The importance/value of an auction catalog

[Jewish-collector]

Good points Rob !!!

The question of auction catalogs came up at one of the previous Net54 National dinner speeches by (I believe) Josh Evans of Lelands. He mentioned that most, if not all, of the high end bidders want to see all of the lots in a nice compact form. He said they take the major auction catalogs on business trips, planes rides, etc,.... He said they don't have time to browse the lots online, even if they are very proficient with technology.

I think auction catalogs are a fantastic resource. I just wish someone would create a master index of all lots/items of all of the catalogs, so we as collectors and researchers could locate a certain card or piece of memorabilia very quickly and easily.

[Al C.risafulli]

Auction catalogs are very, very important.

-Al

[Jacklitsch]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Auction catalogs are very, very important.

-Al

[usernamealreadytaken]

I get a few catalogs, the last being the REA. How much you think that costs (Printing and S&H)?

[Exhibitman]

And they help you poop!

[3-2-count]

Come to think of it, they do aid as a light to mid laxative.
Thought I was the only one. Good to know I'm not alone.

[kcohen]

I'm like some others on this thread. I do focused searches on-line, then I like to relax with a drink and leaf through and dog-ear the pages with items that I might bid on. Not necessary for an auction of only a few hundred lots.

[3-2-count]

I'm not sure if it's a sign of ignorance or what, but I seem to find more items I'm interested in when browsing through a catalog. Scrolling through a maze of thumbnails doesn't compare to gazing at a nice picture. And yes, I'm on the can when finding most of these items. It's where I do my best thinking.

[Rich Klein]

Is that, if you keep them, and something interesting comes up on the board; you can research and reference if and when you'd seen the item before in a catalog. On line, it's quite different research and harder to remember.

Rich