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"
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