Watching Christies

[packs]

Magee Horner went for a lot of money. Had my eye on that one.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by packs

Magee Horner went for a lot of money. Had my eye on that one.

I actually think it went cheap. I was the under bidder but just too much to bid on. Horners with full mounts are rare..especially an iconic card.

[packs]

I don't know how to read Christie's. Their estimate on the Magee was $1,500 and it went for well beyond that. But then I see other stuff like a generic stadium photo appraised at $700 and can't understand why.

[sb1]

Four thousand for a mid grade Horner cabinet is a LOT of money. Well beyond what I believe most expected. I have several that I would sell for for 4k, willing to bet no one would even show a trace of interest.

[autograf]

Jay.....I'm not sure the man in pink in the photo would like your NY comparison.......

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by sb1

Four thousand for a mid grade Horner cabinet is a LOT of money. Well beyond what I believe most expected. I have several that I would sell for for 4k, willing to bet no one would even show a trace of interest.

I am also willing to bet yours aren't a key card to the t206 set.

I regret not buying it. It was a very good price. If you have a Magee, with full mount I will buy it from you.

The estimates were all over the place... probably based on what were originally paid for. They surely didn't go by the recent sales or by current market.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

That was a lot of fun! Wish all auctions were conducted that way. I couldn't tear myself away from the screen and loved to see what each item eventually hammered for. Gotta say the auctioneer today was much easier on the eyes than the one yesterday. :-)

[Snapolit1]

Indeed she was. A Brit doing a baseball auction. Every once in a while she would pronounce something different and it amused me. Maryland was always "Mary" Land".

[Mark]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

That was a lot of fun! Wish all auctions were conducted that way. I couldn't tear myself away from the screen and loved to see what each item eventually hammered for. Gotta say the auctioneer today was much easier on the eyes than the one yesterday. :-)

The traditional auction format has its merits--very clean, straight-forward and fast. Still, I was saving my cash for one of the later lots, and so I didn't make a serious effort at a couple of earlier lots that either passed or went under the low estimate. I guess that I wish that they would let me pick the order of lots.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I actually think it went cheap. I was the under bidder but just too much to bid on. Horners with full mounts are rare..especially an iconic card.

I was watching that one too. Figured it would go way higher than that. Especially considering what the other cabinets went for.

Tom C

[aljurgela]

This was a super fun (and sometimes stressful) auction, but I really enjoyed it in the end. Given the huge quantities of material, I was bound to wish that I had gotten some things. If someone has buyer's remorse, I would be willing to buy the following lots for the next increment:

33 Page Fence cabinet ($8.5k)
68 Lloyd/Williams bat ($7k)
135 Charleston bat (10k)
203 Cd. Trujillo photo ($5.5k)
334 Hilldate/Daisies panorama ($5.5k)

Very fun auction.... wish that these happened more frequently, but my wallet could not afford it!