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 Wednesday, April 18, 2007
So many auctions… so little $$$$$$
Posted by Chris


money_tree_color.jpgRight now I count at least 12 auctions that are live online. Kevin Savage, Premier, Mastro, AMI, Bricol, Robert Edward, EAC, Heritage, Grey Flannel and Lelands are all offering treasures that we’ve been saving our money for all winter and spring. With this many auctions going on right now, and so many fantastic items offered, how will these auction houses keep prices up? I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense if they would space them out more?

I guess I’m probably not correct in my assumption because this has been going on for a while. I remember when I would be working on auction night for American Memorabilia and our bidders would be calling until around 3am, and they used to tell us that Lelands, or whoever, was still open (Lelands usually closed on the same night).

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Speaking of auctions. I will be traveling to Heritage Auction Galleries’ live sports auction in Dallas, along with Steve Bloedow next month. The auction, which is a live event on May 5, should be very interesting. I have never been to a live major auction, so I am very excited.
I plan on covering the auction in the pages of SCD and will also have some Internet content prepared, including video or audio.
Heritage’s auction features some killer football material and a great selection of baseball autographs and memorabilia, including pieces from the Cy Young museum.

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wagnerad.JPGHere is an awesome clipping I swiped from the Vintage Card Forum boys… In case you didn’t see it on their website here it is.

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Judging from the amount of hits on my blog it appears that a lot of people are reading. I wish we could get more people emailing or posting comments. Tell me about some of your similar experiences. Praise or criticism relating to memorabilia, cards or auctions will be greatly appreciated. I love reading things from our readers because I know I can get very boring at times.:)

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Well, off to Sin City. Have a good weekend everyone!
-chris




4/18/2007 4:12:40 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [4]
4/19/2007 6:14:57 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)


Enjoy "Lost Wages".

If you come out on the plus side, I bet you have your eye on a few vintage football items in some of those auctions you provided links to.

Those auction houses are sure to have some interesting stories about the aquistion process on some of these pieces. The auction business is probably alot more challenging than it appears to the casual viewer.
Dave
4/20/2007 2:42:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Your blog is terrific Chris. I enjoy it very much.

In Vegas right now, your Packers are 100:1 to win the Super Bowl. You might need to throw an Andrew Jackson down on one.

The Piledriver
4/23/2007 8:58:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

I see Heritage Auctions has a few of George Sosnak's painted baseballs , his art work is simply stunning, talk about eye appeal, what a talent.........

Some of his work has appreciated 1000% in the last 10 years, with room to grow. Several art museums are making sure they have atleast one Sosnak in their collection.

Dave
4/29/2007 6:38:16 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Mastros Auction just closed, that 1951 Mantle rookie brought over $135,000 before the juice.
Dave
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