Conestoga Auctions Ends Saturday

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Striker

I did not get to see what the T206 Plank sold for so I'll be interested to see the results on it.

It looks like the Plank sold for $50K (before the juice).

[bigfish]

Looks like there was some spirited bidding. I won a t205 Joss and got blown away on everything else.

[doug.goodman]

I added some baseball magazine supplements to my collection. I needed the Ruth, Alexander, Johnson, Frisch, and maybe the Sisler. I think I'll be up to 824 different when those arrive in my mail.

Doug

[doug.goodman]

I'm now waiting to see what kind of packaging the $71 shipping charge is going to get me for the 13 premiums I won...

[Mikehealer]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I'm now waiting to see what kind of packaging the $71 shipping charge is going to get me for the 13 premiums I won...

I was thinking the same thing Doug. I was charged $43 shipping for three graded cards with a value of less than $700. That seems a bit over the top.

[Bosox Blair]

How were the prices on the Novelty Cutlery cards? They had some great ones in PSA 5 up to 6.5...Wags x2, Wags & Cobb, Matty in 6.5, Speaker...I have not registered with them, so I can't see the final prices.

Cheers,
Blair

[vwtdi]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

How were the prices on the Novelty Cutlery cards? They had some great ones in PSA 5 up to 6.5...Wags x2, Wags & Cobb, Matty in 6.5, Speaker...I have not registered with them, so I can't see the final prices.

Cheers,
Blair

Here are some results I wrote down, all before the 18% juice and 6% PA sales tax

Cobb/Wagner 9500
Bresnahan 1600
Bridwell 1100
Wagner 16000
Brown 2400
Johnson 8000
Chance 1800
Chase 1800
Matty 12000
Lajoie 2700
Wagner 11000
Collins 2200
Crawford 1700
Plank 2400
Speaker 2700
Walsh 1500

Keith

[djrhanover]

I actually attended the auction on Saturday. Although there were only about fifty or sixty in attendance they had open phone lines and internet bidding at the same time so bidding was heavy. I thought they realized great prices across the board. I pretty much got blown out of the water on everything I was interested in.

Here are some of the prices realized (not including the 18% juice):

PSA 6.0 Novelty Cutlery Wagner - $16,000
PSA 5.5 Novelty Cutlery Wagner - $11,000
PSA 6.5 Novelty Cutlery Mathewson - $12,000
PSA 6.0 Novelty Cutlery Cobb/Wagner - $9,500
PSA 5.5 Novelty Cutlery Johnson - $8,000
PSA 4.0 T206 O'Hara (St. Louis) - $2,900
PSA 6.0 T206 Mathewson Dark Cap - $3,500
PSA 5.0 T206 Dahlen - Piedmont (Brooklyn) - $1,600
PSA 4.0 T206 Cobb Portrait (Piedmont - Green Back) - $2,700
PSA 5.0 T206 Cobb Bat On (Sweet Caporal) - $2,800
PSA 7.0 T206 Baker (Piedmont) - $1,900
PSA 2.0 E-95 Wagner - $1,600
PSA 4.0 T205 Cobb - $1,400

As was previously noted, The T206 Plank in PSA 2.0 went for $50,000 and I thought was one of the few "bargains" there. Bidding started with an online bid at $25,000 and came to a sudden stop at $50,000 from a bid on the floor. I was surprised, because upon inspection of the card I really thought it was under graded, showing no creases. I spoke with the winning bidder and congratulated him. He indicated that he would crack it and resubmit. He thought there was a good possibility it would get a 4. I agreed and, in hopes of getting his name, asked him if he was a member of Network54. He said no, that we are just a bunch of "blow-hards". Nice.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I'm now waiting to see what kind of packaging the $71 shipping charge is going to get me for the 13 premiums I won...

Well, it's hard to complain about possibly the best packaging of any items I have ever received. Shipping charges were way too high, but there was zero chance of my premiums being damaged. If the (big) box had fallen out of the truck and bounced down the highway, I'm confident that no damage to the items would have occurred.

Kind of like TSA security at the airport, you can't logically argue against too much, but sometimes it's excessive.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Well, it's hard to complain about possibly the best packaging of any items I have ever received. Shipping charges were way too high, but there was zero chance of my premiums being damaged. If the (big) box had fallen out of the truck and bounced down the highway, I'm confident that no damage to the items would have occurred.

Kind of like TSA security at the airport, you can't logically argue against too much, but sometimes it's excessive.

Did you get a tracking number or anything? I've heard exactly nothing since paying the Sunday they sent out invoices.

You'd think that a place demanding payment in 7 days or less would be a bit better about getting stuff sent out. The website says as long as three weeks!

Steve B

[Mikehealer]

Steve, I paid on Sunday as you did, and received tracking info on Monday and received the package on Thursday.