Heritage Auction

[ullmandds]

A sports illustrated with wayne gretzky on the cover for 24K!!!!!

[familytoad]

Without revealing any details that you don’t want to share… are there guys in here that have consignment stories from HA?
Are you cashing big checks here?

I mean ; every lot seems to be astronomical. It’s very tempting to cash out on some items. But I’m sure that two things would happen:

1.The market would dry up the day mine are posted.
2. I’d regret and miss my cards immediately.

[DeanH3]

The items I was watching didn't move much at all in extended bidding. That doesn't happen very often.

[MattyC]

Got my ass handed to me. When $30,000-$50,000 can’t see you add one card to a collection, shit’s gone bananas. Time to holster it and just keep the money for fun trips and other non-card life pleasures.

[x2drich2000]

I haven't looked at the whole auction, but I'm ok with my one pick up.

[Casey2296]

Congrats DJ, that was well bought IMO.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Congrats DJ, that was well bought IMO.

+1 agreed very nice pickup

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

The items I was watching didn't move much at all in extended bidding. That doesn't happen very often.

I wish I could say the same Dean.

The items I like are still going strong

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by familytoad

Without revealing any details that you don’t want to share… are there guys in here that have consignment stories from HA?
Are you cashing big checks here?

I mean ; every lot seems to be astronomical. It’s very tempting to cash out on some items. But I’m sure that two things would happen:

1.The market would dry up the day mine are posted.
2. I’d regret and miss my cards immediately.

Dont forget you will be accused of "sour grapes" once you post the gory details!

I just cant fathom some of these prices. Call it sour grapes lol

[Snapolit1]

Went toe to toe with someone on two items. Ran up in extended bidding and lost both. Slept well.
I really think Heritage now gets prices that are meaningfully higher than what the same item would get at many other AHs. I suspect some of the same vintage at Lelands or Hunts would be -20%. A tribute to their marketing I guess.

[puckpaul]

I find Hunt’s clunky to use, their site isnt nearly as user-friendly. Leland’s just doesnt present as well and seems obsessed with Tom Brady junk. REA and HA leas the way for high quality material and sites. REA does the best job on research and descriptions. My two cents, not too revelatory!

I was interested in the Hodges Wilson Weiners, but i dropped out at about half of where it closed. Not the craziest of prices in the auction but still seemed very high. I am ok waiting for a lesser graded one.

[MVSNYC]

Crazy prices. Blue Chip cards continue to rise...and, Ticket Stubs are exploding, as well as Game Used items (Bats, Jerseys, etc).

[LincolnVT]

I was working the signed 1950 Bowman Robinson, but the thing ended near 20k. As it should, the Robinson memorabilia items / photos brought insane prices.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

A sports illustrated with wayne gretzky on the cover for 24K!!!!!

Does anyone know what that was all about? We had a subscription at the house in the 80's, so I guess we got that issue. Was the Gretzky cover some sort of short-printed error that was withheld from circulation?

I didn't really see much vintage (pre 1920) in this one. Some nice n173's at fair prices. Good deal on the e135 Weaver I thought.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Some nice n173's at fair prices.

Yes, I thought so to. I wonder if the fact that they weren't graded scared people off. Saying a card "presents itself in excellent condition" might translate to the bidder as "while it looks excellent, we think if we sent it for grading it would not be excellent because of some technical flaw, or may even come back Authentic".

Or maybe someone was just in a hurry to sell and didn't have time to wait for grading.