MatterEaterLad

Did you get a win email right after? Their auction platform sends a win confirmation automatically. I'm assuming the outbid emails go out later in case there are bid retractions. There were live bid retractions which I thought was weird (not on that auction, but others). Didn't know what was even possible.

Nothing out of the ordinary on my end. I bought a few other auctions later in the day and no problem there either. I had budgeted how high I would go and placed a bid near the end, it went to extended bidding, someone else bid higher, went to extended again and I bid once more...it ticked down with the "bidding about to close" message three times and then closed showing my bidder number as the winner. Getting a message the next day saying you were outbid is normal. I got them for the other comics I bid on and didn't win.

Simple. You don't always get top-dollar through CL or CC. It's not a guarantee. I've done well with high value books on the big auction sites, but have had some disappointing experiences as well. And by disappointing, I don't just mean low hammer prices, but buyers who have backed out, and a clerical error that kept me from getting paid for 6 months. Once they figured it out they wired me the money that day, but it was concerning. Plus sometimes there's just more hysteria driving up prices on eBay. Don't get me wrong, I'm not overtly defending eBay. And my wife has instructions that if I get hit by a bus tomorrow to call Vin at CC and sell my collection. I'm just agnostic when it comes to buying and selling books. There isn't one true place that's universally better. The market is changing too quickly. Last week I sold a book (2x GPA) thru an Instagram dealer's live auction. 5% consignment fee and was paid in Bitcoin.

Thanks. My max was just one notch above yours. Was surprised I got it.

@MPH1964 Oh wow, I didn't see the previous posts. I bought it this morning. I was guessing/hoping for a 6.5 but would happily take anything higher.

Not sure what to make of that mystery on the back cover, upper right.

Thanks for taking a look

Blue 2.0

In case it hasn't been posted already. Vice article on grading companies being overwhelmed. https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9a9/pokemon-cards-psa-cgc-bgs-turnaround-times

I gotta admit I was a little skeptical, but I have now bought and sold on your app. It's without a doubt the easiest way to list a graded book.

I did not.

I had a book on eBay listed at $3700 for a year. Put it in a ComicConnect auction and it sold for $5800. I was happy, but it made no sense. Some collectors affluent collectors don't do their due diligence.

I sent a book in for the Miller/Janson signing and received my submission confirmation on 3/24. Now I just received a submission confirmation for the same book on 4/29. Is this CGC receiving the book, then CGC receiving the book again post-sighing? (Hope I haven't been billed twice)

Interesting thought. If that were the case wouldn't everything see a rapid spike? I'm guessing hyper-inflation would affect bread and milk, tires, clothing, not just collectibles.

With some dry cleaning to the back maybe a 4.0? Maybe a 3.5 because of the tape-pull on the front.

I bought this one earlier this year. I'm guessing someone on these boards probably owned it at one time.

Love it! Daisukidesu!

I'd give it a 4.0

It's something I'd love to see, if only as part of grader's notes, but I get the time thing. A single card without staples, without pages, without a centerfold, with less surface area is much easier to grade.

An IG dealer is selling a few of my books and he accepts Bitcoin.

Why not?

So was that Thor 160 in 9.8 that sold for $26k, was that an auction error? I still wonder what that was about as it never made it to GPA.