National Copper Plate article is on line

[Rich Klein]

I know that when Lew Lipset auctioned off the Boston Braves Chickering Cabinet find a few years there were some collectors who believed that the total price would be greater if auctioned off as a set since the set was unique and thus the sole collector would be able to set his/her own market value on anything if he/she decided to sell.

This could be a very similar case in that this is the only extant set and although some singles are known; the buyer of the set would then control the market to a significant degree. Thus; a prudent collector/dealer buys the set; Keeps the pieces he/she wants and moves on.

Regards
Rich

[bcbgcbrcb]

I can see the advantages of selling it as a complete set. I guess from a selfish standpoint, it automatically elimiantes my chances of buying the few singles that I am interested in as I would imagine maybe something like 90%+ of serious collectors would not be able to afford the complete set either. As far as partnering up, I think it would be very difficult as most collectors will probably be interested in the big names only as it would be practically impossible to try to put a complete set together. My guess is the winning bidder will keep the set complete and not break it up and sell off singles. I guess we'll wait and see what happens..........

[doug.goodman]

Am I the only one who can't find this auction online?

Doug

[Rich Klein]

I don't think the auction is on-line yet; all Bob was referring to was the article about that complete set of National Copper Plates.

Regards
Rich

[doug.goodman]

Thanx Rich, that would explain why I can't find the auction, not that I could afford the set, but still...

The article is great, by the way.

[slantycouch]

Great find and good article.

[Leon]

And I might add that the good folks at FW Media are now advertisers on our very own Net54 chat board. I always like to give a small shout out to them. Thanks Bob and gang...

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