REA Results
 

So both lots I was interested in went out past my budget. Hopefully, you all had better luck than myself. Kudos to REA for the terrific auction.

If anyone picked up lot #90 or #91, please let me know if you're interested in parting with any of the Des Moines or Sioux City cards.

Thanks and Goodnight
Craig

Lost all of mine
 

The economy seems to be thriving in sports cards and memorabilia - Wow! Not just REA, but I think 4-5 auctions over the past few weeks.

Yep... I've noticed the same thing in a big way. Cards and memorabilia might be the last segment to take a hit from this covid craziness.

I guess I'll be the first to post some winnings. Both in the category of cards I never thought I'd own. The McGraw is the oversized premium Ferguson pennant, not the little BF2.

Wow NICE! Those larger Premium Pennants are so rare... Great stuff!

Great eye appeal on the Tip Top Honus for the price.

One of the auction results that really jumped out at me was the '61-62 autographed Wilt Chamberlain card. I know there at several collectors trying to put together an autographed set of the '61-62 Fleers, but $33,000+ for the Wilt card seemed really strong to me.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=66883

I won a couple of lots. Got one for an entirely reasonable price and the other for at least twice what I expected I'd have to pay for it. I thought for sure I was the only Whitey Glazner collector.

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Congrats on the Wagner. I missed that one, might have bid you up if I had seen it.

Ended up going higher for this than I planned but wanted a nice Cy young card.

My thoughts on the items I was watching/bidding on

1) 1933 Bismarck Team-Signed Postcard with Satchel Paige PSA/DNA NM-MT 8 - The 1933 Bismarck Churchills signed postcard was nice and fit my integration collection, but that team only had a couple of big names (Paige being the key one) so I passed, even though it's one of the earliest Paige autographs I have ever seen. Ended up passing on it. Sold for $975 + Premium (and shipping and tax), so prob around $1400 all in.

2) 1940-1941 Pedro "Perucho" Cepeda Signed Guayama Puerto Rican League Contract - I sold this a year or two ago and it went for $1100 + Premium then. Would have loved to have gotten it back if it stayed really cheap. Ended up $700 + Premium. Solid price, but wasn't low enough for me to keep bidding on.

3) 1945-1946 Cienfuegos Original Photograph with Martin Dihigo - PSA/DNA Type I - I noticed this had only 1 bid (for $200) at a few minutes to 6, so I went in. It's a beautiful image in great shape. A much worse condition copy sold at Hakes for $800+ (with the juice). Bidding got up to $550 on it early in extended bidding and I planned on bidding in the overtime. Ended up looking myself in the mirror and reminding myself that it doesn't really fit the PC super well, and so even though I think it was a very solid deal at $550 + Premium (or even at $600 or higher, as it was still below what a much, much worse condition copy sold for at Hakes), I ended up leaving it. Sorry to the buyer who paid much more than had I stayed away, but I believe they still got a very nice price.

4) 1933 Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia A's Lineup Cards Signed by Walter Johnson and Connie Mack - The only items I won. Price was definitely not low ($1250 + premium etc) but it's the oldest pair of lineup cards (meaning both teams from the same game) I've ever seen in years of collecting and researching them. It featured manager's Walter Johnson against Connie Mack, two of the most significant names in the game (albeit Johnson for his play.) In rare fashion, Mack signed his whole name (first and last rather than just last). The date wasn't listed, but wasn't terribly hard to determine (Aug 17, 1933). In the game, HOF Earl Averill hit for the cycle. HOF's Jimmie Foxx and Mickey Cochrane were in the lineup for the A's as well. Monte Pearson, who was on the mound for Cleveland, actually lead the league in ERA that season.

The A's lineup is someone faded which isn't great, but the Indians is super sharp with Johnson's signature looking really sharp. And the Averill's cycle was the 104th in baseball history. (There still have only ever been 330. (It's only slughtly more common than the 303 no-hitters in baseball history).

And the A's pitcher that day had a great name/nickname: (Merritt Patrick) "Sugar" Cain"

To many good items
 

The REA auction had a lot of great items unfortunately not enough resources for them all.

Happy to get this Joe Jackson

Tim Murnane day for me. The 1877 Boston composite cabinet with Tim Murnane, and WaJo's personal photo from the Tim Murnane tribute game with the lineup written out by Johnson personally.

I’m excited to add this Washington poster to move my collection up to 8 of these posters.

Some nice stuff already posted from winnings here. My lone pickup.

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I was shut out but there were a couple of lots that I had my eye on for information purposes.

839 - the autographed Ted Williams rookie had an opening bid of $500 (me!) and sold for $19,500. It was only Authentic and the card didn't have a number grade but it was a very sharp looking card. Given the starting bid, I was surprised that it sold for nearly 40x the opening bid.

1158 was the 1956 Topps set that had all 342 cards in PSA 6 holders. It started at $2500 and eventually sold for $11,000. It spend several days in the $3,000-$4,000 range. The grading alone even at $7 a card was well over $2,000. I have all of the HOFers, both checklists and several other cards at least PSA 6 so I was interested in this one for value as, obviously, the HOFers drive most of the cost. It really made a late run.

Maybe it was me, but I didn't see anything resembling a deal in the stuff that I was looking at. Lot 2263 was '71 & '72 topps basketball sets that I was interested in. When I read the description further, it said that there was writing on 70% of the card backs and it still went for $1350 before buyer's premium.

When the auction started, I wondered if there would be softness as people would be hoarding cash to get through this crisis. Apparently, there are very wealthy collectors who are impervious to the challenges gripping the world.

Nice Brian

I don't know whether to be happy or sad. I placed an early bid but a week ago last night we were hit by a big storm with straight line winds. I lost 13 70 feet plus trees in five seconds in my front yard and then have had to take down five more with heavy damage. We didn't get power back until Wednesday night, my mind has just been other places so I didn't bid anymore. But grateful the house survived and no one was hurt.

Great pick up Jeff- what happened to your old 1914 Jax?

I thought prices were strong but the W600 Cobb went very cheap.

I landed a few white whales and am all around super-psyched about last night.

Wow. Awesome. Congrats.

As a consignor I was EXTREMELY HAPPY with the results!

Geez Ryan, making up for HA the other night? I hope this means you are tapped out for awhile :D I actually thought you might be the one to get the W.W. Smith Cobb.

Holy crap, Ryan - incredible!!

Hopefully the house won't have to go on the market today!

I think that Tango Eggs was once Jerry’s? And are you starting after some Ruth cards now? Really nice group there, my friend. Your Cobb and Wagner collection is “wow.”

Thanks guys. Getting blanked in Heritage did give me some added “auction muscles”, but DJ, I will be competing in the next Heritage. This auction just had a few things I really wanted and you never really see - the W600 Wagner, the tango eggs Cobb and Clement Bros Cobb. There were a few that got away (e92 crofts cobb and WW Smith Cobb), but I can’t complain.

I thought this was a really great auction. My only complaint is 5 minutes; I’d like to see that go to 10-15

Hi Ed! How is “stay at home” in the new house? I always look at Ruth, but they are just so darn expensive and, for me, Cobb and/or Wagner usually wins; more bc of the issue (T, E, D cards and colors) Than the player.

My small pickups:

Have been wondering for a while if any Type 1 photos even existed of Faust. Have been looking since I got back into collecting 7 or 8 years ago and haven't seen one come up unless I missed it. So I am very happy to have landed one at what I feel was a very reasonable price. The fact that it is a Paul Thompson is just icing on the cake.

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With my turn towards vintage film posters and collectibles, these next two are right up my alley. This one was originally titled "Abbott and Costello Meet The Killers". As A&C movies go, it is somewhat forgettable in the labyrinth of their films. What ended up making the title rather collectible, however, was that five days before shooting on the film began, they were able to sign someone new to play the role of the lead villain, and his star power at the time was so great that they put his name in the title of the film. It became "Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer Boris Karloff. The part was originally written for a woman. Paper from this title is collectible mostly due to Karloff's work in the film. The fact that it is Bud Abbott's personal script for the film is amazing.

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This was my favorite get from the auction though. Bud Abbott's personal script from the movie that basically launched the Abbott and Costello franchise. It was their second film but the one that made them stars. There might only be two other A&C titles that compare in terms of collectability. Just an amazing piece.

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Unbelievable Ryan. And just to throw it out there...if you're looking to adopt...consider a middle aged man in his 40's with limited upside at this point..I could be had. Christmas could certainly be mighty special. :D

Scored the Carl Hubbell photo used for his Diamond Stars card.

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Pick ups
 

Nice cards Ryan!!

Got beat out in OT on the 1916-20 UNC BIG HEADS (lot of 7)
Besides, Calvindog & Dan McKee, who else is collecting these or has some?

Ryan,
We don’t have a stay at home order. Just guidelines for staying safe. But it is nice having a cool house to stay home in. PM me your phone number, I lost it when my last phone crapped out and your number wasn’t backed up in my cloud.

Just one big keeper for me

The price for the Wilt was very surprising! That might be the most I can recall ever seeing for any vintage signed Basketball card.

ok - i'll play...guess i'm in the way shallow end (especially after Hotchkiss, good grief man!) but i'm pretty pleased with these.


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For Wajo portraits, if you want something OTHER than Piedmont or Sweet Cap, this is really the only reasonable thing to find; eye appeal is pretty good, and with the "common backs" getting $1200-1300 normally, the back premium on this seemed pretty reasonable.

For Matty, it was this SC150/30 or the PSA 4 Piedmont 150. 20% off the PSA seemed like a good place to be.

On Young, similar to Wajo, if you want something else Sovereign is about it. And of those, 150s are twice as hard (?) to find then 350s? At $1400-1500 for the common back 2.5s, again back premium seemed pretty reasonable.

I was the underbidder on the Ruth/Cobb/Collins type 1 photo - couldn't bring myself last night to pay up and just overpay; huge regrets this morning.

Thrilled to see the '39 signed Williams sell for that - great card

Nothing for me last night, but I do have a Big Head Cobb.

Re: REA
 

Big swing and a miss for me. Ryan, Love the Clement Cobb. Congrats!

Damn... congrats Ryan, incredible pickups.

Way to go Ryan!! Go big or go home! ;)

Nice pick ups David. I was watching that Sov Young, but got hung up on losing out on other lots.

Amazing pickups Ryan!

I struck out on the D381 commons lot, as I only needed a couple. If anyone won that lot or knows the winner, I'd love to generously overpay/overtrade for a few needed ones.

Wow!
 

Heartfelt congrats. Many of those I was "watching" knowing darn well that they would never find a home here... glad that they went to an N54er.

Congrats!

Nice cards, everyone. I enjoyed this closing style for REA. I picked up a couple, but this is my favorite.

(Edited to add: it's a shame there's so much compression on uploaded jpgs...the full picture is much nicer:
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=65212)

This is gonna be small taters to most of you all here, but I'm super happy with my lone pickup from REA last night. It is an Allen & Ginter album. I already have the baseball set, so this album tells "the rest of the story" when it comes to its history. Everything about it makes me melt! I love 19th century lithograph pieces, and the graphics on this are amazing. Plus, I think I got it for a really good price!

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It's a very nice album
 

and you paid a fair price. Do you plan on framing it? Minor cover and binding hole damage makes it an excellent candidate. I won one of the banners, the stevengraphs, and an album (unfortunately damaged) I needed but it's also non-sports so I won't mention ladies of the white house :-)

BTW I put my check in the mail today and expecting my lots some time this afternoon :-)

Picked up a couple goodies. I was baffled on the 93 SP case. It breaks down to over $6k / box and they can be had for $3k all day on ebay. I get it's cool to own a case, but paying a 200% premium for it surprises me. Lots of strong prices.

Nice Matty Steve. Congrats

Thanks for compliments all.

Congrats to all!
 

Jay! I was so close to putting another bid or two on this - please help me feel better and tell me that you would have gone higher and I just saved you some $$ :D

Nice pick ups for all! Ryan - Wow! Just wow!

Great pickups everyone! Love the Matty Steve! Amazing stuff Ryan!

Congrats to all who won last night. Incredible auction and many highlights came to board members! Ive seen 10 images posted on this thread so far that would be headliners in most other auctions. Whoever won the W600 Cobb got a great price on it and speaking of great price.... Jay did good on that Murnane photo from Walter Johnson family. That lot still had some meat in the bone! Ryan it was a three way race on the WW Smith Cobb as we get honorable mention. Ryan, Im almost afraid to ask you to rate your pickups.

As far as REA new closing.. I think 10 minutes per lot for extended time compared to 5 minutes is better. Plus starting at 11pm is better than midnight would be nice to see. However all n all, great job in changing to allow fierce competition at the end. It was fun to watch and I couldn't even think straight while making my bids. Maybe they could add another auction to the calander year to!!!

Most important note we overlooked here:
There was no glitch or hold and the auction DID end. YAY!!!!!