Closing Tonight - Love of the Game Late Summer Premier Auction

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Prices are definitely becoming more reasonable and believable….this is a good sign for collector's.

Except anything I want lol. The HR Derby cards went very high, I thought, for example.

[e107collector]

A 1952 tip top Mantle in a PSA 1.5 sold for $70k last week and now $38K in this auction.

That seems very interesting.

[Johnny T]

I was thrilled with my pickups...upgraded a few T206's...got my first Tattoo Orbit (Mack...always loved that card) and was shocked that I won the '52 Red Man lot for what it went for...can't wait to get the Mays, Williams and Musial!!!

Great auction Al!

JT

[ClementeFanOh]

To Al- thanks for another fine auction. I came away with a nice T206 Harry
Pattee, always happy to add Brooklyn T206 to the fold

I was stunned that the Collins McCarthy Lefty Williams went for $2700. My
guess-meter was way off there.

Great auction!

Trent King

[jsfriedm]

I was considering the n172 Roger Connor PSA 2, but was not willing to go anywhere near the final price of 15K. People who are more into collecting Old Judges - what did you think of that price?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

I was considering the n172 Roger Connor PSA 2, but was not willing to go anywhere near the final price of 15K. People who are more into collecting Old Judges - what did you think of that price?

I'm an OJ collector and that price is absolutely bonkers.

[jsfriedm]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I'm an OJ collector and that price is absolutely bonkers.

So far I have two OJs, both HOFers from LOTG auctions (Sam Thompson and Mickey Welch), and both purchased for under 3K each, so that was not what I was anticipating.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

So far I have two OJs, both HOFers from LOTG auctions (Sam Thompson and Mickey Welch), and both purchased for under 3K each, so that was not what I was anticipating.

Around 3k is what I would have expected, maybe a little more since it is a nice image. I purchased an SGC 1 of that exact pose a couple of years ago for under 1k.

Unless it's some obscure variation that I'm not recognizing, it's also not even a rare card...

[Fred]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

I was considering the n172 Roger Connor PSA 2, but was not willing to go anywhere near the final price of 15K. People who are more into collecting Old Judges - what did you think of that price?

Anomaly, however it looks like Connor cards are on the rise. That final hammer was over the top.

Originally Posted by BioCRN

I was keeping an eye on the fuzzy-looking SGC 4 N172 Bill Hutchinson (Hutchison) and bowed out at $500. Seeing it hammer for $1500 final price was a bit surprising to me.

It is an NL card, but that Hutchison is probably the most common NL card I've seen. It went for more than what I figured it would.


Too bad the Shannon was so trashed, but it still fetched $600. That Frankenstein Deacon White still sold for over $5K. Image is beautiful on that card.

Opening bids were a bit higher than I was anticipating for the OJs.

To me, that cabinet with Anson (Aussie Tour) went for a great price, congratulations to whoever got it.

[Casey2296]

Nice to see the pre 1900 guys realize higher prices.

[Webster]

One of my pick-ups:

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Happy to pay up. As Jay described, this is a tough one. The last similar grade (though not as nice) sold for $1800 in 2019. If anyone has an image of a nicer version of a 1890 NL "Wild Bill" OJ, I would enjoy seeing it.

For you Louisville fans, I also picked up this toughie as well:

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Both were upgrades, so if anyone is looking for copies of these players, please PM.