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Posted By: <b>Patrick McHugh</b><p>I have spent the last two hours looking at the new catolog. Don't want to let the cat out of the bag but trust me you will be floored!

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Posted By: <b>ockday</b><p>Exactly my sentiments...WOW !!!!

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Posted By: <b>Brian E.</b><p>Mine hasn't arrived yet! I had to pay $75 for their catalogues this year <br /><br />Brian E.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I had trouble carrying the box with the catalogs up the stairs. It is chock full of stuff.

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Posted By: <b>ramram</b><p>Mine has shown up yet.

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Barry, it takes an 'old-timer' to understand the catalogs and a newbie to lift them. Now you know why movie geniuses have young assistants.

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>There were better cards in it than I expected. Nice to be surprised. <br /><br />Edited to say:<br /><br />Of course, the reason I was surprised is because (once again) someone doesn't know common postwar Exhibit boxing cards from rare 1930s Exhibit boxing cards. I sense a need for a consultancy... <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>What are some of the highlights in this Mastronet auction booklet?<br><br>Go Go White Sox<br />2005 World Series Champions!

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Posted By: <b>Brian E.</b><p>Since my catalogue hasn't arrived yet....<br /><br />What Cobb cards are in it? Specifically, Ts &Es b/w 1908-1915? I think my pal Wes has been fundraising lately and looking for a Cobbie! <br /><br />thanks<br /><br />Brian E.

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Posted By: <b>Jim Manos</b><p>I consigned lot #'s 936, 1362, 1837, 2179, and 2250. I hope they do well?? Any comments??

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Posted By: <b>dstudeba</b><p>Jim - That Oaks book is neat, I just think the description is interesting in that at the beginning they say it is uncatalogued, and at the end they say it is an important set.<br /><br />"An incredibly rare complete set of 24 uncatalogued 1938 Oakland Oaks player stamps, ......... An important set that is missing from virtually all advanced collections!" <br />

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Posted By: <b>Jim Manos</b><p>what do you think of the Hoy pin or the Harvard nine, or what about the Mullane Will. Interesting piece's....

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>Is it the Yeakley pin, or did someone else find one...gosh, a Hoy thing I'll never have...hope someone gets it who will appreciate it!

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Posted By: <b>R. D. Cook</b><p>I applaud Jim's decision to disclose his consignments in a direct and transparent way.<br /><br />I'm tired of the usual auction season hidden agenda "hyping" threads from one of our board regulars.<br /><br />Guess it's a bit early in the game or maybe he didn't consign a single Old Judge/KB/GQ this time around.<br /><br />We'll see!<br />

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Posted By: <b>Chris Bland</b><p>Anyone know when the auction will be available online?<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />Chris

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Posted By: <b>zach</b><p>Yupp, monday.

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>REA: www.julievognar.com/home Is that too hard for yuse? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>Did anyone on the West Coast get their catalog? I'm in SoCal and "nada."

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p><img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Josh</b><p>I'm in Oakland, CA and have not yet received mine.<br /><br />Anxiously waiting for it though.<br /><br />J

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Portland, OR.<br />Not yet.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>Tallahassee, FL<br />NOT YET

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Posted By: <b>joe maples</b><p>Michigan, not yet.<br /><br />Joe

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>Nadda in San Jose, CA<br /><br />I called them yesterday and they said that they are shipping out today (for the pee-ons like me).

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Posted By: <b>Alan</b><p>Pardon my stupidity, but don't they ship the catalog to everyone at the same time ? How do some get the catalog extra early ?

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Posted By: <b>AParks</b><p>Near Orlando FL -- still nope.

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Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> It arrived in NC today, and it is awesome...<br /><br /> Be well Brian

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Posted By: <b>joe maples</b><p>Received this afternoon, Fedex<br /><br />Joe, Michigan

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Posted By: <b>Jim Manos</b><p>ON_LINE

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Posted By: <b>Jay Miller</b><p>Great auction!

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Posted By: <b>pete ullman</b><p>Wow...nice stuff...BUT...I don't understand why Nagy had a trimmed Plank. The story given doesn't make sense...or explain why he had a trimmed Plank. Am I a moron?<br /><br />pete in mn

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace (HW)</b><p>The description says that the card was obtained from Fred McKie in a trade. <br /><br />Fred McKie is a regular show walker at Fort Washington. I am sure that he could expound on the details of the trade.<br /><br />Still have not received my catalog - I hate searching everything online.

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Incredible stuff! That trimmed Plank story did make sense to me either.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>MW</b><p>I think the trimmed Plank is the replacement card. The one that Nagy sold was a higher grade.

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>I put together a watch list of 60. It's a good thing I had fun doing it because I'll never own any of them.

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>There seemed to be a paragraph that got edited out in the story. I also believe that he gave up the higher grade card with the assumption that he could find a replacement some day, but only found the trimmed version as a replacement. But they kind of left us on the edge without explaining the history of this card. Who really cares abouit the one "he used to have."

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Posted By: <b>Dan Koteles</b><p>you'll probavly get 45 0f the 60. Yes I recieved mine today ,WOW is right !!!!....I have 7 lots and hope for a min-<br />imum of 2 . Good luck to all.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>and now there are creative new ways to lose..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mastronet.com/index.cfm?action=DisplayContent&ContentName=Lot%20 Information&LotIndex=53134&CurrentRow=1" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.mastronet.com/index.cfm?action=DisplayContent&ContentName=Lot%20 Information&LotIndex=53134&CurrentRow=1</a>

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>I had a watch list of 15 and have now chiseled it down to nine, but I am only going to bid like a maniac on one card this time (or possibly 2).<br /><br />I noticed that the Joe Jackson Sporting News card is identified as a m101-5 in the title but in reality is a m101-4 and states such in the SGC grade.

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I'll get nothing and like it <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace (HW)</b><p>It is obviously a M101-4 since it is number 87. He is number 86 in the M101-5 set.

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>I have informed my wife that we will be officially broke after the Mastronet auction. She was not pleased.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Does anyone ever calculate the amount of time they put in to analyze and evaluate the lots they want and divide it by the number of lots they actually win?

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>First thing I do is flip through all of the card categories real fast. If I see something I "need" then I go "oh crap" to myself. Because I know I will most likely end up spending a lot of money (for me) or have serious anxiety if I don't. If there is nothing I "need", which I don't think there is this time, then I take a breath and figure out what I "want". But if there's nothing I need I know I might not "have" to spend money.....GREAT auction as usual. regards

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>I still haven't received a catalog and I have bought from them in each of the last three auctions. <br /><br />On further thought, according to the UPS tracking info my purchases from the last auction are suppose to arrive tomorrow, so perhaps they killed two birds with one stone and put my catalog in with my cards.

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Posted By: <b>gary nuchereno</b><p>I do the same as Leon, I look to see if there is a must have in the catalog and breathe a sigh of relief if nothing fits in that category. Then I wait for the house to be quiet<br />no kids, no wife, no dog, (well actually the dog can stay) and crack a few Michelob lights and take my time going over each lot. I dont collect bats, autographs or uniforms so I check out the vintage ones but pass over the post WWII stuff. I mark down lots I am interested in and then check my various wantlists to see what I want to bid on. I got<br />superior, Mastro and sothebys catalogs all on the same day! Thats a great day!

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Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p>Nothing in L.A. yet, although I did get out bid on every one of the 22 lots I bid on this morning. I did get my lots from the last auction last week.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Michelob light! You need a good dark beer to get through one of those catalogs. Helps numb the pain when you realize you can't really win anything.

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Posted By: <b>tbob</b><p>2 packages of cards, Mastro, Hunt's, Superior, Gray Flannel and Sotheby's catalogues all arriving the same day. The postman was cursing under his breath <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>JudgeDred (Fred)</b><p>King, you wont be broke, you'll be cardboard rich!

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Posted By: <b>Charlie O'Neal</b><p>12 hours into the auction and is already past what I expected a lot I was interested in to go for. Some lots took off like a rocket once bidding opened. Can't wait till they show up on eBay...I hope they show up.

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>I actually thought that since so many auctions are going on at once supply might exceed demand to the point that one could get some good buys. But as always, there is a real rush to the elite stuff. There are probably 100 33/34 Goudeys (mostly PSA 8s) that do not even have bids yet in the MastroNet auction. Some are HOFers to boot. Everything I am looking at is already at or past my limit and we are only 12 hours into the auction.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1132637049.GIF">

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Posted By: <b>Alan</b><p>You would think there's no way Mastro can not top this, but somehow they will in their next premium auction.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>It does fascinate me how quickly a lot in their auctions will skyrocket to within 10-20% of its final bid. There must be some reason for this feeding frenzy. Most auctions are just the opposite, with lots relatively dormant until the end. I think it's a tribute to the sheer volume and amazing quality of their material that bidders can't get their bids in fast enough. I started bidding at 11:15 EST, 15 minutes after it started, and almost everything I bid on already had multiple bids and in some cases was already triple its opening.

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Posted By: <b>david</b><p>i think with mastro most people get their bids in early so they can keep getting the catalogs. with mastro it seems like 90% of the early bids are not by 'serious' bidders

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Posted By: <b>tbob</b><p>If the early bidding is in any way indicative of the way the bidding is going to go, I will find myself on the outside looking in. The caramel cards took off like a rocket. I expected some major bidding on Nagy's E94s but not as quickly and not as much this early.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>It's starting to look like if you want to win any of the better card lots, you might have the raise the ante for what you think they are worth. Last week's prices are obsolete; we're now dealing with this week.

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>I was the lead bidder on a card and since the next highest increment was as high as I would go (10% higher), I decided to put in another bid using their "straight bid" format. I tried reading the Mastro bidding rules, since I did not want to automatically increase my existing bid. I simply wanted to increase my limit to what I would go by 10%. I couldn't find how this would actually work in their rules section so just put the bid in. Well... now I am still the high bidder but at 10% more. I could of used their "max bid" format, but that would of raised my bid by 20% and I really didn't want to do that. So essentially, I bid against myself. I am not real unnerved by this, since I think the card would of reached this limit, and likely beyond anyway, but potentially I could of cost myself some fairly significant money. It's something to keep in mind, especially on the last days of bidding if you plan to "up" your bids.

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>so..many..great...cards..all the cards I own in better condition..except for a few 19th century (guess that's what REA was after <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/033102jump_1_prv.gif">

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>Look at it this way: if you've discouraged other bidders, you'll still get the card at ther 10% less price...bloody likely!