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Posted By: TBob

Wow, competing with both other internet bidders plus bidders on the floor of the auction. Actually the mechanism for bidding and watching the progress of each lot was excellent, but the doggone bids fly fast and furious and you really have to do your homework the day before the auction because there is no time to think once things get going. I bid on a number of T207 card lots and an M116 lot which included matty and Ed Walsh, but got shut out. I was going to try and upgrade some T207s and flip the rest on ebay but the commons which were reasonable were only Vg or VGEXish so not upgrades. Some large lots went fairly high (including a couple of T206 lots which went for about 4x book, amazing) but I am still amazed that people go after HOFers and bid wildly, despite condition. Granted Cicotte and Kling in the 207 set are very, very tough but Chance, Tinker, Bresnahan and Marquard ARE available in nice shape if you are patient.
The Boston lot which included Speaker, Hooper, Kling, Cicotte and some pretty nice commons was a nice bargain, even if the Cicotte and Speaker were a little hammered.