Heritage Auctions last night

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

As mentioned above, prices are all over the place...for example...

PSA 2.5 T206 Black (not Brown) Lenox Cobb Bat off sold for $102K

PSA 3 T206 Old Mill Cobb Bat On sold for $102K

Both incredibly strong prices.

That Bat Off Black Lenox sold for 144K just over two years ago. And that Old Mill Bat On sold for 78K in April of 2020 so it's not a huge jump, but a PSA 6 sold for 90K three years ago.

What I wonder is why is that Black Lenox Cobb in a PSA 2.5 valued the same as an Old Mill Bat On in PSA 3? Isn't the Black Lenox much rarer?

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That Bat Off Black Lenox sold for 144K just over two years ago. And that Old Mill Bat On sold for 78K in April of 2020 so it's not a huge jump, but a PSA 6 sold for 90K three years ago.

What I wonder is why is that Black Lenox Cobb in a PSA 2.5 valued the same as an Old Mill Bat On in PSA 3? Isn't the Black Lenox much rarer?

Jeff, are you confusing the $144k sale with the Brown Lenox example that sold in Heritage in Feb. 2023?

PS- Glenn, I didn't interpret the OP to be joking. Prices are all over the place. Some high, and some low.

[brunswickreeves]

1952 Topps Mantle card’s prices are drastically influenced by eye appeal; the below were UP vs same grade in HA’s prior auction(s)…

Grade @ price of this HA auction vs price from prior HA auctions:

2 @ $38.4K vs $28.8K on 8/25 vs $31.2K on 6/22
3 @ $52.8K vs $51.6K on 10/6 vs $46.8K on 7/13
5 @ $108K vs $105K on 10/6 vs $84K on 5/18
5.5 @ $96K vs $75K on 10/6

[Webster]

$432,000 for a 1949 Bowman Robinson PSA 9.

Strong

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Jeff, are you confusing the $144k sale with the Brown Lenox example that sold in Heritage in Feb. 2023?

PS- Glenn, I didn't interpret the OP to be joking. Prices are all over the place. Some high, and some low.

Nope. Summer 2022 REA. Black Lenox Bat off PSA 2.5 sold for 144K.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?itemid=112449

[MVSNYC]

Hi Jeff,

Ah thanks! Looks like the Black Lenox is a 1 of 1, and the Brown Lenox there's a few examples, I believe you have one (killer card!).

Hope all is well, we are overdue for a Steak at Sparks!

[packs]

Thought I made out pretty well picking up this Paige. It sold for about what his signed business cards have been selling for:

[Kutcher55]

My buddy grabbed a Jim Palmer RC PSA 9 for 3600 plus buyer’s premium. Seemed like a great price. Less than 100 pop and no 10s. We were both surprised his bid held up.

[Exhibitman]

It is an odd one right now: the hobby is booming on the whole with insane show attendance and tremendous activity (look at the sheer number of auctions), but everyone wants to steal every deal. One newb asked me for high end cards at discount prices. Still laughing about that one.

Given the prices, I suspect that many of the mundane but expensive cards that are selling at disappointing levels are from long-time collectors who are cashing out by choice or by circumstance (death or incapacity).

[tjisonline]

cool item. i think luke consigned it along w/ a 1976 promo card

Originally Posted by packs

Thought I made out pretty well picking up this Paige. It sold for about what his signed business cards have been selling for:

[Belfast1933]

Had my eye on this but want out of my budget at the end…

Anyone here win this? If so and having regrets, my message board is open!

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Hi Jeff,

Ah thanks! Looks like the Black Lenox is a 1 of 1, and the Brown Lenox there's a few examples, I believe you have one (killer card!).

Hope all is well, we are overdue for a Steak at Sparks!

The Black Lenox Cobb was a “new discovery” that was fresh to the market 2 1/2 years ago so it had a lot of helium going into the final night then it sells the 2nd time w a lot of the helium gone (not hyped at all by HA). I do think this will happen with many of the Morehouse Baking cards too.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That Bat Off Black Lenox sold for 144K just over two years ago. And that Old Mill Bat On sold for 78K in April of 2020 so it's not a huge jump, but a PSA 6 sold for 90K three years ago.

What I wonder is why is that Black Lenox Cobb in a PSA 2.5 valued the same as an Old Mill Bat On in PSA 3? Isn't the Black Lenox much rarer?

There are only a handful of the OM out there. Toughest HOF OM.