey even in lower grades.

That has to be one of the real deals in the auction, Leon, haven't seen many of those over the years--and a great card! The Johnson Birthplace postcard also went way low, I thought. I picked up the WaJo 20th Anniversary letter and silk ribbon, a great combo to get framed, and a funny story of how they came about. With all the commotion, still a great hobby, isn't it?

Funny you mention that
 

My collection is mostly post war, but I have started dabbling in some pre war. Would like a Ruth card in the collection one day. Had the 21 Ruth Exhibit on the list with a placeholder bid -too busy swimming in all the Bazooka boxes to get back to it this auction though.

I consigned the WaJo 20th Anniversary letter and ribbon. They are very nice - the letter is in great shape for its age and the ribbon is practically flawless. I thought they would go for much more. I kept waiting for the bidding to pick up, but it never did. I think you got a great deal and they'll look great framed!

When people say that "went too cheap", are they factoring in the the 30% upchage (commission, taxes, shipping, insurance) many of us would have to pay?

Yes. I won 4 lots (total around 5k AFTER BP) and the total shipping was $20. That comes out to $5 bucks a lot for the incidentals, not including tax, which as of the moment I don't think REA charges for Texas.
When I bid in Heritage I factor in 30% over my max bid. I can't imagine a lot of people don't think about the BP and/or shipping/tax, though I know a few have mentioned they have forgotten.
That is like buying a car for 40k and forgetting about the sales tax. It makes little sense.

I'd be shocked if there's bidders out there who don't factor in BP/tax, etc. If they aren't, I feel bad for them. When I note/remember prices I paid for things, it's always including BP...that's what I had to lay out for the item!

I actually put my landed cost as the price I paid. Not sure if that is correct but it feels like that is what I paid. :)
Not factoring BP and other costs in, is called a learning lesson. If someone does it too often they won't have to worry about it because they will be broke. :cool:

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I have kind of avoided bidding in REA for the last few years, amazing items but prices usually end up quite high.

I regret it this time though, I wasn't watching a few items that I was interested in, and they went for a lot less than expected and I missed out. Oh well!

It's astonishing to me that so many people over the years don't seem to understand this. I still hear things like I won't bid in that auction because I don't want to pay a 20 percent premium.

Agreed, although I get the sales tax thing since that creates an uneven playing field.

Ship your cards to the Vault then.

Ha, no thanks!