REA fun!

calvindog · #1 10-29-2018, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ejharrington

I love that card and was an under-bidder. It's a little bit outside my normal collection focus but I think it's a great looking card. There's not a lot of market comparisons for this card.

Here's some more: https://flickr.com/photos/31037508@N...57699801558315

Bkrum · #2 10-29-2018, 08:40 AM

There is soooooo much stuff on this auction that it’s hard for me to follow. What trends did everyone see? What went strong and what didn’t? I consigned some unopened boxes and my hockey/basketball did well but baseball a little softer than expected

Leon · #3 10-29-2018, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bkrum

There is soooooo much stuff on this auction that it’s hard for me to follow. What trends did everyone see? What went strong and what didn’t? I consigned some unopened boxes and my hockey/basketball did well but baseball a little softer than expected

I bid on around 53 different items and won 3. I thought everything looked about right but that is just me. The issues affected me but not to the extent I won or lost anything because of them nor did i pay a higher price for the items I did win. I wouldn't want to be that hosting company today.

ValKehl · #4 10-29-2018, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I bid on around 53 different items and won 3. I thought everything looked about right but that is just me. The issues affected me but not to the extent I won or lost anything because of them nor did i pay a higher price for the items I did win. I wouldn't want to be that hosting company today.

Leon, I don't understand how you can say the REA issues didn't affect you regarding the 3 items you won. Had some (many?) bidders not given up trying get into the auction to place additional bids, you might not have won any of the 3 lots.

My "white whale" in this auction was this Western Playground of Peckinpaugh, https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=52134 , which I wanted for my collection of 1924 Senators. I am shocked at what it sold for (I didn't win it), especially as a nice SGC 30 of another player sold for half of what Peckinpaugh sold for. I assume two WP set collectors badly needed the Peckinpaugh card.

Speaking of cards that went strong, how about this PC: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=51979 I realize there are some hard-core T210 collectors, but "holy moly, that's a lot of moolah."

Leon · #5 10-29-2018, 09:45 AM

I can say it because I lived it. None of my won items were bumped for the last few hours and I won all 3, a few below my up to bids.

ps...now that I think about it maybe there was one lot bumped once but not to my high autobid, after the issues started.

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Originally Posted by ValKehl

Leon, I don't understand how you can say the REA issues didn't affect you regarding the 3 items you won. Had some (many?) bidders not given up trying get into the auction to place additional bids, you might not have won any of the 3 lots.

My "white whale" in this auction was this Western Playground of Peckinpaugh, https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=52134 , which I wanted for my collection of 1924 Senators. I am shocked at what it sold for (I didn't win it), especially as a nice SGC 30 of another player sold for half of what Peckinpaugh sold for. I assume two WP set collectors badly needed the Peckinpaugh card.

Speaking of cards that went strong, how about this PC: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=51979 I realize there are some hard-core T210 collectors, but "holy moly, that's a lot of moolah."

Michael Peich · #6 10-29-2018, 10:42 AM

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Speaking of cards that went strong, how about this PC: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=51979 I realize there are some hard-core T210 collectors, but "holy moly, that's a lot of moolah."

Val--It was a breathtaking final hammer for the postcard of the seven-year old son of Goldsboro's manager. Ironically, as the back attests, the card originally came from Fred Stoehr's estate. Stoehr played for a short time with the 1910 Goldsboro Giants. Despite my early bidding, i didn't with the card!

Cheers,
Mike

byrone · #7 10-29-2018, 10:55 AM

I'm not a tech guy, but should a hosting company have a website that looks like it belongs in 1995?

http://www.createauction.com/features_hosting.html

ccre · #8 10-29-2018, 11:03 AM

I bid early on this postcard too but I never imagined it would sell for that final price. Amazing! Great story on it.

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Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Val--It was a breathtaking final hammer for the postcard of the seven-year old son of Goldsboro's manager. Ironically, as the back attests, the card originally came from Fred Stoehr's estate. Stoehr played for a short time with the 1910 Goldsboro Giants. Despite my early bidding, i didn't with the card!

Cheers,
Mike

Jobu · #9 10-29-2018, 11:15 AM

Yeah, but for people who were frozen out of the site for 3+ hours and then quit, there could have been more bids that were never placed. Or, maybe not.

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Originally Posted by Leon

I can say it because I lived it. None of my won items were bumped for the last few hours and I won all 3, a few below my up to bids.

Leon · #10 10-29-2018, 11:19 AM

Anything is possible. There is also such thing as a phone.

I started collecting late compared to many on our forum but in 1996 I don't think there were tons of internet auctions yet. Most I participated in (maybe all of them) I had to call in (or write in, which I didn't do) bids. If there was something I couldn't live without last night then I would have picked up the phone. I understand not everyone will do that. Advantage- Old fogey.

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Originally Posted by Jobu

Yeah, but for people who were frozen out of the site for 3+ hours and then quit, there could have been more bids that were never placed. Or, maybe not.

edjs · #11 10-29-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ValKehl

Leon, I don't understand how you can say the REA issues didn't affect you regarding the 3 items you won. Had some (many?) bidders not given up trying get into the auction to place additional bids, you might not have won any of the 3 lots.

My "white whale" in this auction was this Western Playground of Peckinpaugh, https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=52134 , which I wanted for my collection of 1924 Senators. I am shocked at what it sold for (I didn't win it), especially as a nice SGC 30 of another player sold for half of what Peckinpaugh sold for. I assume two WP set collectors badly needed the Peckinpaugh card.

Speaking of cards that went strong, how about this PC: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=51979 I realize there are some hard-core T210 collectors, but "holy moly, that's a lot of moolah."

Val,

A SGC 10 of Peckinpaugh, I assume the same card, sold in 2007 for $4650.99. So the price seemed to me to show lack of maturity on the investment, given 11 years have passed.

ValKehl · #12 10-29-2018, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by edjs

Val,

A SGC 10 of Peckinpaugh, I assume the same card, sold in 2007 for $4650.99. So the price seemed to me to show lack of maturity on the investment, given 11 years have passed.

Ed, thanks for letting me know this ineresting piece of info. I didn't search that far back for a comparable sale. In fact, back in 2007, I hadn't yet begun focusing on cards of all the 1924 Senators players - I was only into WaJo and Sam Rice cards at that time.

edjs · #13 10-29-2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ValKehl

Ed, thanks for letting me know this ineresting piece of info. I didn't search that far back for a comparable sale. In fact, back in 2007, I hadn't yet begun focusing on cards of all the 1924 Senators players - I was only into WaJo and Sam Rice cards at that time.

Val,

No problem. For a bit I had delusions of getting that card for $1000 or so. Then reality hit.

Ed

x2drich2000 · #14 10-29-2018, 09:24 AM

I definitely wouldn't want to be the hosting company either, but it is impossible for anyone to say exactly how much the outages cost in bids. Like most years, I didn't see many bargains. I was quite shocked by the Tango Eggs Evers. I understand it is the only one known, but $11k?!?

DJ

ejharrington · #15 10-29-2018, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by calvindog

Here's some more: https://flickr.com/photos/31037508@N...57699801558315

Thanks for sharing, very nice set.

Fred · #16 10-29-2018, 09:25 AM

Holy cow, I think they did super-impose the presidential candidates heads on the bodies of women for the N84 series.

glenv · #17 10-29-2018, 09:39 AM

Not sure the consigners always lost money. I was high bidder on a lot at 12. Then got outbid twice, but got in another bid and was leading at 12:30. Then got outbid again. I put in one final bid at 12:45, which held up. So there were eight bids on the item after 12...