Restored Honus Wagner at SCP Auctions

[babraham]

Originally Posted by atx840

12th bid came in on the Wags.

Current Bid: $919,005

Less than a day left now...it's got a ways to go to hit their $2m+ estimate.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by babraham

Less than a day left now...it's got a ways to go to hit their $2m+ estimate.

Agreed the clock is ticking and it will be interesting to see.

Either way I think the seller should be very happy with what he gets

[ullmandds]

$919,000...a reasonable price for such an ugly card.


I'm relieved...I was hypothesizing the easiest way to eat a t206...maybe vitamix it and put it in a smoothie???

[Rhotchkiss]

A very reasonable price indeed, but a complete miss by the AH, who estimated the card at $2mm. In my opinion, the pre-restored card would have sold for (perhaps considerably) more.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Did it actually sell/meet reserve?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Did it actually sell/meet reserve?

Good Point.

WE know it had a reserve on it "that was not met" going into the last day.

Perhaps it was removed.

But it does show as final price with buyers premium as $1,102,806. Which gives the impression that is sold at,

That is a good price for that card as "restored"

[Rhotchkiss]

Agreed Jeff. By the way it’s presented on the site, it appears it was sold (reserve met or eliminated)

The final price was over 2.5x what this restored Wagner sold for in December of 2018 ($420k). Putting things in that context, I think the SCP Wagner did relatively well

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

But it does show as final price with buyers premium as $1,102,806. Which gives the impression that is sold at,

That is a good price for that card as "restored"

Agreed. And $62k for the bleached out '33 Goudey #144 Ruth is just stunning to me.