http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en                                                                                  click to enlarge images  1909-1911 T206 Honus Wagner - "The Connecticut Wagner" Every T206 Wagner naturally has a great story, sharing the Wagner legend that is now part of classic American folklore, and every Wagner also has an additional story relating to its provenance. Collectors have always been ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=266                                                                                 click images to enlarge   The famous "Merkle's Boner" Ball! This is one of the most exciting items we have ever had the privilege of offering! This is exactly the type of item that makes putting together auctions so much fun for us at REA. This is the actual ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=263                                                                    click images to enlarge                     Above: REA 2006 Adverting Postcard (front and back) We normally don't get involved in policing eBay for fakes and scams because, well, there's only so many hours in a day...But during the past week we received so many calls and emails regarding the eBay ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=255 We have often recommended pure reference books to REA bidders relating directly to the field of baseball collecting. It is our great pleasure to do so. But we are sometimes very impressed with books that on the surface seem to have little to do with our hobby, when in fact ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=254                                                                                                                                      click image to enlarge Over the past year we've had a lot of fun on the REA blog documenting the significance and intrigue of the rare T206 of "Slow Joe" Doyle, and, in the process, putting into focus why this card is such a big deal. The Charlie ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=252                                                                                                                click images to enlarge Above are images of just a few of the many highlights of what for us is a particularly exciting collection that will be presented in the April auction: The Jerry Smolin Collection of Historic 19th and Early 20th Century ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=244          We just received the following extremely fascinating item for the spring REA auction. We are excited about it, and thought collectors would enjoy sharing our enthusiasm for our local baseball history:    1867 Bernards Base Ball Club of Basking Ridge, New Jersey Base Ball Club Score Book ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=236 Adjustments to consignor proceeds for the $10.1 million dollar REA spring 2009 auction were ZERO cents on 1559 of the 1560 lots. (The one exception involves a single lot for which no payment was received, eventually requiring legal action on our part. The lot was sold to the underbidder. We ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=234 click images to enlarge The spring auction catalogs will mail on April 9, 2009. We will put the auction online a few days later (we may actually be able to do this earlier as we are ahead of schedule) and the final day of bidding will be Saturday ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=227                                                                                          http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=174