REA Pickups

anchorednw · #1 04-22-2024, 10:55 AM

Great pickups everyone! I snagged this beauty to add to my Cobb collection.
Snagged this beauty last on REA to add to my Cobb collection. I've compared dozens and dozens of T205 Cobbs over the past year or two, from past sales, current available and misc. auctions.
For me, it was always important to find:
* a centered copy
* a copy with minimal/no side chipping
* strong colors. strong registration
* solid to strong corners
Basically, the best copy right!?!
Well, the unicorn (for me) became available during this past REA auction, so I pushed in all the chips. I know of many of the known 6 copies and most 5 copies and knew that this was better than almost every 5 I had seen (often not close) and most 6's. Knowing a 7 and the few 8's out there would probably never be in the cards for me, I went for it.
Pinching myself a bit here and can't wait to welcome this beauty home to join the Cobb family.

maj78 · #2 04-22-2024, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by anchorednw

Great pickups everyone! I snagged this beauty to add to my Cobb collection.
Snagged this beauty last on REA to add to my Cobb collection. I've compared dozens and dozens of T205 Cobbs over the past year or two, from past sales, current available and misc. auctions.
For me, it was always important to find:
* a centered copy
* a copy with minimal/no side chipping
* strong colors. strong registration
* solid to strong corners
Basically, the best copy right!?!
Well, the unicorn (for me) became available during this past REA auction, so I pushed in all the chips. I know of many of the known 6 copies and most 5 copies and knew that this was better than almost every 5 I had seen (often not close) and most 6's. Knowing a 7 and the few 8's out there would probably never be in the cards for me, I went for it.
Pinching myself a bit here and can't wait to welcome this beauty home to join the Cobb family.

Holy cow - that is stunning! I love how you did your research and knew exactly what you were looking for before it even became available. To me, those are some of the most satisfying additions you can make and those purchases are much harder to ever part with. Congrats!!

DeanH3 · #3 04-22-2024, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by anchorednw

Great pickups everyone! I snagged this beauty to add to my Cobb collection.
Snagged this beauty last on REA to add to my Cobb collection. I've compared dozens and dozens of T205 Cobbs over the past year or two, from past sales, current available and misc. auctions.
For me, it was always important to find:
* a centered copy
* a copy with minimal/no side chipping
* strong colors. strong registration
* solid to strong corners
Basically, the best copy right!?!
Well, the unicorn (for me) became available during this past REA auction, so I pushed in all the chips. I know of many of the known 6 copies and most 5 copies and knew that this was better than almost every 5 I had seen (often not close) and most 6's. Knowing a 7 and the few 8's out there would probably never be in the cards for me, I went for it.
Pinching myself a bit here and can't wait to welcome this beauty home to join the Cobb family.

Fantastic Cobb Brian. I too am patiently waiting for the right T205 Cobb, albeit in a lower grade, to come along. What a beauty.

ValKehl · #4 04-22-2024, 10:47 PM

Some fantastic pickups by forum members - congrats to all. These 2 cards that I had a go at went for a bit more than I was willing to spend:
- The N370 Lone Jack Cigs card: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?itemid=174635
- The J, K & A cabinet of Clark Griffith: https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?itemid=175245

babraham · #5 04-22-2024, 11:04 PM

Dang, some awesome pickups here by the group!
I struck out on the items I was bidding on, but great to see that so many picked up some great cards.

B O'Brien · #6 04-25-2024, 12:02 PM

I wasn�t able to leg out the Merkle Uzit and really got surprised by the Carolina Brights McGinnity, but was able to check off the Uzit for the HOF backs line with Jennings One Hand!
So much cool stuff in the non-cards lots. I really tried for the Walsh Leather, but had to pool all the cash and focus on the goal.

Good stuff you all!!!! !!!!
Bob

anchorednw · #7 04-23-2024, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DeanH3

Fantastic Cobb Brian. I too am patiently waiting for the right T205 Cobb, albeit in a lower grade, to come along. What a beauty.

Thanks Dean! It felt right, and doubt I will ever regret. Higher grade/High eye-appeal T205 Cobbs are extremely limited and undervalued IMO.

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