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Posted By: Sean C

Thanks for the update! Live auctions are always a lot of fun. Who did you go with to it?


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We just returned from the Sotheby's auction.

The auction, whilst interesting is painfully slow because of the
combination of phone bids, floor bids and web bids.

Generally, Sotheby's auctioneers can run through 70-80 lots
in an hours. This morning they were running at less than 40
per hour.

Sales result thus far have been mixed.

Ted Williams' spikes from his final at bat, Walter Johnson signed
ball from the final out of the 1924 World Series and a Ted Williams
1955 All Star bat realized stunning prices. The Johnson ball
went for $90,000 with the auction house premium and the Wiliams
spikes for well over $40,000.

At least 15% of the items did not sell- albeit most of those
were modestly price.

More later


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List