h_yee auctions

baseballart · #1 12-14-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jimthorpe

Henry does seem to get major auction prices on some things on ebay but so did Scott Gaynor several years ago when he was listing weekly on ebay.

It is simple, people go where the stuff is and he gets good quality items and a good quantity of them, markets himself well and only does auctions 4 or so times a year.

He markets his ebay auctions as events. A friend of mine does the same thing in general line antiques on ebay and even takes out an ad in the antique journal. His sales for those auctions yield 25-35% higher results.

Don't beat the guy up for success.

As a side note, I was 3 for 4 in his auction last night.

The one I lost I was 25% off the top bid.
One my max bid was totally max out to the penny.
One my max bid was 10% over the selling price
and the last one my max bid was 4 times the purchase price.

How is that for all over the board. To me it sounds like ebay.

Like Scott's auctions, it is nice in Henry's auctions for a bidder to see a large quantity of similar offerings being offered by one seller. I bid on ten items, and I suspect I would only have found five or so with my usual search terms. Most bidders don't put tremendous amounts of energy into looking for items on ebay. If the auction is marketed and well presented to them, they will bid.

Ladder7 · #2 12-14-2010, 05:17 PM

Henry's got great original stuff, always has. He's always answered my inquiries too, completely, honestly and accurately.

I look forward to Henry's auction, as I suspect many do -and it's never a let down.

Not sure if the vague OP is accusing him as a shill or not. But, it's never crossed my mind.

Again, there are often several of the same Type 1's floating about. As mentioned above.

Leon · #3 12-15-2010, 08:31 AM

I had about a 30 minute conversation with Henry last night, pertaining to Net54baseball. He expressed his displeasure at folks thinking he is shilling. He did it in a polite manner and Henry and I have always got along fine. A long time ago there were a few descriptions that could have been a little better (imo), no one's perfect, but I have always found him to be honest and reliable. He said if you think his prices realized were high you should be consigning to him

> I think he might have a point. We had a really good chat and I like Henry quite a bit. Happy collecting.

sayhey24 · #4 12-15-2010, 08:46 AM

I buy a handful of items every year from Henry, and have always been able to do so at reasonable prices. Even though I'm not a big spending customer, he always treats me very nicely and his customer service is amazing.

Greg

timzcardz · #5 12-15-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I had about a 30 minute conversation with Henry last night, pertaining to Net54baseball. He expressed his displeasure at folks thinking he is shilling. He did it in a polite manner and Henry and I have always got along fine. A long time ago there were a few descriptions that could have been a little better (imo), no one's perfect, but I have always found him to be honest and reliable. He said if you think his prices realized were high you should be consigning to him

> I think he might have a point. We had a really good chat and I like Henry quite a bit. Happy collecting.

Leon,

Conversely, did he by any chance express his pleasure in the larger number of people that posted above as satisfied customers who look forward to his auctions?

Just curious.

mr2686 · #6 12-15-2010, 09:24 AM

Looking at the photos I was watching that were sold, I'd say the prices were quite reasonable this time around. As I stated earlier in this thread, there was a Barney Stein photo (the exact photo, markings etc) that sold in an auction earlier this year for $100 that sold last night in Henry's auction for around $50...but I think that can be said for a lot of memorabilia also. It just depends on who knows about it, who's bidding, what time of year, etc.

Leon · #7 12-15-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by timzcardz

Leon,

Conversely, did he by any chance express his pleasure in the larger number of people that posted above as satisfied customers who look forward to his auctions?

Just curious.

I guess Henry hasn't tried to check the board out as he thought you have to be registered (which he can do and I told him he could) to even see the messages. Of course you don't but if you want to see some other things you do have to be. I told him that the way I saw it, he was coming out ahead at this point, and I think he should be happy. After we spoke for a while he agreed. The good comments outweigh the poor ones by quite a bit. There is always going to be someone in a community that thinks differently and this one is no different.

By the time we got off of the phone he was cool with it and happy. I just had to explain it a bit....regards

timzcardz · #8 12-15-2010, 12:01 PM

Thanks for the response, Leon.

Hankphenom · #9 12-15-2010, 04:54 PM

I just want to put in my two cents on behalf of Henry, having had many dealings, both selling and buying, with him over the years. In that time I have not had a single occasion on which to doubt his honesty or professionalism. In addition, Henry is a class act all the way: polite, friendly, and intelligent. As to the question of why his eBay auctions get terrific prices, How about this: he has the highest quality material; his descriptions and photos are the best possible; he alerts his clientele before every auction; and perhaps most pertinent of all, each item carries with it his reputation for knowledge and accuracy. Finally, when it comes to his famous photo auctions--HE WROTE THE BOOK! So why should it be a mystery that his auctions do so well? Like every auction, however, there's always a few bargains to be had for the bottom feeders like me. As for the allegations of shill bidding, let's see the proof. Since it's eBay, the bidding is open for all to see. Shouldn't be too hard to prove shill bidding with all the examples to study from his auction. Based on my experiences with Henry, I'm not expecting to see any.
Hank Thomas

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