1865 Brooklyn Atlantics CDV for sale

[kateighty]

LOL at whether she's the girlfriend or the auction model. I bet the guy drives a bright yellow Hummer.

[oldjudge]

This guy has hundreds of lots listed on Ebay now, most of it low value material. This is all very strange. Not the typical MO of someone who goes out and spends almost $100,000 on a card, and a very esoteric card at that.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by kateighty

LOL at whether she's the girlfriend or the auction model. I bet the guy drives a bright yellow Hummer.

I think she's the auction model. If she's the girlfriend, I would have signed up and tried to outbid him.

[Abravefan11]

Jason Leblanc and his girlfriend Melinda Yung.

[Leon]

There is a very good chance the card sold for what it did because of the publicity. (kudo's to SACO for that) If ya'll remember the Peck and Snyder that was on Jay Leno, from the nuns, brought about 75k in auction. The next time it sold it sold for approx. 30% less, if I recall correctly. At any rate congrats to Troy, Saco Auctions, the consignor.....and I guess the winner.

[ullmandds]

I agree the price was most likely enhanced by all the hoopla...the price doesn't surprise me as much as the buyer?!

[slidekellyslide]

I guess I don't understand the criticism here...a nearly unique card of a very important team sells for $92,000 which is chump change to the high rollers in this hobby and for the most part this is bringing ridicule in this thread.

[ullmandds]

no criticism here...cards like this are tough to gauge where they will sell...as evidenced by the contest! the guy who purchased it seems like a nice guy who is trying to do the right thing to help his family...I think that's great!!!! I just find it interesting that a relative non-collector would invest a large sum of money on a relatively obscure rarity...for investment purposes! That's all!!!!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I guess I don't understand the criticism here...a nearly unique card of a very important team sells for $92,000 which is chump change to the high rollers in this hobby and for the most part this is bringing ridicule in this thread.

It just happened and it was a big deal. We've been anticipating this auction for a long time, and if you look at the estimates given by board members (some, at least, I think you would agree whose opinions we all respect), they are not generally up in the $80K + range. Given that, you might expect some eyebrow-raising, which might come across to you (and I'm sure Don and Jim) as criticism or ridicule.

I like the fact that we have a discussion forum like this to throw our thoughts out, even if they might not always be politically correct, well-written, publishable or even 'fair' to the 'victim'. I also like the fact that, even though you are a moderator, you are one of the more opinionated board members and don't feel the constraints that some forum moderators on the internet might feel. Keep it coming!

The tax thing makes sense - I hadn't thought of that. In addition, this guy is more of a collector than he let on. Perhaps he just has a huge wad of discretionary income and simply wanted this card - we've seen that happen plenty of times on this board (and we've sometimes ridiculed it )