A new breed of whale

[bcbgcbrcb]

You're right, I knew there was another comparison that I left out.

[mannybb24]

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.

[usernamealreadytaken]

Why does the pirate have his hand in his pants?

[Preece1]

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.

[aljurgela]

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...