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Posted By: warshawlaw

These are by no means "collector" level lots. I mean, what collector really needs or wants 39 copies of the same 1962 Babe Ruth card (lot 513), 432 1971 Topps coins (lot 162), 6 sets of 1973 Topps (lot 169), piles of strip cards of different sets (lot 43), etc., etc., etc. The term "classic collector" really should be "cheaper than our usual but still for the very well heeled and the dealers out there who can carry and break up all this dreck on ebay and at shows" auction. Although classic collector auction is pithier.

I wish there was an approach somewhere between the Mastro approach and the CCA "don't throw away that garbage, we'll sell it" approach. A true collectors auction where quality material was offered in a format that didn't squash tons of stuff into unwieldy lot and also did not leave you wondering about who in their right mind would buy most of the stuff offered. And yes, I know, the CCA people are super-nice, etc., and this is not meant to slight them in any way, but come on, I look thru their catalog (got it today) and rarely see anything even remotely interesting to me. The few vintage cards they've got look like they went thru a blender.