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If You Are Bidding With Mastro, What Will It Be?
Machodoc
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Thought it might be interesting to get a feel for what in general people might be bidding on, if bidding at all. For obvious reasons I wouldn't expect people to reveal exactly what they might bid on, but of course that's up to them!
Myself, I'll be shopping in the game used bat and vintage unopened wax box departments (those antique rifles in the Americana catalogue also look mighty fine....
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Myself, I'll be shopping in the game used bat and vintage unopened wax box departments (those antique rifles in the Americana catalogue also look mighty fine....
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Ditto
albeit at "super-retail". Not so many years ago there were occassionaly "deals".
especially from today's perspective....like all those Wilson Franks in psa 8 that I thought were just crazy.
I've seen you get bargains at auctions, (i think even including Mastro, but perhaps not) and flip them on Ebay for a nice profit!!
my largest losses also have been from purchases there.
i suspect those items belonged to principals.
as to their wax i wouldn't bet it was all as one might
expect.
I figured this would go for about 3,400 plus the juice. So much for the soft market, at least in Mastro-land anyways.
Maybe I need to sell
Can someone explain where all this money is coming from? Is it all Peruvian dwarf money? Circus money? I don't get it. This tax system wasn't set up so people could drop twenty grand on baseball cards. It mystifies me and I'm rich.
Also, I'd very much like to finish my 1952 Topps set. I have 15 cards leaving me only 392. One of those complete full sets would probably go a long way towards helping me get all the cards.
Starting to bore even myself with my own posts,
Satan
I was talking with my neighbor, Leona Helmsly, and she told me that rich people don't have to pay any taxes. If people would just stop paying their taxes, they would have a lot more money left over for baseball cards.
At these prices, there could very well be plenty of capital losses to write off on future tax returns.
Regards,
Alan
Small world . . . my neighbor is Willie Nelson, and he suggests that you should pay your taxes, if only because it saves you money in the long run. And Willie agrees that some of the prices in the Mastro auction are extremely high.
I think Satan is on to something - it must be Peruvian dwarf money. The dwarves always have a lot of coin . . .
POTD = 09/03/2003
<< <i>it must be Peruvian dwarf money. The dwarves always have a lot of coin >>
While Peruvian dwarves do have a lot of coin Columbian Dwarves are the uber-rich of the dwarf world ... They have been buying cardsunder assumed names for years....... Satan you're slipping....You brain must be riled by your attempts to acquire that 58 Hires Test Mays
That being said I have very rarely seen an auction without a bargin ... Most lots in Mastronet do go for obscene prices but with all the high priced goodies a few are bound to slip through at lower prices ...
Regards,
Alan
$75.00 is a small price to pay for a lifetime of those catalogs...(just make sure you at least bid on the items though).
John
I have bids on 3 items still i am watching, though 2 are already maxed out. I've never won anything with them and i think it is because everything gets some hefty prices.
good luck to all bidding.
<< <i>Because ... especially with older game used stuff where you can trust the pedigree. >>
you sure about the trust part?
i know i am.
<< <i> Look at those Mastro prices. That's a lot of money. The Superior auction made things look like it was time for a readjustment. Now, Sportscards + and Mastro seemed to have rebounded. >>
i'm sure you've seen dead cats bounce
<< <i>I've won selective "purchases" from them and was satisfied with the price paid. I bid there the same way I bid anywhere else. I set my limit and then don't exceed it. >>
hey at 4 in the morning if it aint theirs it's yours!
<< <i>Noooo... but I have seen cheese bounce. >>
HeHeHe
aconte
A nice little jump in lot 752 today...from the $170's to $411k.
John
then they miraculously find the others
and the original buyer is &%$#@ ed,
I thought one of the balls sold for approx $60k.
John
Edited to complete thought....darn Alzhiemer's is kicking in again.
Abraham Lincoln 1858 Handwritten and Signed Legal Opinion = $9,500 (OK, I would pay that if I had the money- I mean that is true history)
The Ultimate 1962 Topps "Mars Attacks" Complete Set (55) (PSA Graded) = $25,000 (Ummm--- Is this really worth some $450 per card!!!)
I guess this proves 2 things:
1)There are some really really rich people out there
2)One mans junk is another mans treasure
I also collect presidential autographed materials and the Lincoln item is worth that and more. It will likely exceed $15k. Can't speak to the Mars Attacks cards, but I am always in the market for a NM set of the 1962 Topps Astronauts complete set, which is absent from this Mastro auction.
1954
whenever i look back through the catalogs I find myself wishing i had a time machine.
The prices didn't seem quite as ludicrous as this current auction, but i remember grumblings to the same tune: "Great stuff but overpriced"
I have still made some of my best buys and bought some of my favorite stuff from Mastro over the years. But alas.........I will only be cheering you guys on from the sidelines this time 'round.
Rah! Rah! Go Team.
Also, I'm not sure if it was a joke or not, but I do know of one guy who doesn't pay his taxes (heck, I think he even bought one of those ebay "don't pay your mortgage" deals) in order to pay for his baseball habit.
bill "diamantedude"