Lelands Introduction
 

Hello everyone,

My name is Craig Shakespeare and I am on here as head of digital marketing and of The Monthly Auction(s) for Lelands (as you can see from the username). I wanted to introduce myself and Lelands to Net 54.

In case some of you don’t know, or as a reminder to those who do, we currently have a Monthly Auction going on RIGHT NOW. The Monthly closes on Sunday June 10th at 10 PM EST.

We have cards

5 Red Heart Mickey Mantle’s – just added yesterday
1971 Topps #608 Mike Wegener PSA 8
1961 and 1962 Complete Sets with graded cards

We have memorabilia

Babe Ruth Single Signed baseball (Low Grade)
1973 Jim Northrup Detroit Tigers Game Used and Team Signed Bat
C. 1946 Boston Red Sox Wallet

We have photos

1926 World Series Snapshots including Ruth and Hornsby
Joe DiMaggio Rookie “?” photo
Jimmy Foxx Portrait photo
Ted Williams smiling in the dugout
Willie Mays Batting
There are also many Ty Cobb photos including this one of him in full swing

We also have contracts and letters in the auction as well.

1962 Willie Mays Wonder Bread Testimonial Letter
1986 Tommy John New York Yankees Contract with "Tommy John" Surgery Sign-off
1972 Joe Torre Topps Gum Baseball Card Contract
Stan Musial 1981 Contract with Nabisco and HOF
1864 Abner Doubleday Handwritten & Signed Letter
Eddie Gaedel Handwritten Questionnaire to Baseball Historian


If any of you ever have questions for myself, or for Lelands please feel free to reach out to me at Shakespeare@Lelands.com
I look forward to interacting with you all.

Craig Shakespeare

Im trying to bid. The increments on the few lots I looked at is HUGE. The increment to go from $100 to the next step, $125 is 25%. IMHO, that is too big a jump. I will try to give you some bids, but it's not looking promising.

Even on $50 bids, with the increment being $25 each step, that is a 50% increase!!!!!!!!!!! Too much. If the auction gets tweaked in the future, let me know, I will bid.

Bobby,
I appreciate your post. This is something we will keep in mind for future auctions.

registration problem
 

arghhhh. Could not log in on old account and could not get new account. Hmoses2@comcast.net

Don't feed the trolls . . . Just kidding:)

I did find something in my wheelhouse that I was able to bid on (A higher dollar item), but I'm being 100% sincere. When you have an opening bid of $50, to have the next increment be $75 is a HUGE jump, especially when the item is a lower dollar item to begin with anyway.

The quickest and easiest thing to do would to use the "forgotten password" link. If you don't remember your username either please let me know and I will message you with the info.

As a bidder, I like this type of auction. It allows someone to 'perch' on the highest feasible ledge and allows for a nice gain if you want to flip the card. IE, if the card is worth $75, you 'perch' on $50, pay the 20% premium, and get a nice $15 savings on the card since nobody would pay $75+20% on something that's only worth $75.

As a consignor, I'd never list my cards with an auction house that had large 'perches' like this. Sorry, Craig.

Hmm
 

I just want to know how it came to be that someone ended up with a group of 66 1959 Orlando Cepeda cards.

You can never have too many 1959 Cepedas.

That is kind of neat though. If such a lot for a mid 60's Stargell were to ever appear I would take a stab at it for shits and giggles.

This came from a hoarder collector. In our Invitational Auction coming this summer (dates to be announced soon), we have nearly 1 million cards and many many from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Should have released them over time - one per about every 18 months - so the prices stay high:)

The Monthly Closes This Sunday
 

Our Monthly Auction closes this Sunday. Initial bidding ends at 10 PM. EST. Lot by lot closing rule applies.

Good Luck to those bidding already!

Maybe the same kind of OCD yahoo that's fixated on the '52T Bartiromes. :D