BIDDING WAR on Ebay - Ty Cobb Tin

[smokelessjoe]

Anyone notice the location of the seller? I find it interesting that it is the same location as the company who manufactured Ty Cobb Tobacco (F. R. Penn Tobacco Co. in Reidsville, NC (Factory #33) was located. Not sure what to make of that?

Shawn

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by smokelessjoe

Anyone notice the location of the seller? I find it interesting that it is the same location as the company who manufactured Ty Cobb Tobacco (F. R. Penn Tobacco Co. in Reidsville, NC (Factory #33) was located. Not sure what to make of that?

Shawn

Warehouse Find?

Soon there will be more of these on the market, then Kruk Cards has pallets of "Collegiate Collection" cards?

[canjond]

Originally Posted by smokelessjoe

Anyone notice the location of the seller? I find it interesting that it is the same location as the company who manufactured Ty Cobb Tobacco (F. R. Penn Tobacco Co. in Reidsville, NC (Factory #33) was located. Not sure what to make of that?

Shawn

Actually makes sense to me. This was likely very limited or just a "test market" item. I would imagine most would turn up around the original place of manufacturer. it would be my odd, IMO, if this turned up on the west coast, for example.

[smokelessjoe]

Hey Jon,

I agree, it does make sense... Just thought it was interesting. I do not think we have been aware of the sellers location before?

Side Note: I did read (somewhere) that F.R. Penn had an office in Atlanta, Ga. back in the day.

[barrysloate]

Surprised the seller turned down a 40K bid. What was he hoping for?

[thecatspajamas]

He may have been promised some pie-in-the-sky number by one of the auction houses he spoke with which is giving him unrealistic expectations.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

He may have been promised some pie-in-the-sky number by one of the auction houses he spoke with which is giving him unrealistic expectations.

Maybe, but any auction house guaranteeing that seller 40k, or more, for that Tin, is setting them and the seller up for failure, imo.

[ullmandds]

A seller can make up any location they want...so the item may...or may not actually be from there?

[travrosty]

you never know how high it can go. it only takes two people with insane amounts of money that really want it. the 9.5 babe ruth signed baseball that went for 150,000 last time recently changed hands privately for 300,000. so no high price shocks me anymore. I think some of these high prices are stupid for what people are getting, but not shocking knowing the exponential nature of high value items versus the very high end collector who thinks nothing about dropping 100,000 for an item they really want.

Otherwise they just have to buy their 5th Lamborghini with the money. Got to spend it on something.