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06-22-2011, 01:57 PM
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Bruce:
Your record is better than mine, 0-for-7 last night and 0-for-14 since the start of these rediculous prices several months ago. I certainly can't compete although I was close as the underbidder on 3 of the items last night (Crawfords photo, Willie Foster photo & X-Mas Card, not too far behind on the Punch - Mendez either), as we all know, close only counts in horseshoes. I doubt that bidding another increment or two higher would have changed anything except to drive up the final sale prices. Also, not sure if it was a bad scan or what, but the exposure on the Chicago American Giants postcard that went for $15K seemed to be really off. Did anyone else notice this? Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 06-22-2011 at 01:59 PM. 
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06-22-2011, 02:46 PM
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I would see this as an opportunity to sell high and then when the whale inevitably leaves, and prices go down, repurchase similar items for less.
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06-23-2011, 06:02 PM
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06-23-2011, 08:00 PM
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I think what Al is trying to say is that the Charleston was factory cut that way and not actually trimmed.
I have seen many Billikens and Al has seen many more, and they do come in various shapes and sizes. Damn Al, how come our conversations are never this in depth as your posts are here, you're a freakin genius! LOL Unfortunately I was also shut out of Hakes this go around but a little birdie told me there is so much more to the Merkin Collection, Hakes could stretch this process out for the next several years. So I would not whine about not getting anything now--just think, you'll have even more money to spend in their next auction. Congrats again to Al and to anyone else that came away with something from Hakes.
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Always buying Negro & Latin American baseball cards, photos and postcards.
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06-23-2011, 09:11 PM
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Why does the pirate have his hand in his pants?
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06-23-2011, 10:01 PM
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No New Whales
At the end of the day Bruce, I think this post has shown that there are no new whales and the main items here went to collectors that have been in the hobby for a while. The Mendez went to Al, I took the Crawford photo of Gibson, and the other items that brought big dollars also went to collectors that haven't jumped in yet here and I won't out them, but they are long time Negro League collectors.
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06-23-2011, 10:33 PM
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Sorry Steve... you understand correctly... I meant that I believe that the Charleston is factory cut and not really trimmed. At least that is my hypothesis. Let's see. Regardless the image is fantastic.
The more that I hear from different collectors who bid in Hakes... I believe that Patrick is right... there was a pretty wide spreading of the peanut butter here... lots of different winners. This seems to indicate that this section of market is moving up as it has a pretty broad base of support...
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Al Jurgela Looking for: 1910 Punch (Plank) 50 Hage's Dairy (Minoso) All Oscar Charleston Cards Rare Soccer cards Rare Boxing cards
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