Goodwin & Co. Auction Results

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

WHat was your opinion on the auction last night? I didn't see anything go TOO extremely high....most things either went around average or lower I noticed...

I wasn't too excited about the high starting bids on the Obaks. Maybe I'm just too used to ebay prices, but the starting levels on the T212s (at least the Los Angeles ones), seemed too high. I was either bidding or watching 13 L.A. Obaks, and seven of them got only one bid each (including the two I won). Three more only received two bids each. The other three each got three bids.

The N29 Ewing was more like an auction. Started low, and got 12 bids. It went for just about what I would've expected.

Steve

[bobbyw8469]

Yea...I noticed some of the cards 1950's cards started higher than I have ever seen them sell for (they also didn't have bids either). I wonder if that was the consignors doing, or Bill Goodwins doing? I guess it is good that the consignor didn't take a bath, but it also meant no deals for us bottom-feeders.....

[scooter729]

Just one pickup for me from the auction last night; had been winning a few heading into OT but was happy to at least walk away with this one at a good price...

[bcbgcbrcb]

Nice pick-up, Scott. I went after the Novelty Cutlery Speaker but ended up the underbidder. Oh well, can't win 'em all............

[scooter729]

Thanks Phil. I was happy with the one I got, which looks nicer than a 50 to me.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I guess it is good that the consignor didn't take a bath, but it also meant no deals for us bottom-feeders.....

As an auctioneer this is my least concern, sorry about that.....(btw, I am a bottom feeder too )



Overall prices were high to average to low, imo.

I picked up one PCL card for less than half of what I paid many years ago...

[Iwantmorecards77]

A couple nice additions to my small (but slowly growing) collection. The staining on the Brouthers gives it character. lol ...and who the heck is Jim Keefe?

I've been wanting a card of Brouthers for awhile and I like the N162. I thought it would be neat since he played minor league ball in both the town I was born in and the town I currently work in. lol This one was affordable.

The Keefe I thought was interesting because of the "Jim." Picture's not the clearest, but again, it was in my price range.

Now to figure out where to scratch up some $ for B&L!

Todd

[tbob]

I was able to zero in on the completion of my 1911 Zeenut set (minus Bohen), getting very close. These additions were very welcome. Browning was an upgrade, Kuhn was just too good to pass up, but Smith SF is extremely hard to find as is Lindsay, partly because his descendants buy up every PCL Lindsay card there is. I guess they were busy last night and missed this one. Arlett is another toughie. Also managed an upgrade for my 1909 Obak set. I went hard after the Zeenuts and was glad to say that the final prices were well under my max bids. No shilling here!

[ptowncoug3012]

I truly hope many of you were able to fill much needed holes in your sets or to upgrade a card or two. I am big fan of the upgrade!!
Tbob, I was also surprised about the Lindsay not going for higher. You are probably right, his family must have been asleep at the wheel. The Obak Miller was really active, I wonder if his family ended up with it. Congratulations on your Zeenut gets. They are truly wonderful cards, and I think you will find that many of them do not warrant the low SGC grade that they received once you have them in your hands. Fantastic eye appeal on both sides of the cards! My grandfather took great care of these (not very hard to when he essentially had them stuck in his deposit box for the last 50 years). Truly unusual for these types of cards.
I have not decided what my plan is for the unsold Obaks and Zeenuts as I am not an Ebayer type, but feel free to pm me if you have any suggestions/ideas.

[Anthony S.]

Apparently this dude was involved in some sort of scandal.

[wolterse]

Picked up my first PCLers in Goodwin last night. I feel like the prices were a little above average but was willing to pay a little more for the Weaver (which I've always loved) and the two other Obaks with (IMO) tremendous eye appeal.

I've always liked Bill's auctions and was satisfied with this one as well

[calvindog]

I thought the prices were very reasonable. And the concern about the starting prices on the Novelty Cutlery PCs seems to have been unfounded.

[sb32]

Picked up a few obaks. Chipping away at the sets. Among others:

1910 150s.


1911s


first 1909s

[M's_Fan]

Man I wish I would have held off buying earlier in the year as the bargains have come out later... The market for cards continues to soften which is bad for the value of the collection but good for future buying needs...

[DixieBaseball]

Tennessee boy :

[bcbgcbrcb]

IMHO the high starting price on the Novelty Cutlery Speaker caused the final hammer price to go well above what this card has sold for in the past while also taking into account the soft economy that we are experiencing. The final price including juice was $4,100+ and another bid would have brought it to over $4,500 which is why I backed off. I believe that it is around a $3,000 card during good times.