REA March encore...

[Golfcollector]

Had some bids on two different Sam Crawfords for my personal collection. The D304 Butter Krust went WAY higher than i thought it would and the E102 Anonymous Set of 25 also went pretty decently. Nice to see some Crawford cards for auction, but no deals for this guy.

[theshowandme]

I also won nothing

[mordecaibrown1]

Some real good deals I thought and other lots not so good!

[rjackson44]

I won the catalog😳😳

[molenick]

Does anyone have any insight into the T210 prices? The Series 8 single cards went from $72 to $3120 with no discernible difference (as far as I can tell) in the condition of the cards or fame of the player. I guess two guys trying for a complete T210 run and fighting it out over the cards they still needed?

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by molenick

Does anyone have any insight into the T210 prices? The Series 8 single cards went from $72 to $3120 with no discernible difference (as far as I can tell) in the condition of the cards or fame of the player. I guess two guys trying for a complete T210 run and fighting it out over the cards they still needed?

Yes, it's 2 guys going for a set, I think. Also, some high prices on Tolstoi and Carolina Brights. It's why I told the poster asking if he should make a big purchase to "be sure you are right, then go ahead." I did not know he was buying a Wagner. If he had said, "Should I buy a Wagner?", people would have just said, "yes."

I snagged these...

[edhans]

Originally Posted by molenick

Does anyone have any insight into the T210 prices? The Series 8 single cards went from $72 to $3120 with no discernible difference (as far as I can tell) in the condition of the cards or fame of the player. I guess two guys trying for a complete T210 run and fighting it out over the cards they still needed?

Some of the series 8 cards are vastly more difficult than the rest.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by molenick

Does anyone have any insight into the T210 prices? The Series 8 single cards went from $72 to $3120 with no discernible difference (as far as I can tell) in the condition of the cards or fame of the player. I guess two guys trying for a complete T210 run and fighting it out over the cards they still needed?

Three guys.

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Mine always arrives after the auction is over.

[molenick]

Not sure if people are just joking about the catalogs, but what REA calls its "Encore" auctions are online only. The only ones with catalogs are the larger Spring, Summer and Fall auctions. https://robertedwardauctions.com/about/schedule

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Golfcollector

Had some bids on two different Sam Crawfords for my personal collection. The D304 Butter Krust went WAY higher than i thought it would and the E102 Anonymous Set of 25 also went pretty decently. Nice to see some Crawford cards for auction, but no deals for this guy.

I would have liked that D304 but my pockets aren't deep enough for everything I like.
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[parkplace33]

Outside of some tobacco cards, I thought prices across the board were lower than expected.

[insidethewrapper]

I won but I always forget about the extra costs. Won at $ 250 then buyers premium , sales tax and shipping and the final is $ 339. I'll never learn.

[Metsfan0507]

Haha, pretty sure that's the exact point of buyers premium. To make you forget about the total cost when placing a bid.

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

I won but I always forget about the extra costs. Won at $ 250 then buyers premium , sales tax and shipping and the final is $ 339. I'll never learn.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Metsfan0507

Haha, pretty sure that's the exact point of buyers premium. To make you forget about the total cost when placing a bid.

Excerpt from one of my recent columns:

"There is a substantial social science devoted to understanding how bidders behave, which you can find online readily. It all gets rather complicated and prolix. I boil it down to asking why are auction rules set up the way they are?. ... Why would the auctioneer add a buyer’s premium to the hammer price rather than just selling for the hammer and deducting a commission from it? ... because people don’t think to add the buyer’s premium to the bid in the heat of an auction. Many cannot. It all has to do with how we react to stressful environments. Homo sapiens is not a nice guy; he didn’t get to be the apex predator on this planet by being laid back. We are hard-wired to focus intently and compete with absolute concentration, to the exclusion of other things, when it matters. That last bit is called tunnel vision, and if you ever got into a ring to fight, you know exactly how it feels when the world around you goes fuzzy and slows down and all you see is the guy trying to smack you in the nose. ... The auction format produces stress that taps that primal beast, floods us with the same fight or flight hormones in the heat of the moment, and impairs our rational minds, the place where we do math, so we overbid to achieve the kill, the win. And when we win, we have the same burst of endorphins we experience when we prevail in a fight or conquer an obstacle. Followed shortly afterwards by that “oh f**k” moment when the high dissipates, the math mind turns back on, and we add 35% (buyer’s premium, shipping, and sales tax) to the hammer price and realize that we just set a record price on that card."

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Leon

I would have liked that D304 but my pockets aren't deep enough for everything I like.
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Don't feel bad Leon. I can't even afford to buy pants with pockets anymore.

[packs]

I really wanted the Matty T205. Someone got a nice one.

[Snapolit1]

Endless cycle of auctions. . . same stuff again and again . . . . rinse and repeat . . . didn't used to be like this . . . .

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Endless cycle of auctions. . . same stuff again and again . . . . rinse and repeat . . . didn't used to be like this . . . .

Speaking of how things used to be... What is always the case that 20% of the items won at auction immediately show up on eBay for 3x the price?

[brianclat11]

One of the rare occasions where my bid held up throughout extended bidding. Maybe things are settling out a little bit or I bid too much in pre-bidding. Always hard to tell. Anyway, l’m happy with what I got. So many auctions, it’s hard to keep up.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Endless cycle of auctions. . . same stuff again and again . . . . rinse and repeat . . . didn't used to be like this . . . .

Yeah. It now seems like forever since there was not one sale after another. Do we have to go back to before 2010 when we could actually catch our breath between offerings?

[NYYFan63]

Originally Posted by packs

I really wanted the Matty T205. Someone got a nice one.

I bid on it as well but fell asleep before the auction ended. It was a nice one.

[t206fanatic]

Originally Posted by Leon

I would have liked that D304 but my pockets aren't deep enough for everything I like.
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i was the underbidder on it, someone got a great one.