Memory lane-aug 17

[pawpawdiv9]

Overload
Saw the preview and amazed
I know some of the items have to be
From Net54 members as I seen here before
#mind-blown-away

[Rhotchkiss]

Many of the prewar items are mine, including some rare Cobbs, Wagners, Mathewsons, 3 moonlight Graham items, and some very tough and early Thorpe items.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Many of the prewar items are mine, including some rare Cobbs, Wagners, Mathewsons, 3 moonlight Graham items, and some very tough and early Thorpe items.

Good luck Ryan, some fantastic and super rare items in there.

[calvindog]

I looked at the preview and stopped once I saw the end of Ryan’s cards. Which took a few pages.

[mordecaibrown1]

Yes great cards!!!

[oldjudge]

Good luck Ryan!

[mrreality68]

Many Great Items

I will be a spectator rooting all my net54 peers on

[oldjudge]

Good time for picking up Thorpe. LOTG has a blank back M101-5 PSA 8 coming up in its next auction.

[Rhotchkiss]

Thanks All. I just checked and it appears the auction is open for bidding.

[parkplace33]

Wow, what an auction. I guess the Strongsville fiasco hasn't impacted ML one bit.

[ClementeFanOh]

Great stuff, good luck to all owners and bidders- Trent King

[rjackson44]

Love the voice over about the card and player very different. And good luck to ryan

[Snapolit1]

Was underwhelmed on memorabilia. Like REA, seemingly 90% cards. Of course nothing wrong with that …. If you are looking for cards …. As most of you are.

[toothcutter]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Many of the prewar items are mine, including some rare Cobbs, Wagners, Mathewsons, 3 moonlight Graham items, and some very tough and early Thorpe items.

Is that your 08 rose co. Cy young? Love that card

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by toothcutter

Is that your 08 rose co. Cy young? Love that card

Yes, it is. And it’s particularly unique bc it has no team and you can see an overprint name tag was placed over the original name/team scroll.

[gabrinus]

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

[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.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

No disrespect to Ryan intended, but come on.

Ha

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

No disrespect to Ryan intended, but come on.

None taken, and I totally agree!

However, regarding reslabbing, at one point we did discuss having PSA re-slab my T206 set that was broken up in the last ML auction, since it was a retiring PSA registry set and one of only two registered, complete 524 sets ever. But we didnt do anything.

[Rhinoactions]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Many of the prewar items are mine, including some rare Cobbs, Wagners, Mathewsons, 3 moonlight Graham items, and some very tough and early Thorpe items.

All your cards are insane, but the moonlight graham pieces are something special.

Thx
Josh Reiner

[Bicem]

I'd pay less for a card slabbed 'The Ryan Hotchkiss Collection'

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Bicem

I'd pay less for a card slabbed 'The Ryan Hotchkiss Collection'

lol. Thanks for the reminder. Texting you now- I have an introduction to make

[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!

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by Rhinoactions

All your cards are insane, but the moonlight graham pieces are something special.

Thx
Josh Reiner

I remember the day the Rose Graham was listed here and it was gone very quickly!

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

I remember the day the Rose Graham was listed here and it was gone very quickly!

Same here. Gone before the neurons fired to think about getting it. Great pickup.

[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.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

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.

Great story Ryan, definitely a Sophie's Choice card.
Very few times I wish I was a Trust Fund baby, this is one of them.

[brunswickreeves]

I remember this going up also, it was in the dead of winter when most baseball is hibernating and was astutely claimed in only 5 mins, amazing! The thread is very enjoyable to read:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...onlight+graham

[Leon]

Never say never in this hobby. I have reacquired several pieces I sold before. And with about 95% of them, I paid more the 2nd time. But I still got them back.

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

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.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

I remember the day the Rose Graham was listed here and it was gone very quickly!

I remember the night it closed in REA about 15 years ago with literally zero mention on their part. I got the catalog and it was in a lot of maybe 12-15 Rose Postcards. Nothing in the write up about the importance. They just listed off all the players included and I'm about 99% sure he was listed as just "and Graham." I put a place holder bid in and waited for that night. It made so much sense that it would be him, but REA failed to highlight it in any way I couldn't fathom they wouldn't mention Moonlight Graham so when I went and won something else in the auction I was watching. The entire lot sold for about $1k. I would have went 5x higher if I was certain it was it him. A week later a member here proudly showed it off. I've never regretted any auction or item as much as that one.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

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.

The Graham postcard story reminds me of a similar situation on Ebay a couple of years ago, albeit at a lower lower level of scarcity. A seller suddenly offered four D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit Buck Weaver cards (and if I remember correctly no other D310 cards), which are fairly scarce, and kind of raised a red flag, but were obviously legit once I saw them. I had stopped following Ebay at the time, but a great N54'er alerted me and I was able to snag the lowest condition (as is my natural collector reflex) because who knows when I would be able to obtain one at such a reasonable price. Just goes to show, you never know when an opportunity will arise to get something tough you really desire, so keep the collecting flame burning Ryan.

And my Buck gives eternal thanks to Ed for helping Buck find his forever home.

[ValKehl]

Brian, let's see your beautiful Buck.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Brian, let's see your beautiful Buck.

Okay Val, your wish is my somewhat indirectly handled command! Post 11 on this fun pickup thread by Rhett (which reminds me why the seller only had D310 Weavers available on Ebay) shows the front and back of my Buck, and he still looks wondrous to me.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ht=D310+weaver

Brian

[pawpawdiv9]

Ryan hope your getting the $$$ your hoping for
Some amazing items and the buyers are there
Good luck to everyone tonight