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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Bruce Dorskind
Last evening's Goodwin Auction once again underscores the |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Brian
When will the Group be a pod, gam, school or herd of whales? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: barrysloate
Bruce- I think it's time to find a new topic. We get the point- you are a big fan of ultra-high grade rare cards. There must be some other area of the hobby you could share with us. Thanks. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Brian
Barry -- slight correction, they are a fan of watching others buy ultra-rare-hot-dog-maxed-out-wonderful-crazy-terrific-funtime-high-grade cards. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: barrysloate
Brian- I am aware of all of this. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: MVSNYC
bill had a nice selection of cards. i was outbid on the only lot i was bidding on. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Dave F
I will say I was really surprised at the prices the Tip Tops went for. For the entire group it was over $121k before bp, which doing the math in my head would have been over $142k if the buyer's premium was 17.5% (i'm not sure that was the bp %). Really strong prices especially for some of the lower grade cards...I'm wondering if one person ended up with the bulk of the Tip Tops alone. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
Will somebody please name these whales, what they collect, and any other information that may be of interest to the collecting community? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: howard
Fudgy the Whale, Moby Dick and my mother-in-law. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: leon
As old as the "ultra high grade fierce competition" schtick is getting the same is holding true for the best cards.....As someone who tracks other cards that aren't the best I can safely tell you the market has softened a bit and continues to be flat. Common e cards in 40 holders were about $150 last year...now they are going for about $95-$120.....I think the same is true for T cards though I don't track them quite as much.... .btw, for those that do complain about Bruce it would be nice if you started a good thread once in a while...Good threads tend to (not always) over take bad ones and stay at the top longer.... Not ultra high grade but in a grade that I consider one of the absolute best to collect, SGC 80, is this one....the best card from the set and an upgrade of player for me.....and my only win. Bill had another great auction.... |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
"Fudgy the Whale, Moby Dick and my mother-in-law." |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Sometimes we see events as we want to see them, not as they are. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: MVSNYC
don loucous |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: leon
You seem to have formed a "group" by using the word "we" so often in your last post. Are we going to see "whilst" in your posts and "Sir" before your name in the future? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Zinn
Might our own Stumpy Yomass likewise deserve Honorable Mention if not top flight whaledom. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Dave F
Michael, |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: MVSNYC
dave- very good point, i guess you never know... |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: JK
The "three whales" listed by Michael make up the penultimate cadre. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Zinn
If those three are merely the penultimate who IS the ultimate? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Alan
Will those "whales" attend the Net54 dinner ? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Dave F
here are some of the things Louchios has won the past few weeks- |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
This is very helpful. Helps place everything in a context, and provides some clarity that the Bruces are writing of actual people. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Anonymous
Please don't confuse me with the folks above. I am just not a condition-rarity guy. I hardly ever pay up for an upgrade beyond Ex. They're baseball cards, not diamonds. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: boxingcardman
That's thinner than piss on a rock if you ask me. Better hope none of them ever gets bored or dies. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: barrysloate
Adam- they will all get bored and they will all die. It's just a matter of timing. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to live forever. Or die trying. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: MVSNYC
FWIW- i was not suggesting that these 3 men control the market by any means...i was merely answering someone's question, asking who these guys were that Bruce was refering to. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
I'm just glad that I have such limited funds...this way, the hobby will never ever get boring. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Al's post was dead-on correct. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Alan
What about that guy in California, who supposely spends $5 million per year on vintage cards ? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Tom Boblitt
is out as whale? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: John
"ultra-rare-hot-dog-maxed-out-wonderful-crazy-terrific-funtime-high-grade cards." LMAO I want that on all my cards that grade high when I sell, funny stuff! |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
This Wonka kid has seriously impressive skills. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Zinn
Those edges look frosty to me. Beware!! |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: barrysloate
That Wonka is scary! |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Eric
I'm sure someone is going to ask what that CERT number from the whale goes to... here it is... |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: John
You are correct Eric, the whale ate the Perry Lipe card! As we all know and have been told whales live on high grade cards and the demand is higher than ever! |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
Wonka, that is awesome. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jim VB
Jason, |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
my mistake on that one! |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Seriously, those of us (plural) who have practical, real life constraints on our income, we (plural) cannot collect mint and near mint pre-WW I baseball cards with much success. So we end up buying less than perfect, worn cards. Cards that we might not mind touching. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Scott M.
John, |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
"The market was fairly robust until recently across all grades of vintage, I think," said the plankton. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Bob
I (singular) think that the 'whales' that are referenced above, and other 'near whales' have pushed on the prices of pristine cards to such an extent, that with lesser cards being all that we can collect, our (pluaral) own buying pressure has pushed up the costs of those worn cards, too.>> |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: fkw
When are the 3 (little) whales going to collect the truly rare stuff?, |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: DJ
We got outbid on everything and found for the most part, the items we were interested in to be slightly less than expected. We didn't have much motivation. |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
I thought the BG Johnson went low -- but again, the market is so thin for cards like this, who knows what these cards are worth? |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Jason L
with regards to Carrot Top's being a "comic genius." |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: S Gross
Fun, Fun |
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In Like Flynn
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
Am I misreading the auction results? The Tip Top Mascot sold for more than the Dreyfuss and the mascot ain't in the HOF! And it was an SGC 20! $10,000+! Of course it was his rookie card . . . We wonder what a PSA 8 would fetch. |
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