Goldin's Vintage Auction Preview is open and wow

puckpaul · #1 10-03-2024, 04:41 PM

Not unique to Goldin, but the hyperbole in many of the descriptions is just too over the top. For most people who are bidding on these big lots, the sales job is unnecessary:

The assessment is due to even corner wear (with a few diminutive surface abrasions near several corners) and some negligible toning on both sides, none of which compromising the resounding central image that can literally take your breath away.

Worthy of a final resting place in the most esteemed rookie card gathering, we cannot even begin to estimate the lofty value

revealing the one and only Bambino in a classic pitching pose long before he would be walloping horsehide spheres into Yankee Stadium�s grandstands.

�Horsehide spheres�??! Lol

oldjudge · #2 10-04-2024, 12:15 PM

You may not like Joe's descriptions (I do) but besides the adjectives he does better analytic work than anyone out there. Look at the results--Joe's write-up's generate extra dollars for consignors.

sb1 · #3 10-04-2024, 01:37 PM

I like Joe as much as the next guy, but I have to say in 30+ years of auction bidding I have never bid a single increment higher based on an auction write up. I don't think many people even read the descriptions anymore??

gunboat82 · #4 10-04-2024, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sb1

I like Joe as much as the next guy, but I have to say in 30+ years of auction bidding I have never bid a single increment higher based on an auction write up. I don't think many people even read the descriptions anymore??

I read the descriptions, and sometimes I throw money at cards just for the prose. Like this one: https://goldin.co/item/1921-w521-han...authentic2hw6g

Quote:

A significant shift in the placement of the portrayal's red background hue—creating a visual effect of a subject standing in front of a mirror—is more intriguing than disruptive.

I was planning to scroll right by because it gave me a headache. But when I was told that effect is actually "intriguing," not "disruptive," it gave me pause. Now I kind of want to own the card so I can see what it looks through 3-D glasses. So, yeah, I'm high bidder.

JollyElm · #5 10-04-2024, 03:43 PM

196. Hyperbolshitter
Someone who completely overhypes what they are selling by flooding the listing with adjectives and all sorts of superfluous blather like �Highlighted by deep rich colors� or �...and the beautiful image dovetails into the pristine snow white borders.�

CW · #6 10-04-2024, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

196. Hyperbolshitter
Someone who completely overhypes what they are selling by flooding the listing with adjectives and all sorts of superfluous blather like �Highlighted by deep rich colors� or �...and the beautiful image dovetails into the pristine snow white borders.�

Nice. Bonus points if they use the terms "extant", "paucity", or "superfluous".

Casey2296 · #7 10-04-2024, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CW

Nice. Bonus points if they use the terms "extant", "paucity", or "superfluous".

Don't forget "generational", "iconic", and "fresh to hobby".

Peter_Spaeth · #8 10-05-2024, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Not unique to Goldin, but the hyperbole in many of the descriptions is just too over the top. For most people who are bidding on these big lots, the sales job is unnecessary:

The assessment is due to even corner wear (with a few diminutive surface abrasions near several corners) and some negligible toning on both sides, none of which compromising the resounding central image that can literally take your breath away.

Worthy of a final resting place in the most esteemed rookie card gathering, we cannot even begin to estimate the lofty value

revealing the one and only Bambino in a classic pitching pose long before he would be walloping horsehide spheres into Yankee Stadium�s grandstands.

�Horsehide spheres�??! Lol

Sounds like a parody lol. Brian Drent used to have descriptions like that, maybe he still does, but I always thought there was an element of tongue in cheek there.

Snapolit1 · #9 10-06-2024, 01:04 PM

Personally I think �horsehide orbs� would be more effective.

Someone reading could think a baseball is oval or even made from pigskin. This clear that up nicely.

Quote:

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Not unique to Goldin, but the hyperbole in many of the descriptions is just too over the top. For most people who are bidding on these big lots, the sales job is unnecessary:

The assessment is due to even corner wear (with a few diminutive surface abrasions near several corners) and some negligible toning on both sides, none of which compromising the resounding central image that can literally take your breath away.

Worthy of a final resting place in the most esteemed rookie card gathering, we cannot even begin to estimate the lofty value

revealing the one and only Bambino in a classic pitching pose long before he would be walloping horsehide spheres into Yankee Stadium�s grandstands.

�Horsehide spheres�??! Lol

oldjudge · #10 10-06-2024, 02:31 PM

Just imagine the competition amongst cemeteries for the top registry sets. Each slab would be a 1/1. An auction business, where I'm sure the auction houses would pay the slabbing, would probably develop.

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