Nearly 200 collectors and dealers who enjoy the spectator sport of auctions came out to examine the material offered and watch the competition on February 25 at Hunt Auctions' eighth baseball memorabilia and baseball card auction, held at the Holiday Inn in Exton, Pennsylvania. Some people are so used to absentee bidding at guaranteed mail auctions that David Hunt admitted he had 67 order bids in the book before the sale began. During the sale, there were as many as four phone bidders for some lots.
Live bidding is more exciting.
After three and a half years of cataloging baseball material, he said he's now in the swing of things and already working on his summer sale. We find most of our stuff on house calls, and the regional material does great at these auctions. We have A's collectors who count on them. It was brought to the sale by a man who wanted to know what it was worth, and he decided on the spot to let the Hunts offer it as a surprise lot. Pictured in the catalog, this one was from the late 1940's or 1950's with 20 black pen signatures, including Connie Mack's on the sweet spot.