Robert Edward Auctions (REA)
REA is a New Jersey auction house known for vintage baseball cards and memorabilia, with a few large catalog sales a year and a fixed-price marketplace. This page covers what it sells, how bidding works, every buyer cost we could find, and a straight link to collectrea.com.
- Founded
- Early 1990s
- Based in
- Chester, N.J.
- Buyer's fee
- 23% (Sept. 2025)
- Big sales
- Spring, summer, fall
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About Robert Edward Auctions (REA)
Robert Lifson founded the company, which has run sports auctions for more than 30 years. It now trades as REA under REA Group, LLC, based in Chester, New Jersey. It bought Huggins & Scott Auctions in 2023. REA has sold a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card for $7.2 million and a T206 Honus Wagner for $6.6 million.
REA holds a few large catalog auctions a year, with smaller monthly sales between them. Bidding is online at bid.collectrea.com. Since 2025 the ending works lot by lot: initial bids are due by 9 p.m. Eastern on closing day, then qualified bidders get an hour of extended bidding before each lot closes on a 20-minute clock. A fixed-price marketplace opened in March 2025.
What Robert Edward Auctions (REA) sells
How buying works at Robert Edward Auctions (REA)
- RegisterMake an account on bid.collectrea.com and accept that sale's terms.
- Bid before the deadlinePlace initial bids by 9 p.m. Eastern on closing day to qualify for extended bidding.
- Extended biddingQualified bidders keep bidding until each lot goes 20 minutes without a new bid.
- Add the costsAdd the 23% premium, shipping and any sales tax.
- Pay and receivePay the emailed invoice by the due date. Items ship once payment clears.
What it costs
REA sets buyer costs in each sale's terms; the figures below are the most recent we found and carry their year.
| What | Cost |
|---|---|
| Buyer's premium (from Sept. 1, 2025) | 23% of the hammer price |
| Minimum premium | None published |
| Credit card surcharge (reported) | About 3% |
| Shipping, invoice under $1,000 (2021 schedule) | $10 |
| Shipping, $1,000 to $5,000 (2021) | $20 |
| Shipping, $5,000 to $20,000 (2021) | $35 |
| Shipping, $20,000 to $100,000 (2021) | $50 |
| Shipping, over $100,000 (2021) | $100 |
| Sales tax | Added by state where it applies |
A $10,000 card at 23% costs $12,300, plus $35 shipping under the 2021 schedule, for $12,335 before tax.
Paying, pickup and storage
| When to pay | Within 14 days of the close (2021 terms). |
| Payment | Wire, Zelle, cashier's or certified check, money order and personal check, which is held 5 to 10 business days. |
| Shipping | Insured, from a flat schedule based on invoice size. Large and overseas items are quoted separately. |
| Terms per sale | Each auction has its own terms, which can change from sale to sale. |
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UX Search is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Robert Edward Auctions (REA). Bidding, payment and delivery all happen on the house's own site under its own terms. Information checked October 22, 2026 from collectrea.com terms, updated Feb. 2026 (company details; auction terms are set per sale) and postwarcards.com, June 2025 (23% from Sept. 1, 2025) and auctionreport.com, Sept. 2025 (ending format, Huggins & Scott) and cardlines.com REA review, 2021 (payment and shipping schedule) and pregradecards.com REA guide (card surcharge) and Yahoo Sports, March 2025 (marketplace) and bid.collectrea.com blocks automated reading; fees and rules can change, so confirm them on the sale page.