Cutlery Johnson on Ebay...

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Can anyone tell me why this Cutlery Johnson sold for so much money? Last week a Cutlery Cobb sold in vg-ex condition for less money. Is the Johnson more scarce? Ebay item nuber 140080873468. If anyone can put up the link, that would be helpful. I am not very good with computers. Thanks for the info.

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Posted By: Turner Engle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140080873468&rd=1&rd=1>


A little interesting the bid jumped from $701.99 to $2,556.00

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Posted By: daryle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2F14008087346 8_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1&item=140080873468&rd=1

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Posted By: daryle

what arec the odds of doing that again?........lol

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Posted By: fkw

crazy price!

It wasnt too long ago I had trouble getting $400 for an EX Lajoie.

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Posted By: Steve M.

I hope the winner isn't a board member. That price is nuts.

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Are the Johnson's harder to come by than any others in the set? I was hoping to get a few, but it looks like I'll be looking for another set to collect. PC's are getting very expensive.

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Posted By: Paul

Dan, the Cobb was an SGC20, but it did have a VG-EX front. I bid on the Johnson, but nowhere near the winning price. I was surprised a little about the price also. A much nicer Johnson PC796 sold a couple weeks ago for about $800.00. I collect Novelty Cutlery PC's, but only have four. Not sure if any are harder to come by than others. They all seem difficult. I'm going to branch out & start collecting the 1910 Sepia PC796 also. I probably will have more success with those.

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Paul - It was only in a SGC 20 holder because it was postally used. That shouldn’t take away too much from the value since that was what its original purpose was. It could be a PSA 4 or 5 MK, but the Johnson was just A because part of the card was missing and it was postally used. My feelings about postcards are that they were chosen unlike cards that were distributed randomly. I would guess that most people wanted to send a Cobb or Johnson than Leever. Just a thought.

Good luck with the PC 796's. I put together half of the set and found the major HOFERS to be very expensive in any grade. I eneded up selling all of them and buying 1 Rose PC.

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Posted By: Sean

Looks like two guys going after the card with large snipes and ka-boom!

Sean BH

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Posted By: Paul

I never did see the back of the Cobb, but I thought it was a harsh downgrade by SGC. They can be tough at times. Someone got a pretty good deal on that Cobb IMHO.

Thanks for the good luck wish, I'll need it.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

rookie card madness?

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Posted By: Richard

Yes, someone did get a very good deal on the Cobb.

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Someone would have got a better deal on it if someone else didn't bid.

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Posted By: JK

Im glad Im not the only one who thought that the Johnson went for an excessive amount. Too bad we cant see who the underbidder is. I dont think the winner is a board member. I also think this is one of those cases where two bidders put in ultra high "not to be topped" bids and got burned.

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Posted By: Steve M.

and BTW the Cobb was downgraded due to the fact that it was postally used. SGC has NO tolerance for postcards that have been used for the purpose for which they were intended.

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

I wish we would stop bringing up final sales of postcard sales. I was hoping to keep adding to my collection this year. Had to stop collecting caramel cards.. Now postcards. I think non-sports is the next move for me... The price was a little high for today's standard but I have not seen many of the Walter Johnson cards. I was high bidder on it with ten minutes left ... What number am I????

http://www.zmotive.com/gallery/Postcards?page=8



Will bidder 9 please stand up!

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

WOW JC. Your PC collection is unreal. I'm in awe.

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Posted By: joe brennan

Wow. What a great collection. I am also in awe. I thought I had a nice start in postcards until I saw yours. Amazing. I have looked for the Buffalo and Rochester PC's for awhile now. Now I know why I can't find them. Joe

In Rememberance of James W. Brennan Sr. 1924-1982. Dad, thanks for everything you did for me.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Every once in a while a board member lays out part of his collection in a matter of fact manner -- and then I am just blown away. Consider me blown away on this one.