Paragon auctions

[glynparson]

Ends tonight any guesses on what the Boston garter matty. Or the Sgc 92 Joe jax will end at. Unfortunately the auction is a year to early. Or I might be bidding on the Matty I love those Boston garters.

[e107collector]

I guess I'll be the first to take a stab at the ending prices of these two gems.

$80-85K on the Boston Garter Matty. I know for a fact there are two big name collectors going after this card. Who knows when another will come up for auction.

$50-55K for the SGC 92 Joe Jackson.

Tony

[oldjudge]

The high reserves are a turn off for me. I will not bid under this format.

[Delray Vintage]

I agree-wanted the ewing and mascot n172 but kept bidding and never reached the reserve- I wrote them that I am tired of wasting my time trying to guess a reserve. They should put a minmum bid high enough to satisfy the consignor-otherwise all they do is annoy potential bidders. I was willing to pay a fair price but will no longer bid in "guess the reseve auctions". The consignor should not put it up for auction without a high minumum bid so serious get bidders can get involved.

[glynparson]

I've now seen people on the board complain if minimums were too high and people advocating for high minimums over reserves. I guess no matter what an auction company does they will have critics of their formula.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by glynparson

I've now seen people on the board complain if minimums were too high and people advocating for high minimums over reserves. I guess no matter what an auction company does they will have critics of their formula.

Cute job with the word-smithing. The folks that are unhappy with high minimums are not unhappy with the fact that high minimums are used instead of reserves - they were just unhappy with how high the minimums were. Setting a minimum so high that there is only a 50/50 chance even 1 bid would be placed is more like a sale then an auction. Setting a strong minimum bid instead of a reserve would placate most folks, so long as the minimum was reasonable.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Ends tonight any guesses on what the Boston garter matty. Or the Sgc 92 Joe jax will end at. Unfortunately the auction is a year to early. Or I might be bidding on the Matty I love those Boston garters.

Why do u say "a year too early"?

[glynparson]

I am opening a new business and most of my capital is tied up that is why I said a year too early for me. I have no problem with reserves of any kind if I want an item I bid if I don't meet reserve I see it no different then being outbid. Plus a first time auction may not have as much exposure as an established auction making reserves more necessary, in my opinion.

[GoldenAge50s]

---is all these new auction venues popping up the last couple of months! Many predicted the demise of many houses during these tough times but new ones are coming out of the woodwork!

I get a new EM every few days about outfits I never have heard of before!

Can anyone explain?

[glynparson]

I will defend a friend when I think they are being unfairly criticized. And I do consider Keith Vari a friend of mine. For the record I had 0 consignments in the auction and bid on 0 items.

[rnisly]

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/H813-1/go.html

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/H813-2/go.html

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/H813-2/go.html

These images were culled from various internet sites.

As you can tell even images are tough to find.

Roger

[glchen]

Out of curiosity, is Paragon somehow affiliated with SGC? I received my winning item from Paragon today (which was actually a PSA card), and it was in a package with an SGC return label. When I first saw it, I thought that SGC must have sent me someone else's submission by mistake. I had just sent in my submission to SGC yesterday, so there's was no way turnaround could be that quick.