HYEE up and running on ebay

[yanks12025]

There's a photo of a stock broker who killed himself with a knife. But how are you able to stab yourself in the back of the neck?

[GrayGhost]

Those photos are in very poor taste, especially in a SPORTS auction..Surprises me in a few ways.

[yanks12025]

I thought Hyee was a photo auction? Not just sports. It's part of history.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I the past I think that I received e-mails from Henry when the auctions were going to take place? Did anyone get any e-mails this time? I consigned some items to the last auction and was surprised that I didn't get any e-mails asking for consignments this time. Did anyone get any consignment requests from Henry?

[drc]

I don't know, but I suspect that many of the winners of those types of photos are specialists and historians in that particular area. Of course being a historian and a collector can go hand in hand.

My neighbor is Jewish and a cataloger for the local Holocaust Museum, and she handles a fair amount of Nazi memorabilia for them.

[thecatspajamas]

Yee has always had a strong focus on sports photos, but not limited himself to JUST sports photos. Look through his previous auction offerings and you'll see plenty of political / entertainment / non-sports photos as well as various other memorabilia, so not even just PHOTOS. Clearly, sports photos (and in particular baseball) is what he's known for, but that doesn't mean that he can't sell other types of photos.

And at least he gives each photo its due consideration and thoughtful write-up, as opposed to other sellers blowing out various newspapers' archives where you're lucky to get a title with the subject's name spelled correctly, let alone something resembling a decent description. Compared to them, Yee's offering of these photos is tantamount to a full state funeral as opposed the dumping of a body in a pauper's grave (with the deceased's name misspelled on the marker).

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

And at least he gives each photo its due consideration and thoughtful write-up, as opposed to other sellers blowing out various newspapers' archives where you're lucky to get a title with the subject's name spelled correctly, let alone something resembling a decent description. Compared to them, Yee's offering of these photos is tantamount to a full state funeral as opposed the dumping of a body in a pauper's grave (with the deceased's name misspelled on the marker).

Hey, some of us like those poorly listed offerings. Saves a lot of money.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I the past I think that I received e-mails from Henry when the auctions were going to take place? Did anyone get any e-mails this time? I consigned some items to the last auction and was surprised that I didn't get any e-mails asking for consignments this time. Did anyone get any consignment requests from Henry?

For some odd reason, I haven't heard from Henry in about 12 years; however, he and Leon have a business arrangement and I have gotten at least one email from Leon regarding Henry's auctions - it was quite a while back. I haven't far enough into any of them to determine if they were looking for consignments or just selling stuff.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Runscott

For some odd reason, I haven't heard from Henry in about 12 years; however, he and Leon have a business arrangement and I have gotten at least one email from Leon regarding Henry's auctions - it was quite a while back. I haven't far enough into any of them to determine if they were looking for consignments or just selling stuff.

Henry and I have a very good rapport but we don't speak very often. In his last auction he purchased an email blast through our Net54baseball database. He and I haven't communicated since then, except for once. I haven't seen any emails from him either, concerning this auction.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

Henry and I have a very good rapport but we don't speak very often. In his last auction he purchased an email blast through our Net54baseball database. He and I haven't communicated since then, except for once. I haven't seen any emails from him either, concerning this auction.

Okay, I thought he was going to start advertising here.

I really enjoy these Hyee threads. You learn a lot reading them.