Auctions I lost - 10 years later

[Rhotchkiss]

I don’t consider M Brown a Tier 1 HOFer, and your chart indicates his cards are up 3.5x - 4x since 2013. That is an awesome return. Looking on VCP at some other t206s of players I consider in the same general tier as M Brown (like tier 3), I get the following - trying to use similar month 2022 and 2013 and using PSA 5 unless there is no 2022 comp:

T206 Joss Portrait PSA 5: 6/13 @ $412 vs 12/22 @ $1,476 - 3.58x multiple
T206 Keeler Port PSA 5: 9/13 @ $592 vs 9/22 @ $2,520 - 4.25x multiple
T206 Evers Portrait PSA 4: 2/13 @ $385 vs 11/22 @ $2,520 - 6.5x multiple
T206 Walsh Portrait PSA 5: 10/13 @ $495 vs 10/23 @ $3,330 - 6.7x multiple
T206 Waddell Port PSA 5: 3/13 @ $416 vs 5/22 @ $1,830 - 4.4x multiple

This is decent evidence that less than tier 1 HOFers have seen great multiples; not Cobb or Ruthian results, but “out of the ballpark” returns nonetheless. Everyone wants HOFers. Only set builders and player collectors want commons. They are common. HOFers are extraordinary. The latter attracts everyone.

Regardless, I fully agree with your larger point - you would be in great shape today had you won all those cards in 2013!!

[GasHouseGang]

I saw this thread and wondered if I had some emails from around the same time frame. I found one from February of 2012 that I received from another Net54 member where he was offering the following:

'34 Goudey Gehrig #37 PSA 6 = $3400
'33 Goudey Ruth #181 SGC Auth = $750
N172 Old Judge Cap Anson SGC 50 (4) = $3900
N28 Allen & Ginter Cap Anson PSA Auth = $1500
M116 Sporting Life Ty Cobb PSA 4 = $1690
T205 Walter Johnson PSA Auth = $390
T205 Cobb PSA 4.5 = $2300
T3 Turkey Red Eddie Collins PSA 3 = $525
Ty Cobb Signed Check GAI = $1750
'33 Goudey Bengough #1 = $210
'54 Bowman Williams PSA 5 = $1100
'54 Topps Williams PSA 5.5 = $355
'40 Play Ball Dimaggio PSA 3 = $585
'86 Fleer Jordan SGC 92 = $875
T202 Mcbride / Milan PSA 6 = $240

I only bought one card off the list...unfortunately.