Jackie Robinson by Drew Max

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by toyman55

I've never seen this site before, do they have a good reputation for selling legitimate autographs?

Proxibid itself is a platform that (typically) smaller localized auction houses use to enable internet bidding in their auctions. Proxibid itself is not the ones selling the items, and you will see hundreds of different auction houses represented using their software.

As with any such set-up, some of the sellers using Proxibid are legit, some clearly are not, and many fall into the gray area of being "generalists" who, out of ignorance (willful or otherwise), let some bad pieces slip through. What percentage of sellers fall into each category has been a frequent topic of discussion of late, but there are at least a handful of legit auction houses that use the software. The downside is that, unlike eBay where there is at least some policing of sellers, Proxibid has proven to be lax in keeping the "bad guys" out of their system, causing many here to blindly write off any auctioneer using their software.

Not being familiar with Lewis Auctions, I couldn't say which category they fall into, but it sounds like others may be able to speak from experience with regarding their practices.

[drc]

There are companies that create then sell or rent auction software for others to use. These software companies are not the auctioneers. I've seen bad and I've seen good sellers use proxybid, just as there are good and bad sellers on eBay. As far as seller reliability goes, you have to look at each seller not the overall platform.

[RichardSimon]

When I first looked at the auction I looked at the picture and chuckled because I said wow a good Jackie autograph on a Duke Snider picture.
I did not realize the auction was still running
You guys would have had to fight me for them if I had paid attention .
You got a steal for sure.
And the reason has been discussed already.
Plus it is one of those obscure auction companies which are unknown to sports collectors. Put them in Lelands and I would think you would get $400 apiece for them. I sell Jackie on an index card or GPC for $650-$750.

[Big Dave]

An excellent example of not bidding on an item and losing out on a good opportunity .... because the wrong tpa paper came with it.