RR Baseball Contracts

[mighty bombjack]

My god, that Mathewson. Beautiful.

[RedsFan1941]

great stuff scott. thank you very much for starting this thread.

[Topnotchsy]

I bid on quite a few but did not win any.

The one I was most interested in was the Campanella Puerto Rico contract. I was the 2nd highest bidder, but wasn't ready to get into a major bidding war on it. I do think the price was pretty reasonable on it.

The other 2 I was most interested in were Monte Irvin and Willard Brown.

I thought the Aaron from the season he set the home run record would go for more. Otherwise, the prices seemed pretty strong.

[stewbacca]

Those are really great items. Is anyone else bothered by the 2 very different Jacob Ruppert signatures? I think it would be great to have the Ruth and Gehrig items, but to also have the owner who purchased Ruth from the Red Sox, that is another historical level of cool for me.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by stewbacca

Those are really great items. Is anyone else bothered by the 2 very different Jacob Ruppert signatures? I think it would be great to have the Ruth and Gehrig items, but to also have the owner who purchased Ruth from the Red Sox, that is another historical level of cool for me.

Pretty sure the Ruppert with the swirly is actually Barrow's sig.

[jgmp123]

Contracts aside....the entire auction went for insane $$$$ I placed healthy bids on a number of items and couldn’t even keep pace with the numbers being thrown out there. Happy for anyone who won some needed items.

[RedsFan1941]

great thread scott

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Pretty sure the Ruppert with the swirly is actually Barrow's sig.

it is. Especially when he adds his initials, "EGB."

[philliesphan]

I was bidding on the Ashburn contract, but not pursuing aggressively.

A really nice run they had, for sure

[rlevy]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

I bid on quite a few but did not win any.

The one I was most interested in was the Campanella Puerto Rico contract. I was the 2nd highest bidder, but wasn't ready to get into a major bidding war on it. I do think the price was pretty reasonable on it.

The other 2 I was most interested in were Monte Irvin and Willard Brown.

I thought the Aaron from the season he set the home run record would go for more. Otherwise, the prices seemed pretty strong.

Jeff, I was also interested in the Campy contract, but didn't end up going after it. I tried to find out what it went for after the auction, but it doesn't come up in any searches, so I thought maybe it didn't hit a reserve. Do you know what it sold for?

Rick

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by rlevy

Jeff, I was also interested in the Campy contract, but didn't end up going after it. I tried to find out what it went for after the auction, but it doesn't come up in any searches, so I thought maybe it didn't hit a reserve. Do you know what it sold for?

Rick

Looking now I am not sure if it had a reserve or something that I was not aware of because I am not seeing it either.

I believe the high bid was around $5500 calculating with buyer's premium.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by rlevy

Jeff, I was also interested in the Campy contract, but didn't end up going after it. I tried to find out what it went for after the auction, but it doesn't come up in any searches, so I thought maybe it didn't hit a reserve. Do you know what it sold for?

Rick

Many of these do not show up in the RR searches, including the Mantle and Williams. If you Google 'campanella contract rr', then 'view image', then replace 'scans' with 'larger', you can at least get a good look at it. But I haven't found any way to find the end prices.

[rlevy]

[QUOTE=Runscott;1857935]Many of these do not show up in the RR searches, including the Mantle and Williams. If you Google 'campanella contract rr', then 'view image', then replace 'scans' with 'larger', you can at least get a good look at it. But I haven't found any way to find the end prices.

There seems to be a lot of lot numbers missing in the realized price list, which sure seems to imply there were reserves on a number of these contracts. I don't mind reserves, but I avoid auction houses that use hidden reserves. If that is the case, I won't be bidding with them in the future.

Rick

[Republicaninmass]

Yes RR bids on items per their site

Some of the prices kinda make sense now

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by rlevy

There seems to be a lot of lot numbers missing in the realized price list, which sure seems to imply there were reserves on a number of these contracts. I don't mind reserves, but I avoid auction houses that use hidden reserves. If that is the case, I won't be bidding with them in the future.

Rick

Rick, I don't know if it means there were hidden reserves. If you use their advanced search to look for items that were in past auctions, these don't show up there either. But you could be right - maybe they flag such items in their system to hide the trail.

I'm sure you could call them and ask what happened to the Campanella, Mantle and Williams contracts, and they would tell you.