Goldin Auctions ‘October Legends’ Is now open for Bidding: some great pre-war items

[kengoldin]

The choose to break up the collection or not, or even sell 'key pages' separately was not afforded to Goldin Auctions. As a result, the point is moot.

The businessman in me would have liked to be afforded the choice to at least break it up into more affordable groupings. This would, in my opinion, maximize auction price, as well as allow collectors to bid on what they need for their collections. The collector in Louis loved the concept of an entire collection passing down to a new owner.

In this case, while Louis is a consignment director for Goldin Auctions, part of the job does not require he shares my opinions! In any event, the collection is being sold 'as a collection' and we hope the new owner loves it, and we are thrilled to be involved as the auction house of choice by the family.

[cyseymour]

Okay, thanks Ken. I find it authentic that you guys do not agree on everything. It was just that he had written "To reiterate what Ken said earlier, when viewed in it's entirety, a collector must come to the conclusion that these albums are much more valuable than the sum of their parts." Which wasn't what you actually said, so I'm glad that's clarified.

Good luck and congrats on getting the awesome consignment. From what I've seen, you guys have drawn good prices so far. Cool collection.

[RCMcKenzie]

Unless there are other cards not pictured, I think the piece is more interesting as a historical, intact document, than cut-up, soaked, slabbed pieces. The "Large" N28 cards are probably cut from a poster. If I was the high bidder (and I won't be) I'd leave it 'as is' and place it in a drawer.

[barrysloate]

As someone who ran auctions for years, it was my responsibility to offer the consignor all the possible options regarding the disposal their collection. But in the end it's the consignor who makes that decision. The family wanted it intact; if the cards were loose it would be easy to make groups. But they are glued into albums and have been for 125 years. If the new owner wants to remove them from the album, he is free to do so. But there is a high probability that nearly every card will have a technical grade of Poor. Maybe that is less appealing than leaving them as is. We shall see.

[Joe_G.]

What an awesome collection! The highlight at the National for me was viewing the contents. I suspect high bidder will keep a relatively small portion and the remainder will re-surface on the market in one form or another.

[pete zouras]

sorry to dredge up an old post, but did anyone notice how on some of the cambridge collection album pages it looks like there were trying to spell out something? "I H F", "F B A", and "G A". Was a possible meaning to the initials ever discussed? Just curious. Thanks