Henry Yee Winnings

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by 71buc

I love his auctions as well but cannot afford to compete any longer. This is the first year I will be shut out on all items I wanted. I too continue to be amazed at the prices his items realize. Below are two items that sold the last couple of days in his auction. The unopened pen and pencil bat on the left sold for $86.00 yesterday. The one on the right I purchased for $10.00 about six months ago. The Jim Thorpe photo on the left sold an hour ago for $212.05. The one on the right is from the Tribune's Ebay site I paid $32.49 a year ago. The Yee bats include Maris and mine has Frank Robinson. Does Maris make it worth an additional $70.00? My photo has a small ink mark on the front which apparently devalues it $180.00. He is quite the salesman. That being said, I will continue to "dig through the morass of crap presented on eBay on a daily basis"

I think you can also consider that you got a tremendous bargain on the Thorpe photo and benefited from finding it in a poorly designed Tribune photo auction.

[slidekellyslide]

It occurs to me that the people who spend dumb money just because it's Henry's auction and aren't able to navigate the sea of crap on ebay could save themselves a lot of money by learning how to use ebay's search function.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

It occurs to me that the people who spend dumb money just because it's Henry's auction and aren't able to navigate the sea of crap on ebay could save themselves a lot of money by learning how to use ebay's search function.

Completely agree... It's not exactly rocket science. Just a few "key words" and price parameters, and you're on your way.

Takes all of 10 seconds

[Forever Young]

I am VERY HAPPY to win this photo below... I believe I "stole" this for just over $500 dollars. I saved over 1k on my snipe bid. GEEE.... I guess MR YEE doesn't have access to everyone's snipe bids...
This is a $1500 plus photo in my eyes.

It depicts a Baby faced Ruth IN THE UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD VAULT
as a ROOKIE in 1915 LOOKING AT PHOTOS(maybe a conlon of himself??) with his Red Sox pitching mates.




PS:

Leon-great pickup..looks like neither HYEE or shiller could see your snipe either.. we must be lucky.

Mark-Great Gehrig! Congrats!

BIGJJ-That glass negative is killer. Is that your first one? I do not have one.. would love to pick one up eventually. Yours stuck out in this auction for sure. Congrats to you!

[Lordstan]

Dan and Mark,
I do agree with your statements, but only if you know specifically what you are looking for.
It is my opinion that it is unlikely a bidder specifically came to Henry's auction, or ebay for that matter, looking for a picture of Jim Thorpe wearing a tribal headdress, a baseball pen/pencil set of Roger Maris, or many of the similar items which he routinely sells above market value. I think most of those are sold for more because he gets high end buyers who find impulse buys. Also there are the buyers who lost out on what they came for and figured they have extra money they were going to spend anyway, and they find something else.

I am curious as to what search terms Mike used to find his bat pen and pencil set. Was he searching specifically for that item or a general search?
Best,
Mark

Ben,
Incredible photo. Congrats!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Agreed, Ben, great pick-up on the 1915 Ruth photo.

[ethicsprof]

still having fun displaying burke photos(among others) with the matching cards.
Thanks to this auction was able to pick up bloodworth to go with his
1940 playball. Also picked up a Burke billy herman, I'm happy to say.
congrats on your great pick-ups everyone.
all the best,
barry

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Dan and Mark,
I do agree with your statements, but only if you know specifically what you are looking for.
It is my opinion that it is unlikely a bidder specifically came to Henry's auction, or ebay for that matter, looking for a picture of Jim Thorpe wearing a tribal headdress, a baseball pen/pencil set of Roger Maris, or many of the similar items which he routinely sells above market value. I think most of those are sold for more because he gets high end buyers who find impulse buys. Also there are the buyers who lost out on what they came for and figured they have extra money they were going to spend anyway, and they find something else.

I am curious as to what search terms Mike used to find his bat pen and pencil set. Was he searching specifically for that item or a general search?
Best,
Mark

Ben,
Incredible photo. Congrats!

Good point, Mark... the general search words won't always pull up a unique listing (like perhaps that Pen and Pencil set). For the stuff I collect, search words like "Antique" "Vintage" "Old" and "Early" paired with "Baseball" turn up the vast majority of items I like to bid on. But every now and then, a nice/unique item can sneak by under the radar.

I collect early pennants, so my best search words are "pennant", "flag", "banner", and even the mis-spelled "penant" (which has surprisingly turned up several gems over the years). If you search by "highest price first" and "auction only format", you'll weed most of the cheap crap and the Buy it Now Ripoffs.

Those are just some helpful hints (resulting from a decade of ebay frustration and futility).

Ben - That photo of young Babe is razor-sharp and just so intriguing... many congrats!

[Lordstan]

A couple more Lou's at decent prices.

Lou with Dizzy Dean running.


Lou with his physician at a Rangers game. As a family doc and Rangers fan, it really appeals to me.

Originally Posted by perezfan

Those are just some helpful hints (resulting from a decade of ebay frustration and futility).

Mark,
This is exactly what myself and others are pointing out.
There are many of us hard core crazies, who search ebay daily for that hidden gem or steal of a deal before someone else gets it. I think a lot of Henry's buyers are likely people who have no desire to put in the time and energy, you and many others on this board have, to learn the best search words or any other tricks. They'll come when they known a whole bunch of either rare or high condition, sometimes both, items are up and bid big.

Did you get anything?

Best,
Mark

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

I am curious as to what search terms Mike used to find his bat pen and pencil set. Was he searching specifically for that item or a general search?
Best,
Mark

Ben,
Incredible photo. Congrats!

I agree That is an absolutely beautiful photo! The bat pen and pencil set was found using a search for (baseball advertising Louisville). I was fishing with a net an stumbled across it. I like such odd things in their original state and for $10.00 it was a great buy. I figure it was worth more than the asking price but certainly not $86! I haven't given up Yee's current auction but any purchase I make at this point will be either very lucky or very impulsive.

[Lordstan]

Last one for a while....maybe

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I am VERY HAPPY to win this photo below... I believe I "stole" this for just over $500 dollars. I saved over 1k on my snipe bid. GEEE.... I guess MR YEE doesn't have access to everyone's snipe bids...
This is a $1500 plus photo in my eyes.

It depicts a Baby faced Ruth IN THE UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD VAULT
as a ROOKIE in 1915 LOOKING AT PHOTOS(maybe a conlon of himself??) with his Red Sox pitching mates.

Ben

That's a great photo. I didn't see it, despite scrolling through Henry's auctions a few times (then again, I don't buy many photos, and not Yankees or Red Sox photos in Henry's auctions )

I was shut out on the only two items I bid on. The Babe Ruth movie herald sold for $383; I recently bought one in similar condition for $315, with a buy it now obo of $375 (and yes, I did bid on that despite just buying another one but you have to have two to display the inside of the herald...). The other was the Stan Carlson Gehrig bio with promo material at $271. This winning bid is lower than what most booksellers would list it at--typically at $300 or above.

[Forever Young]

Thanks Mark y Mark, Phil and Max!

It was one of my favorite pickups! Below are a couple others I added to my rookie photo collection!

1951 Willie Howard Mays


1955 Sanford Braun Koufax


PS: Mark, you must have a rather large Gehrig photo collection by now! Congrats on the two latest additions.