LOTG- Fall Virtual Preview

[raulus]

Originally Posted by toothcutter

gehrig rookie in partcular went cheap last night. maybe the market is softening

I do think bidding wars on every item are no longer with us, which is a good thing.

And if you get lucky, your competitors will drop out early.

But there's still plenty of bidding wars out there.

Case in point: This piece where someone decided to push me pretty hard last night, to the extent that I had to overpay to get it:

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c.../50065-80503.s

[JeremyW]

"I do think bidding wars on every item are no longer with us, which is a good thing."

I agree & think that might be due to dealers/flippers not being "in" on every auction lot thinking that they can move the item for more money next week.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

"I do think bidding wars on every item are no longer with us, which is a good thing."

I agree & think that might be due to dealers/flippers not being "in" on every auction lot thinking that they can move the item for more money next week.

Great point. Maybe it will mean fewer items going immediately to ebay with BINs 4-5x the auction price

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Great point. Maybe it will mean fewer items going immediately to ebay with BINs 4-5x the auction price

Dealers can't sit around forever waiting for a "find/deal" to come around.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by raulus

I do think bidding wars on every item are no longer with us, which is a good thing.

And if you get lucky, your competitors will drop out early.

But there's still plenty of bidding wars out there.

Case in point: This piece where someone decided to push me pretty hard last night, to the extent that I had to overpay to get it:

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c.../50065-80503.s

I thought a number of items in Heritage went cheap. But, of course, not the things I wanted. At least my competitor completely overpaid for the one item I really wanted. And I thought the prices in Leland’s on the old stuff last night was very solid. Perhaps the more commodity-like cards are softening, but the rare stuff is not; at least not when I am bidding!

[molenick]

I have not received the LOTG or REA catalogs yet.

[Al C.risafulli]

Hi All:

Catalogs for LOTG dropped at the end of last week; mine arrived in New York Saturday, so I would think the bulk will arrive at their destinations Monday!

-Al

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Hi All:

Catalogs for LOTG dropped at the end of last week; mine arrived in New York Saturday, so I would think the bulk will arrive at their destinations Monday!

-Al

You get one mailed to yourself? I guess that would be comforting to know that the post office is doing their job.

Brian

[Al C.risafulli]

You get one mailed to yourself?

Sure do. Our mailing lists are seeded with a number of names and addresses (and email addresses) so we can see how (and when) things are delivered.

Plus I like to settle in and read it when it's all done.

-Al

[oldjudge]

Got mine today—great job Al.