REA Boxing Card Results

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by wondo

Tge Ribgside pairs lot of -5 was off the hook - over $200 a piece. I picked up the Cope’s and Dixie Wueen lots which I though went very reasonable.

You did great with that Dixie Queen lot.

Some reasonable prices, especially with a lot of the 19th Century lots.

[Exhibitman]

eBay-esque results with the typical items, low on the obscure issues, nice prices on the Jack Johnson Pet Kopec and Caramel cards.

One thing for sure: I got some SGC subbing to do before I sell.

[G1911]

Last REA batch looks like a mixed bag. Tough stuff generally low, common material very high though. REA sales I like to use as a barometer; they tend to lean pretty high with some bidders who seem to have lots of money but don't bother to look what the same card is available for on eBay, and unlike eBay or private sales that constitute my main other reference points aren't being inflated or set by my own bids and offers to juice the stuff I really want.


E78 Berger/Jeffries at $390 feels about right.

N167's are just awesome.

N223 Sullivan at $270 seems like a deal.

N269's for $144-$180 is about right.

T219 Red Cross Ketchell at $132 is ~half what it could get privately. Someone got a good deal. This price is encouraging.

T220 Silver Randall/Belasco in a PSA 2.5 that would get a 1 if I submitted at $108 is more than double the eBay rate.

T226's slightly high, the PSA 5 Walsh at $480 is very high. Over 2X premium to go from 4.5 to a 5 is not what I've been doing in private deals and not what anyone has asked for.

T229 Pet Monte Attell at over $800 is an awful lot, high price.

V153 Choyinski is less than a private sale would fetch. Also encouraging to see. All other Choyinski's markedly more. The tough one of the Choyinski's went the cheapest.

[Jewish-collector]

I can't figure out how the hell some stuff went so low.

[Exhibitman]

I was very pleased with the results of my consignments. Some items went low, some went very high, some broke records (Turquinos Tunney). Overall it was strong enough to merit another round or two of my collection going to market.

Knowing what an item would sell for privately is an inherently suspect analysis, especially with a card that is rarely sold. We all have our pet issues and favorite cards. If I'd been asked to sell the Turquinos Tunney and the Robertson Candy Choynski privately, I'd have been at 20% of the hammer on the Tunney and 200% of the Choynski. For something like that you just cannot know what it will sell for until you test the market. I put up a few postcards that I would have guessed would go $100-$200 at most; they were both over twice that. Needless to say, I am reconsidering my planned private sales.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Knowing what an item would sell for privately is an inherently suspect analysis, especially with a card that is rarely sold.

One certainly cannot know what it would go for, as one cannot know other offers that would arise in an informal type of bid taking; but one does know a minimum from what they've been offering for such items and many of us are certainly aware of the general range and the market. I've yet to find anyone willing to take $132 for Red Crosses or anyone who offers that low (if they exist, PM me and take my money right now, no questions asked). Auctions usually have some high, some low. It's interesting to me that it was the more difficult stuff that the dice rolls went low on and the more common material went high in the 1887-1912 period. Tough N/T/E boxing still seems to get little respect and the more common sets often go higher now.




If anyone wants to sell a Red Cross common for 150% of what the Ketchel went for, call me. 200% for a Ketchel Red Cross. Offering 150% of the Choyinski for a Robertson Candy in worse condition, paid without any fees.

[Exhibitman]

Now you offer…