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Originally Posted by honus94566
Not at all. The fact that it only got 1 bid, and near the end of the auction...
If I personally was able to obtain this card, I would not have any confidence that it would sell for 15K if auctioned again. And we don't know who bought it, if anyone really did end up "buying" it. Not accusing the auction house of anything here, but at the same time I can see why both the consignor and auction house would have a really big incentive to make sure the item does not end without a bid. Especially the auction house. They'd look silly if a flagship item does not sell, sending a message to other potential consigners that higher ticket items might do better elsewhere, and that they misjudged the value of a flagship item so completely as to have the auction end without even a minimum bid. If I owned the auction house I would have a huge incentive to avoid that kind of an embarrassment. Just sayin'.... my point is not to accuse them of anything, but rather, to just say that in my own mind, what I saw play out on the auction (to me) does NOT confirm this card really has a 15K value or would do that well if/when it's auctioned again.
Like others have said, I don't think we've seen the last of this card, and would be utterly shocked if we don't see it up for sale in a major auction house sometime in the next 12 months.
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I have a bit of a different view. I don't think it would be embarrassing for the auction house if it didn't sell. I think it would just be that the market hadn't accepted this as a legitimate variety and took it more as an anomaly. If I had the money right now I would have liked to have owned it myself and I think whoever ended up with it did good. I doubt it was the auction house or consignor who bought it back. I think it was a T206 back collector. I have seen more money spent on (to me) less desirable cards many times. But again, that is only my point of view and I am most likely in the minority. Maybe the winner will come forth? I would if I won it, but then again, I am a show-off.
