REA, how did it go for you?

tbob · #1 11-01-2017, 03:04 PM

Picked up 10 D310s. I still need the olive green background Byrne but didn't need the overprint on the back which made it go up in price. I'll wait for the "regular" olive Byrne...

P.S. to Leon- I was stunned that the orange background Crawford wasn't marketed as a "one of a kind" which it is. I won't go in to the spiel about E94s and the orange color variations but it went way too low. I was bidding on it but lost track of it as the buzzer hit, my bad :-(

Leon · #2 11-01-2017, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tbob

Picked up 10 D310s. I still need the olive green background Byrne but didn't need the overprint on the back which made it go up in price. I'll wait for the "regular" olive Byrne...

P.S. to Leon- I was stunned that the orange background Crawford wasn't marketed as a "one of a kind" which it is. I won't go in to the spiel about E94s and the orange color variations but it went way too low. I was bidding on it but lost track of it as the buzzer hit, my bad :-(

I still paid a few hundred more for the E94 than when it sold in my collection sale. My guess is that me and whomever else was bidding after around $2k, knew the deal. When Rob ran the company, if I recall correctly, I called and let him know the Orange E94 Cobby he was selling was more special than was described (at least at first). The E card and type card guys know though

....These things ain't falling through the cracks.

And nice pick up on the D310s. Those were some really nice ones.

Overall another stellar auction from REA. Can't wait for the next one!!

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insidethewrapper · #3 11-01-2017, 04:30 PM

Nice Beatles Auto item. I already have one so I didn't bid on this one. I think the prices are still low on these items.

Snapolit1 · #4 11-01-2017, 06:37 PM

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Nice Beatles Auto item. I already have one so I didn't bid on this one. I think the prices are still low on these items.

Not sure. This is a very very cool item, and I would have bid had I focused on it, but there is autographed Beatles stuff in every auction. Not like anyone threw away an autographed Beatles album. And it's not like they were only together a year.

I'd love an authentic copy of the butchered baby album, and not one that's been peeled off. Now that's an item.

edjs · #5 11-01-2017, 07:02 PM

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I'd love an authentic copy of the butchered baby album, and not one that's been peeled off. Now that's an item.

My best friend is a huge Beatles fan, and has been our whole lives. I found that album at a yard sale, just like you said, not peeled off, for $1, bought it, and gave it to him for his birthday when we were 12. He was tripping hard, telling me he couldn't keep it, it was worth too much money. I told him it was only worth the dollar I paid for it. He still has it.

Snapolit1 · #6 11-01-2017, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by edjs

My best friend is a huge Beatles fan, and has been our whole lives. I found that album at a yard sale, just like you said, not peeled off, for $1, bought it, and gave it to him for his birthday when we were 12. He was tripping hard, telling me he couldn't keep it, it was worth too much money. I told him it was only worth the dollar I paid for it. He still has it.

Looked at it at one point. There is the type 1, which is what you found. There is type 2 which has had the replacement covered peeled off, and type 3 which is the replacement cover/sticker still on. Some auction house has (or recently had) a type 1 signed by the fab 4. Recently saw one.

edjs · #7 11-01-2017, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Looked at it at one point. There is the type 1, which is what you found. There is type 2 which has had the replacement covered peeled off, and type 3 which is the replacement cover/sticker still on. Some auction house has (or recently had) a type 1 signed by the fab 4. Recently saw one.

The people that had the yard sale had told their daughter she couldn't have it when it first came out, she bought it anyway, so they took it from her. It was never opened. It's got to be worth a fortune today, but not worth the fun of having given my best friend the coolest item he owns (in his eyes).

btcarfagno · #8 11-01-2017, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Looked at it at one point. There is the type 1, which is what you found. There is type 2 which has had the replacement covered peeled off, and type 3 which is the replacement cover/sticker still on. Some auction house has (or recently had) a type 1 signed by the fab 4. Recently saw one.

If it's the one I am thinking of I believe it was John Lennon's personal copy.

Tom C

edjs · #9 11-01-2017, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I still paid a few hundred more for the E94 than when it sold in my collection sale. My guess is that me and whomever else was bidding after around $2k, knew the deal. When Rob ran the company, if I recall correctly, I called and let him know the Orange E94 Cobby he was selling was more special than was described (at least at first). The E card and type card guys know though

....These things ain't falling through the cracks.

And nice pick up on the D310s. Those were some really nice ones.

Overall another stellar auction from REA. Can't wait for the next one!!

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Well, we found one of your winning lots I was not the other bidder on!