The art of a Branch Rickey deal (Jim Stinson please)

[JimStinson]

The bottom line when it comes to e-bay for every item that sells for MORE than I expected there are 100 that sell for LESS than I expected...

In answer to your other questions , there was only one BR check & was purchased in a large collection I had no idea it was Jackie's birthday. Can't even remember my kids birthdays.....
But let me ask YOU a question ? If Branch Rickey on a check was in your top 5 "Wants" why didn;t you buy it when it was listed as BUY IT NOW ? which you could have bought any time you wanted for over 3 weeks prior to it going into auction ?
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jim@stinsonsports.com

[Baseball Fan]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

The bottom line when it comes to e-bay for every item that sells for MORE than I expected there are 100 that sell for LESS than I expected...

In answer to your other questions , there was only one BR check & was purchased in a large collection I had no idea it was Jackie's birthday. Can't even remember my kids birthdays.....
But let me ask YOU a question ? If Branch Rickey on a check was in your top 5 "Wants" why didn;t you buy it when it was listed as BUY IT NOW ? which you could have bought any time you wanted for over 3 weeks prior to it going into auction ?
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jim@stinsonsports.com

Thank you for all your answers. Very interesting.

In regards to why I didn't buy it: I looked at it every day wishing I COULD buy it now at $650. But that would have been well over my budget. I was never a contender for it. Just a huge admirer of the piece.

[Plinvestments]

To answer Jim's question, a lot of times, an auction does better than BIN because the BIN doesn't show up very easily in searches unless you knew what you were looking for. Lots of people would be interested in a Branch Rickey check that never would come across it. However, if they have a saved search like any listing with the word "signed" with at least 1 bid and a price of at least $100, your listing would come up.