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wolf441 · #1 08-10-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RobertGT

Will Don West of Shop at Home fame be making a cameo appearance? That was some classic late-night TV:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7A1QGtuUU

Good luck with your auction!

I miss the Don West SAH appearances! My kids still do the imitations:

"YOU'RE GUNNA GET THE MCGWIRE ROOKIE!! YOU'RE GUNNA GET THE GRIFFEY JR ROOKIE!!!"

Best of luck with the auctions.

Steve

RobertGT · #2 08-11-2012, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf441

I miss the Don West SAH appearances! My kids still do the imitations:

"YOU'RE GUNNA GET THE MCGWIRE ROOKIE!! YOU'RE GUNNA GET THE GRIFFEY JR !"

Steve

GEM MINT 10!!! Lol

I too think people are taking this way too seriously. We can all point to instances where we were overcharged, sold overhyped goods or bit our tongues when a loved one bought us a piece of crap for Christmas.

I spent last weekend at the National, spending oh, I don't know, maybe 90 percent of my time looking at cards worth $100 with price tags of $275, listening to dealers tell me a common t206 with a crease through the face is worth $75 and others becoming flabbergasted when I told them their cards sell for about 75 percent less on eBay. A common response was "I can't sell at eBay prices. You know how much it costs to set up here? I have overhead!"

Fair enough. Guess what? Ken Goldin had and will have overhead.

#3 08-11-2012, 04:33 AM

Here is a classic link for a nice laugh! Enjoy...

http://www.donwest.org/video.php?id=10

PS...Feel free to let us know what line these guys shoveled to people that made you laugh the most.

For me it's the beginning...

"The Holy Grail of Baseball Cards...*suspense* The T206 Honus Wagner, Do You Want To Own One?!?! *huge drama and suspense*

danski496 · #4 08-11-2012, 06:23 AM

My momma always told me if I didn't have anything nice to say then I shouldn't say it. Interesting thread though. BTW, I still have a huge box of real nice graded cards my bought me from SAH, I figured I'd hold onto it just in case I ran out of firewood.

keithsky · #5 08-11-2012, 07:42 AM

I don't know Ken Golding but people accussing him of selling over priced cards isn't any different than people selling PSA, Beckett or SGC cards. If you were selling a card not slabbed by these companies it would be far less than a slabbed card so your first thought is i'll send it to them to get it slabbed to make more money on it. Same thing he did. You know a Mantle rookie not slabbed is no where near a slabbed PSA card.

barrysloate · #6 08-11-2012, 08:17 AM

The issue wasn't that he was selling overpriced cards, it's that the cards were essentially worthless. If you want to pay $100 for a $50 card, that's fine and it's certainly not unusual. But would anybody want to pay $50 for cards that were worth pennies? I don't think anybody would say that is a fair transaction.

tothrk · #7 08-11-2012, 08:24 AM

I agree with Barry. He was pushing mass produced cards which were worth pennies at their peak. He wasn't selling overpriced Mantles and Clemente's. He was basically selling trash. In the end, I'm not sure any of it matters because if he gets premium consignments everyone will bid in his auctions no matter what they think he did or is doing.

calvindog · #8 08-11-2012, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

The issue wasn't that he was selling overpriced cards, it's that the cards were essentially worthless. If you want to pay $100 for a $50 card, that's fine and it's certainly not unusual. But would anybody want to pay $50 for cards that were worth pennies? I don't think anybody would say that is a fair transaction.

Why were they worth pennies? If people were paying $100 for the cards than it seems like they were worth $100 at the time. If he was shill bidding or altering the cards to get them into higher graded holders your argument would have more merit. We have enough garbage running auction houses that perhaps before we go after the guys who simply engage in massive puffery we should focus on the guys who break federal and state laws while running their auctions. By the way, I'm not certain the Shamwow is worth $19.99 either -- but if someone is willing to pay for it because the guy hawking them is persuasive then so be it.

Oh and a disclaimer: I don't know anyone associated with Goldin Auctions, I've never consigned with him, partnered with him, or given him cards and watched with delight as he shill bid the cards through the stratosphere.

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