Auction houses..make money but the owners are they "smart"

[OriolesHOF]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Keep in mind Larry that closing dates are set well in advance without beforehand knowledge of each individual AH's planned closing dates.

With that being said, I'm sure it's no coincidence that several AH closing dates are all within one week of MLB opening day.

[ValKehl]

There also seems to be a plethora of auctions in the fall, around the time of the MLB playoffs.

[Steve D]

Well, out of all the auctions this week, only one (Lelands) had an item that I just had to have, and could afford. I won it. And, I won it at 9:30 PM Central (nice and early, so I didn't have to stay up all night)!!!!!

There were many other items that for me, fall into the "nice to have", or are items that I'm looking for, but aren't sufficiently tough to have to spring for them now.

So it worked out great for me

Now, if I just could've afforded that T206 Plank and/or '33 Lajoie..........

Steve

[Topnotchsy]

I think it is great that the hobby is doing well and that auctions seem to be doing well (I have a couple of items ending tonight, and definitely could use some late bidding on my items). At the same time, I don't think there's any way that having all the auctions ending the same time can't be at least a bit of a negative.

I know that I haven't been able to give all the catalogs enough attention, so there are probably items of interest that I've missed. I know I don't have near the highest pockets, but on the items I bid on I tend to go strong, and I've definitely had to pick and choose which items to focus on.