Posted By:
Brian McQueen
I would agree with the opinion that some of the lots in the auction went low. Granted I don't follow memorabilia auctions very closely so I will just speak for what I saw on the card side.
My focus was primarily on the group lots that ended Wednesday. These were roughly lots #1-#20 in the auction. Several of these went low I thought. The group of 25 e92s was low, a couple of the grab bag lots were low and the e98 lots were very low, which surprised me given that e98s had been red-hot prior to this. I wanted to pick up several groups but I just stuck with the e98s and ended up winning lot #12 and #17.
Not sure why prices fell off, I think one reason might be that this was certainly an auction for the average collector - not a lot of really pricy or high end material. No e107 HOFers, e90-1 Jacksons, e94 sets, n167s, etc...Those things will probably be held back for their big spring auction so they can go head to head with REA again. In fact, the very first lot in this auction was a simple lot of five low-midgrade n28s if that tells you anything. So this auction might not have gotten a ton of attention from the heavy hitters in our hobby thusly keeping prices down.
Just my two cents and again, I'm just speaking on cards now, not necessarily memorabilia.