BIDDING WAR on Ebay - Ty Cobb Tin

benjulmag · #1 10-01-2011, 07:12 AM

Not including this one (which I render no opinion on given the small size of the photos), I am aware of only two examples that do not have serious condition issues. One is the one Legendary sold, the other as I recall was sold some years earlier and went for about 50k. If in fact this one is in really good condition, then it should sell for a substantial premium over what the other lesser-conditioned ones sold for.

DaveH · #2 10-01-2011, 07:44 AM

The TV show "Auction Kings" sold one at auction earlier this year. They also
said there was only 7 or 8 in existence. As I recall it only went for $6-7000.
That's assuming their auctions are real and not fabricated for TV.

dh

canjond · #3 10-01-2011, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveH

The TV show "Auction Kings" sold one at auction earlier this year. They also
said there was only 7 or 8 in existence. As I recall it only went for $6-7000.
That's assuming their auctions are real and not fabricated for TV.

dh

This makes #13 on the list of Cobb tins I've tracked. I used to have images of all but 3, but a hard drive crash a few years ago wiped out a few older images. Right now I have images of 5 different (not including the auction kings one, the legendary one, or this one). Of those images, 3 are in very nice condition.

GrayGhost · #4 10-01-2011, 09:45 AM

I don't want to poo poo on this, but why are those pictures so small? Is everyone sure this is authentic? Stories like this one of the guy sound so "fairytale" like, makes me wonder. he said he sent pics to major auctions. Well, a picture, especially those sized, does NOT guarantee things to be real, right?

Anyone else wondering this?

Leon · #5 10-01-2011, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

I don't want to poo poo on this, but why are those pictures so small? Is everyone sure this is authentic? Stories like this one of the guy sound so "fairytale" like, makes me wonder. he said he sent pics to major auctions. Well, a picture, especially those sized, does NOT guarantee things to be real, right?

Anyone else wondering this?

The small scans were a yellow flag for me, immediately. I don't know about the tin being real or not (positively) but the auction on ebay, itself, smells to holy heaven. I have some serious concerns about the "auction".

ullmandds · #6 10-01-2011, 10:04 AM

I agree there are a bunch of red flags here...the small scans, the weird extra payment for insured shipping, the story of course...but the 14 day return policy doesn't really fit?!?!

I think the item is probably real...seller is just very...very green!

barrysloate · #7 10-01-2011, 10:20 AM

His feedback of 7 doesn't garner a whole lot of confidence. Would you bid 40K with somebody who had so thin a track record?

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