Watching Christies

[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".

[Snapolit1]

The oddest thing I noticed today was that some of the Ty Cobb photos went for rock bottom prices. There was a lot of them.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The oddest thing I noticed today was that some of the Ty Cobb photos went for rock bottom prices. There was a lot of them.

I agree. This approximately 8x10" photo whose image was used for Cobb's 1967 Topps Venezuelan card "only" went for $625 after BP. (I didn't win it.) There were others like this also.

[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.

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by Mark

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.

+1 Would have been different if I would have known that I would get blown out on my most expensive item....

[Snapolit1]

As already noted the reserves were nuts. The one Ruth photo from his Red Sox days had a reserve of $1,000-$1,500. Did the person who set this have a clue?