REA: 4 Planks & 5 Magies

[sgbernard]

I'd be interested to see if anyone has an opinion on this, but I might guess that, say, three Planks would bring a better price on each card than just one as buyers bid up to their limit on one card and then move on to the next best condition example that they can afford. I often notice on ebay that if a lot of five rare cards comes at once, they can sell for more than a single example from the same set.

[JP]

Rob told me exactly what other Planks were going to be in the auction when he made his pitch. He also gave me a preview of the writeup and asked me for my input on changes. I, of course, deferred to his wisdom. He truly is a standup guy in a hobby that has less and less each passing year.

Side note on Magies: as the pop report proves, they aren't THAT rare. Almost the same numbers graded as o'hara and demmitt.

[barrysloate]

JP- you bailed out on that Plank in like the blink of an eye. I thought you really loved it.

[Rob D.]

March 4, 2010: "I have no intention of moving this card. ... Plank is sticking with me unless a once in a lifetime opportunity arises."

Apparently the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented itself within weeks. Congratulations!

(To be clear: First and foremost, you can do whatever you want with your cards. And I'm actually thrilled you're flipping it in REA, because I had April 1 in the pool.)

[Wesley]

Good luck with your card in REA. With four Plank cards in REA and one in Heritage at the same time, I would be extremely nervous about the consignment. Hopefully you get a decent result.

[JP]

Wesley, not really a concern. Lifson made me an offer I couldn't refuse with my consignments...

Rob, you don't have to be a jerk in every post you make directed towards me. I realize you may think it is fun, and makes you look so witty, but it isn't really something I'm a big fan of. As I said.... http://net54baseball.com/showthread....653#post795653 and this REA auction happens to present about 100 once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. My original goal, as I've stated several times in the past, was a VG 3 Plank, and I've got an opportunity to get one in both REA and Heritage. I never intended to win, or thought my bid would win, the AUTH Plank (also said by me many times in the past) and so I'm looking to upgrade.

[Wesley]

What is an offer you could not refuse, if you at liberty to say? Hidden reserve? I don't think REA offers guarantees, do they?

In any event, best of luck on your consignments.

[Rob D.]

No worries, JP. I was 100 percent serious when I said it's totally up to you regarding what you do with your cards. And I was serious when I said I did have April 1 in a pool on when your Plank would become available.

Plus, on the bright side, you'll likely be receiving an e-mail of commiseration from Frank before the night's over.

[Chicago206]

Notice there are just a scant 2 Drum backed T206's in the auction? What does that say about Drum backs?

[GrayGhost]

After sifting through the petty fighting on here, it says one thing, the Drum backs must be rare.

I mean, Ive scanned some of this auction, and tho I love looking at great memorablia, there is enough, and what a selection for the card guys. I look forward to following the auction.

[fkw]

Doyle is rare.

Wagner, Plank, Magie are not so rare.

[wonkaticket]

Re-built or not the fact is the Plank is a great looking card.

And if a collector want's a 150 series Plank which will always have a better image he hasn't had much choice in un-altered copies.

The last 4 out of 5 150's for sale I know of have all been altered.

PSA 7 Copeland Plank "Harris Collection" known trimmed card.



AUTH Wagner-Mate Plank REA "Trimmed"
(One of only a few P150 cards, the only one that isn't in poor cond or missing colors...the others were part of the Halper collection, it's also connected to hobby's most valuable card)



AUTH FrankenPlank SGC Huggins Scott Rebuilt background and corners and color added. (Has sold several times in both raw, PSA and SGC for around 15-24k)



AUTH PLank in REA now Re-built Corners



Just are not that many 150's floating around 350's come up way more. That could be because they are tougher or that folks keep the better looking and sell the fuzzy 350's....

As far as what it will fetch I guess we will find out..as a bidder I wouldn't pay twice as much as the market set less than 60 days ago. No matter what auction house was re-listing it.

Cheers,

John

[tbob]

Originally Posted by sgbernard

I'd be interested to see if anyone has an opinion on this, but I might guess that, say, three Planks would bring a better price on each card than just one as buyers bid up to their limit on one card and then move on to the next best condition example that they can afford. I often notice on ebay that if a lot of five rare cards comes at once, they can sell for more than a single example from the same set.

Seth- you are right on. That's what is happening with the 3 Demmitts on REA.

[JP]

I see 4 Demmitts. I'm lead bidder on one and can't see them going too much higher from here.

[calvindog]

This thread is hilarious, I can't believe I hadn't read it before now.

And JP, don't mind Rob, he's just commenting on the phenomena which has seemed to exist here for years in which every time some poster proudly posts his "once in a lifetime dream card which will never leave my collection" it ends up on the BST within hours.

If my memory serves me correctly it actually began with a Magie error PSA 1 with a huge amount of paper loss on the back. The buyer proudly displayed his dream card in its own special thread and after getting kudos for about 20 posts then put it on ebay with a BIN for 3x the purchase price -- without posting a scan of the badly damaged back.