Anyone doing any good on Mastro?

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Posted By: Bob

Crud, the prices are going through the roof already! I, for one, am getting slaughtered. Apparently the tobacco and caramel vintage card market has dried up a heckuva lot more than I thought...

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Posted By: Brian H.

Bob -
If the prices are going through the roof than how has the market dried up ?
I am doing fair in the auction so far but I know it all comes down to late-night/early-morning bidding anyway....
The big lot I wanted of nice PSA T202s looks a bit out of hand already .....

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Posted By: quan

I think what Bob is trying to say is more demand, less supply=insane prices.

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Posted By: runscott

...more interesting tobacco lots than the last one, and prices aren't totally out the roof yet (which they were last time before the final days). I may get shut out, but at least I get to play this time!

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Posted By: dan mckee

You can count on me to be skunked as usual! I am getting used to it though, these big auctions go by and I worry about spending a fortune and when they are over, my bank account hasn't changed. Not such a bad thing is it?

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Seem to be doing O.K. in the Smolin auction. I really think Mastro prices are--ridiculous!!!

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Posted By: Marc S.

And there is at least one lot I would put as a "need to have"

Argh.

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Posted By: Bob

What am I moaning about is that there is increasing demand for the drying up supply of available cards.

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Posted By: Bob

the lot of 4 T207s I was actively pursuing in Mastro. I twice put max bids in and have been outbid. There are 4 cards in the lot, a VG Weaver, a G/VG Works, a G/VG Saier and a VG Ragan (the one card I wanted). To buy this lot, if no one else bid until the end of the auction, which is improbable, you would have to now pay around $1500 counting the commish. Figuring that the Weaver, Works and Saier would bring maybe $900 on ebay if sold individually and that would be on a good (damn good day), that means Ragan would cost me $600. Way, way too much. That is why I miss the days when you could pick up a lot of cards in an auction about a year or two ago, break them out on ebay and at least break even or even make some money on the cards. I know one recent winner of a huge lot of cards in Mastro who is finding this out the hard way.

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Posted By: Bob

The last post seems to be in direct contradiction of the previous one, but I think both posts are correct. With regard to the drying up, check the dearth of E94s, E97s and E98s (non-trimmed) on ebay in the last 6 months.

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Posted By: petecld

WARNING: Shameless plug

I plan to do something about the lack of E98s on ebay within the next week.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

and Mastro can go to ---.

(Jay: I'll pay you and Smolin the same time, Dec. 13 --a Friday, I believe...)

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Posted By: Brian C Daniels

sell me the three outright I need to finish the set!

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I doubt that I could finish a set for you.

Were you talking to me?