The Official Post-REA Recovery Thread
 

Pretty fun evening in the chat room last night, it wasn't nearly as rowdy as it did in years past, the exception being Leon swearing at every bid the stack of Playboys got after 4:30 am EST. hope everyone had a fun evening, another great auction.

On a side note if anyone won any of the large Zeenut lots for only a few cards or if you will have duplicates or unwanted cards contact me, same goes for the buyer of the large Frederick Foto lot.

Feel free to post post auction Lamentations, regrets, wants, defeats, and victories in this thread... It only happens once a year... Err, twice a year now I guess.

#319 & #1198
 

Following up on Rhett's post, congrats to everyone who won/sold lots this morning.

If anyone has dupes to sell from the Red Sun lot (#319), I'm interested.

I would also like to acquire the 1910 and 1911 Reach guides from lot #1198 if they are available.

I did win the Dave Creagan small archive to add to my T209 collection.

Sleep deprived,
Mike
mpeich@comcast.net

Rhett, it was great chatting with you last night. I had to bow out...3:50?

LOT 1005: Historic 1945 Ed Barrow New York Yankees Contract - Signed by Barrow, MacPhail, and Weiss

Placed my "qualifying bid" over two weeks ago and was completely surprised I won it at that. Couldn't be happier on my acquisition.

It's been seven years since I owed Robby any $$, I forgot that peculiar feeling of "what have I done". :o

The free shipping helps the hang-over.....a little.

Congrats to Rob and the winners.

Was fun to watch all those bids coming in right until the end, 10+ every minute.

If anyone on here won the blank back ghosts (290) or the lot of 107 T206s with handcut examples (248) I'm very interested in a few cards.

I was surprised to get out bid at 3:30am after having my initial bid untouched since April 13th. Had it been earlier in the evening, I could have reallocated the money to my second choices.

I was stunned to find that I won the N172 Deacon White. Couldn't be happier.

Very Nice, Paul!!!

I was a loser this time around....but actually happy I lost because I will be able to add Mantle card to my master set.

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I will have to spend my quarter I use in scans after last nights plunge.

Paul:

Great pick-up on the D. White card!


How about you, Ken, anything for the HOF collection last night?

lol

107 T's
 

Chris,

Better come up with more than a few bucks for those cards...they won't be cheap !!

Rea
 

Nice grab on the McGreachery fielding card. I was thinking it would go for much more.

There were so many items to choose from, I left a lot off of my bidder card. I did manage the n172 Mutrie port and the Van Dyke & Co. A's photo card w/o much resistance. I didn't really have any battles, was mostly just guarding the lots all night.

If the winners of the n172 minor league lot or the large 160+ n172 lot want to sell the Annis or Esterbrook, I would be interested.

I got creamed on the 1894 Baltimore Alpha Photo, but at least I scored the first ever Mets ticket. I'm quite happy with my consolation prize.

Rea
 

Just think, in a few more months, REA will have their 2nd 2013 Auction. I think it ends around Oct/Nov 2013.

We will be doing this all over again!

Tony

Congrats to those who where able to win last night....the bidding was VERY intense...but one heck of a lot of fun!!!

I lost but picked up 3 new PSA 8 Mantle items for my master set this morning off of Ebay...so I am happy either way!!

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Mathewson Pennant
 

Very happy to add this to my collection!

I woke up this morning at 4:50am (the joys of an 11 month old!) and checked my email for outbid notices since I had gone to bed). I got outbid on one at 2:30 am, so I logged on to REA and saw the auction was still going.

So at 4:55am, I went to place my bid. I got to the confirm bid page, and when I hit confirm, got an "auction is closed" message. I must've missed a final bid by a second or two! Been upset all morning now about that one!

rea
 

if anyone picked up the hunters weiners lot
i need the stanky stats and riddle stats card
sflayank@aol.com

Hi Rhett

Were you able to get the Louis Sockalexis pin? Figured you were goin for that?

Greg....really nice pick up.

Scott S......sorry about that. Happened to me in past and bummed for a day or two.......I missed out on the 1886 Detroit Wolverines Team Cab. Card Photo. Really wanted that baby.................also missed on the McGinnity E107...........

Guess few months from now, will try again.

gnaz01

Very very nice item!!!

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The road goes on forever and the party never ends
 

Don't forget that Goodwin, Legendary, and Huggins and Scott, and Mile High are gearing up now. Plus, JVSC, Sterling, LOTG, Mears, Saco River and on and on. Good Luck

5am to end an auction is insane. Should be all bids in by 2am at the latest. If everyone knew it would end at 2am or 15 mins without a bid, whichever is sooner, it would make more sense. For an auction house to say, " we will end it when we want too" doesn't seem right to me.

Scott - rough break man. You are correct though. The auction ended at approx 4:55am-4:57am. Right when you were placing that bid....

Thanks to all who stayed up late last night in the Chatroom. Had a lot of fun and I'll certainly have to remember this for next time!

Due to some financial blundering on my part, I didn't have quite enough cash to bid with as I would have liked, but I did manage to snag the one auction I truly wanted during this season which was the m116 Scrap/Proof lot...

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Snagged this baby! :)

Won this for the second or third year in a row.

Wow Ken that is a great pick up! I was watching that one also. Good to see strong bids on this item. Congrats!

Lot 132
 

If someone here won Lot 132 and wants to break it I'd be interested in the Waite.

Jacklitsch@comcast.net

Great items all, Brian congrats that lot was really cool. Ken that PC is amazing.

Got some of the cards I was after and added some really neat display pieces. I also grabbed the B-18 blanket so when they turn my heat off this year from spending too much money I can stay warm. :)

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Nice haul John. Congrats on adding a stellar Plank, in particular.

John--Congratulations, that 1888 Giants piece is great. You will want to have it restored to fix the tears and remove the tape, but after that it will look amazing. The contrast is the best I have ever seen. If you want the name of someone who is good working with albumen prints drop me an email at oldjudge@gmail.com

Jay

Jay, thanks I would like that very much! I will drop you an email now.

Thanks Leon.

Post # 5 (Sorry had too) :)

Cheers,

John

Terrific cards, John! Congrats!

wonkaticket

Truly amazing stuff!!! I am jealous of your T206 Red back Walter Johnson...I am sure many are...congrats!!!

Holy molly I did not see the T206 Plank wowwwww now I am really envious!!!! You made some serious purchases!!! I guess you are one of the big fishes in this hobby....you must be very proud of those new cards....I know I would be!!!

Post # 11

Ken:

Congrats on the '11 CAG postcard, at a great price too!

Wonka
 

John,

Looks like you had a very productive night! Awesome Plank. Congrats.

Tony

Great pick-ups, everyone!

John- amazing, congrats.

Here's my lone win, i'm very happy with it:

Finally picked up Tuohey's Boston Base Ball Club. The others in the lot are duplicates for me, so if any are of interest let me know.

I got blown away on the other book lots. The prices for the signed copies of McGraw, Mathewson and Cobb were strong and Sol White (~$20K), Sphere and Ash ($10K) and Pfeffer's Scientific Ball (~$6500) were far too much for me. Looks like another 20 years before the latter two come up again.

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Paul, great pickup, I wanted that card too. Went higher than I wanted to pay though.

Joe

John, Awesome Plank and Mathewson, beautiful.

I wasn't expecting to win anything, but had three bids leading into the night when I went to sleep. I got outbid on the Rogers Peet Ruth (congrats to whoever won that one).

But I won 2 other lots: A lot of 2 foreign Ruth's (Josetti and Bulgaria).
I also won something I've been wanting to add for years and gets me much closer to finishing my collection of 1923 Yankees signatures. A Babe Ruth signed check made out to his wife Claire. I get the nice bonus of having his wife's signature on the back! I'm going to be really thrilled to see this one when it comes! I always wanted a Ruth sig, and to me a check is the best way to go. I thought I got both lots for a nice price as I expected both to go for a decent amount more!.....

I'm going to go hibernate until fall I think (unless someone has a D381 I need, I'll tap into reserve funds or sell a kidney or something;).....

Awesome pickups John! Once you start getting into the display pieces it will be hard to stop :) The Prang lithograph is a beauty....I have the other Prang piece "A Stolen Base" buts it black/white so can only imagine how sharp the one you just picked up is going to look on display...congrats!!

So much to compliment, but gotta start with John and his massive haul... including a Red Hindu Johnson and Pirate card. Nice Plank, too.

Hats off to my fellow OJ collectors... the Deacon White went for less than many expected, and the Mutrie is a cool card!

Congrats Brian on the M116 proofs and gotta say I love the Yankees World Series Pin. Sweet Mantle, Scott - can't beat the provenance. Enjoy.

Great pick ups all. John I'm glad you snagged one of the T215 Pirates. I had my eye on a couple of those, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. My lone p/u's. The Crab and Commy's 1914 CJ......

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Not sure how I missed this lot, but great pick-up!

John, love that imperial cabinet - that's going to be a tremendous display piece

Glad you got that. One more outbid and I would have gone for it.

George, you're right. I'm almost more into the display pieces now than the cards they really are great. It's a slippery slope for sure.

John, you're a cool whale to share your mega-pickups with everyone including we little minnows.

Congrats John. World Class for sure. Dave:)

Just checked...tho its post-war....i did win 2 lots
Lot 514 & 561

Memorabilia
 

Not cards but...

Trying to balance the Chicago Nest Egg with the REA auction was difficult. I lost out on the M116 McConnell White Sox variation which is a truly rare card. In the hobby we use the term "rare" too often for cards which are tough or scarce but the Amby Sox is rare.
I also wasn't able to secure the D311 near set which may have been a blessing because I just need a handful to complete it and the thought of flipping that many cards was mind-boggling.
With that note, and I know this is a long shot, if the guy who won that lot reads this Board and happens to be amenable to selling some of the cards he doesn't need, please let me know. Brian McQueen is also interested in a handful also.

I also meant to mention the lot of 45 Series 8 T210 cards which sold last night. I would be interested in buying several of those if the owner is interested in recouping some of his investment.

You can message me through 54 "tbob" or email me. Thanks,
Bob

Nice pickups, all!

Yowza... some sweet stuff!

John.. the Plank is superb...and the Lord Pirate Back is a special one.. Well Done those are some great cards!

my REA Pick up
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Great card Jamie. :eek:

Thanks Chris... I look forward to seeing your pickups in the next few months.. I feel a big card is right around the corner for you.

Jamie

Got blown away on all the key baseball books (Sphere and Ash, Scientific Baseball, Sol White, etc, and all the signed copies) but did manage to finally pick up Tuohey, 2 Peverellys and some good old staples. I only need the Peverelly, so if anyone is interested in the others, let me know

Max

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Rea
 

I went on a display binge last night...

great pickups everyone...Brian those m116's are very cool...I was interested in those!!!! Wonka...unreal...love the ruth pic! Great WS pin...display pieces!

I didn't attempt to win any lots...was watching from the selling side. I lost money on 3 of 4 lots...lost big on red cross lowdy! Rare types aint what they used to be!!!!!! Whomever won him...congrats...I think you got a great deal!!!!

You have great taste in display items, nice pickups!

Rare Back T206's have become so STRANGE??!!!! How does one explain red hindu wajo sgc 55 selling for a fraction of what lesser grade commons have sold for?!?!

in the current issue of SMR david hall of collectors universe has a full page advertisement buying rarer backs of T206. i personally think it is ridiculous, but the speculators will speculate.

and lots 449 and 453...2 34 goudey lajoies...the vg-ex sells for less than the authentic?!?!

It just goes to show that the rare back craze is just a massive bubble created by 2-3 collectors... as soon as one doesn't show up for a card, the price is reasonable again (cheap, even).

"A bubble...yes...a BUBBLE!"

It will be interesting to see if this card ( 33Goudey Lajoie) gets sent in again to be graded and gets a numerical grade. It may depend on who sends it in ? Could be a large profit for someone !!!

Hmmm...if REA tells me that "PSA" says it's trimmed...I'd bet it's trimmed!!!!

It takes 3 rabid collectors
 

I lose money all the time when I go to sell, because I collect obscure cards that not many people want to pay big money for. When I go to sell, I was already willing to pay the most anyone would pay in order to win.

So, the market on thinly traded cards is really set by the second underbidder, because when I sell I can't be there to anchor the final leg to drive the price to where I thought it was worth previously.

That T207 RC was a great card, just maybe out of the price range of many collectors, myself included.

Why is this ? Some cards I send in to be graded have come back " evidence of trimming" and they are not graded at all, and others are graded " Authentic " when they show evidence of trimming.

Perhaps a case of collectors truly buying the card, not the grade, although this would be an extreme case, no doubt.

On a smaller scale, this PSA 4.5 Turkey Red Cobb sold for a bit more than this PSA 5 example. Both nice cards for the grade, but the PSA 4.5 looked a little cleaner and sharper (ie. collectors buying the card).

We've seen some interesting results in this auction. I guess you're going to see some anomalies when you have old men spending large amounts of green on pictures of dead men on cardboard. And it's 4:43 am on the East coast. :)

you need to tell them you want it entombed if authentic.

Ended up the underbidder on the Comiskey scrapbook. That one still hurts. Was able to show some restraint but still...son of a...

Tom C

I have to say this rant at least once every year: I hate how you can only bid in huge increments with the REA auction. I often want to bid more, but not $120 more more, which is usually the minimum. I think this does a disservice to sellers and buyers.

Chris, it was really fun chatting throughout the auction. Sorry you didn't win, but I hope you end up with one of those weird-backed ghosts. And if not, then you have more to spend in the next Goodwin auction. Good luck. :)

Jaime, great pick-up.When we were chatting you mentioned that you were only going for one card. I should have asked which one so that I could follow along, but I was too wrapped up with my own bidding. I'm glad to see you got this one. :)