Leland's Auction

[parker1b2]

Did anyone win anything??

Thanks to this board I have started venturing out to some of the auction houses that advertise here. So this past week I opened an account with Leland's to bid on some of the Red Schoendienst items. We'll 9 comes last night and I am high bidder on one item. So I wait for the ten minute rule, and wait and wait. No actively on item I am high bidder so go to bed at 3am with auction still going. Of course wake up this morning and lost on item.

So a question for collectors with more experience. Are most auctions and auction houses like this? So far only opened accounts with them and Huggins and Scott( which bid on few items last auction, but went higher then I wanted about an hour before close). I just want to know if this is what I have to prepare myself for, get all excited when I go to bed, then disappointed when I wake up.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by parker1b2

Did anyone win anything??

Thanks to this board I have started venturing out to some of the auction houses that advertise here. So this past week I opened an account with Leland's to bid on some of the Red Schoendienst items. We'll 9 comes last night and I am high bidder on one item. So I wait for the ten minute rule, and wait and wait. No actively on item I am high bidder so go to bed at 3am with auction still going. Of course wake up this morning and lost on item.

So a question for collectors with more experience. Are most auctions and auction houses like this? So far only opened accounts with them and Huggins and Scott( which bid on few items last auction, but went higher then I wanted about an hour before close). I just want to know if this is what I have to prepare myself for, get all excited when I go to bed, then disappointed when I wake up.

It has happened to almost everyone (me, many times) who bids in auctions. You have to be mindful of the way they end as well as, if you can't live without something, stay up till the end to make sure you win it. Just my opinion.....but it has happened to most of us....

[ibuysportsephemera]

I was watching about 15 items that were being sold as lots. I did not bid because I felt that the descriptions were lacking as well as the pictures. Did anyone else feel this way?

Jeff

[Duluth Eskimo]

That is extremely disappointing, but par for the course with most major auctions. Truthfully that is one of the reasons that I do more purchasing on eBay than major auctions. When the auction is done, it's done. No games, no call backs, no waiting up all night. I think it is a terrible way to run an auction, but it seems like everyone does it and a lot of people must like it. Usually if there is an item that I must have, I set the limit so high that I am pretty much guaranteed to win it. Then you second guess yourself with shilling. It's a no win situation. It's another reason to do business with good dealers too if you have some you are familiar with. Good luck in the future, Jason

[ruth-gehrig]

Bowed out on what they were calling baseball bat trade sign.

[drcy]

I bid on two of the Schoendienst lots but was out bid before the night started and chose not to raise my bids. I went to bed on time.

I don't recall MEARS auctions staying up too late, but the others usually do.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I was watching about 15 items that were being sold as lots. I did not bid because I felt that the descriptions were lacking as well as the pictures. Did anyone else feel this way?

Jeff

Yes...I bid on only one lot, the St Joseph Drummers postcard that I guess has Dazzy Vance on it...not sure why they wouldn't point out who they thought it was, or show the back of the postcard....The only guy it could be is standing top row furthest left. Why not show a closeup of that guy?

http://www.lelands.com/Auction/Aucti...Vance-and-More

And talk about lack of pictures, how can you auction off a Ted Williams Sugar Crisp box without showing the back side of the box which has Williams on it???

http://www.lelands.com/Auction/Aucti...ost-Cereal-Box

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

And talk about lack of pictures, how can you auction off a Ted Williams Sugar Crisp box without showing the back side of the box which has Williams on it???

http://www.lelands.com/Auction/Aucti...ost-Cereal-Box

That is hilarious.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

That is hilarious.

I picked up their free catalog, even tho I have a hundred dollars to my name period. Love reading them. Picked book up at Hartford last week and that lot had BOTH the front and the smiling Ted hawking the patches on the back

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I did not bid because I felt that the descriptions were lacking as well as the pictures. Did anyone else feel this way?

Jeff

+100. Vague descriptions in the book and online, and many lots only had one photo. Ebay sellers offer far more photos (or at least I do). I don't understand that auction strategy. And as a buyer, I hate having to call an AH up for more info.

Matt

[Runscott]

I hung in there on quite a few items, but lost all of them; still, a great auction.

I especially liked the Van Oeyen Ty Cobb photo with Van Oeyen's personalization to Ty Cobb. Hard to put a price on something like that.

The 'similar to Michigan' football uniform was also very cool, as well as the lace-up baseball jersey.

One item I didn't get: the Nolan Ryan strike-out ball - WTF !?!?!

[Lordstan]

Auction Houses do it this way because I think they believe it results in higher selling prices.
I can see where it would in certain cases, but not all.
I see two situations where it can also be good for a buyer. If you really want something, stay up and out wait other bidders. Second situation happened to me recently. In the RMY auction in October there were several pictures I was interested in, but had a set budget. As I didn't know how much interest each would garner, it was hard to plan how to bid. During the auction, I was able to shift bidding from one picture to another when the bid went over budget on the first. After all was done, I came away with a nice group of photos that fit within my budget, including a couple that I thought would've gone for much more. In retrospect, if they all ended at the same time, I probably would not have bid on a couple that I won and would've lost the others anyway as I wasn't going higher on them either way. This definitely worked to my advantage.
I think if you have one item you want and can't stay up it definitely can lead to disappointment in the morning.


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[prewarsports]

Scott

That Cobb photo was a quick ebay flip and the seller made himself 18k in a few months. It sold on ebay for about 2700 bucks I forgot to bid, but was planning a MUCH bigger number. Oh well, its good for the photo hobby!

[baseballart]

In a Pinch, I won this book

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Scott

That Cobb photo was a quick ebay flip and the seller made himself 18k in a few months. It sold on ebay for about 2700 bucks I forgot to bid, but was planning a MUCH bigger number. Oh well, its good for the photo hobby!

I was the underbidder... DOH! The image had been cleaned up a lot. I didn't go big because the image itself is not that great IMO.. it is all in the content/letter to cobb. However, it is rare and one of a kind. It only takes two as they say.. I was certainly disappointed I lost it at the time(didn't think I would lose/people would see it). A couple whales clearly wanted this one(or something..).

[prewarsports]

I was right there with you Ben. I thought I could steal that thing for under 2,000 but was prepared to go 4,000+ but literally fell asleep on it. Its cool.... but I can think of a LOT of images I would rather have than that one for 20K!

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

I was right there with you Ben. I thought I could steal that thing for under 2,000 but was prepared to go 4,000+ but literally fell asleep on it. Its cool.... but I can think of a LOT of images I would rather have than that one for 20K!

agreed..without the van oeyen stamp and content... I would not even really want it for my collection(image wise)