Goodwin Pickups

[calvindog]

Does anyone know if Joe Tomasullo (sp?) is still writing the descriptions for Goodwin's auction lots?

[calvindog]

Wow, crickets.

Anyone know anything about the guy who writes Goodwin's flowery auction descriptions? Is his name Joe Tomusello (sp?)?

[ebrehm]

On the subject of auction catalog item descriptions, connections to sports history and sports card history can make for entertaining reading, but what is most relevant to me, as a potential bidder, is the accuracy of the descriptions relative to item condition. On that score, I think Brian Drent (Mile High Card Co.) is now as good or better than anyone in the business, at least among the auctions and items that I personally have been looking at. He seems to be making a concerted effort to give balanced descriptions that include both the stronger and weaker condition attributes of each item, including subtle defects that might be missed just looking at a digital scan.

[nolemmings]

As a buyer, I'm concerned with any tactic that chases sellers away. Otherwise though, I am pretty much unaffected, as I very seldom search by subcategory anyway (and believe it or not, in addition to some specific sets and players, I'm also a type collector).

OOPS, wrong thread.