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Went after a few others but ultimately ended up with only this one. What did everyone else get?

I thought I put in strong bids on three different items but ended up with zilch.

Congrats to all those who won.

Here's how above the rest REA is
 

I sent them an email an hour before midnight, asking for more pix of an item and saying no worries whatsoever if it's too late and you can't get them for me, my fault for asking so late.

5-7 mins later, 6 additional images of the item.

Placed my bid, took over the lead and won it, with that bid!

Now 1. It was great for me, allowed me to better make my decision. 2. Great for REA they continue to show their superior customer service. 3. Great for the consignor who gets more money because of my bid.

They easily could have said "really, now you ask for pix with an hour left in extended bidding, sorry pal."

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Actually put it what I thought were 2 bids higher than expected price and still lost all 3.

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Nice pickup on the Johnson! I got shut out this time around. Congratulations to everyone who picked something up!

Struck out as well... man those prices were crazy last night. Will be interesting to look back in a few years and see if I will kick myself for not going higher, or happy I didnt.

That said, if anyone has a 1954 Hank Aaron PSA 5 they are looking to sell for around $5K or a T206 Red Cobb in PSA 1.5-2 for around $2.5k, please message me.

Thanks,

Taylor

I as well. I was the direct underbidder on one lot, which I could have went one more on, but there really was no value there as is.......If someone got anything way undervalued, congrats......I sure didn't see it.

Ruth PC
 

Ruth PC

I know not a card, but
 

I "think" what I won was "slightly" undervalued.

I won the actual 1929 American League game ball for less the retail version sold for.

Like if you had a game used bat vs a retail bat the value would NEVER be higher on the retail. So found it odd that the Retail Ball went higher than an actual Game ball. I've owned both before and it's not particularly more rare. I'd say the game one in mint/near mint is equal or more rare, if anything.

That was the other thing, the Retail while the stampings were as bold if not a hair better, but had a few flaws, if you zoom in on the laces you will see the difference, browning or scuffed, wheras none of that on the gamer, and a pin hole in the retail version as well.

Gamer - sold for 1,020
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=69807

Retail - sold for 1,080
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=69808

I bid on both, and neither went for what you'd say is a steal, both went for about where they should and have been going, a little less then the gamer would go for on Ebay. More ball collectors I feel on Ebay then visit any single auction house. Possibly just someone out there who didn't know the RED is for the retail version, or they just really wanted a retail version.

Great PC Leon -- I was watching that one. I really like it. Congrats

By 10pm, I could not keep my eyes open (not a knock on REA, I was just exhausted). There were several other items I wanted and would have bid on if I could have stayed awake, but since there was only one item I had to have: I placed a very high, top-all bid on this and went to bed. Super psyched to have such an early image of Wagner - 3+ years before his W600 Type 1 and E107 pieces.

Same here, I actually put in a few more bids than I intended on a couple signed Mantled late. I think someone else decided they were worth a lot more than I or anyone else did. I was almost instantly (not an auto bid) out bid every time.

Great pick up Ryan....
another Ruth card I couldn't resist...

REA Pickups
 

I bid what I thought were competitive amounts on 4 baseball lots and got trounced soundly.

I bid heavily and above retail on several non-sports lots. I was leading up to 2 days ago. When I checked last night my bids looked laughable after seeing what the lots went for.

The catalog was great to have and I enjoyed paging through it many times. I found some lots there that I missed initially in my first 5 or 6 looks at the auction.

I am pretty sure, when I get ready to sell my collection or have my wife sell it after I'm gone that I'll be using these folks.

I didn't win the REA lot, but was very happy to see the sale price on the DiMaggio streak photo. I have one as well.

Ruth Photos
 

I thought I got a fairly good deal on 5 different Babe Ruth Photos

PSA Type III Babe Bows Out - never going to have a Type 1 so this c1948 will suffice :)

4 separate Type 1's from War benefit against Johnson and also got a ticket stub included - if anyone is interested in that let me know!

all for $1000. I'll be moving some of the "they are cool but don't need to keep" and hopefully recoup some of the costs

Happy to have won these four...

Results
 

I struck out kinda like Casey at the bat....I was watching the action on that Patterson Cobb you must have hung in there late to get that one! I was out at $1550....also whiffed on the T207 Johnson cause I fell asleep at the wheel and got my bid in at 12:12 which was 2 minutes late grrrrrr that is one sharp card! Also loved the Johnson PC pictured above UNDER Graded I think for how well it presents. Congrats to all the winners!!!

Nice Ryan, was bidding on that cabinet as well.

Nice pick-ups, everyone. Being primarily a card collector, I'm partial to the PC796 of WaJo and the V89 of Cobb - great cards! I am pleased to have won this card for my 1924 Senators collection for less than I was expecting to have to pay:

Picked up my first Shoeless Joe.

Nice pickup, Chad. I was bidding on that one too.

Leon, I thought that was one of the most interesting items in the auction. I chased it some but bowed out before OT. Congrats.

Whoever picked up the Koufax Tropicana PC...I hate you.

That Ruth PC was former Campf collection, he loved it.

Anyone here win the Cobb studio photos? Was battling someone on those.

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Got some eggs..

Thanks Chris! I missed on a few other cards, but was happy I got this one. Thought I had a similar Jackson last REA, but was outbid the last few minutes.

Didn't bid myself, but they were gorgeous. Kudos to whoever landed them.

Congrats Chris on the V89 Cobb. I was the underbidder and wanted it badly, but I guess you wanted it more. Heritage has an Ex-Mt example coming up in their next auction. If you want to upgrade, I'd be happy to take the REA one off your hands.

My one win. REA assumed it was from 1950 which I think is correct based on the players and date (the date and day of the week match up, and Campy had his own tours later on).

It's not much to look at, but Jackie barnstorming tour items are really tough, and I'm a sucker for anything connected to them. Plus having Jackie, Doby, Campanella, Newcombe and King Tut on it is pretty awesome.

And since it's REA, (which is not too far from me, they take Zelle and they are awesome) I got tracking saying it should arrive tomorrow :-)

Nothing fancy here but love 48/49 Leaf/Bowman

Also love the REA customer service...shot them an email about Zelle a few mins ago and got a response back almost immediately. :eek:

I was "in" on the ones that finished with a flurry of bidding. Of course the fourth one finished with far less activity, and I was not "in" on that one. So I came away with none.

Congrats to anyone who landed one (or more). All 4 were spectacular.

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Picked this up. I enjoy the Bread for Health cards and their uniqueness.

Ed Bailey
 

There were a lot of great cards available last night, but to me, an all original GU flannel is something that is truly scarce and a great buy for the money. This year I've gotten a 1968 home Giants Nate Oliver (Huggins & Scott), a 1957 home Pirates Ron Kline (Hunt), a 1965 road Twins Zoilo Versalles (Heritage), a 1968 road Pirates Maury Wills (Lelands) and now this one. Would love the 1967 Tigers Mickey Stanley at Heritage but it's already north of $2k.

shut out last night. oh well.

Ryan / Jeff - regarding the c1900 Pittsburg Imperial Cabinet w/ Wagner and Waddell, REA didn't mention Fred Clarke being in the image. Is he? If he's not, why not? Seems odd, don't you think?

Believe that's him in the suit as player/manager/pimp.

Derek, I do not know if Clarke is in the pic - I will defer to Jeff and hope that the pimp in the upper row is him. Also, I dont think Waddell is in the picture. Here is what REA says:

"including Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Jack Chesbro, along with stars Deacon Phillippe, Tommy Leach, Jess Tannehill, and Sam Leever. "

REA probably just missed it, but I'm pretty confident that's him.

Lucky for you no Waddell, would have cost you 3x what you paid. Lucky for me too, I would have lost and bitched about it forever.

I was the consignor on that and you got it for a great price. Glad it went to a board member.

Lucky for us both!! Wagner was the only "W" I was after and the only HOFer, but its cool to get Pimp Clarke and Chesbro too

Not enough of these sell regularly to set a "market", but with the price of Ruth's, I have been dying for a nice one of these.

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A nice off back addition to my Chance portrait collection.

That’s a great looking 3, Scott.

I was the consignor on this card and I think you got a hell of a deal.
Paid more for it 10 years ago than you just did, and back then it seemed like prices would only rise.
Not sure what's happened in the intervening years of if Mikan is just too far back for todays basketball collectors to want to collect.
Enjoy it for me, it was one of the tough ones for me to let go.;)

I was gunning for two of the Cobb studios but stopped a bid short on each. They are awesome but figured I would save it for something down the road.


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Buy the card........
 

So happy to own my 1st ever 1952 Topps Mantle! Ive seen 3s look worse! So happy! :)
Peace, Mike
PS Might have set a record but its always fun to be a part of history! :)

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Love that Mikan, Josh!

Happy to get this one:


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Nice!
 

Really nice Matty!

My eyes are very misty

As I pen these lines to Christy;

O, my heart is full of heaviness

May the flowers ne'er wither, Matty

On your grave at Cincinnati,

Which you’ve chosen for your final fadeaway

Ring Lardner

The only thing I picked up from REA was a bad case of the Mondays.:mad:

Contentnea
 

Congrats on some great looking wins everyone!

I was ready to spend last night and still got bullied around. Was bidding on a couple Mono cards, but got pushed out. Also wanted the 9 t205 HOF lot, thought I had it at a great price until a late bidder put in a big overbid. At least I got these two Contentnea cards to add to my small but growing collection.

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I lost out on a few items but was extremely pleased to add this to my modest Cuban collection, and the first Dihigo card I've owned. El Maestro!

Stay well,
Mike

Nice additions everyone! Congrats to all winners!

My lone win -

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Wow, that's a sharp looking "1". If I had seen that, you would have had some additional competition!

Congrats on the pickup!

I've been looking for a decent Houtteman for a while and figured it was time to act.

Sorry, meant Chesbro. Not Waddell. Great pick-up!

Great pickups everyone! I was happy to get this dirty, rotten, scoundrel...

Mike, I was watching that Dihigo as well. Great pick up, I really like that card a lot.

Wow, nice pick up on the Houtteman. How long have you been looking for a good one? They don't come up that often do they?

Managed to win the Williards Chocolate Cobb. Only victory.

Congrats! I love this card.
I was an under bidder but quit awhile before the end to focus on losing other things.

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Wow, nice pick up on the Houtteman. How long have you been looking for a good one? They don't come up that often do they?[/QUOTE]

To find one that wasn't a total beater AND was in my price range AND when my wife wasn't looking took about fifteen years.😁

Been looking for one of these for a while

Funny@!
 

Justin, that was funny! Thanks for not "running me up" I paid enough!

:)

Peace, Mike

If you’re going to have a lone win, it might as well be this gorgeous piece of cardboard!

Thanks Ryan!!!

Got my item in the mail today. Doesn't get much faster than that.

I won the d381 16 card lot , anyone here win the d381 Cobb? Great card!

Very nice and I agree it could've easily graded a 2 or 2.5 on any given day. Obviously other collectors, like you, were bidding on the card and not the number on the flip. That's a keeper!

Beat me on this one! I could only imagine what they're trying to charge you for shipping. Had I won this, I was going to call them to see if I could pick it up in person considering the drive to Chester, NJ is not too far away for me.

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I was able to pickup my first T206!

You're welcome to call tomorrow, but please check your email first because you received a response within one hour and fourteen minutes of your original email.

Brian

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Brian, there is no excuse for the extra 14 minutes- one hour is max for a reply the day after a massive auction ends :)

REA, hands down, has the best customer service in the biz, and Brian and the whole crew at REA are class acts. I am sure it will all work out. Great auction Brian.

Yes!
 

Hands down......as a regular consignor and longtime buyer, I agree REA is top notch. Dean and Brian have always treated me with nothing but absolute respect and honesty.

Yes there are other good auction houses but REA is one of the BEST.

Peace, Mike

+1.

Shipping and insurance on my GU jersey was just $10.00. And their customer service (and museum quality catalogs) are wonderful. Very good people to deal with.

+1. Brian's the kind of guy you hope your daughter marries.

I can't top the Brian love posts though he's as swell a guy as you'd want to deal with in the industry, but I can refer to shipping costs on framed items.
I had to send a framed item through the mail UPS and it cost me $270 a few months back including the insurance....so your estimate was not far from the mark.
REA don't do sly, so when they tell you something about their service you can take it to the bank!

Nice! Watch out, though -- I've heard once you get your first one there's no turning back. ;)

Jeff, very cool piece, even if it is a simple design. Reflects the times and event, and I thought you might go after it.
I won a couple of items and paid right away but haven't received any notice about shipping. It's been a while since I bought anything from REA. Do they usually send a notice when they ship?

Rick

I've always loved the Glendales. I think the Ginsberg is just as tough as the Houtteman. But I've always read that the Houtteman is the key card.

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