What's up with Mears???

[dherm360]

I tried for 2 hours to get in and just gave up. This is two auctions in a row that I participated with Mears that had severe issues

[earlywynnfan]

I got lucky, I was sitting at work last night. After an hour or so of frustration, the system seemed to start working well for me about 11 pm. I must say, everybody must have given up, because I had bid on 10 lower-priced items and didn't get outbid on a single one.

[Runscott]

Congrats - anything interesting?

I liked the prices of a lot of the game-used baseballs, but wasn't confident enough in the provenance. I was hoping the Joe Jackson decal bat and the KC Maris baseball would slip through the cracks, but no luck.

[earlywynnfan]

For $43, I thought this ball pitched by Bunning was pretty cool (I know, grain of salt.) Considering he lost to Bob Gibson in this game, I'll take it.
http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...entoryid=84667

But I'm most excited about the 1947 Bob Feller signed ball. I know, it's Bob Feller. And many of the purists will again post that it's personalized and on a side panel, but come on, this ball dates to the meat of his career!
http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...entoryid=84696

[Runscott]

In my opinion, both were great purchases - if you want a Feller autograph, I don't think this one can be beat.

[btcarfagno]

I was super frustrated as well. Tried one last time right around 11:00 PM and got a bid in. Things seemed to go smooth after that. Missed out on a Jordy Mercer game worn jersey from 2013 but got an umpire signed ball of Rosy Ryan and Frank Tabbachi. Ryan was a key player on the four straight NY Giants pennant winners from 1921-1924. Got it at a very nice price as well. Not many Rosy Ryan signed balls out there gotta figure.

Tom C

[Scott Garner]

Ken & Tom,
You both did very well on your vintage signed ball purchases. Congrats!