Carlisle,PA Auction Winner?

[yanks87]

Just wanted to see if anyone on the board had won the T206 lot at the auction in Carlisle, PA last Thursday. My father and I were going to bid, but I figured (correctly) that our offer was not going to get close to the closing price. Someone got a big ole stash of 235 T206's, 90% glued into a book, but looking at the backs of the ones that had come out, they might be in great shape.

It would have been a fun one to get, and see about extracting some of the cards, just didn't have the funds to get it. maybe next time.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I know someone who was there and didn't pull the trigger. Went over 12k which seemed steep for the unknown soaking issues. The Cobb Polar Bear did look clean.

[yanks87]

I agree, $12k seemed steep for potential issues. But what a collection!

[vwtdi]

I was there, started at 7k or so, 12800 I think they went for. I did take a close look at the pages and tried bending the paper away from the cards to see if I could determine what kind of glue was used and didn’t like how fast they were stuck. You can usually tell if animal glue was used and it didn’t feel like it to me.

[dbrown]

pictures here:
http://www.rowesauctionservice.com/jul18/jul18p3.html

[swarmee]

What year was the book they were posted into? They sure have a lot of different wear patterns/damage.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by vwtdi

I was there, started at 7k or so, 12800 I think they went for. I did take a close look at the pages and tried bending the paper away from the cards to see if I could determine what kind of glue was used and didn’t like how fast they were stuck. You can usually tell if animal glue was used and it didn’t feel like it to me.

$50 per card seems steep for cards with issues. I know at my local auction, whenever they have cards, they tend to go wild - higher than what you can get the same on Ebay.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

$50 per card seems steep for cards with issues. I know at my local auction, whenever they have cards, they tend to go wild - higher than what you can get the same on Ebay.

you have a local auction in which card prices go wild. yet you always post about getting killed on your eBay auctions. see where I am going with this?