Babe Ruth Wm. Paterson ?

[smokelessjoe]

Any thoughts on why this ruth didn't sell? Were people shy because of the bvg holder? This card went for $4100 in a psa 1 holder last year.....Thoughts?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[Matt]

This result was interesting as well:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=370491998271

I know at least 2 of our members have been after that one for some time, which probably explains it.

[scooter729]

All (or most) of the Pattersons up for sale last night had reserves which had not been met as of yesterday, so I honestly think some people just tend to stay away from auctions with reserves in general. That may have had something to do with the Ruth price being where it was.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by scooter729

All (or most) of the Pattersons up for sale last night had reserves which had not been met as of yesterday, so I honestly think some people just tend to stay away from auctions with reserves in general. That may have had something to do with the Ruth price being where it was.

I was very interested in some but then they had reserves and I forgot about them until the auctions were over.

[asphaltman]

The Ruth had a reserve of $3,000 on it. Still probably a good buy....if it would cross to a SGC 20 you could probably make out like a bandit.

But bad scans, no back scans, and all ending within a minute of each other instead of stacking them a couple minutes apart....

[Cat]

I was interested in two of the Paterson's but I generally do not bid in Reserve auctions. The Reserve auction format likely restricted healthy snipes in many of the lots.

[glchen]

I was watching these also. All of the cards met reserve and sold except the Ruth. A Hornsby even went for over 3K.

[danmckee]

Me too, I had my eyes on a few but the reserves turned me off. I try not to bid on items with hidden reserves.

[the-illini]

I won three of them - thought the reserves were pretty reasonable.