Hunt Pickups (Clemente or otherwise...)

hcv123 · #1 07-12-2017, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No idea auction was on and I spend hours a week trolling for new auctions. Good for you guys they don't advertise on Net 54 or anything.

Funny you mentioned this - I have never bid in their auctions before - I learned about this one browsing ebay and coming across a lot of 10 Daily juice fan club cards that said they were part of a live auction. Nothing in the description of that lot indicating it was Clemente's personal collection. I looked at a few other ebay lots in a "sellers other items" search - saw additional Clemente items (nothing high caliber) and ended up seeing it was Hunt - went to their website and only when I browsed to the end of the auction lots did I see they had the Clemente family collection. I suppose their reach is far enough that they had a lot of action and some really strong prices, but I wonder how much better it could have been had it been better publicized. I would think the sale of a collection of this significance would have been newsworthy - I saw no articles about it in any major media. Happy for me as competition was fierce enough, but think the family could have done much better!

btcarfagno · #2 07-12-2017, 10:06 AM

Never hurts to advertise to your target market.

Perhaps they do feel that their reach is already enogh, and that anyone who doesn't know about their monthly (or especially their live) auctions by this point is likely a small fish and won't amount to much.

While this may be true, if even one or two "big fish" miss out because they didn't know, the impact could be fairly significant.

Tom C

perezfan · #3 07-12-2017, 12:46 PM

They've been around forever, and have a huge customer base. Actually, the ebay presence is fairly new and represents an increase in their reach vs. years past. Still could be lots better... the website is horrendous, and the pre-live bidding means very little. The best way to actually win something is to attend live, or request a phone line on auction day.

The photos are terrible too... not sharp and the zoom function stinks. Plus you get limited views of many items. Autographed Balls often have only 1 or two panels pictured. Not enough to place an educated bid, in many cases. Their competition is light years ahead, in terms of visual presentation.

That said, I used Invaluable to place my lone winning bid. It worked well, and you can follow each lot live, as they go off. Pretty cool process, and very entertaining. Here's my pickup... one of my favorite figural trophies in the auction, and an early one (celebrating Clemente's 1961 Batting Title). Was happy to get this for a reasonable price...

https://huntauctions.com/live/imagev...=568&lot_qual=

slidekellyslide · #4 07-12-2017, 12:50 PM

I still bid, but haven't won a lot in Hunt's for probably 5 or 6 years now and they still send me every single catalog so I have to think their reach is huge.

Snapolit1 · #5 07-12-2017, 01:01 PM

The fact that they don't throw Leon a few hundred bucks a month or whatever it costs to be a presence here tells me everything I need to know about their management.

perezfan · #6 07-12-2017, 01:05 PM

It would be a nice gesture, and great PR for sure.

But realistically, I wonder what percentage of their business is from net54 members/lurkers.... I'm guessing it's well under 10%.

Snapolit1 · #7 07-12-2017, 05:49 PM

A complete utter wild azz guess ... but I assume 90%+ of the folks who spend more than 6 figures a year on cards check into this site regularly. You'd be absolutely crazy not to.

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Originally Posted by perezfan

It would be a nice gesture, and great PR for sure.

But realistically, I wonder what percentage of their business is from net54 members/lurkers.... I'm guessing it's well under 10%.

slidekellyslide · #8 07-12-2017, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The fact that they don't throw Leon a few hundred bucks a month or whatever it costs to be a presence here tells me everything I need to know about their management.

They are certainly antiquated when it comes to their website, but it is difficult to get a good deal on any lot in any of their auctions compared to ten years ago. They must be doing something right.

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