High Grade Ruth Rookie

[rjackson44]

Dave 100 pct correct great auction house big history

[Svabinsky78]

Interesting, I have always associate Bonham's with fine art. They are an old British auction house, a big player in the art, furniture scene, a la Phillips, Christie's, Sotheby's. Looking online, I guess they do have a sports collectibles division.

[D. Bergin]

Sports division or not, if you’re an art and antique house and somebody offers you a Million$ plus item and you have a 28% vig, you’re not going to say no, bring it to those guys down the street. You’re going to figure out how to sell it.

In the end, they’re all just “Antiquities”.

[oldjudge]

If I was the consignor I might have suggested that they advertise in the appropriate venues. Just a crazy thought.

[paul]

Bonhams has included it in their fine books & manuscripts auction, with an estimated value of $250K-500K, and current bidding at $320K. The estimate does sound low and burying the card in a books & manuscripts auction without any promotion to sports collectors does not seem like the best way to get full value for the card.

[jp1216]

Link:

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/3037...delsohn-c1916/

[LincolnVT]

Who knows, maybe they want to be in the business of auctioneering a major card or two from time to time. No better way than to get a solid price for a nice M101 rare-back Ruth. My guess is they know the consigner and someone who will pay the fair market value. Could be a “if you sell it right, more will come” type approach. Regardless, the company can’t really lose with that buyers premium.