Era of auction without auction catalog

[spacktrack]

Originally Posted by Fred

Just curious -

Does ANYBODY know how much a print run of REA catalogs costs to produce and mail? How many catalogs does an AH like REA create and mail out?

Does anybody have any inside knowledge to other AH catalog distribution numbers and costs?

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

We are around 3,000 this auction cycle.

To be clear, Orioles1954 does not work for REA, but if you’re scrolling through these posts quickly, you might think he does based on the last response and since there’s no name or company link in his posts. Newer readers may not know who he is. REA considers information like mailing lists and related items, as I imagine many businesses would, to be proprietary. We do, however, have a long history of sending out a large number of free catalogs to anyone interested.

Brian

[botport]

I gave my REA catalog from the most recent auction to a friend today. I just recently found out he collects Clemente as he was his favorite player growing up. He loved the catalog. This guy could chase down lots that I wouldn't even be able to place an opening bid on. I wanted him to see how good the offerings are and hopefully sometime down the line, find something that he has been searching for. To me, I couldn't really do that very effectively without the catalog. Ya, I could have said go to www whatever and maybe he goes there or maybe he doesn't. High resolution scans are definitely great, but something in hand has merit also in my opinion. I love the catalogs, hope they never go away and also hope I am never removed from the mailing lists.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

To be clear, Orioles1954 does not work for REA, but if you’re scrolling through these posts quickly, you might think he does based on the last response and since there’s no name or company link in his posts. Newer readers may not know who he is. REA considers information like mailing lists and related items, as I imagine many businesses would, to be proprietary. We do, however, have a long history of sending out a large number of free catalogs to anyone interested.

Brian

He is James Feagin (hi James) and works for Huggins and Scott...
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[BobC]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

To be clear, Orioles1954 does not work for REA, but if you’re scrolling through these posts quickly, you might think he does based on the last response and since there’s no name or company link in his posts. Newer readers may not know who he is. REA considers information like mailing lists and related items, as I imagine many businesses would, to be proprietary. We do, however, have a long history of sending out a large number of free catalogs to anyone interested.

Brian

Actually there was, in post #31 he mentions specifically he's with Huggins & Scott and has a link, etc. If you had actually looked through and read all the posts you would have seen that of course. And there were two questions in the post he responded to, and he was responding to the second question, not the first one directed at your firm. Since Oriole1954 had already posted multiple times in this thread, and fully identified himself as to who he was affiliated with, I can fully understand why he may not have felt it necessary to repeatedly state over and over in each and every post in this thread who he worked with.

For the record, both AHs are great and do a wonderful job in the services provided to the collecting community. And no, I don't work for either of them.

[spacktrack]

Originally Posted by BobC

Actually there was, in post #31 he mentions specifically he's with Huggins & Scott and has a link, etc. If you had actually looked through and read all the posts you would have seen that of course. And there were two questions in the post he responded to, and he was responding to the second question, not the first one directed at your firm. Since Oriole1954 had already posted multiple times in this thread, and fully identified himself as to who he was affiliated with, I can fully understand why he may not have felt it necessary to repeatedly state over and over in each and every post in this thread who he worked with.

For the record, both AHs are great and do a wonderful job in the services provided to the collecting community. And no, I don't work for either of them.

Hi Bob,

I read the posts pretty thoroughly and have followed the board for the last twelve years, which is how I know that not all readers take the time to follow information and identities. I know who the poster is, but there are apparently many new members joining all the time. Post 38 could have been confusing to some who didn’t take the necessary time to read the whole thread or who missed post 31. I wanted to clear things up in case anyone thought REA is only sending out 3000 catalogs.

Brian

[BobC]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

Hi Bob,

I read the posts pretty thoroughly and have followed the board for the last twelve years, which is how I know that not all readers take the time to follow information and identities. I know who the poster is, but there are apparently many new members joining all the time. Post 38 could have been confusing to some who didn’t take the necessary time to read the whole thread or who missed post 31. I wanted to clear things up in case anyone thought REA is only sending out 3000 catalogs.

Brian

Brian,

I hear you and understand exactly what you're saying. Just like you were making sure no one mistakenly thought Mr. Feagin was working for you, I was just being fair to him as well and not letting people think he had not bothered to identify who he worked with, since he actually had. You're both good.

By the way, your last auction was fantastic! Can't believe some of the items you had in it.

Bob

[Orioles1954]

Sorry if I caused any confusion this Sunday evening. Happy Holidays all and stay safe (my three children recently tested positive, it’s really ramping up out here, even if you’re vaccinated).

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Sorry if I caused any confusion this Sunday evening. Happy Holidays all and stay safe (my three children recently tested positive, it’s really ramping up out here, even if you’re vaccinated).

So sorry to hear that, hope they all end up okay. One of my three had it also, fortunately nothing serious.

You have nothing to apologize for either.

[jh691626]

I think perhaps I am in the minority, but I still love getting the printed auction catalogs and read through them regularly.

I love to see the really high-end items, especially when they are unusual.
It's also great to see all of the "standard" items (most of which are well out of my price range). I also admit to liking reading the descriptions, which are occasionally cringy but still fun to read. It's all a bit like looking through someone's amazing collection and hearing a bit about each of the items.
My 13 y/o son (who is not a big reader) also loves to read them and read through the descriptions.

And there is no question I have read through the catalogs and identified items that way for bidding that I would have never had the patience to identify looking through everything on a screen, even with search functions since I don't always know what I will be looking for!

Again--I'm surely a dinosaur and in the minority...but I love them!