"Mail-In" Auction

[robw1959]

I just received a hard copy list of items up for auction by Dan Aronesty. This appears to be a "mail-in" only auction, meaning you must submit your bids to him by regular postal mail. Can anyone provide me with any feedback on your dealings with him? Specifically, I'm wondering how conservatively he tends to grade his cards since there are no pictures on his list. Thanks for any help.
--Rob

[Leon]

Is it on mimeograph paper?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Leon

Is it on mimeograph paper?

Legit LOL.

He should get a 1984 postal rate just because.

[prestigecollectibles]

Seems about as convenient as bidding in Hunt Auctions.

[iowadoc77]

Wow. Back to the 80s? 70s? Yikes.

[buymycards]

I have purchased a few items from Dan and I was happy with the cards.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Wow. Back to the 80s? 70s? Yikes.

Yeah. I reached out to Dan with a few questions. He has been providing this snail mail auction since 1987. Most of his bidders don't have computers and are not even eBay members, so it's definitely a throwback to the '70s and '80s.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Leon

Is it on mimeograph paper?

No, just normal copy paper.

[joshuanip]

Have no opinion of the AH, but the format is suspect? Who would send their cards to an auction with this format? No eyeballs, literally.

And as a bidder, no transparency. Every lot has a arbitrary reserve price with out seeing the action, almost as if it wasn’t an auction and must treat like a best offer. My two cents.

[timn1]

All auctions in the hobby used to be like this. I'm sure Barry ran them this way in his early days. If the auctioner had a good reputation, it wasn't an issue.

Originally Posted by joshuanip

Have no opinion of the AH, but the format is suspect? Who would send their cards to an auction with this format? No eyeballs, literally.

And as a bidder, no transparency. Every lot has a arbitrary reserve price with out seeing the action, almost as if it wasn’t an auction and must treat like a best offer. My two cents.

[drcy]

Years ago auctions were done by mail. Twenty or fewer years ago, auctions were done by email were common. I ran did email auctions for a few years.

[danf19]

Interesting .... where do we find Dan's list ??
thanks,
Another Dan

[hysell]

I was on his site for about 2 years & won a lot of cards from it ? The football , Hockey cards seem to out do the baseball cards all of the time { Cond's } wise . So i had real good luck on those , but , with that said , I'd all most all ways have some type of problems in all but 2 of those & mostly was on the baseball cards ? So i just bid as if they were 1 to 2 grades down from the listings to help me out on them ?