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Posted By: leon
As usual a nice selection of type cards and other neat stuff......good luck to whomever goes for the gold (where's that piggy bank again ?) |
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Posted By: pete
first timer for lipset's auction....dont take offense but i dont have to worry about these not being graded right? just curious on why they wouldnt be graded for an auction like this. is that the owner's choice or lipset's ? |
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Posted By: Andy Baran
Message removed. See post further down. |
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Posted By: Robert
I bought 3 lots in his last auction and was very dissappointed with the way he grades his cards. For example I bought a 1950 Bowman complete set which he listed 16 cards in good condition, 21 VG, 8 VG/EX, 78 EX and 98 EX/MT after paying and recieving them 32 cards had staple holes, 6 with paper loss, 28 with major creasing and 9 with writing. That according to my grading standards is 72 cards that should be classified as "GOOD". There was not even a single card that was in the EX/MT that he stated. The complete sets of 51 and 52 Bowmans where not any better, he stated that the 52 Mantle was NRMT/MT and it came back from GAI as a 6. I emailed and complained and basically got blown off by Lew. His best offer was he would relist the cards for no charge in his November auction. I would be very careful and if you intend on buying his cards go there in person to examine them becasue he does not. |
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Posted By: hoytdunk
I bid in one of Lew's auctions four or five years ago. Two Ruth strip cards were ok, but barely in the condition stated. |
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Posted By: Julie
in good-sized pictures. His brochure is quite small. |
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Posted By: Robert
Shortly after posting on this forum I got an email from Lew that I would like to share with everybody as well as my response. |
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Posted By: Todd Schultz
I find it untoward to post private e-mail. |
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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley
I have dealt with Lew on many occasions, and every time I have had a good transaction. Lew, IS one of the good guys in the hobby, and I know I have learned a lot from him. Robert, I am sorry you had a bad experience. But I would also be careful calling Lew slime, a cheat, a liar, or a thief. He is far from any of those things, I actually don't know of a more "reputable dealer", the guy wrote the book that nearly everyone in the vintage hobby references. Why don't you take Lew up on his offer of relisting the cards, he gets good prices, and I doubt you would really be out $10,000 if he relisted them. |
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Posted By: pete
when i started this thread, i didnt think lew would get slammed so hard, i agree that "harsh" emails should be kept private, not to say you werent treated like crap. im just hoping that "IF" i decide to bid (now that i read these comments im not sure i will) that i were to get ungraded "authentic" cards and not some very good reprints...i respect everyone's opinion and i thank you for your input, hope to get more good or bad so i can make an educated decision. |
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Posted By: Robert
I am sorry that I posted private emails but he is saying things about me that are untrue and fabricated. I am new to this community but a collector for more then 30 years and I do not want this guy to spread lies about me, I am 100% honest and have never backed out of a deal and try to renegotiate a price after an auction. If so then it would show on my feedback which is 100%. I spent $30,000 on the last 2 Lipset auctions and his grading was so bad that what I got from him would be lucky to be worth $20,000 I sent out over 200 cards to GAI and in every case it came back graded less then what he stated in the ads. A 50 Bowman he stated was EX/MT cam back a 3, I could go on and on but all I am saying is if you are going to buy some of his auctions that do not show the card go and see them for yourself because he is bumping up 2 or 3 grades. I brought up the results from GAI and he gave me some line about not trusting 3rd party grading companies. But being in here the past few months it seems that most everyone has no problems getting their cards graded. I just don't want anyone in this forum to get ripped off by Lew and to be very careful when bidding on his cards. i know that I am not allowed anymore in his auctions and I really don't care because there is no way I am going to let him rip me off again. |
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Posted By: Jay Miller
Lew Lipset has done more than virtually anyone in the hobby today to educate and inform. He runs a fair auction with quality material and is a bright spot in the hobby. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I have only purchased small lots from Lew, and only about six lots during the past 20 years; but in my experience he has been a consistantly fair dealer, an informative consultant and a resourceful generator of the special cards. |
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Posted By: Robert
I am not bad mouthing about what he has done for the hobby and educating people, only on his grading of cards. And reading through some thread it appears that he sells mostly his own stuff so you can see how it benefits him by bumping the grades. And I would of let him relist the cards if they where in this auction not the November auction. I could not sit on that much inventory for that period of time. |
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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy
If anyone purchases the Evening Sun supplements lot, I would be interested in purchasing the Chief Meyers' example. |
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Posted By: Paul
In response to Pete's original question, there is just about no chance at all that you will end up with a reprint in Lew's auctions. As someone else said, he wrote the book on vintage cards. He knows how to tell originals from fakes. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
One of my oldest and dearest friends in the hobby and has always been very helpful to me here in adding material for the Almanac. And I think I've sold him exactly ONE lot in my life -- and bought one or 2 things from him. He has always wanted to add to the hobby knowledge. |
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Posted By: pete
Paul, thats exactly what i was hoping for...i buy for my personal collection, not to re-sell later and make lots of money, if i overpay then so be it, i'll chaulk it up to "demand". i do believe after reading the comments that lew "is" an honest dealer and that i can expect good things. as for the larger lots, julie mentioned "invisible" cards...good point, i will not bid on them unless i can get better scans or see them in person...hard lesson to learn for some, but i always try to learn from other peoples mistakes.... |
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Posted By: Joe P.
Even the people here at Slab Haven can recognize that. |
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Posted By: Dan Koteles
if anyone wants to split the T-227's....I need the Baker and Marquard !......I dont need the farmers and penquins or wagontrains or whatever hell is left...but I guess i'd split them too ! |
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Posted By: Andy Baran
I had a post earlier in this thread that I have since removed. Someone asked whether it was Lew's decision to have cards graded, or the consignors. I responded that in some instances, the cards in the auction were from Lew's personal collection. I did not mean this to be derogatory in any way (Lew had/has one of the finest collections in the hobby), nor did I intend for people to assume that I meant "most" cards in the auction were from Lew's inventory. I was just answering the question that in some instances Lew decides whether or not to get the cards graded, since they are his. I do not have any knowledge as to which/how many lots are from Lew's collection, nor is this information relevant to the conversation. I apologize for the misunderstanding and confusion. |
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Posted By: Ted
I have made purchases from him and never had a problem with any aspect of the items. I made several bids today and I would just love it if some of you don't bid cause I will get his wonderful items for less. |
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Posted By: Ed
Regarding lot #116 on the auction... |
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Posted By: david
i am interested in going in on the diamond s and number 7 cigar lot. i would only like one of each as a type card but i would be able to kick in a good amount if anyone is interested in splitting the lot |
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Posted By: Peter Thomas
I have purchased several items from Lew over the years and have been happy. His grading descriptions I understand since they were developed in the preslab era. The slabers grading system started by trying to place grading so you can distinguish between brand new fresh from the factory pack cards. So they start by assigning 4 of their 10 grades to near mint cards 7,8,9&10. |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Excellent point Peter! |
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Posted By: Hal Lewis
Peter said "ratty ass"! |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I agree that the 8-9-10 thing has about as much objectivity as figure skating judging. However, I think the mid grades are and have always been pretty well defined in the hobby. An ex or better card better not have any creases. A vg card better be intact and without deep creases that split the cardboard to the point of removing image pieces. |
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Posted By: Bob Marquette
I've got an E94 gold McGraw which is a PSA 1 and looks EX until you tilt it to the light and see a wrinkle horizontally. Corners are nice, great color and registry, clean back with no paper loss. |
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Posted By: John
I am looking at Lews auction and agree with Bresdo that he grades his cards higher then they auctually are, would'nt the grades go like this Fair, Good, Very good, Ex, Ex/Mt, Nearmint, Mint. LEW never uses the grade FAIR which is the lowest and in this link |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Some of the oldtimers still use the scheme in which creases are noted separately from the overall condition otherwise. These fellows sell on eBay with notations like EX (cr) or even NM (cr) and Mint (cr). |
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Posted By: Dan Koteles
if it looks ex and there still is a crease ,it is vg or less and it has nuttin to do with oldtimers or whatever else excuse is used. Most want graded cards and several of them are trimmed and graded for the right people. |
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Posted By: Glen V
I've bought a number of items from Lew Lipset, both from his auctions and from Ebay. He has a fantastic knowledge of cards, and he's been collecting cards for longer than I've been alive (and probably plenty of you too). |
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Posted By: Brian McQueen
Anyone thinking about bidding on lot #151...10 m116s including rare late series types and blue backgrounds? If anyone's interested, shoot me an Email as I'd have an interest in teaming up for the lot. |
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Posted By: robert a
Glen. |
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Posted By: JimB
This is not meant to be a criticism of Lew in any way as in my experience this criticism does not apply to him. I have won lots in his auctions in the past and been very happy. But I need to say that I don't buy the argument that this or that was the way the old school people graded. Maybe it was, but times change and grading standards change. Dealers need to keep up with the times. They don't put up signs saying, "I am old school and therefore I am overgrading two grades by today's standards." Or "I am calling it ex, but if you submit it to a grading company, it will come back vg." When an auction has both graded and raw cards, I would think that the potential buyer should be able to safely assume that the grading standards are roughly equivalent. This is not to say one should be garunteed of a grading company's opinion, but if the dealer has a PSA 4 T206 and a raw T206 they describe as vg/ex, that the two should be pretty close in condition. Just my .02. |
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Posted By: Brian Daniels
I offered you? Go look at SGC's pop! They just graded it for me! |
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Posted By: JimB
Could not successfully sign in. Did you get an 84? |
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