I've had great success with auctions this year and last night I was all set to win another. It's not that I'm an extravagant spender, it's just that the comics I bid on don't seem to be in high demand and I tend to get them for well under guide. I found a lovely 9.2 Captain Marvel Adventures #113 selling on Heritage but I didn't consider it a must have. For one thing it was the 3rd highest grade and I usually prefer my comics in the top two. Also, I have a budget and I'm already in deficit spending so this would have pushed me even deeper so I set a hard limit which was slightly below guide.

The auction was set to close at 11:00 PM which is past my sleep time so I put in my bid and went to bed. Although I was conservative with my bid I fully expected to win. When I put a bid in at night it generally occupies my thoughts and I might even have a dream of the auction results. At 2:00 AM I was awake and I felt compelled to go downstairs and check the results. I lost. Oh well. It keeps my budget closer to being in line and again this wasn't quite the grade I was hoping for. It is, however, one of my favorite CMA covers. Of course the joke is that having a pistol dual with Captain Marvel can never go well. He is, after all, impervious to bullets.

For an even funnier example check this out (Don't be scared by the URL, Superdickery is just Superman being a... well you know)

http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=161:showdown-at-gotham-city&catid=28:superdickery&Itemid=54

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