BigKid - I would say definitely "not" because these are 1964 Vintage cards. Vintage card buyers don't care about a modern baseball strike. You could make the argument however that the sale of the $1,500 set ended around the Labor Day weekend which may have affected the outcome a bit, but then I had to contend with the first anniversary of 9/11. Buyers may not have been too enthusiastic having to relive the horrors of last year.
<< <i>if I didn't bid up to the end on each how high would they really have gotten. You could argue over $1,000 less on each. >>
You can also argue that someone else may have placed a bid similar or lower than your's had you NOT bid. In auctions its impossible to say. An example I like to use on ebay snipes. Say an auction closes with the following bids --
Minimum bid: $100.00 Close time: 8:00:00
Bids
Bidder A $500.00 at 7:59:55 Bidder B $495.00 at 7:58:00
One could claim that if Bidder B doesn't bid, the lot only goes for $100.00. However, there could have been other snipes set for any amount under $495.00 that didn't register due to Bidder B bidding 2 minutes before the auction close.
There is no way to know with complete certainty the results in this example if Bidder A doesn't bid. Similarly, I don't think there is a way to know for certain what the results would have been if Davalillo had not bid on those two auction.
Where have you gone Dave Vargha CU turns its lonely eyes to you What's the you say, Mrs Robinson Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
You ought to thank me if this is yours. With the set at $1,200 I put in a top all bid at $2,100. After losing this, I then bid 2300 late last night. That got topped as well. I thought $2,500 plus 15% would have been too high so I stopped.
It's quite a matter of timing too. I don't know if Davalillo was in the market for a 1964 Giants set when this thread started. One bidder intent on winning something is all a lot needs.
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<< <i>if I didn't bid up to the end on each how high would they really have gotten. You could argue over $1,000 less on each. >>
You can also argue that someone else may have placed a bid similar or lower than your's had you NOT bid. In auctions its impossible to say. An example I like to use on ebay snipes. Say an auction closes with the following bids --
Minimum bid: $100.00
Close time: 8:00:00
Bids
Bidder A $500.00 at 7:59:55
Bidder B $495.00 at 7:58:00
One could claim that if Bidder B doesn't bid, the lot only goes for $100.00. However, there could have been other snipes set for any amount under $495.00 that didn't register due to Bidder B bidding 2 minutes before the auction close.
There is no way to know with complete certainty the results in this example if Bidder A doesn't bid. Similarly, I don't think there is a way to know for certain what the results would have been if Davalillo had not bid on those two auction.
CU turns its lonely eyes to you
What's the you say, Mrs Robinson
Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
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It's quite a matter of timing too. I don't know if Davalillo was in the market for a 1964 Giants set when this thread started. One bidder intent on winning something is all a lot needs.