Anyone know take on REA's "Lousiana Find" auctions?

chadridge

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/vintage-baseball-card-find-began-on-roadshow/

Just found this article and noticed that the cards were auctioned off at REA this past month. Thought I'd share and see if anyone here picked any up, and knew how big the guy cashed in.

Chad

scooter729

On a whole, the Red Cross T207 group went for less than expected, somewhere around $55K, when many thought it could be closer to $100K.

The consensus thinking was if each card had been auctioned individually over time, the take-home would've been greater, but with 8-10 (can't recall exact number) of Red Cross T207's hitting the market at one time, prices didn't quite peak as much as some expected.

Regardless, the cards were an awesome find!

EchoCanyon

linky

chadridge

<< <i>On a whole, the Red Cross T207 group went for less than expected, somewhere around $55K, when many thought it could be closer to $100K.

The consensus thinking was if each card had been auctioned individually over time, the take-home would've been greater, but with 8-10 (can't recall exact number) of Red Cross T207's hitting the market at one time, prices didn't quite peak as much as some expected.

Regardless, the cards were an awesome find! >>



Thanks for the update. So $55k for the Red Cross find, but my understanding is that he had something like 90 cards in total. Did he sell them all?

This is a fun read for those who haven't yet seen it ... Link to original post RE Louisiana Find , link came straight from REA, Here is their page

Chad

scooter729

I think all of the cards were sold, and many did fine - the Red Cross cards were the highlight of the bunch, but there were some other great ones as well.

And someone from the Full Count forum scooped up the Lowdermilk Red Cross at a nice price, so it's nice it went to someone from the board where they were 'discovered'.