memory Lane Spring Rarity Auction

[mrreality68]

Hopefully our forum won alot


I was on the sideline so sadly nothing to contribute

[Leon]

It ended sometime after 3am CST. I went to sleep way before that. I was interested in a few things but not enough to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to bid. (heck I can't stay up that late anyway)



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[DCJayhawk]

Going into the final night, I have my firm number on everything Im going after, I drop that bid at around 11 and then wake up to see if they held up.
Too old to stay up that late, and if I miss, 99/100 that card/combo will come back around again.
That said 8 bids held up

[anchorednw]

I grabbed a handful of the mid grade T206 (including the Eddie Collins Old Mill PSA 6) , as I am always looking for centered/nice eye appeal copies.

[jacksons]

Beautiful group - congrats!

Originally Posted by anchorednw

I grabbed a handful of the mid grade T206 (including the Eddie Collins Old Mill PSA 6) , as I am always looking for centered/nice eye appeal copies.

[3-2-count]

Thanks for chiming in Ryan regarding your take on the mixed results from last night.

What were your thoughts on the ending price on your Psa 6 1916 M101-4 Herpolsheimer Joe Jackson? $50,741.76 before the BP seemed low as well.

[mordecaibrown1]

Yes the D304 Matty that sold for $43k. If the bidders bidding that card up would have looked on Ebay they could have had a 5.5 for $15K. I was think of buying the Ebay one at 5:am. it sold I if figured early morning!

[Rhotchkiss]

I believe the ML style of closing greatly increases prices. Extended bidding started at 7pm, and from 7pm to well over midnight, my cards were getting many multiple bids per minute. I don’t believe this would have happened in an REA/Heritage format, where you only have 15-30 minutes to pivot and are often closed out of lots you would have bid again on, but extended bidding on those lots had ended. Under ML’s style, a bidder can, and does, have more time and options to pivot if/when they are outbid on other lots. I agree that as a bidder, the style is tough. But as a consignor, I really like it and I think it made a huge difference/impact on my set breaks last night.

[babraham]

I was able to pickup two cards last night, happy with both and their ending price. The Cicotte is a nice upgrade to my Sox W514 subset.

[tjisonline]

thought I had the 1914 CJ Joe Wood wrapped up. Two other people outbid me.
I “know” one of the two bidders & was really rooting for him.

Ended up winning a two Joe DiMaggio signed photos lot. I’m very happy w/ the Joe D lot but won’t be celebrating the win with eating Cracker Jacks

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

thought I had the 1914 CJ Joe Wood wrapped up. Two other people outbid me.
I “know” one of the two bidders & was really rooting for him.

Sorry about that TJ.

[x2drich2000]

Daryl, you're on fire with the rebuild. Congrats!

I got 1 pickup last night. I'm just glad the other example from earlier in the week went for less than I was expecting.

[tjisonline]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Sorry about that TJ.

Did you win the ‘14 CJ Wood?
If so, congrats

[Powell]

I agree 100%. I have had occasions on Heritage where I could not pivot and lost items I would have gone higher

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I believe the ML style of closing greatly increases prices. Extended bidding started at 7pm, and from 7pm to well over midnight, my cards were getting many multiple bids per minute. I don’t believe this would have happened in an REA/Heritage format, where you only have 15-30 minutes to pivot and are often closed out of lots you would have bid again on, but extended bidding on those lots had ended. Under ML’s style, a bidder can, and does, have more time and options to pivot if/when they are outbid on other lots. I agree that as a bidder, the style is tough. But as a consignor, I really like it and I think it made a huge difference/impact on my set breaks last night.

+1

I have been a long long time consignor to REA but since they changed their closing format a few years ago the “oomph” is gone. When I have heavy consignments I like to buy big too and without the ability to pivot back to items, well it sucks from the buying side. Thus, it directly affects consignments too.

I picked this guy up last night. Congrats to the e105 Cobb & Wagner winners, 2 of the best cards in the auction in my opinion. I’m still in shock that the d304 Wagner sold for more than the e105 Wagner (throwing).

Congrats to Ryan and a hearty “thank you” for making such wonderful items available to us all.

[CW]

Fantastic Wagners, Jim and Aaron!

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by mordecaibrown1

Yes the D304 Matty that sold for $43k. If the bidders bidding that card up would have looked on Ebay they could have had a 5.5 for $15K. I was think of buying the Ebay one at 5:am. it sold I if figured early morning!

This is crazy! Very curious to see what the 5.5 goes for when it is ultimately resold (probably through ML)

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Bicem

This is crazy! Very curious to see what the 5.5 goes for when it is ultimately resold (probably through ML)

I am guessing it might not be an encore performance but who knows. But kudos to the person taking the shot.

[Rhotchkiss]

Some of my favorite, former, cards have already been posted here.

Paul -- that is one of my favorite pieces. I debated whether to consign that. Its an amazing piece. Ultimately, I have nowhere to display it and I have the Patterson team cabinet from 1897, so that went to the auction house. It was the last item I consigned. Enjoy it and congrats.

DJ -- I am glad you got the red crofts Evers. Its where it belongs

Daryl-- another amazing piece. That one took me a long time, and a lot of money (more than what you bought it for) to obtain. I finally gave up the attempt at the back run once I reconciled there were a few front-back combos I would never own. Enjoy -- she is a beater but oh so beautiful.

JC -- I know you didnt win those, but I love the Cy Young pin. There are so few images/items if Cy during the bulk of his career than anything from the dead era between 1888 and 1903 is so special.

Another card that went bezerck was the E90-1 Speaker. I have long felt it was undervalued, but it went to the moon last night.

Tony -- Yes, the Joe Jackson Herp went low too, considering the rare back. That said, the M101-4/5 Jackson has absolutely exploaded over the past year, so I guess its all relative

[Casey2296]

That was a long night/early morning. Some super rare stuff in there and strong results on many cards, congrats to Ryan.
I ended up with 3 14CJs and wish I had a bigger budget as there were a few more cards that I would have loved to pick up.

[uniship]

Ray Caldwell 1914 cracker jack - PSA 3 - $18,000 !!!

[Bicem]

Hate the antiquated closing format.

Was shut out but some strong prices for sure.

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Hate the antiquated closing format.

Was shut out but some strong prices for sure.

Agreed! Their 3am ending format is outdated.

Congrats on your consignments Ryan.....

[GregMitch34]

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1714915367

[Leon]

That is an awesome photo. Congrats!

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1714915367

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1714915367

Beautiful photo Greg! Congrats!

[Kidnapped18]

Originally Posted by uniship

Ray Caldwell 1914 cracker jack - PSA 3 - $18,000 !!!

Caldwell went super strong! Only outbid by Mathewson, Joe Jax, Cobb and Wagner last night for the 14 CJs. Somebody wanted this card bad…I have an idea of at least two of the bidders so I will see who posts him here or in their registry. As previously stated God bless the Registry!!!
SGC commons prices just don’t stand up to the PSA commons prices which is good for a collector who just needs the card.

[Snapolit1]

Price on the much heralded Jackie card from other thread was meh.

I guess the MBA gold diamond label stamp of approval ain’t what it used to be.

Gold and diamond together is pretty special. Guy should have a tanzanite platinum level for sure.

[MattyC]

I for one always felt Terry Hughes was tragically undervalued; glad to see some collectors or perhaps even investors are finally giving him love and seeing the potential. .209 career average, which is better than my team's 36M captain right now!

Some cards I like actually softened in price, which is great for the chances of adding them all. The 1914 CJ Shoeless came down a lot-- the 4 last night sold for 90k, while a 2.5 sold for 96 in 2021, another SGC 4 sold for 120k at Mile High in 2022, and a PSA 4 sold for 150k in 2023. So that was low.

The yellow Goudey #53 Ruth 4.5 also came down a bit. The last 4.5 sale was 30k (and the last three PSA 4 sales in order of older to newer are 22-19-17).

The e121 Babe also came down. The 5 sold for 70k, was being shopped privately pre-auction for 90k, and a 3.5 sold previously 72k.

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The 1914 CJ Shoeless came down a lot-- the 4 last night sold for 90k, while a 2.5 sold for 96 in 2021, another SGC 4 sold for 120k at Mile High in 2022, and a PSA 4 sold for 150k in 2023. So that was low.

The ending price on the 14 CJ Jax really stood out to me as well as selling for far less that it had been the past couple years!

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Price on the much heralded Jackie card from other thread was meh.

I guess the MBA gold diamond label stamp of approval ain’t what it used to be.

Gold and diamond together is pretty special. Guy should have a tanzanite platinum level for sure.

Again, not accurate at all. These go for a few hundred ungraded. Dunno if the price was attributed to it being in a PSA holder, the MBA sticker or the over the top write up that also mislead the public as it being the only one in existence.

As for the general results, prices were all over place. Some things that I thought would do well seemed to have really corrected and other things went well beyond what I had anticipated. This is a really tough market to predict.

[MattyC]

Yup, at any given snapshot in time, some cards will sell for new record highs while others will be lower than prior sales. It's just impossible to generalize or herd all cards together. Especially given the great variance in eye appeal possible— even within cards of the same grade. Best one can do when shopping for their collection is dig into all the images and sales data available.

[Snapolit1]

Jackie postcards in the hundreds? Sure …. In 2019.

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Again, not accurate at all. These go for a few


hundred ungraded. Dunno if the price was attributed to it being in a PSA holder, the MBA sticker or the over the top write up that also mislead the public as it being the only one in existence.

As for the general results, prices were all over place. Some things that I thought would do well seemed to have really corrected and other things went well beyond what I had anticipated. This is a really tough market to predict.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by uniship

Ray Caldwell 1914 cracker jack - PSA 3 - $18,000 !!!

Makes me want to break out the jigsaw and find out if my well-preserved example is a 1914 or not!

Brian