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[Republicaninmass]

Boom

[scooter729]

And all of a sudden, the thread goes very quiet, as everyone scrambles to enter their placeholder bids, followed shortly by receiving their outbid emails....

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by scooter729

And all of a sudden, the thread goes very quiet, as everyone scrambles to enter their placeholder bids, followed shortly by receiving their outbid emails....

Done and done. Sheesh. Record outbid time for me! Hope deflated. Reality restored

[irv]

Very nice auction, especially the 52 Topps cards!
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/Lots/Gallery

Noticed this Eddie Miskis gray back card and noticed they still refer to it as a CDN gray back.
I thought that had pretty much been disproven?
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=47033

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by scooter729

And all of a sudden, the thread goes very quiet, as everyone scrambles to enter their placeholder bids, followed shortly by receiving their outbid emails....

AND we will probably start to see some quality items hitting the B/S/T I suspect......

[x2drich2000]

anyone know if it is possible to place a straight bid that is more than the minimum?

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

anyone know if it is possible to place a straight bid that is more than the minimum?

the rules say if you contact REA they will do it for you.

[Republicaninmass]

(Gulp) looking at my bids, I hope I don't win them all!

[edjs]

Oh the irony, we count down the minutes until the auction opens, it seems an eternity. Then an hour later, we count down the minutes until the auction closes, it seems an eternity.

[insidethewrapper]

Spring Auction 1952 Topps PSA 7 Mantle ( no bids) at $ 50k , Auction opens today for a 52T Mantle PSA 7 and it is already $ 75K ?????

[brob28]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

(Gulp) looking at my bids, I hope I don't win them all!

LOL - I'm a little squeamish myself but got to have those place holders.

[T_Hamilton]

Originally Posted by brob28

LOL - I'm a little squeamish myself but got to have those place holders.

Rookie bidder, but what is the advantage of placing placeholder bids when you can just look at your watchlist the last day and prioritize what you can afford/want and then bid before it goes into extended bidding?

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by T_Hamilton

Rookie bidder, but what is the advantage of placing placeholder bids when you can just look at your watchlist the last day and prioritize what you can afford/want and then bid before it goes into extended bidding?

The earlier you can get your placeholder bids in, the cheaper they are. Technically it shouldn't matter, but it's nice not to have to outbid someone on the last day, which might encourage the top bidder to bid more at the time. I'd rather place my bid early, and then only bid one more time just as the auction is preparing to close. That would be ideal. But, it's all in my head.

[Piratedogcardshows]

What a Auction! The Old Judge selection is just simply amazing. Last REA was overloaded with T210. This one not so much but there is plenty of other stuff to grab ones attention

[Sean]

There is no advantage to bidding today. I do it because I know they won't hold up, so I might as well get them in. I'll prioritize when I see where the bidding takes them.

[brob28]

Originally Posted by T_Hamilton

Rookie bidder, but what is the advantage of placing placeholder bids when you can just look at your watchlist the last day and prioritize what you can afford/want and then bid before it goes into extended bidding?

There are a few reasons, but the most obvious is: In the event that items that are high priority are bid out of my price range during extended bidding, I can shift my bids to other items. If I didn't get the bids in the first place I couldn't do that.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by brob28

There are a few reasons, but the most obvious is: In the event that items that are high priority are bid out of my price range during extended bidding, I can shift my bids to other items. If I didn't get the bids in the first place I couldn't do that.

+1. You don't want to do that on the last day before extended bidding because the potential expense or cost could be much higher. Now getting in placeholders is relatively cheap.

[iwantitiwinit]

I anticipate that the price(s) I'm going to have to pay to get the 1 or 2 cards I want will really piss my wife off. Oh well so be it!!!!