Heritage Sports Signature Sale Closes TONIGHT – October 1st, 2009!

[petecld]

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that bidding for the cards in our October Signature sale closes TONIGHT, Thursday October 1st. We are pleased to offer a wide variety of cards ranging from 1872 CDVs which once belonged to George Wright to 1950's Topps. Some highlights:

- 19th Century N172 Old Judge singles and lots;
- Four key 19th Century items: 1872 CDVs of Harry Wright, George Wright and Albert Spaulding. All from the George Wright collection and a fantastic 1888 Baseball World Tour cabinet photo of Cap Anson;
- T206s including two Eddie Plank and three high grade Walter Johnson cards;
- 1927 Honey Boys near set;
- 1928 Harrington’s Ice Cream including Cobb, Ruth and one of the two known Earl Smith cards;
- A Joe DiMaggio 1930’s Zeenut, R303-B Goudey and V351 WWG Premiums;
- A selection of scarcities including a 1911 Zeenut Buck Weaver, a D304 trio of Wagner, Mathewson and Young, multiple 1933 and 1934 Goudey Ruth and Gehrig cards, 1952 Topps Mantle cards in a range of grades plus a lot more.

Our bidding format is very easy. Open bidding for cards ends tonight at 10:00 pm (central time). Then each lot ends on a 30-minute clock rule. If no one bids on a lot for 30 minutes, the lot closes.

Just to clear up a little confusion after the last auction: The way our system is set up if you have NOT bid on a lot by 10:00 pm tonight that lot will appear closed TO YOU--not to everyone—at 10:00pm. The lot will be open and show the remaining time left but just to those who have placed a bid. No one needs to worry that someone will try to cheat and bid after the open bid period to snipe a lot.

Can’t remember if you placed a bid on a lot? The easiest way to tell is to login and use the “MyBids” link under the “MyHeritage” button. If you don’t see a lot on that “MyBids” list, you have not placed a bid on that lot. I would hate to see someone get shut out because they thought they bid, please check now.

If you have any problems or questions please email me at peterc@ha.com or call me at 214-409-1789.

Thank you for bidding and good luck to all,

Peter Calderon

[uniship]

if we are not bidding on an item but want to see the price movements "after hours", will the price updates be able to be viewed by the people who have not bid on that item yet (even though we are closed out of the auction) , or do we have to wait until auction is fully ended to see what everything sold for?

thx

[petecld]

That's a good question and one that caused some cinfusion last time as well.

Because both sessions are considered one single auction the prices realized for session 1 lots will not appear until the session 2 lots have closed.

[uniship]

Actually - I can see price moves after the initial close on lots i have not bid on.

example - the T206 Cobb/Cobb PSA 1.5 is now up to 71k with the buyers premium - it sat at $57k when the "initial close" happened a bit ago.

so i think non-bidders CAN see price movements now.

[calvindog]

Couldn't help but notice that the D304 Cobb didn't get a bid at all! Minimum price of 239K (which includes BP). The card sold for 273K in Goodwin just a year ago. Flowery descriptions worth over 40K? Guess so.

An incredible Cobb lithograph depicting his classic batting stance graces the card with a wonderful likeness of the fiery Tiger outfielder. You can almost feel Cobb about to ‘pull the trigger’ on another over matched pitcher as he adds another hit to his incredible 4,000+ lifetime hit total. Providing an incredible backdrop to the classic Cobb stance is the stunning and vibrant gold/brown color scheme, framed by blizzard like snow white borders.

[autograf]

I feel chilly right now from the blizzard like snow white borders.........

Congratulations to Heritage on a great auction. Some nice prices on sports & nonsports alike...........