Anyone bidding in Leland's Auction?

bobsbbcards

Of course you are, aren't you? What?? You ran out of money during the OldJudgeMastroNetRobertEdwardsSportsCardsPlus auction that ended 5 minutes ago? Yeah, me too.

Note to all: If you are one of the few still bidding, do not mention what you are bidding on!!! When you do, everybody (lurkers and non-lurkers alike) will rush right out and bid three times as much as you ever could (as an absentee bid...not honest bid or top-all bid...absentee bid like you were too sick to bid).

Let's talk in code...if you are going to bid on a Jersey, for instance, say "clothing top". If you are going to bid on a wax pack lot, say "gum storage devices". That way nobody will be the wiser.

We could also use pig-latin to confuse the guys from the SGC boards (alamazooKay atsBay ollectionCay). That was fun, my first slam at alternate message board posters!!

gemint

No. There's nothing worth bidding on. Nothing to see here, please move along.

goodriddance189

i might bid on a hockey lot or two

bobsbbcards

Lurkers just upped the bids on all hockey lots. Good luck...hope you win your "icy pond" items.

Bighurt4

I was outbid on shiny paper with images on them. I am hoping to increase bid later. Will not be deterred from shiny paper.

Brent

goodriddance189

'93 Finest Refractor set?

this is one of the few modern sets that interests me. i bought a Jeff Conine (my fave player) PSA 9 for $75, and now i'm hooked. doing a PSA 9 set would be out of my league by several thousand miles, but a Marlins team set would be nice

bobsbbcards

I agree with goodriddance189...I'm guessing "shiny paper with images" must be the refractors. I have increased my bid to infinity.

Bidder warning: When (and if) you do click in that little bidding area (the one with the the list of possible absentee bids in it), make sure you click out before you go scrolling around with the wheel on your mouse. I clicked in the field, thought about making a bid at a few hundred or so, changed my mind and tried scrolling around to read the listing again. Well, darned if the bid amount didn't change while I scrolled (got up to $1,187,300 before I realized what I was doing). Note to self: Don't bid $1,187,300 for "paper with images" no matter how "shiny"!

Bighurt4

LOL Bob,

I am nowhere near infinity and I will definitely keep my bid at least a hair below a mil.

Brent

CON40

There just isn't much that ticles my fancy (like Halle and Anna!!) in this auction. The Refractors are cool, but the Ryan is not a good "specimen"... for the bucks, I'll keep holding out until a good copy falls into my price range!

Bighurt4

MMMMMM, Halle. When is she going on Leland's. I would definitely back up the truck for her.

Brent

ZodiacMindwarp

Has anyone here ever sold an item through Leland's? I have one board member's opinion of them and I would like to hear others. I have an item that I am considering auctioning through them (I have a call into them now) and I wanted to get some feedback before I decide.

Thanks

bobsbbcards

Keith,

I kind of felt the same way about the Ryan. Also, the description on a couple other "shiny cards" made me wonder about the overall condition of the set. Maybe reading too many Mastronet auction descriptions where all sets are "extraordinary" and all cards are worthy of PSA 13 grades makes it harder to read "NRMT" next to a card that is only 11 years old (Sosa for instance). If it closed now, the high bidder gets a great deal!! If it closes at $8K (+17.5%) or higher, I'm not so sure.

I don't want the "17.5%" in the previous paragraph to be ignored, so I will type it again right now 17.5%. Hows come dese guys get that extra 2.5% vig? Nice array of stuff for the non-card collectors, but worth an extra bump? We'll see.

If any of you have looked at the "shiny paper images" and scrolled down two more auctions to lot #1537, you will see that "oh so rare" Topps Desert STORM Baseball set!!! Wasn't that the 33 card set of images of tanks and George's dad in a flak jacket? I GOTTA GET IT!!!

Bob out.

67standup

I considered a bid on the Ed "what's on a Pirate ship." Only one bid, but I get queasy passing the 10 threshold, but it's definitely on my lifetime wantlist.

A little history

11/21/1996 Poor $3,061 Mastro
11/20/1997 EX $22,960 Mastro
11/19/1998 restored $9,488 Mastro
4/29/1999 PSA 8 $203,992 Mastro
8/21/1999 PSA 4 $24,611 Ron Oser
9/23/1999 "blue & white variation" $18,400 Barry Halper
11/18/1999 VG $13,126 Mastro
11/18/1999 SC 350 back $14,437 Mastro
8/9/2000 PSA 7 $82,411 SportsCards Plus
11/8/2000 PSA 3 $13,010 Grey Flannel
11/16/2000 PSA 4 $18,055 Mastro
11/16/2000 PSA 3 $11,936 Mastro
3/16/2001 PSA 2 $12,022 Robert Edward
4/20/2001 restored $5,558 Ron Oser
11/16/2001 PSA 4 $19,861 Mastro
2/28/2002 ungraded $15,964 Lew Lipset
8/22/2002 PSA 6 $29,079 Mastro
11/6/2002 PSA 4 $15,563 Lew Lipset
2/20/2003 PSA 3 $12,245 SportsCards Plus
11/20/2003 PSA 7 $93,661 SportsCards Plus
12/18/2003 GAI 2 $12,502 Mastro
1/18/2004 PSA 2 $13,001 Ebay
4/24/2004 PSA 6 $51,519 Mastro

67standup

Side note: before I had my own table at Southern CA card shows, I used to help Joshua Evans (Lelands owner) with his as a teenager, he's a nice guy.

bobsbbcards

<< <i>I considered a bid on the Ed "what's on a Pirate ship." >>



OK, now that my "blonde" moment is over, I have figured out which card you are talking about (helped to read the prices).

I had guessed:
Pirates
Gold
Sails
Pinkney (Ed Pinkney...pink knees from all those pirates scrubbing the decks)
Parrots
More Pirates
ankPlay

ZodiacMindwarp

My mind came up with "booty" and "treasure" before I realized the answer.

CON40

MMMMMM, Halle. When is she going on Leland's. I would definitely back up the truck for her.

Brent... I'd prefer if she'd "back up the truck" for me!!!

koby

<< <i>
I don't want the "17.5%" in the previous paragraph to be ignored, so I will type it again right now 17.5%. Hows come dese guys get that extra 2.5% vig? Nice array of stuff for the non-card collectors, but worth an extra bump? We'll see.
>>




Thanks for pointing that out, Bob. I was just assuming it was 15% like it has always been for Lelands and all the other bigger auctions. The extra 2 1/5% may change some bidding strategy. Lesson to self: read auction terms.

Bighurt4

If the time increments added are 10 minutes for the bid then why is there 14 minutes left on the auction?

Brent

yawie99

Bid on a lot that included a storied stopper of vulcanized rubber discs earlier tonight, but I just noticed that I've been outbid.

chrisrenaud

How about that 54 Bowman Box - any snipers there?

bobsbbcards

Chris,
I thought about it but decided not too. Let somebody else make all the money. As long as the population of GAI graded 1954 Bowman packs increases, I'll be happy!
Bob

bobsbbcards

<< <i>I am nowhere near infinity and I will definitely keep my bid at least a hair below a mil.

Brent >>



Is it safe? Can't tell from Leland's site whether people are still bidding. I picture them all in a big room. jacked up on caffiene, staring daggers at the phone, and it rings every 9 minutes and 59 seconds. That would be a fun experiment. Try to keep an auction going forever.

Brent,
Did you win your shiny images for less than a mil? Hammer price seemed reasonable.
Bob

Bighurt4

I did not win the Refractors. I needed to keep the total (including the 17.5%) below $7500. Unfortunately, I did not acheive this goal. I was a little surprised the Ryan auto jersey went for more than $1,000. Of course, I have very little experience in the auto or jersey arena. In any event, I'm back on the Thomas/Ryan hunt.

Brent