Robert Edwards Auction

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Feeling like I overpaid...but I DID win my first REA lot...the T208 strunk!
http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=13288

Pete- I don't think you overpaid. That was a nice card. Congrats. I picked up a few things but mainly just an upgrade for my current T205 Hindu. regards

[insidethewrapper]

I hope my invoice is wrong , it states $ 1000.00 shipping for 2 small items I won. MUst be a mistake.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

I hope my invoice is wrong , it states $ 1000.00 shipping for 2 small items I won. MUst be a mistake.

Standard practice for most houses is to automatically put a huge # on everyone's invoice then go back and make it the correct amount on a person by person basis. It will be fixed (unless what you won was Obama's Jeep).

[paul]

Best night ever for me. I have started a separate thread about the Thorpe. I'll be trying to post it as many times as possible!!!!!

[DavidW]

Happy to have "purchased" my first choice out of some 16 cards I bid on.

[wolterse]

Is it just me or did others half expect the bidding to still be taking place by time they woke up this morning?

I think I did OK. Had several bids in and was happy to walk away with these

[3-2-count]

Jeff, I have a feeling I was up against you last night on one of your winnings.
Would one of them be senior Chase?? It was a beauty!!!

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Matt

Standard practice for most houses is to automatically put a huge # on everyone's invoice then go back and make it the correct amount on a person by person basis. It will be fixed (unless what you won was Obama's Jeep).

Thank goodness someone else got a $1000 S/H charge. I saw this on my invoice after I won one lot last night, and I was going to have a meltdown if this was the charge. (I didn't win the Jeep either. )

[3-2-count]

My shipping shows a "Grand" to. I wouldn't sweat it. It will be corrected.

[ubiqty]

Hey Tony A.,
How are you? Can you guess which one I won?
Scott (ubiqty)

[MVSNYC]

my lone win...1951 New York Yankees World Champions Team-Signed Ball with DiMaggio and Mantle.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by ubiqty

Can you guess which one I won?
Scott (ubiqty)

Scott - did you pick this up? Nice card!

[Kawika]

Won the three items I really wanted plus one of the '53 Topps artwork cards. Also partnered successfully on a lot which I am not at liberty to divulge yet. In general I was pleasantly surprised that the bidding, at least on my cards, wasn't as ferocious as I feared it might be. The M110 Cobb, une pièce de résistance without the resistance, just the way I like 'em, is the same card for which I battled and lost two years ago and which came a whole lot cheaper this time. Likewise I wondered why an N173, with Roger Connor on it no less, had zero activity in OT. Too much nice stuff in one auction? Too many strapped collectors in this economy? Don't know but for some of us, me included, last night at REA was Fat City.

[Bicem]

Amazing David - 3 of my favorites in the entire auction!

[collectbaseball]

Originally Posted by glchen

Thank goodness someone else got a $1000 S/H charge. I saw this on my invoice after I won one lot last night, and I was going to have a meltdown if this was the charge. (I didn't win the Jeep either. )

Mine showed the same $1000 and now it's down to $35... much more palatable. Now I just have to figure out how to scrape together some cash to pay for it all...

[calvindog]

David, those are incredible pickups. It's uncanny, but in every auction we seem to have almost the identical taste in cards.

And PS, my birthday is next month. My favorite color is M110.

[Kawika]

Jeff: A recurring nightmare I have is that I will finally go off my nut and murder one of the rectal orifices in my life, you will fly out to Honolulu to defend me but that it will cost me the '14 CJ Matty, the signed '34 Goudey Gehrig and the D304 Cobb. And that would just be your retainer.

[benchod]

[QUOTE=calvindog;804323]David, those are incredible pickups. It's uncanny, but in every auction we seem to have almost the identical taste in cards.

+1
Great pickups David. Love the Cobb, and Kelly.
I think you got the Connor for a steal especially compared to the Keefe

[botn]

I know Rob gave fair warning about the possibility of the auction closing anytime after 11PM EST but bids were coming in at 100 every 18 to 20 minutes for a few hours before the Rob shut it down. And if you look at the Recent Bids you see several big ticket items being in play several minutes prior to it closing. I know the guy has to sleep but seemed premature based on what I could see. Only 5 minutes had passed without a bid.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by botn

I know Rob gave fair warning about the possibility of the auction closing anytime after 11PM EST but bids were coming in at 100 every 18 to 20 minutes for a few hours before the Rob shut it down. And if you look at the Recent Bids you see several big ticket items being in play several minutes prior to it closing. I know the guy has to sleep but seemed premature based on what I could see. Only 5 minutes had passed without a bid.

I agree. I think the problem is that the extended bidding session (12 hours) has normally ended around 3:45 am EST for the past few years, so bidders are not really getting serious now until around 2:30 am or so, knowing that Rob will shut it down at the 3:45 or so time. I won three lots last night and on two of them I didn't put my second bid in until about 3:22 am, knowing that I was safe. When one of the lots got into a bidding war at that time, I was worried that the auction would close down without any notice at around 3:45. My last bid was placed about 10 seconds after the other guy at around 3:42 am and I was happy to have won it.

[Topsy Hartsel]

This was one of those cards that I figured would be well out of reach for my collection. The grade wasn't the best but it is a great looking card. Best of all it is a Topsy Hartsel. Now if I could only find an E125 of Topsy.
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