Henry Yee Dec. Auction pickups

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Jeff,
Santa is very smart that way. If he could've only kept the price of the 1926 Team photo down to where I won it. Ah well.

Congrats to everyone on their pickups. Some really nice photos won by all.

Great Pick Ups Mark. I think Henry's write up on the 1926 team photo is what hurt the price for us (made it go up, up and away).... I wish he wouldn't have said anything about it.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Leon

Great Pick Ups Mark. I think Henry's write up on the 1926 team photo is what hurt the price for us (made it go up, up and away).... I wish he wouldn't have said anything about it.

I agree, but if your snipe was $600 above your winning bid, there is no way I would've been in there. I was figuring on around $1K. It's a great photo with tons of personality. I hope you enjoy it.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

I agree, but if your snipe was $600 above your winning bid, there is no way I would've been in there. I was figuring on around $1K. It's a great photo with tons of personality. I hope you enjoy it.

There were 3 other bidders in the 1500+ range so I wasn't alone on the mountain. Another very experienced (board member) Yankees photo collector also thought it would end at around 1000-1100......Had I not already had the Mckibben Jacket piece to go with it I wouldn't have bid at all. It's that cross collecting that kills me financially.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Leon

There were 3 other bidders in the 1500+ range so I wasn't alone on the mountain. Another very experienced (board member) Yankees photo collector also thought it would end at around 1000-1100......Had I not already had the Mckibben Jacket piece to go with it I wouldn't have bid at all. It's that cross collecting that kills me financially.

I think what probably happened is that a few, including you, bid much higher than you thought it would reasonable go for, to guarantee you'd win it. If one person does, no big deal, but when 3 do it, the items winds up selling for much more than expected.

Don't worry Leon, you know where you can come to get rid of it once you're done enjoying it!