Era of auction without auction catalog

[Fred]

In 20 years they'll be a collectible. Someone's going to catalog them and then create a price guide. Eventually, PSA will grade them and that will lead to furious bidding on fleabay and AH auctions. Then the reprints will start showing up and things will come to a head when the grading companies have to admit that the reprints were difficult to detect and grading catalogs only provides a subjective opinion.

Better scoop them up while you can...

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Fred

In 20 years they'll be a collectible. Someone's going to catalog them and then create a price guide. Eventually, PSA will grade them and that will lead to furious bidding on fleabay and AH auctions. Then the reprints will start showing up and things will come to a head when the grading companies have to admit that the reprints were difficult to detect and grading catalogs only provides a subjective opinion.

Better scoop them up while you can...

But the big question is...will the reprints have that 'new catalog smell'?

Brian

[nat]

Originally Posted by Fred

In 20 years they'll be a collectible. Someone's going to catalog them and then create a price guide. Eventually, PSA will grade them and that will lead to furious bidding on fleabay and AH auctions. Then the reprints will start showing up and things will come to a head when the grading companies have to admit that the reprints were difficult to detect and grading catalogs only provides a subjective opinion.

Better scoop them up while you can...

And to please consignors, auction houses will start printing catalogues for their catalogue auctions (that is, catalogue catalogues). Which will themselves become collectible, prompting auction houses to print catalogues for their catalogue catalogue auctions, and so on up...

[Fred]

Nat, if it aint a first edition printing, then I don't want it...

Not to hijack the thread but does anybody have a favorite catalog? I like the Halper Auction set of three catalogs. There was so much "stuff" in that catalog.

[Orioles1954]

Leon is right, print catalogs are done only for the consignor. Only about 10% of our mailing list receives a print catalog and the overwhelming majority of bids are placed online as opposed to those who review a catalog and call in.

[Jewish-collector]

The one good thing about catalogs that if you had a great collection consigned, the AH would create a separate catalog(s) for your collection like the Leon Luckey collection (Hi Leon !) and generations of the family can see what you had

[MarcosCards]

Originally Posted by Fred

In 20 years they'll be a collectible. Someone's going to catalog them and then create a price guide. Eventually, PSA will grade them and that will lead to furious bidding on fleabay and AH auctions. Then the reprints will start showing up and things will come to a head when the grading companies have to admit that the reprints were difficult to detect and grading catalogs only provides a subjective opinion.

Better scoop them up while you can...

Ooooh, very nice wit and sarcasm to enjoy with my morning coffee. Thanks

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by Fred

In 20 years they'll be a collectible. Someone's going to catalog them and then create a price guide. Eventually, PSA will grade them and that will lead to furious bidding on fleabay and AH auctions. Then the reprints will start showing up and things will come to a head when the grading companies have to admit that the reprints were difficult to detect and grading catalogs only provides a subjective opinion.

Better scoop them up while you can...

This was my 1st Catalog that I received in the Post!
Not one Slab in it...
& I even have the "Closing Price List" for each Lot...
Brings Back fond memories of how I came back to the US after spending 17 years underwater on the other side of the world (: