AH guys - ask me anything?

[Bobsbats]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Not really a question, but more of a comment. I appreciate AH's telling you beforehand that they already have your consignment in the grade so it'd make sense to save it for another auction. There's nothing worse than seeing your card along with 5 identical cards in the same auction. Brian Dwyer comes to mind when he's honest about already having a certain card.

Al from Love of the Game, emailed me that they already had a card that I had consigned and was it okay to hold it for their next auction. I thought it was a standup thing to do.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Bobsbats

Al from Love of the Game, emailed me that they already had a card that I had consigned and was it okay to hold it for their next auction. I thought it was a standup thing to do.

I love that about Al and Love of the Game. Great folks over there.

[Jewish-collector]

Another question is how the hell do you stop an AH from bugging you to consign an item. I made the mistake once of asking an AH what the value of something was and now they keep bothering me every 6 months or so....

[Yoda]

Do you think catalogues will gradually become a thing of the past? They are a big expense for the AHs but great for both consignors and buyers who now have a tangible reminder of auctions past. REA just messaged me if I wanted to continue receiving their catalogues. Emphatic yes on that one.

[sycks22]

I think everyone should adopt the $10 off like Huggins does for not taking a catalog.

[Snapolit1]

Honestly don't know what people do with old catalogs. Same stuff with very rare exception is sold over and over at this point. What could you possibly learn from an old catalog, even a good one (and most are garbage) that you couldn't learn in other places. That Babe Ruth played first for the Red Sox? That Gehrig made a great speech and died a few years later? That someone may or may not have thrown 1952 Mantles in the East River? I mean these are sales pitches, not SABR footnoted treatises.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Honestly don't know what people do with old catalogs. Same stuff with very rare exception is sold over and over at this point. What could you possibly learn from an old catalog, even a good one (and most are garbage) that you couldn't learn in other places. That Babe Ruth played first for the Red Sox? That Gehrig made a great speech and died a few years later? That someone may or may not have thrown 1952 Mantles in the East River? I mean these are sales pitches, not SABR footnoted treatises.

The part in bold may be true for cards, but certainly not memorabilia. I still love the Catalogs, and the ones I've saved that are now over 20 years old contain great/rare items that have not resurfaced since then.

This includes early equipment, jerseys, caps, bats, lemon peels, trophies, pennants, statues, photos, broadsides, ad signs, clocks, and the list goes on and on. They are also a great source for game-used uniforms, with regard to proper tagging, etc. I still refer back to them quite often.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by perezfan

The part in bold may be true for cards, but certainly not memorabilia. I still love the Catalogs, and the ones I've saved that are now over 20 years old contain great/rare items that have not resurfaced since then.

This includes early equipment, jerseys, caps, bats, lemon peels, trophies, pennants, statues, photos, broadsides, ad signs, clocks, and the list goes on and on. They are also a great source for game-used uniforms, with regard to proper tagging, etc. I still refer back to them quite often.

Fair enough Mark. See your point on memorabilia.

[rdwyer]

Most auction houses refuse to do Mimimum bids or Reserve auctions. Boo Hoo if the item doesn't sell. Most major auctions have a million in sales per auction. So what if one item doesn't sell. They make money either way whether your item sells for $10 or $10,000. Their interest is in protecting their butt and not the consignor's. They also claim they have to pay a writer to write a description, and the costs of printing the catalogs. That's part of the job. They wouldn't be printing catalogs if it affected their bottom dollar. Everyone needs to understand that the Auction houses make big bucks every auction.