Mile High Card Co Auction Extended to November 26th

[btcarfagno]

I am posting this on an internet message board....wondering why paper catalogs are even necessary anymore. I mean, there is more information on the internet version of the catalogs anyway. Are there really that many people who will be bidding strictly from paper catalog photos and descriptions? I may be new to getting back into the hobby, but this just seems like there might be something else to it...

Just my .02.

Tom C

[sb1]

I've had a catalogue for over a week,(haven't even bothered to open it). No one in this day and age needs a catalogue to peruse an online auction and place bids, you can see far better images online rather than in the catalogue and do searches for hidden items.

There was no need to move the closing date except for a possible lack of bids and a competing auction. If I were a consignor I would be a bit miffed on a Thanksgiving weekend closing date, and after the money has been spent in the prior auction.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I am posting this on an internet message board....wondering why paper catalogs are even necessary anymore. I mean, there is more information on the internet version of the catalogs anyway. Are there really that many people who will be bidding strictly from paper catalog photos and descriptions? I may be new to getting back into the hobby, but this just seems like there might be something else to it...

Just my .02.

Tom C

Tom,

That question has been posed here before. I recall one former board member opining on the importance of his being able to peruse the auctions while sitting on the can. Of course, this was before the invention of the iPad.

Sometimes I miss Crandall. (Sometimes.)

[Rob D.]

There have been countless times when I have looked at an auction online, done my usual searches and placed my bids. Then the catalog arrives, and after looking through it I find a few more items I'm also interested in. I think having a catalog is valuable for both buyers and sellers.

Regarding the end date for Mile High, I'm not sure what advantage it is that many people have that day off. If the auction ended at noon, I'd agree with that point. But it will end late at night, when most people aren't at work anyway. The fact that the next day is Saturday might be a plus.

[Peter_Spaeth]

People who work the graveyard shift might have the day off too.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

There have been countless times when I have looked at an auction online, done my usual searches and placed my bids. Then the catalog arrives, and after looking through it I find a few more items I'm also interested in. I think having a catalog is valuable for both buyers and sellers.

I agree with that point about the catalog. I usually just do my usual searches for what I'm looking for online. However, then I peruse the catalog, and I often find extra stuff. For example, for a recent auction, the lot was catalogued with the title/description "The Red Sox don't know quite what they have!" Granted, it was a poor title, but the Ruth photo didn't come up under my Ruth search, and I wouldn't have seen it at all if I didn't have the catalog.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

There have been countless times when I have looked at an auction online, done my usual searches and placed my bids. Then the catalog arrives, and after looking through it I find a few more items I'm also interested in. I think having a catalog is valuable for both buyers and sellers.

I guess the question is, in this scenario, where everyone should have the catalog by today which is 1 week before initial close, is a week enough time to look through the catalog and find those things?