And let the games begin - REA is underway!

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Catalog just arrived....Was hoping for a mini magnet.

[RCMcKenzie]

Some neat stuff as always..Didn't see the Han Solo, but I may have to put in a bid or two on Patrick McGoohan's co-workers cape..

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Some neat stuff as always..Didn't see the Han Solo, but I may have to put in a bid or two on Patrick McGoohan's co-workers cape..

That's mine.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Catalog just arrived....Was hoping for a mini magnet.

Got mine today...that cover is a wet dream.

[mrvster]

is a great auction! Some AWESOME T206 freaks/ errors/ scraps and rare backs

[asphaltman]

Originally Posted by mrvster

is a great auction! Some AWESOME T206 freaks/ errors/ scraps and rare backs

It's got some nice stuff, just not the REA eye candy I'm used to seeing. But I think that has a lot to do with REA going from the one auction a year a few years ago to the two. Just so much harder to keep up with the amount of stuff Rob was able to dish out in that one auction a year and try to multiply all that by two.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by asphaltman

It's got some nice stuff, just not the REA eye candy I'm used to seeing. But I think that has a lot to do with REA going from the one auction a year a few years ago to the two. Just so much harder to keep up with the amount of stuff Rob was able to dish out in that one auction a year and try to multiply all that by two.

Yep, that's my take too. I think it will be hard for the fall auction to escape second fiddle status--selling collectors are too entrenched in putting their best stuff in the spring auction.

Highest regards,

Larry

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Catalog just arrived....Was hoping for a mini magnet.

I had forgotten the passion that a REA auction catalogue can bring. Just an observation but it seems that the freaky stuff, ghost images, scraps, wet sheet
transfer etc gets more attention than it deserves. If that is where the future money is then let others have it. I will say that the grading company gurus really pulled one out when they decided to keep track of the rare and rarer T206 backs. Pure marketing genius. When I can't sleep, I often recall a special T206 card now long gone, a T206 Griffith batting PSA 7 with a Drum back. We all have had ones like that, I know. John

[kmac32]

Any idea how long it takes to enable an account for bidding once you fill out the information online for REA?

[Stampsfan]

I got my new account enabled in less than a day. That was about a week ago.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I had forgotten the passion that a REA auction catalogue can bring. Just an observation but it seems that the freaky stuff, ghost images, scraps, wet sheet
transfer etc gets more attention than it deserves. If that is where the future money is then let others have it. I will say that the grading company gurus really pulled one out when they decided to keep track of the rare and rarer T206 backs. Pure marketing genius. When I can't sleep, I often recall a special T206 card now long gone, a T206 Griffith batting PSA 7 with a Drum back. We all have had ones like that, I know. John

I don't think the grading companies keeping track of the rare cards has any effect on the attention or the actual price they bring. The people who collect
these already know how rare they are without the grading companies pointing it out.

[Wildfireschulte]

It's always curious when lots get pulled without an expaination. I wonder what happened to Lot 971 - Lemon Peel Baseball?