REA - How Did You Do?
 

I managed to pick up two cards that were pretty high on my want list -- the 1914 CJ Plank and the 1916 Zeenut Billy Southworth. How did the rest of you do?

I thought some things looked fairly soft - was expecting all the buzz in the hobby to shoot a lot of things to the moon. I picked up the m101-3 Cobb which has been on my want list. A few other Cobb postcards seemed weak, though the Azoras looked so cool.

Nice cards. I picked up these 2 and the e103 Bender. I really like the original flexichrome art for the 1975 Topps Cub's team card.

Plank.....
 

Paul, I was bidding on the Plank also! Great card! Looks the the PSA 8 Mikan RC set an all time record. Looks like after fees and taxes it will be like $105,000!!! Wowser!

Back in the 1980s, as a college student, I set up at the Ed Keetz show at the Polish Community Center near Albany NY. I sold a Joe Jackson card for $150 (doubled my money) because it had a weird red ink mark on his face.

Got that card back tonite. Paid a smidge more than $150. :) Was willing to go higher! :cool:

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What goes around.......comes around..... lol

Peace, Mike

I had my first ever REA win in this auction. I am not much of an autograph guy at all, but I am happy to pick up a signed Amelia Earhart check. I know it is not a big purchase compared to what else will undoubtedly be shown in this thread, but this was a pretty big buy for me.

The price seemed soft IMO compared to other Earhart checks that have sold in recent years. Under $1,000 for a slabbed Earhart check seemed like a great deal compared to what random scraps of paper signed by her sell for.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=74306

Nice pick up on that Plank. Those La Azora Cobbs were great, hope a member got them.

Picked up 8 lots, underpaid for some, par value on others, overpaid for one, but checked off a few long time wants on my list. Missed out on a couple steals but had to stay on budget.

PS: Andy, I got your E98 Clarke.

Time for a Whiskey...

Eddie,

All I can say is WOW and tbh, if I had seen that check, it waould not have gone that cheap! Absolutely beautiful piece of history. Most likely hidden by 100K crazy sportscards!

Great pick up!

Peace, Mike

PS A similar PSA 6 check sold for $2k about 2 years ago! Great find! Good job!

Thanks so much, Mike. :) I have long been interested in Earhart. The check did not even have an opening bid on it until a couple days ago. I figured the bids would explode on the final day, but was shocked when I looked at the lot a little after midnight and it was closed.

I like that the check is made out to Paul Mantz, an Earhart friend and advisor who said before her final flight that she was not ready for such an attempt.

That's really cool...thanks for sharing that story.

Picked up this collection of signed lithographs from the 1953 Topps artwork that Marriott had acquired in the 1980s. Don't know much about 'em other than what was in the description, but think they will display beautifully with my complete '53 set.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=73231

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29289

Not pre-war but I got this beauty to finally complete my 1985 Topps Mini test set.

Very cool Eddie. I looked at that for quite awhile. I 100% agree with Mike, it's a terrific piece. Congrats on that pickup.

Hope this is OK, as it's not vintage baseball.

I've not won much from REA over the years, maybe one or two other items. However, thrilled to win this last night in the extra hours.

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Thank you, Bob. :) I have been Facebook friends with the manager of the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, KS for a couple years. I have posted some of my Earhart cards from the 1930s in different discussions on the museum's Facebook page, and the people working at the museum were not aware of what is out there card-wise of Earhart prior to her disappearance.

Excellent pick ups. I thought prices were generally strong - holy crap on the 1914 CJ Matty!! And the Altoona Ruth was still going strong when I closed the computer and went to bed. A few other cards I watched out of interest that did very well include the 1907 Dietsche Cobb Batting, the E102 Wagner throwing, and the 1914 CJ Chance. Most everything else I was watching went strong.

I picked up the T206 Elberfeld, Washington Portrait, Blue Old Mill (shock) and a long overdue E103 Cobb (dont see these centered often)

I struck out last night, but if anyone here won the lot of Federal League player contracts and is interested in moving one, please let me know.

not what I was originally hoping for, but still satisfied.

Another member and I got blown out of the water on the near-complete signed 1953 Topps set. If anyone here won it, between the two of us there are about a dozen we're after.

Rea
 

Swing and a miss last night. Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes you're the nail:) Trent King

Nice additions guys, Bob REALLY beautiful Orr rookie Sir enjoy that one for a long time !

Tapped out on the e103 Cobb (glad it was won by someone here though) and lost by a single bid on the d304 Wagner. Probably going to be kicking myself for not trying one more bid on that one.

Needed SOMETHING so grabbed the cheapest e90-1 Mathewson with the back damage and old SGC slab. A consolation prize.

That T206 Elberfeld Blue OM was a steal IMO. Congrats!

Anyone get the T210 lot?

Wow!
 

Otis,

That "mini" appears to be on steroids! lol jk :D

Peace, Mike

Great Pickups everyone! What a great auction! If anyone here got the 1910 W-UNC 16 card lot and want to sell a few let me know. I need 10 more to complete my set and need 5 of the cards in the lot.....Thanks!

Won Peckinpaugh to get my T217 wantlist down to three

Rose Co
 

Couldn't help myself on Hemphill Rose Co even with all the writing on the reverse. My 3rd but only dreams of a team set

Congrats on the auction wins everyone. I won this card which is one of my favorites in the set.

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I picked up a few items and I moved the market in the process....

The strategy of checking VCP to find a 'market price' is a fool's errand. it only leads to missing out on items. Where a card sold for on October 15th and June 9th is irrelevant. This is the Wild West, buy the stuff you want.

Thrilled with this!

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I chased the E-121 Ruth for awhile but it leapt out of my price range at the end.

Congratulations to everyone who picked something up!

Glad you got the Blue Old Mill. I know you wanted one for your back collection. Also nice to know where it went. With so few of them, it's good to know where they all are. Plus I think it went for a very fair price. Being the Washington variation, I figured it would add a few thousand more on top of a standard price Blue Old Mill. What ever a standard price is lol.

Lost the pencil Ruth by one damn bid.

Walked away with a consolation prize that I realize now is only gonna remind me of the loss on the other lot. Crappy Monday.

Man, down to three! That’s great, congrats.

Nice pick up Mac, congrats.

Picked up a T205 Duffy.

If anyone here won the T205 short prints lot and plans to break it up, I’d be interested in buying a couple.

Very nice!

I had bid on that, but went to bed last night with my money in the lead on something else. Woke up to find I didn't get that one either.

It was a very inexpensive night for me!
(Although I more than made up for it with holiday shopping yeserday.)

Went to bed winning two lots, woke up to two outbid emails :(

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=74353

I’m thrilled with this win. Went rather reasonable, I was shocked to have won it.

Happy with these two...


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I was eyeing this Wagner but tapped out just before midnight glad someone here picked it up.

Congrats

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Whoever won the Cobb back got a steal? or Cobb back already filled all the demand of the collectors who want one and just "flat out" from now on?

And now I know who got my 1912 Red Sox team postcard...:(:(

I played for a very short while on the really nice T207 Sox...but damn...

Man, your collection....such great cards. Awesome.

Why is the Elberfeld a 1?

First time in a while I won any cards. I collect mostly Memorabilia And my big purchase was the Mike Trout Bat. But Very happy with the W601's and a nice OJ Hof'er

This was my first time bidding in the REA auction. I am very happy that I was able to pick up an Old Judge John Clarkson for my Chicago Cubs HOF collection. It’s not the greatest condition, but it still has great eye appeal and I think it was a great value, especially for a card that has not been easy to locate (and never at this low of a price). I wish had the funds to make a run at that Old Judge King Kelly since the Chicago variation seems very hard to come by, but dang it, it is Christmas and I have two kids at home.

One of the nicest cards in the auction!
 

I almost never see that card centered anywhere close to that nice! Great pickup.

I had a 1st happen with this auction - I placed my usual group of "placeholder bids" when the auction opened and actually won 1 of them!! Nice T027 broadleaf. Would have likely made a run at a couple of others, but there is so much more stuff coming that I want more!!

Nice pick ups by everyone. Ryan, nice job landing the Blue Old. I picked up a few Cobb’s.

Only won one small lot but wow that 49 Bowman Robinson PSA 5.5 went through the roof. Nearly 10k with BP. I also dabbled in the 53 Topps signed set but quickly blown out of the water there

:eek: Congrats Chuck!

Great pick up!

Congrats.

In case you didn't know, Leon has made us hockey fans a hockey specific section below where it use to be combined with basketball, etc.

Some really great pickups, and thanks for the kind words (And Phil, thanks for the PM). Hank, I am not sure why the Blue OM is a 1.... the reality is, who cares about the grade, its the only Elberfeld Washington Portrait Blue Old Mill, and one of only 3 Blue Mills known to date - rarity, not grade!

I am still not convinced it should be considered a "back" - I would like a few more to emerge, that can all be linked to the same sheet, that has a sensible story as to how the black got blue; like with the Brown Old Mill, where SL Hindu switches to SL OM and they forgot to change the ink on the back. Plus, I bet we see more of these suckers start to pop up - not many, but I bet a few more people start looking at their OMs for blue ink.

Joe Jackson notebook
 

I haven't picked up much this year, but was happy to get the Joe Jackson notebook. Nice to get a playing days Jackson item that doesn't break the bank.

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...ckson-notebook

I picked up the Crawford Novelty Cutlery and the McGraw Felix Mendelsohn.

Tried for the Plank Novelty Cutlery to no avail.

Beauties. Congrats

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Ruth exhibit & Red Sox team P.C.
 

Hey Andrew,

Two of my consignments... Glad they went to a good Net54 home.

Paul

Wow! Nice back run.

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Great pick up! I collect Speaker, and I've never seen this. Also a Reds fan, and it's got Roush on the cover. I hope my jealousy inflates your victory.

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Wow.... Nice condition and great price on that Joe Jax Notebook... Congrats!

T3 lot
 

I won a lot of 14 low grade T3s that included the Tenney variation I needed to complete my T3 set. The lot went for more than I was hoping (what a surprise these days), but it was worth it to finish the set. I'll be trying to sell off the rest of the cards in the lot once I get them so anyone interested should look for them in the B/S/T listings hopefully next week.

Awesome Eddie. I’m glad now I didn’t bid on it. Sounds like it went to a great home and to an individual that truly appreciates it. Also great information on who the check was made out to. Nice.

Thanks for your kind words. Yeah the next time this will come to market is likely when my kids are selling it. Hopefully several years from now 😊. I actually had a lot of trouble sleeping last night, finally owning one of these.
As a set builder, I now have a new set to tackle as this is the first card I have from the Test issue. That is both good and bad.

Happy to have grabbed this. A card I always wanted to add to my PC.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4b254a_c_d.jpg

Envious of the Zeenut Southworth pickup by the OP. I'm a fan of Billy, and that card is on my 5 most wanted. Fingers crossed for someday! Congratulations!

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Never thought I would get a REALLY NICE upgrade for my T205 Cobb, but if you don't try you don't win!

MIGHT have overpaid a little, but, Hey It's Christmas!!

My lone win is the Paul Thompson Stengel that I couldn't stop looking at.

Anyone here get the studio Gehrig photo (lot 2264 https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...itemid=73520)? I love that one too.

That Stengel is mesmerizing.

Beauty, nice pickup

Accidentally posted this in the December pickups thread when I don't actually have it in hand yet...meant to post it here....lot 214.

+1

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Thanks, Paul. Very happy to have them in my collection, where they will be staying for a long time.

Andrew

Damn, Chuck! Scored some nice ones! Nice picks ups!

old baseball cards
 

Excited to see my OBC mates Mac and Andy pick up gems!!!
(15CJ Cobb & T217 Peckinpaugh)

This OBCer got shut out, but I have had a big year in acquisitions, so I don't mind simply watching the treasures flow in this thread.

REA had some incredible items once again. It's mind-boggling to see the quality and the quantity...and the prices realized by this AH. Kudos to that team!!

I lost on the Barney Stein season pass...

But was pretty happy (and amazed) that I won the Giants Colgan's Chips premium with my "bookmark bid" from 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Doug

Thanks guys! I can't wait to see it in person.

Wow Bryan, he is staring right into my soul :o

I'm right there with ya. That was #1 on my wantlist from this auction. I might have gone higher if there weren't so many other auctions right around the corner.

One win:

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Grabbed an early Mays

That is awesome!!!