http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:19:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en                                                  click to enlarge images There are still exciting original collections that occasionally surface of VERY old classic baseball cards that have been passed down as family keepsakes. Cracker Jacks have always been a favorite with us and with all collectors. Perhaps no other baseball card set elicits a ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=290                                                                                             click images to enlarge This T206 Wagner warning could have been written this week. We get offered non authentic T206 Wagners practically every day. But this warning is not from us and it is not current! It is from legendary hobby pioneer Charles Bray to advanced collector ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=281                                                                                       click images to enlarge  Looking through some old hobby publications this week, I happened to run across the program for the 1982 Detroit Convention. In "the old days," before there was an official National Convention, the Detroit convention really WAS the National Convention! It wasn't called the ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=276 N172 Old Judge Card Sells For Record $129,250; 1911Turkey Red Set Sells For Record $246,750; T206 Wagner hammered down at $282,000; Countless Baseball Card Auction Records Shattered At REA!!! Watchung, New Jersey.  The strength of the high-end baseball card and memorabilia market amazed collectors at Robert Edward's record-setting May 1, 2010 ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=274                                                                 click images to enlarge The spring auction catalogs will mail on April 9, 2010. 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 May ... http://blog.robertedwardauctions.com/?p=269                                                                                  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