Exhibit cards

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

This result on a 31-32 Ruth from Al's older auctions left me stunned:

Ouch, I won that card. Frankly, I had not seen that card in 3-4 years, so I just wanted to grab it even though it was probably 2-3x what a similar card last went for in a Legendary auction.

A lot of the exhibit cards have very appealing images. The 1926-29 Gehrig batting card, even though the image is used on other Gehrig cards, something about it just "pops" on the Exhibit. It can look really nice in higher grade with a nice background (see that red Gehrig from LOTG).

And many of the Exhibit cards have lot pops. When prices were "low," people (like me) figured they could just get them later. However, as they are going up, you figure you'd better get one before you miss the boat (like the 25 Gehrig which I've completely missed out on).

[Snapolit1]

I had a few bids on the 31-32 Ruth myself, but have always been sort of on the fence with that one, only because it is a Hollywood card and not a sports card. Same reason I don't buy photos of Gehrig in Hollywood or signing a document in the Department of Corrections office.

[BeanTown]

I would have liked too see the Exhibit collection broken up and auctioned off in two or three parts. I'm sure many bidders had to pick and choose what to go for. Plus it's hard to place top all bids as you could over extend financially.

[Exhibitman]

Yup. And now we have REA's run of exhibits to deal with.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Yup. And now we have REA's run of exhibits to deal with.

And after that is Heritage....holy cow on that one too!! It seems endless....I wish my money was.

[Rickyy]

I dropped out on couple of the Plain Background after my limit...but it was tempting to go for them. As Adam mentioned, those hardly come around (HOF or Non HOF's). I have two (yellow and light green backgrounds) and would have been nice to add that Pink Todt card. Congrats to all the winners on the Exhibits, there were some sweet ones in this auction.

Ricky Y