BIDDING WAR on Ebay - Ty Cobb Tin

[thecatspajamas]

He may have been promised some pie-in-the-sky number by one of the auction houses he spoke with which is giving him unrealistic expectations.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

He may have been promised some pie-in-the-sky number by one of the auction houses he spoke with which is giving him unrealistic expectations.

Maybe, but any auction house guaranteeing that seller 40k, or more, for that Tin, is setting them and the seller up for failure, imo.

[ullmandds]

A seller can make up any location they want...so the item may...or may not actually be from there?

[travrosty]

you never know how high it can go. it only takes two people with insane amounts of money that really want it. the 9.5 babe ruth signed baseball that went for 150,000 last time recently changed hands privately for 300,000. so no high price shocks me anymore. I think some of these high prices are stupid for what people are getting, but not shocking knowing the exponential nature of high value items versus the very high end collector who thinks nothing about dropping 100,000 for an item they really want.

Otherwise they just have to buy their 5th Lamborghini with the money. Got to spend it on something.