Wow. E121 rarities.

VoodooChild · #1 06-29-2014, 08:36 PM

I won the Baker. I had some $ put aside in case those cards ever surfaced. I only had enough for one and thought the O'Leary would go for over 2K. I'm kicking myself over the Gaston, but I just couldn't afford it too.

My hope is that the Baker is the only one with the type 3 back. Can anybody confirm? I decided to go all-in on him since he's the only HOFer of the rare few.

There were deals to be had with the other toughies. Wish I could've got them all! There's still some left through Tuesday. Good luck if any of you guys are bidding!

Brian Van Horn · #2 06-29-2014, 08:58 PM

Jason,

Congratulations!

kmac32 · #3 06-29-2014, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by VoodooChild

I won the Baker. I had some $ put aside in case those cards ever surfaced. I only had enough for one and thought the O'Leary would go for over 2K. I'm kicking myself over the Gaston, but I just couldn't afford it too.

My hope is that the Baker is the only one with the type 3 back. Can anybody confirm? I decided to go all-in on him since he's the only HOFer of the rare few.

There were deals to be had with the other toughies. Wish I could've got them all! There's still some left through Tuesday. Good luck if any of you guys are bidding!

I was 1 for 5 out of my auctions, congrats on your pick up.

VoodooChild · #4 06-29-2014, 09:12 PM

Thanks guys.

Does anybody know the seller? Is he a board member? I'd love to know the story. Most of the cards are the Type 3 back including tough and super rare cards. Plus the O'Leary! I wonder if that was his collection or some sort of find at an estate sale or something like that.

kmac32 · #5 06-29-2014, 09:16 PM

It was his collection that he had collected since 1989. I had some correspondence with him about some scans and he told me. Seemed like a nice guy. I do not believe he is a board member.

sreader3 · #6 06-29-2014, 09:32 PM

I was happy to win the McGraw Type 3 PSA 5 last night at what I thought would be a fair price for a Type 1. Was blown out of the water on O'Leary and the other rarities tonight. I wish I had gone higher on Hoyt.

kmac32 · #7 06-29-2014, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sreader3

I was happy to win the McGraw Type 3 PSA 5 last night at what I thought would be a fair price for a Type 1. Was blown out of the water on O'Leary and the other rarities tonight. I wish I had gone higher on Hoyt.

I was in the running on Hoyt and had my bid set to go and it went right past me. Already have the E121-120 so was looking for the equivalent in series of 80. There were other cards I wanted more so I didn't bid as much as I should have to win. These auctions were like the "national" to me as E121-80 carda are all I would be looking for anyway.

sreader3 · #8 06-29-2014, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kmac32

I was in the running on Hoyt and had my bid set to go and it went right past me. Already have the E121-120 so was looking for the equivalent in series of 80. There were other cards I wanted more so I didn't bid as much as I should have to win. These auctions were like the "national" to me as E121-80 carda are all I would be looking for anyway.

Ken, Similar to you there were other cards I wanted more and so bid too little on Hoyt. I initially set what might have ultimately been a winning snipe on Hoyt but lowered it this morning thinking I would win some of the rarities and not wanting to spread my finances too thin. Ha! I agree with you this was the Super Bowl for E121-80 collectors. Simply an amazing group. Scot

ValKehl · #9 06-29-2014, 09:40 PM

I am thrilled to have won the WaJo card with the Type 3 back on eBay earlier this evening, because I now have WaJos with all 4 back types, as follows:
Throwing pose - Back Types 1, 2, and 3.
Hands-at-chest pose - Back Types 1 and 4.
Val

old-baseball · #10 06-29-2014, 09:45 PM

Val - good for you! As I watched that card sell I was wondering if that was you bidding on it.

old-baseball · #11 06-29-2014, 09:25 PM

I tried to quiz the guy on where the cards came from but he didn't say much other than he bought the entire group from one individual. I will admit that I made an offer to him for the O'Leary and Gaston cards (that wasn't much less than the total I won them for!

) and he had a sense that these were something special. In his words he had "many" offers and inquiries.

Jason - congrats on the Baker. Rhett says there are others so I'm sure that's the case but that's the first I've seen.

Ken - glad you got another version of Miller

old-baseball · #12 06-29-2014, 09:27 PM

Ken - unless I misunderstood him I thought he had just purchased them. Maybe he bought the group back in 1989.

kmac32 · #13 06-29-2014, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by old-baseball

I tried to quiz the guy on where the cards came from but he didn't say much other than he bought the entire group from one individual. I will admit that I made an offer to him for the O'Leary and Gaston cards (that wasn't much less than the total I won them for!

) and he had a sense that these were something special. In his words he had "many" offers and inquiries.

Jason - congrats on the Baker. Rhett says there are others so I'm sure that's the case but that's the first I've seen.

Ken - glad you got another version of Miller

Kevin,

When it comes to Miller, I'm all in as you well know. I have the one that ends in "eighty" in SGC 50 and the one I won tonight. Now to get him slabbed when he arrives to match the rest of the set and variations. :-)