B&L vs Mastro
 

Posted By: <b>Jay</b><p>With B&amp;L and Mastro kicking off their latest auctions at roughly the same time today I thought it would be interesting to compare the per lot realization for each at roughly 4:25 EDT today. Interesting enough, B&amp;L is thus far the winner with a per lot realization of $177.53 vs a Mastro per lot realization of $139.84. Kudos to Leon and Scott for putting together a great auction in a difficult environment.

B&L vs Mastro
 

Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>I guess this is proof of how soft the market has gone on Keyon Dooling 2003 Los Angeles Clippers jerseys.

B&L vs Mastro
 

Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>I prefer to bid with B&amp;L as well, but the difference in price thus far can be attributed to Mastro opening all their lots at either $50 or $100 and B&amp;L having some lots that had opening bids in the thousands. <br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>

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Posted By: <b>Andrew S.</b><p>I was in disbelief as I perused the Mastro offerings. <br>Oh how the mighty have fallen.

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Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p><br>Keep in mind this is Mastro's &quot;Collector&quot; auction. Their monster spring auction will be in April which typically competes head to head with REA.

B&L vs Mastro
 

Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Even taking that into account, Brian, as far as Mastro's &quot;Collector&quot; auctions go, this one ranks pretty far down on the list (IMO, which admittedly doesn't mean a whole lot.)

B&L vs Mastro
 

Posted By: <b>Scott Mt. Joy</b><p>To me the auctions are both close in what they have to offer but you would expect a lot more from an auction thats one of the top 2 dogs vs a new auction house.<br><br>As for me, I want a couple items from each auction but plan to only bid in the B &amp; L, its just not worth the risk to me that the other might really have serious financial issues (I hope they dont thou).

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Posted By: <b>marshall barkman</b><p>It is not just Mastro folks. Look at auctions period and the great items are on hold right now. I would not run anything at auction if i felt the value was over 15,000. Everyone i know in the high end antique game has the same opinion that the items of great value are not currently being brought to auction.