NonSports Forum

Net54baseball.com
Welcome to Net54baseball.com. These forums are devoted to both Pre- and Post- war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. There is a separate section for Buying, Selling and Trading - the B/S/T area!! If you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. . Contact the moderator at leon@net54baseball.com should you have any questions or concerns. When you click on links to eBay on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. Enjoy!
Net54baseball.com
Net54baseball.com
ebay GSB
T206s on eBay
Babe Ruth Cards on eBay
t206 Ty Cobb on eBay
Ty Cobb Cards on eBay
Lou Gehrig Cards on eBay
Baseball T201-T217 on eBay
Baseball E90-E107 on eBay
T205 Cards on eBay
Baseball Postcards on eBay
Goudey Cards on eBay
Baseball Memorabilia on eBay
Baseball Exhibit Cards on eBay
Baseball Strip Cards on eBay
Baseball Baking Cards on eBay
Sporting News Cards on eBay
Play Ball Cards on eBay
Joe DiMaggio Cards on eBay
Mickey Mantle Cards on eBay
Bowman 1951-1955 on eBay
Football Cards on eBay

Go Back   Net54baseball.com Forums > Net54baseball Main Forum - WWII & Older Baseball Cards > Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 05-26-2022, 02:18 PM
Yoda Yoda is offline
Joh.n Spen.cer
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 1,888
Default Mile High Auction

While most prices at last night's MH auction seemed in line with current pricing, one item drew my interest, a T206 Vic Willis portrait with a Piedmont or SC back which fetched nearly $33,000.....way off the charts.
The only reason I can think of is 2 prosperous collectors had to have it and went toe to toe in their pursuit.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 05-26-2022, 02:23 PM
Snapolit1's Avatar
Snapolit1 Snapolit1 is offline
Ste.ve Na.polit.ano
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 5,760
Default

How come that never seems to happen for my auction consignments? Sigh.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 05-26-2022, 02:23 PM
molenick's Avatar
molenick molenick is offline
Michael
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 674
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda View Post
While most prices at last night's MH auction seemed in line with current pricing, one item drew my interest, a T206 Vic Willis portrait with a Piedmont or SC back which fetched nearly $33,000.....way off the charts.
The only reason I can think of is 2 prosperous collectors had to have it and went toe to toe in their pursuit.
That price seemed amazingly high and made me check the auction. It was nearly $3,300 not nearly $33,000.
__________________
My avatar is a drawing of a 1958 Topps Hank Aaron by my daughter. If you are interested in one in a similar style based on the card of your choice, details can be found by searching threads with the title phrase Custom Baseball Card Artwork or by PMing me.

Last edited by molenick; 05-26-2022 at 02:24 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 05-26-2022, 02:24 PM
butchie_t butchie_t is offline
β∪τ∁ℏ †∪RΩεΓ
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Nevada
Posts: 1,204
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapolit1 View Post
How come that never seems to happen for my auction consignments? Sigh.
Preach it brother!!!

B.T.
__________________
“Man proposes and God disposes.”
U.S. Grant, July 1, 1885

Completed: 1969 - 2000 Topps Baseball Sets and Traded Sets.

Senators and Frank Howard fan.

I collect Topps baseball variations -- I can quit anytime I want to.....I DON'T WANT TO.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 05-26-2022, 02:26 PM
jsfriedm's Avatar
jsfriedm jsfriedm is offline
Jeremy
Member
 
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Medford, MA
Posts: 236
Default

I read it as a little under $3,300: http://milehighcardco.com/1909_11_T2...-LOT85890.aspx

Are you talking about a different card?
__________________
191/240 1933 Goudeys (Ruth #144, #149, Gehrig #92)
127/208 T205s
24/108? Diamond Stars
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 05-26-2022, 04:33 PM
Rhotchkiss's Avatar
Rhotchkiss Rhotchkiss is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 4,255
Default

The OP added a zero, but $3300 for an SGC 5 Vic Willis portrait is silly, in my opinion.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 05-26-2022, 05:43 PM
darwinbulldog's Avatar
darwinbulldog darwinbulldog is offline
Glenn
Glen.n Sch.ey-d
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Florida
Posts: 3,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss View Post
The OP added a zero, but $3300 for an SGC 5 Vic Willis portrait is silly, in my opinion.
I guess I haven't been following them. I wouldn't have expected it to break $1,000.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 05-26-2022, 05:49 PM
bobbyw8469's Avatar
bobbyw8469 bobbyw8469 is offline
Robert Williams
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 9,016
Default

I have stopped getting catalogs from them. Honestly, I forgot they were still around.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 05-26-2022, 09:52 PM
brianp-beme's Avatar
brianp-beme brianp-beme is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,532
Default

At 33,000, that Willis would be over 6 miles in the air. As it stands, 3300 doesn't even make the Mile High club, just overpriced.

Brian

Last edited by brianp-beme; 05-26-2022 at 09:53 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 05-27-2022, 05:33 AM
mrreality68's Avatar
mrreality68 mrreality68 is offline
Jeffrey Kuhr
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 5,607
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by brianp-beme View Post
At 33,000, that Willis would be over 6 miles in the air. As it stands, 3300 doesn't even make the Mile High club, just overpriced.

Brian
agreed nice card but over priced. What typically happens(not for my cards I auction) is 2 people get into the heat of the moment bidding war
__________________
Thanks all

Jeff Kuhr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/144250058@N05/

Looking for
1920 Heading Home Ruth Cards
1933 Uncle Jacks Candy Babe Ruth Card
1921 Frederick Foto Ruth
Joe Jackson Cards 1916 Advertising Backs
1910 Old Mills Joe Jackson
1914 Boston Garter Joe Jackson
1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1911 Pinkerton Joe Jackson
Shoeless Joe Jackson Autograph
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 05-27-2022, 07:24 AM
bobbyw8469's Avatar
bobbyw8469 bobbyw8469 is offline
Robert Williams
member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 9,016
Default

I just found out that Hunt Auctions is now charging sales tax on baseball cards. Now how does THAT work??? Wasn't the sales tax collected at the time of original purchase?? Does that mean that used product will ALWAYS have a tax every time you sell it?
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 05-27-2022, 08:31 AM
Johnny630 Johnny630 is offline
Johnny MaZilli
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 4,145
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyw8469 View Post
I just found out that Hunt Auctions is now charging sales tax on baseball cards. Now how does THAT work??? Wasn't the sales tax collected at the time of original purchase?? Does that mean that used product will ALWAYS have a tax every time you sell it?
Yes always have to pay tax every time sold.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 05-27-2022, 08:46 AM
BobC BobC is offline
Bob C.
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,275
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyw8469 View Post
I just found out that Hunt Auctions is now charging sales tax on baseball cards. Now how does THAT work??? Wasn't the sales tax collected at the time of original purchase?? Does that mean that used product will ALWAYS have a tax every time you sell it?
Hunt is not just charging sales tax on baseball cards, it is charging it on everything, depending on what state the seller they are shipping items to lives in. It is an indirect result of the 2018 SCOTUS case, South Dakota vs. Wayfair, where states have now been able to set specific standards for when online sellers are now obligated to collect and remit sales tax on items sold in states they otherwise have no physical presence in.

And unfortunately, yes, sales tax is also collectible on used items that are sold, even if again and again and again, as nauseum. Sales taxes are mostly collected on retail sales of tangible personal property. Auctions are just another form of retail sales. Nowhere do any sales tax laws I've ever seen give an exemption from sales tax just because the item being sold has been used. Sorry.

If you happen to be a retail dealer/seller of such items yourself, in a bona fide business, you can apply for a retail sales tax exemption and supply a copy of that form to Hunt, or any other auction house you might be looking to purchase items from (and that includes Ebay), and they will not charge you sales tax on any of your purchases because you are only buying them to resell them. Sales tax is only to be collected on the sales to the ultimate user of an item, not on someone buying merely to resell, or incorporate the item being purchased into something else to eventually be sold to an actual final user/consumer.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 05-27-2022, 09:00 AM
chriskim chriskim is offline
Chris Kim
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: NY
Posts: 533
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda View Post
While most prices at last night's MH auction seemed in line with current pricing, one item drew my interest, a T206 Vic Willis portrait with a Piedmont or SC back which fetched nearly $33,000.....way off the charts.
The only reason I can think of is 2 prosperous collectors had to have it and went toe to toe in their pursuit.

Good job getting our attention with that extra 0.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 05-27-2022, 09:02 AM
chriskim chriskim is offline
Chris Kim
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: NY
Posts: 533
Default

FYI, I think it is the variation of an extra grey button.
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 05-27-2022, 02:23 PM
Yoda Yoda is offline
Joh.n Spen.cer
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 1,888
Default

Just a typo on my part. I just felt $3,300 was a bundle for this card and thought others might be interested. Thanks, Chris.
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 05-27-2022, 03:43 PM
Pat R's Avatar
Pat R Pat R is offline
P@trick R.omolo
member
 
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 3,322
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by chriskim View Post
FYI, I think it is the variation of an extra grey button.
It is a recurring print flaw found mostly on Sovereign 350's but also found on a couple of Piedmont 350's and Sweet Caporal 350/30's but I don't think that's the reason for the $3300 price tag.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 05-27-2022, 08:11 PM
jamest206 jamest206 is offline
James
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Colorado
Posts: 270
Default

I did notice that. Nothing on that auction caught my eye-except the bidding on that card. I just snagged a Demmitt St Louis for about that price-and it should grade nicely between 2.5 and 3.5.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat R View Post
It is a recurring print flaw found mostly on Sovereign 350's but also found on a couple of Piedmont 350's and Sweet Caporal 350/30's but I don't think that's the reason for the $3300 price tag.
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Mile High Auction BabyRuth Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 5 05-20-2020 02:56 PM
Mile High Card Co, Auction Closing Today - Mantle Jersey, Cobb Bat, High End Vintage Leon Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 0 01-23-2020 10:45 AM
Mile High Auction Yoda Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 12 06-26-2018 08:10 PM
E93 Lot in the Mile High Auction Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 0 06-16-2006 11:57 AM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:39 AM.


ebay GSB