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mrmopar
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As a major eBay consigner, Probstein gets major traffic and often gets a premium price for his listings. Many have even stated that they believe auctions are shilled. I suppose that is possible with any consignment seller, as they couldn’t possible monitor all of the bids at the volume he sells at.
Has anyone really paid attention to the descriptions though? I spotted this one and was going to share it immediately, then I thought better and decided to see if I could win it. I held my tongue and it ended tonight.
The sheet did come with a PSA letter, so if you were paying attention, you could see who was included. However, check out the auction description.
You may not immediately see what I saw and maybe you do, but it would be a hard argument to win to suggest that not listing every player on this sheet in the description was a good idea!!! They highlight the 2 Hall of Famers (but missed Billy Herman) and then the rest of the players get a nifty +10...Oops!
They missed the "key" autograph in my opinion. Clearly not from a player skills perspective, but rather an autograph perspective. Don Hoak died of a heart attack in 1969 at the age of 41. As far as deaths go though, this one has a bit of an interesting story to go with it. look it up if you have not heard the story.
Edit: My point, which I forgot to add clearly before, is that as a seller, I would expect a bit more effort into the listing despite their following and exposure. I think this items sells for much more had they done so. If it were mine, i'd be upset that Hoak was not mentioned. Herman (HOF) (d. 92), Grimm (d. 83) Palica (d. 82) and Walker (d. 92) are decent autograph pick ups as well. The rest I could have lived with the + notation for.
Has anyone really paid attention to the descriptions though? I spotted this one and was going to share it immediately, then I thought better and decided to see if I could win it. I held my tongue and it ended tonight.
The sheet did come with a PSA letter, so if you were paying attention, you could see who was included. However, check out the auction description.
You may not immediately see what I saw and maybe you do, but it would be a hard argument to win to suggest that not listing every player on this sheet in the description was a good idea!!! They highlight the 2 Hall of Famers (but missed Billy Herman) and then the rest of the players get a nifty +10...Oops!
They missed the "key" autograph in my opinion. Clearly not from a player skills perspective, but rather an autograph perspective. Don Hoak died of a heart attack in 1969 at the age of 41. As far as deaths go though, this one has a bit of an interesting story to go with it. look it up if you have not heard the story.
Edit: My point, which I forgot to add clearly before, is that as a seller, I would expect a bit more effort into the listing despite their following and exposure. I think this items sells for much more had they done so. If it were mine, i'd be upset that Hoak was not mentioned. Herman (HOF) (d. 92), Grimm (d. 83) Palica (d. 82) and Walker (d. 92) are decent autograph pick ups as well. The rest I could have lived with the + notation for.
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Sounds like a classic Probstein auction!
