Memory lane-aug 17

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

I have lockdown bids on all Ryan's stuff so don't worry about bidding...Jerry

Let us know what you're not bidding on so we can pick up the scraps.

[Rhotchkiss]

Jerry, you probably once owned half my collection… only a slight exaggeration. Leon owned stuff too. It’s funny how stuff gets passed around the board, either from auction or privately

[gabrinus]

Ryan thanks for the kind words but my collection pales(d) next to yours...Phil, I will post my bids tomorrow night...just for clarification "lockdown bids" means Tim Walz will come to your house and shoot you with a paint-gun if you attempt to outbid me...Jerry

[srik]

The Sid Smith Old Mill brown is exciting to see! Good luck buyers and sellers

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by srik

The Sid Smith Old Mill brown is exciting to see! Good luck buyers and sellers

That card has an interesting History. I bought it from Johnny V - a longtime member and early pioneer and collector of t206 scraps and freaks. My understanding is that many years ago, it sat in a PSA flip, numerically graded as a straight southern leaguer old mill (shock PSA would screw up). Johnny (or maybe someone else) saw it was brown, bought it for relative pennies and then had SGC grade it properly.

[BRoberts]

Ryan, speaking of flips, did you or Memory Lane consider having your collection reslabbed to note the pedigree, i.e. "The Hotchkiss Collection." I would think that likely would have added to the bottom line.

[Peter_Spaeth]

No disrespect to Ryan intended, but come on.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

That card has an interesting History. I bought it from Johnny V - a longtime member and early pioneer and collector of t206 scraps and freaks. My understanding is that many years ago, it sat in a PSA flip, numerically graded as a straight southern leaguer old mill (shock PSA would screw up). Johnny (or maybe someone else) saw it was brown, bought it for relative pennies and then had SGC grade it properly.

I think that's the Brown Old Mill Smith that Jerry won on eBay for $51.50 back in 2013

Originally Posted by JerryTotino

I won the Brown Old Mill Sid Smith.

To answer some of the questions people had:

* I was almost 100% sure that the back of the card was brown.
* I was willing to take a chance even if I was wrong and set my max bid to several thousand dollars higher than the ending price.

I first noticed the card shortly after it was listed and was keeping an eye on it to look for any unusual bidding. This would be a clear indication that others had also spotted the card. The bidding appeared normal with only a few minutes left, but I was still very worried that someone else had seen the card and was waiting to put in a last minute snipe. To my utter amazement and shock I couldn’t believe that the ending price was only $51.50

I actually started to second guess myself because no one else bid up the card, but since the winning bid was so low it really didn’t matter at that point if I was wrong.

Needless to say I was a very happy camper after examining the card in person.

I still have no clue how others didn't spot this card. There are some extremely knowledgeable collectors that I know look for items such as this on eBay. How everyone else missed this card is still mind blowing to me.

A few people have inquired about whether the card was for sale and my answer was no. At this point I want to keep it in my collection.

Thanks,

Jerry

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Pat R

I think that's the Brown Old Mill Smith that Jerry won on eBay for $51.50 back in 2013

That’s it!! Great recall.

Regarding the Rose Co Graham- a different one went on BST and it sold lightening fast. I missed out by a hair. But the owner had 2!! True story, I think there are only two and he had them both. I begged him to sell me his other one and after some thought, he staked his asking price and I said ok. I was lucky to get it. Honestly, it was a very hard item to consign; it’s one of the 7-10 items I kind of second guess consigning bc I will never be able to get another.

[Bobbycee]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

Ryan thanks for the kind words but my collection pales(d) next to yours...Phil, I will post my bids tomorrow night...just for clarification "lockdown bids" means Tim Walz will come to your house and shoot you with a paint-gun if you attempt to outbid me...Jerry

This was funny!