Where is the buzz around REA?

trambo · #1 07-25-2021, 04:11 PM

I know it's been said but there are just a ton of auctions all the time these days. Heritage seems to have a big auction monthly, REA is now seemingly monthly and all the other major auction houses just keep running auctions with incredible stuff. Not as much hype when you can get a big pickup for your PC as frequently as you can now.

I'm not saying I mind the frequency but I think we all get a little fatigue when you are constantly looking at which nights each week you're staying up until stupid o'clock to see if you were a winner....

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conor912 · #2 07-25-2021, 04:18 PM

They�ve completely ruined their �specialness�, imo. Just another monthly auction now, regardless of how they bill them.

frankbmd · #3 07-25-2021, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by troutbum97

You're on here 24/7/365, bitching about the card industry.

Everything is a fake, a fraud or a scam. And you continually post over & over & over. *OCD* You have 5 posts already on this fresh thread.

This REA auction is fantastic. I'm loving it. I'm hoping to pick up a few cards that I have been searching for over a year, and they've turned up here.
A few other mixed lots I hope to snag, too. I'm excited. Thrilled. Hopeful.

But, you keep being you, bitching & posting 24/7/365. You saturate these threads with constant negativity.
Your constant negativity has even carried over into the Robert Edwards arena.

Maybe you should log off and take a walk in the fresh air. The world is not so dark & grim away from your keyboard.

Brian May

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Originally Posted by Leon

FWIW, I disagree with you. Peter brings up good conversation points.

And there is no fresh air in Newton.

BengoughingForAwhile · #4 07-25-2021, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbmd

And there is no fresh air in Newton.

I can attest to that! The couple of times I ran through Newton and hit those hills between miles 16 and 21 it felt like there was no air in Newton, fresh or not!

And FWIW, Peter is one of the best things going on this forum.

Peter_Spaeth · #5 07-25-2021, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

I can attest to that! The couple of times I ran through Newton and hit those hills at mile 20 or so it felt like there was no air in Newton, fresh or not!

And FWIW, Peter is one of the best things going on this forum.

I found the downhill after Heartbreak much more problematic than the Newton Hills the two times I ran it.

wolf441 · #6 07-25-2021, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I found the downhill after Heartbreak much more problematic than the Newton Hills the two times I ran it.

Same here, particularly in 2004 when it was 86 degrees!!

bigfanNY · #7 07-25-2021, 07:07 PM

Is this the second or third REA auction with a 1987 vending case? Many great items but with so many Auctions with so many items gets hard to go through so many.

BengoughingForAwhile · #8 07-25-2021, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf441

Same here, particularly in 2004 when it was 86 degrees!!

I was there that year!! Nothing worse than sitting around a field in Hopkinton all morning waiting for it to get hot!!

Michael B · #9 07-25-2021, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf441

Same here, particularly in 2004 when it was 86 degrees!!

Has Walpole embraced the moral outrage and changed the name of the sports teams from the Rebels? I guess they long ago painted over the Confederate Battle Flag that was painted on the rock wall at the football field. I owned a house on Common St at the corner of Clapp (Dutch colonial) for most of the 1990's.

BengoughingForAwhile · #10 07-25-2021, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I found the downhill after Heartbreak much more problematic than the Newton Hills the two times I ran it.

My heart was broken long before I got to Heartbreak. I expended too much energy kissing girls at Wellesley!

trambo · #11 07-26-2021, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

I can attest to that! The couple of times I ran through Newton and hit those hills at mile 20 or so it felt like there was no air in Newton, fresh or not!

And FWIW, Peter is one of the best things going on this forum.

Those hills were killer, that's for sure!! Congrats on your finishes, too! 08,10 and 11 for me (charity fundraiser all 3x). Can't speak to the air in Newton as I was just happy to be moving forward and able to breathe at that point...haha!

CitizunKane · #12 07-25-2021, 04:27 PM

I'm old school and like the printed catalogs (particularly with REA - the catalogs are so amazing, and the website is rather bad, particularly on mobile). It seems to me like the catalogs are arriving towards the end of the auction these days, rather than before bidding starts? That limits my excitement - I feel that the auction doesn't begin until I have a catalog in my hands.

ullmandds · #13 07-25-2021, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by trambo

I know it's been said but there are just a ton of auctions all the time these days. Heritage seems to have a big auction monthly, REA is now seemingly monthly and all the other major auction houses just keep running auctions with incredible stuff. Not as much hype when you can get a big pickup for your PC as frequently as you can now.

I'm not saying I mind the frequency but I think we all get a little fatigue when you are constantly looking at which nights each week you're staying up until stupid o'clock to see if you were a winner....

!

agreed...the way life has become with the interweb...it's everything all the time. There seems to always be an auction going on...and no shortage of quality items with prices the way they are.

I perused REA for the first time last night and dropped a few dozen bids...there are some interesting lots in there.

mrreality68 · #14 07-25-2021, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

agreed...the way life has become with the interweb...it's everything all the time. There seems to always be an auction going on...and no shortage of quality items with prices the way they are.

I perused REA for the first time last night and dropped a few dozen bids...there are some interesting lots in there.

I had to do the opposite so many items I wanted I have to control the temptation and stay focused on the core collection. Otherwise I buy, then do not have funds when something I really want and then have to flip it and hope nothing I wanted came up in between.
Unfortunately I am weak and often by great things that I got distracted by.
But all part of the fun of collecting

Republicaninmass · #15 07-25-2021, 05:45 PM

Old veterans bailing out, lots of these meteoric cards all at once, hoping it sets a new benchmark

Mark17 · #16 07-25-2021, 06:13 PM

REA's auction has only ONE game used jersey - a 1966 Orioles coaches shirt.

I wonder if that's due to a lack of sellers or a lack of buyers in the GU arena.

Casey2296 · #17 07-25-2021, 06:18 PM

Expanding on Jeff's point. This is a great time to be a collector regarding auction houses, but you better know what you want your collection to look like and stay focused on your goals, there's lots of squirrels to chase if you're not careful.
Cards that have been in collections for 20-40 years are coming to market for a number of reasons from estate planning to inherited collections to "I can't pass up the money". The opportunity to purchase rare Pre-war gems has never been greater for a new collector, it's fantastic.

That being said, there is definite fatigue from all this stuff coming so fast. I'm just recovering from a Heritage hangover and there's gems at the next Heritage and REA, LOTG is about to post his best auction ever regarding content.
The problem arises when key cards become available so close together, in the past one could budget over time, that's accelerated to how do I fund these once in a lifetime opportunities in a short period of time. Once these key cards are sold they will disappear from the market for another 20-40 years.

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead...

felada · #18 07-25-2021, 06:22 PM

When was the last time a lone jack set was up for auction? There are some really nice 19th century items

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