Closing tonight - Sandy Koufax Memorabilia Collection at Auction

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by rlevy

Jeff, auctions are so unpredictable, especially with one-of-a-kind items. I do think the items had good exposure in the catalogs and online. But I did think they were all going to be displayed at the National, but apparently not all of my items were there. That may have been a factor, but who knows.

I was a little wary about putting 15 Koufax items in one auction with individual 30 minute closings, since collectors have to pick which items to go after and can't circle back to items once they are closed. That may have happened with the lineup cards, which were among the first to close. I also know one collector on the east coast who fell asleep and missed getting in bids on several items and was kicking himself Monday morning for missing out.

The puzzler for me is I see that a 1965 WS game 1 stub, which he famously sat out for Yom Kippur, signed by Koufax, went for over $10,000 My 1965 WS game 7 lineup cards, where he actually played and pitched his second shutout in 3 days, signed by Koufax, went for only $3,900. While not logical to me, I think it just depends on what collectors find they like at the moment.

Rick

Regarding the first part in bold... I also believe that was a factor. With so many unique Koufax items all closing at once, the pool of advanced Koufax collectors was taxed to the limit in a confined setting.
People love to bitch and moan about late-night auction closings, but the ability to jump form lot to lot (without anything closing prematurely) really serves to benefit the consignor.

Regarding the second part in bold... I've learned to never apply "logic" to these auctions. There are just too many sales that defy logic (both negative and positive). Bidders are fickle, and it often just depends upon who sees it and the mood of who's bidding at the end.

Hopefully you are still happy with the overall total realized... those were some unique killer items!