Memory Lane Auction
 

Strong prices for a fantastic collection. Congratulations to the Newman family, Memory Lane for treating/marketing the collection properly, and any Net54 members who won.

4.2 million for a Goudey Ruth. Man.

Auction ran until 6-630am EST this morning. That’s not fun.

Yes but what was JP's incentive to close when bids were rolling in?

Not a big fan of that format. If the lots have action let em run but close the ones without action after 15 minutes.

The AH is there to get the most for the consignor, and you know the argument, that if all lots remain open people who get maxxed can go back and spend on other lots which wouldn't be there with a 15 minute rule. Yes there are counterarguments but the debate will never be resolved.

Lots 1 thru 5 alone, ended north of $10 million bucks combined!

Right. Their first allegiance is to their consignors.

Can't even count how many times (as a bidder) I have been outbid very late, only to jump over to a lot that's been stagnant for hours because it's still within my spending limit. But we have re-hashed this a thousand times, and people will always be split on the issue.

Auction Houses Have The Market Cornered. It’s hard to find people willing to sell their high end cards for cash privately when AH’s are brining in these numbers.

On the flip side, it appears to me many people would rather overpay an auction house than pay a fair but reasonable price for a nice card privately.:cool:

Agreed not fun especially when no action on an item you bid on and at 3 am get outbid. Lol

But great cards

I don’t understand it anymore, agree Peter! It’s greed they want the most on everything.

I can send you a list of cards I would be more than happy to pay a fair and reasonable price for, some of which I would pay close to AH prices for as I prefer spending $$ with members or other collectors. Only problem is those cards usually pop up in auctions before I get a shot at them.

I think ML did a great job for the Newman family.

+1

At 4:00 am I envisioned it going on for hours and everyone getting up on the east coast and start bidding again. I was high on my one lot well before midnight and was not looking forward to a Sunday morning bid resurgence. I i finally decided that I was not going to get up again, I would either win the lot or not. It might be interesting to hear from the bidders, how many either fell asleep and lost out or simply lost interest from the auction going for so long well into the next morning.

It was a very strong showing for vintage, especially 19th century. I imagine the total sales exceeded their pre-auction estimate. And a nice break not to see 500 modern basketball cards being the headliners.

I view buying out of auctions as a last resort, because inevitably on cards I want the prices go to the moon.:D

The really annoying thing about auctions now is a PSA 7.5 card will sell for $20,000 and I will receive offers to buy the same card as a PSA 7 via Heritage offers system for $4,000. I if I accept that offer I can then pay Heritage 10% commission I believe.

I may be stupid, but not that stupid.

He has far less important ones "run" until after 9:00AM EST.

It just rewards those who stay up all night. If the person who would pay the most is asleep when he is out bid, the consignor doesn't get the most for his card. I know people think bidders should put in their high bid, but shillers and auction houses like Mastro who shilled their auctions, make that unpractical.

The only way an Auction House is going to maximize for their consignors is to end the auction when everyone is awake.

If I am JP and looking at prices realized (holy shit BTW on many of them) I am probably thinking I don't need to change anything.

Some strong prices for sure! Went to sleep around 11pm Eastern with a winning bid. Woke up around 5:40am to see I had been outbid around 3:45am or so. Didn't think I'd have a chance to bid again after I fell asleep but was happy to place one final bid (and win).

Don't love the all night auction and understand both sides of it. I also think the 15 or 30 minute rule on a lot by lot basis should give everyone time to duke it out on lots and still have time to bid on the other items if they're outbid. I enjoyed a 10:30pm ending of a recent auction house win as a result! Not complaining about how AH's do their thing at all. You know the rules going in so as long as they're living up to those rules, all good! Just stating a preference here!!

Congrats to all who won!!

At the super high end obviously there were some unreal prices.

I was following some pricey items (15,000-30,000) and honestly the prices realized on that level didn't seem bat shit crazy like January - February.

The 14CJ Cobb 4 was well bought imo.

Is this the first Gehrig rookie to top 1 million?

Agree! Let auction runs forever is the best format and can bring the most money to consigners. Bidders are supposed to place the max bids on something "I got to have it" items, if u just want to place "marginal" bids then u don't really want them as bad.

Very happy to see the winner of 52T Mantle PSA8 is buying the card and not the holder. There were a few PSA8s (with centering issue) in recent auctions ended in much lower price.

I think so, the one in Goldins went for 782K.

That 3 hour time diff on the left coast is one of the few advantages of living here. It somewhat - but not entirely - makes up for all the crime, gang bangers, shitty air, traffic gridlock, heat, drought, density, fires and quakes.
Somewhat . . . :D

In 2007 JP sold a PSA 5 for 7800. Who knew.

Hotchkiss

Yep.

The only people who will be split are those not looking at it from the viewpoint of what is best for the consignor.

I don't like getting outbid after hours of no action, but whoever consigned the item likes that I was.

I wasn't thrilled with an email going out at 4:05 stating that the auction was unlikely to go past 4:15. It ended after 6 AM EST. That said, I was snoozing when the email went out and I maintained my high bid.

that sale blew away the two previous realized prices in feb/march of this year for PSA 8's (reference VCP). Both of those were also nicely centered as well. This card was very similar to those, makes the previous highs of 1.3 and 1.6 mil back in feb/march of this year look like a steal. That card just always has buyers willing to pay more and dont see that ever changing.

Well at least today we have a lot of really tired rich people! :D

Anyone win anything? Won the 1916 WS program. Wanted the Fatima Red Sox ad piece but no luck.

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I won this. I wanted some other stuff but prices went beyond where I comfortable.

Peter was quoting the earlier lower prices on the Gehrig compared to what they're going for now and asked "who knew?"
You timed the purchase of yours perfect, right before the run up. I think your purchase may have awakened a few folks to the significance of that card.

My lone win, which will surprise no one, the image from a 2013 Goodwin auction. Reholdered in between sales.

Amazing card Scott, congrats!

Ohhh! Gotcha. Yea, but I still could have been (wish I was) on it earlier.

Scott, that Delahanty is awesome!! You paid up for it, but it’s worth it. Congrats!

I was in sensory overload with some many cards on my wish list and/or want list.
But I have been on the hunt for a 1914 CJ Joe Jackson Card to expand my Joe Jackson Collection that I had to pay up for it a bit. But I was happy with the results

Great pick up Jeff, congratulations. Now you have the red for red, white and blue day.

Thanks, it upgraded my 1902 Type 1. I assumed it might bring 50-70k based on other tough/high grade SL cabinets but was pleasantly surprised at the results. As we know Ed died in July 1903, SL discontinued offering his cabinet shortly after, the type 2 is actually scarcer than the type 1.

My lone pickup. Very happy to finally add one:

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The West is a grail for sure. All these years later I am beating myself up for not bidding on a PSA 5 1960 Oscar.

Damn Jeff. GREAT pick up. I am proud to be the owner of your former CJ; this one is certainly an upgrade for you. Personally, I love the caramel stains

Thanks. Now I have to figure out the right blue card that fits my collection

Great pickups everyone! I finally landed this:

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Awesome grab!

Fantastic cards everyone!

Congrats on the end of that hunt. Very nice eye appeal

Why do these threads always become a love-in?:D

It’s a addiction/disease people get hooked on the rush, thrill, and mostly about the Joy of owning a cool card!

It’s emotional!

Would people still collect if there was no social aspect to it?

Steal of the auction! Congrats on a great example it a great card (at a great price)

Nice Cobb.

Asks the guy posting on a collectors forum community thread.

I haven't seen an official announcement from Memory Lane yet, but looks like final bids totaled $21.58M (including the juice). Wow!

Congrats Pete, you’ve been after that one for awhile. Great pickup.

Blue border Baltimore News Ruth should fit in nicely.

Great card, congrats

Finally got 3 of the 4 T3’s I needed! Paid up in Ex 5 (two old PSA graded ones and an SGC). Hope they are as nice as they seemed (pictures not that great online), older T3 grading can be varied. Passed on the one card (!) I had left the Criger, it was a 5 with next bid $2200, but this one appeared to have some paper loss on the front. Would rather have a clean 4 for $500-700, but these have become harder to find lately. I think there are clearly some registry guys pushing the higher grades on these. Great cards, prices are still reasonable frankly, especially in nice conditions.

Last 10 cards (which I don’t think are particularly more difficult than other commons) have gotten much harder to find and took me a few years.

Paul, good luck finding a T3 Criger you are happy with to complete your set. From what I saw, the T3s in this auction seemed to go for a wide range of prices for similar grades, but there was 1 that I thought went a lot lower than I would have expected - the SGC 5 Tenney NY and Boston variation sold for only $1171. When I was looking for this card, I saw much worse condition ones offered and sold for around this price or higher as it is one of the tougher variations in the set so whoever got it at this price did pretty well.

To some folks I'm sure the social "attaboy!" helps alleviate any nagging misgivings or guilt they have in making a large purchase on something that isn't exactly a necessity in life.

Unfortunately my experience often is the rush is very short-lived. Yes, I have things I treasure. And a lot of things I could probably have done without.

Some incredible cards and prices
 

I had my eye on a lot of lots. Stuff all over the place sold really strong - not just the big ticket items. Doing shows regularly now I see key vintage prices leveling and starting to tick up again. Not many, but there were a few reasonable deals to be had. When all was said and done I landed a single lot for what I thought was a great price - 1938 Goudey Greenberg PSA 6. Congrats to all the board members who won some great cards!

that was me! I was excited that I got that one at that price, it does seem to be harder to find. the others I have seen and passed on for various reasons, but that one was elusive.

that was a nice pickup (I was underbidder and not sure why I didn't bid again...). Greenberg is still relatively cheap, though has picked up lately notably in the 34 Goudey and the Diamond Star.

the Hockey Sport Kings did really well. don't see them often in high grade.

actually, I forgot to mention the M101-2 prices, wow. have those EVER sold for those kind of prices? it really seems to help that PSA is grading them, I guess, that seems new?

Definitely a nice pickup for that price. Congrats.

Both points are spot on

social aspect is very important. many times buyers rely on other board members to explain to them what they just bought.

I'm I the only one who thinks the elevator doesn't only continue to go up???

Apparently ......from the prices realized. Good for ML and the doctors family.

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I'm happy for the Doctors Family and ML As well those are good Guys in the hobby.

The only thing in my mind that could put a major halt on all of this is Indictments from 2019 investigation.