Empire Auction in NJ

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Posted By: Brian

Did anyone happen to be there at todays auction and see why the album of tobacco cards brought $28,000?? I was a phone bidder and from what i was told and the pictures online, I thought my bid of 5,500 was plenty. Was there a card there that was unusual or did the auctioneer not tell me about some cards? I am just curious as to why it brought $28,000. I mean, it was a regular estate auction and not a baseball card auction and yet they got Robert Edward Auction PRICES????? Let me know if anyone of you were there.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

There were over 200 cards in total with Cobb, Mathewson, Lajoie, etc. $5,500 would have been under $30 a card which would have been more than a steal. I saw it, emailed the place for pictures and called once without getting a return so I decided not to do any buying from them. If the cards were in decent condition (guessing they were T206s by the names of the players) then the final price tag doesn't seem too high for the amount of hofers included in the lot. If an estate auction advertises online, there are so many people searching that a large amount of the time the prices will be about retail.

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Posted By: Brian

Martin, one of the workers there desribed them to me as mostly stained and creased and it just didnt sound like they were in great shape. It would have helped if they would have put more pics online instead of a select few. But $28,000 is wacky for cards in vg condition or worse!

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Posted By: Craig

One page had at least 12 Crofts cocoa that appeared to be in vg vg-ex condition

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Posted By: quan

i really need to quit my job and devote my time to this "hobby". i'm missing out on alot. is this another one of those lts thing?

edited to add: craig maybe there was a page of croft cocoa cobbs that they didn't show!!!

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Posted By: peter ullman

that's insane...whord of doubles!

pete in mn

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Posted By: Scott Mosley

I was there with a fellow N54 board member yesterday and, as many of you have guessed, there was a good bit more to the lot than what was shown on the website.

The final hammer price ended up being 31K plus 13% comission (10% for cash/check) and 6% sales tax.

Before spilling the beans on what was in the lot, we're hoping to hear back from the buyer about possibly acquiring a couple of the cards so thats probably enough information for now...

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Posted By: Brian

I know there were two cobbs, 1 philadelphia caramel and 1 t206, 3 matty's including a croft cocoa, 1 wagner dockman and sons, and alot of hall of famers in crofts cocoa and t206 all in vg or less shape. So what was the hidden gem @ 28,000?