52 Topps Pafko - Auction Kings

[yanks12025]

Lee,
I tend to believe that this show is alot more dealer then pawn stars, etc. because it is a auction house, you can go on their site and see items and bid months before they show up on the site. Maybe they get higher prices because they are on tv and people want to just buy something while there.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

I saw an episode of Auction Kings where a man brought in about 9 large plastic tubs with lids and about another 6 boxes claiming that these all contained approximately 150,000 baseball cards. A close up of the lot showed that all were modern common cards but the seller stated that there were some buried in that those boxes that went back as for as the 1960's, but no card that old was ever shown.

They brought in a so-called "expert" to appraise it and they found a 1987 Topps set with a Barry Bonds rookie in a top loader. They flashed a $50 value across the screen for that Bonds card alone and that in itself made me realize this show is a total joke.

The lot ended up selling for $700 as I recall, which was probably about $650 too much since those plastic tubs with lids did have some resale value to them.

[yanks12025]

I looked up the reviews about them and their not too great.

[sycks22]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

I looked up the reviews about them and their not too great.

I think the reviews are about the lack of eye candy on the show. I laughed when someone last month wrote that she's hard on the eyes.

[e107collector]

I was checking the Gallery 63 website, and I viewed their consignment form. They take a 35% commission. Yikes!!

Tony