Open for Bidding - Love of the Game Summer Premier Auction

[Al C.risafulli]

Hi All:

I hope everybody is doing well, and that everyone is back from a great National.

Just a quick note to let you all know that the LOTG Summer, 2022 Premier Auction is now open for bidding. The closing date is August 20.

I'm really excited about this auction, because there's a ton of great prewar material you hardly ever see.

We've got a 520-card T206 set, the third one we've sold in the last year.

We have a host of excellent 19th Century material, including this gorgeous N173 King Kelly , a really cool 1887 Oshkosh cabinet with Frank Selee (maybe my favorite thing in the auction), and some great photos. And by all means, please check out the collection of glass plate negatives, many of which were used to create N172 and N173 cards. Even if you don't bid on them, they're incredible to look at, with amazing detail you don't see in the cards. In some cases you can actually see the legs of the studio backdrops!

We've got a host of really tough E99 and E100s, including an E100-2 Buck Weaver that you almost never see.

There are some great postcards, photos, and a TON of tough Exhibits from the 1920s right up to the really scarce 1953 Canadian Exhibits.

And for postwar vintage collectors, we're offering the #2 Roberto Clemente Master Set on the PSA Registry - just lots of great material there.

If you're so inclined, you can check out the whole auction here.

Good luck!

-Al

[kmac32]

Nice selection. Good auction as always.

[Casey2296]

Always a great combination of items, something for everybody. And props on your e-catalog, clearly a lot of thought is put into presentation and accuracy, best in the business.

[ethicsprof]

Al, It's that special time of year again when we are presented with a quality selection of quality sports artifacts (cf A.C. intro. to 25). As a type card collector and memorabilia collector, I wait for these treasures with an eagerness which insists that days be bracketed out for the proper aesthetic appreciation of these exquisite artifacts. Thanks for the mesmerizing offerings; Day 1 of 18 days has fully begun. all the best, ole buddy Barry

[Peter_Spaeth]

Barry has posted, all is still right with the world.

[ethicsprof]

and the Peter I know continues to show the hill-side's dew-pearl'd.

[mrreality68]

Great selection I am on sensory and budgetary overload

Great job Al and team

[rugbymarine]

So many Roberto Clemente items!
Wow!

[oldjudge]

Good luck Al---great auction

[sycks22]

Great stuff as always

[Leon]

Another great auction, Al. Good luck to everyone!
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[isiahfan]

Leon if not appropriate here please delete....

As someone that does not collect pre-war (I know this is a Net54 sin)...what did the last two sets sell for and what would one expect to pay for a set like the one offered?

A set builder at heart...we don't have really any shows here in San Diego and I am not a fan of hunting online and auctions to piece sets together one-by-one. So someting like this would intrigue me, but I literally have ZERO idea of the value.

Thanks

[pawpawdiv9]

Need to fix the part where I place a bid and then get outbid the same day.

[Al C.risafulli]

Hey there:

If you're asking specifically about the other T206 sets we sold in the last year:

Our last auction included a collector-grade set, a bit lesser condition than this one but with more graded cards, and it sold for just shy of $72,000.

Late last year we sold another set card-by-card, it was a slightly higher-grade set and almost entirely graded, and the final cumulative result was just about $115,000.

-Al

[Snapolit1]

Just noticed the 6 Waner Exhibits all in different colors. Wow. How 'effin cool is that!!!

[isiahfan]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Hey there:

If you're asking specifically about the other T206 sets we sold in the last year:

Our last auction included a collector-grade set, a bit lesser condition than this one but with more graded cards, and it sold for just shy of $72,000.

Late last year we sold another set card-by-card, it was a slightly higher-grade set and almost entirely graded, and the final cumulative result was just about $115,000.

-Al

Thank you...this gives me the perfect info to go off of!