T213 near set break in REA

[Aaron Seefeldt]

I didn’t buy anything in the auction but I cannot believe some of the prices including the t213-2 Murray Chicago… why so high?

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...?itemid=125335

[RCMcKenzie]

Aaron, thanks for asking, it's also why I'm asking who all is collecting this set. I was the under-bidder, and I think if I had skipped the auction, it would have sold for around $500.

[RCMcKenzie]

The market cannot absorb a T213-2 set break. For example, for $96 all in with juice, I picked up an upgrade to my avatar, Murray KC. A collection sold by HA earlier this year in BVG holders had 5 or so KC's, but it's a tough card, or was. Murray Chicago has 3 on sgc pop and 1 on psa. A difficult card that I needed to complete a set that the general public has no value on.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

The market cannot absorb a T213-2 set break. For example, for $96 all in with juice, I picked up an upgrade to my avatar, Murray KC. A collection sold by HA earlier this year in BVG holders had 5 or so KC's, but it's a tough card, or was. Murray Chicago has 3 on sgc pop and 1 on psa. A difficult card that I needed to complete a set that the general public has no value on.

Prices seemed quite low for the most part.

[Lobo Aullando]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Prices seemed quite low for the most part.

I'm puzzled about the Tinker that went for $85+20%. Rough, sure, but it's not like it was torn in half or anything. I only picked up the nice looking Summers because I merely wanted a type card from this set. Might be a missed flipping opportunity there.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando

I'm puzzled about the Tinker that went for $85+20%. Rough, sure, but it's not like it was torn in half or anything. I only picked up the nice looking Summers because I merely wanted a type card from this set. Might be a missed flipping opportunity there.

I agree that one seems low. I wonder if the backs on many of the T213 may have turned people off a bit....many with paper loss/staining/etc

[packs]

I wanted the Chase portrait. Often overlooked PCL card.

[Leon]

+1. Nice set but not a ton of collectors are doing the whole set.
Here is my type(s)

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

The market cannot absorb a T213-2 set break. For example, for $96 all in with juice, I picked up an upgrade to my avatar, Murray KC. A collection sold by HA earlier this year in BVG holders had 5 or so KC's, but it's a tough card, or was. Murray Chicago has 3 on sgc pop and 1 on psa. A difficult card that I needed to complete a set that the general public has no value on.

[RCMcKenzie]

In the other REA thread, a poster mentioned that prices would have been higher if the auction were curated. For T213-2 it would have helped a great deal to have descriptions that highlighted the rare cards, like Tinker bat on Nat, or Schmidt Mobile, and so on.

[brianp-beme]

Just noticed Rob's post above mine. I basically said the same thing about the Murray KC version, so now I made an edit so it is just these words that seemingly intend to go on forever and ever and ever....

Brian

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Just noticed Rob's post above mine. I basically said the same thing about the Murray KC version, so now I made an edit so it is just these words that seemingly intend to go on forever and ever and ever....

Brian

Brian, put your original post back, I thought you had me on mute, or were just trying to translate my William Carlos Williams style of modernist, stream-of-consciousness posting.

Here's another example of a card that went very cheap. Baker Phila--13 graded on psa and sgc. SGC 10 went for $108. I did not bid because I have a higher grade example. Baker NY also has 13 combined pop. I don't have it, and was underbidder to $1110 for a PSA 1.

I'm almost finished with the set, so I'm glad other collectors like it.

[wnp22]

Was able to win the Schlei batting. My first T213! I was excited when it came up, and was ecstatic to be able to snag it with what was going to be my final bid. Grateful to be able to add it to my Memphis collection!

[RCMcKenzie]

Congrats, Nick. That's a nice one. PSA 2 is high grade for this set. What I like about the set are all the possible team captions. It's incredible how important baseball was at the time, that the printers went to the trouble to update the teams for a cigarette prize insert.

[Exhibitman]

That was quite a group and it is nice to see what an auction brings on Coupons given their scarcity. That Cobb was really rough but it still went for over $2200. Lots of strength in prewar.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by wnp22

Was able to win the Schlei batting. My first T213! I was excited when it came up, and was ecstatic to be able to snag it with what was going to be my final bid. Grateful to be able to add it to my Memphis collection!

Congratulations Nick!

I have a modest collection of Memphis stuff. Mainly memorabilia, but a couple of cards, including a Babb Red Sun that I picked up years ago.