Let the bidding frenzy begin......

[Blunder19]

how much would this card in this condition go for in a major auction house?

[philliesphan]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

how much would this card in this condition go for in a major auction house?

Hard to tell. There was an SGC 70 of this same card that went for slightly over $8k about fifteen months ago. It doesn't trade frequently enough to have a good idea, but I think >$10k is a very strong price for this card, period.

[the-illini]

Originally Posted by philliesphan

Hard to tell. There was an SGC 70 of this same card that went for slightly over $8k about fifteen months ago. It doesn't trade frequently enough to have a good idea, but I think >$10k is a very strong price for this card, period.

A Ruth is better condition (PSA 5.5) went for 44k recently. 10k doesn't seem ridiculous for this card IMO.

I don't know why a seller would do a one day auction with such a weird description on this. If I had won the card I would be picking it up in person for that kind of money.

[Prof_Plum]

Just searched Ebay for "babe ruth". There's been 86 new listings in the last hour, 738 in the last 12 hours (387 baseball cards). This discussed 24 hour auction could have easily gone unnoticed by a huge group of buyers.

Besides all that, it seems that out of common courtesy posters wouldn't out auctions because there is a significant group here that wishes you don't.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I just read through the first four pages. IMO, I don't feel that there is anything wrong with outing an auction. However, I can see where some may think differently. For those that do, just answer me one question. What's the difference between outing the auction that is the subject of this thread, or outing this auction that is also on the main board...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=163501

I really see no difference.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

I just read through the first four pages. IMO, I don't feel that there is anything wrong with outing an auction. However, I can see where some may think differently. For those that do, just answer me one question. What's the difference between outing the auction that is the subject of this thread, or outing this auction that is also on the main board...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=163501

I really see no difference.

(1) For the Plank, if you go to the Legendary auctions home page: Link, you see a picture of the Plank card. That is, this Plank is such a featured card in this auction, nobody is going to miss it.

(2) In contrast, the Ruth card is a one day auction on ebay that ends at a strange time. It does not even list M101-6 or Felix Mendolsohn in the title. A lot of people are going to miss this auction.

(3) The Plank is such a key hobby card that a website (t206resource) even lists every single variation of this card, and the sell prices. Even though this is a very rare and popular Ruth right now, it does not have the same notoriety that the Plank has.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Gary,

Now I am even more confused. Are you saying iIt's okay to out an auction, just as long as it's not an eBay auction or are you saying it's okay to out an eBay auction, just as long as it's not a one day auction?

[Ease]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

I just read through the first four pages. IMO, I don't feel that there is anything wrong with outing an auction. However, I can see where some may think differently. For those that do, just answer me one question. What's the difference between outing the auction that is the subject of this thread, or outing this auction that is also on the main board...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=163501

I really see no difference.

+1, there is no difference, some folks just get the chapped ass when they think they missed a "bargain." Who is to say it wouldn't have gone for 10k+ anyways? It only takes two bidders with 10k in their pockets...

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Ease

+1, there is no difference, some folks just get the chapped ass when they think they missed a "bargain." Who is to say it wouldn't have gone for 10k+ anyways? It only takes two bidders with 10k in their pockets...

True.

I wonder how many of the posters who are upset about "the outing" actually bid on this Ruth before it was outed? Now, there's a poll to be taken

Sincerely, Clayton

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Prof_Plum

it seems that out of common courtesy posters wouldn't out auctions because there is a significant group here that wishes you don't.

+1

Only sellers benefit by asking questions on this forum about a live auction.

[jhs5120]

I think there are plenty of people on this board alone who are pissed about the auction being "outed"

Isn't that an indication it wasn't flying under anyone's radar?


Give the guy a break.

Today there was an uninformed collector who wasn't taken advantage of for his lack of knowledge. Outing is a good thing.