B18 blanket find in New York
 

Anybody win any of the B18 blankets in the auction from Delhi, New York?

There was a Perdue and Gowdy with rare red infields, two Cobb's with brown infields plus one with a white infield, a Walter Johnson, a Miller Huggins plus 70 other B18's. There was also six Sweet Caporal baseball pinbacks.

David

Well, I don't know much about the Blankets, although they appeared to sell well. I was shocked by the prices that the cards got. Example-1959 Topps Binder with about 280 cards. I would say about Ex condition, sold for over $1000 when you take into account the buyers premium of 10%. Some stars, but nothing crazy, no Mantle, no Gibson Rookie, No Mays or Aaron. Did have Yogi Berra, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, etc... I mean entire sets sell for about $1500.00... I could go on and on, forget about consigning to all the different auction houses that everyone talks about on here, I think a person's best bet is to consign to these random auction houses that sell glass bottles, costume jewelry etc... I go to these religiously, York Pennsylvania, Scranton PA, ( today in Dehli New York... ) the vintage cards NEVER go cheap. I even had the courage to consign once and did quite well, even paying the 30% the auction house takes. I got $40 for a 1960 Johnny Unitas that wouldn't get a second look if it lived in a $10 box at a show. Once in Wilkes Barre PA, I saw someone pay $50 for about ten of the 1975 topps cards that feature the MVP's through the years. Prices were EXTREMELY strong from what I saw.

I called and left bids on three lots; the 10 St Louis felts and the two red infield felts. I haven't heard anything back from the auction so I guess I didn't win any of the lots.

David