Microchip

On 10/4/2021 at 2:40 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

Maybe it's too obvious, but I grabbed a couple of the Momoko covers. I actually really like the Momoko Hulk cover, I felt like it has the potential to be one of those classic covers:

Generally speaking a classic cover sells itself.   This one looks like the artist came off binge reading all 79 issues of Sandman, and a bottle of vermouth.   Still cool cover mind you 

I was really pleased with this one, a genuine 9.6 book, and 3/5's the price of the preceding sale.

On 9/21/2021 at 10:41 AM, Lazyboy said:

I have NEVER said that Gambit does not appear in the issue. I'm not a brain-dead, drooling insufficiently_thoughtful_person. What I have said is that it is a brief appearance, not full, because that's what it is.

Yes, but your definition of what constitutes a full appearance is off by 16 drawings.   If he strolled through the background on the second to last page... that indeed would be a cameo.   But 17 panels kinda blows that notion out of the water.

On 9/21/2021 at 10:08 AM, Lazyboy said:

is where Gambit is actually relevant in the issue?

Lol, looking at the story points and applying a weighting to determine if he "appeared" or not.   Yeah, Arthur Adams drew Gambit into the book, before Claremont had even thought about creating the character 

On 9/18/2021 at 10:23 AM, Lazyboy said:

On 9/17/2021 at 3:24 PM, Microchip said:

A bit disappointing Almost appropriate (still no such thing as a cameo of a new character) for that many panels of Gambit runnstanding around in the background scratching his butt.

Fixed.

Deathlok has a new spirit animal disciple in you 

The old and new annotation for Annual 14.    A bit disappointing for that many panels of Gambit running around.

On 7/6/2021 at 9:44 AM, Fisionbomb said:

Certainly not THE WORST covers but here are a few that have really irritated me with their doofiness:

 

 

 

 

 

Why do I think the artist just watched Team America when they did this cover?

On 9/14/2021 at 9:36 PM, PKJ said:

I was referencing how some of my losses were one bid higher than my own.

But it is not always one bid higher. HA even explains when they start an in person auction how all bids are gathered. There are rare cases were there is a tie and the same bid is submitted, in that case the first person who bid the amount wins if no one bumps the bid up.

An auction cannot close in a tie, therefore, in the event two users have placed the same proxy bid amount, the user who placed the proxy bid first will win the auction.

That must explain a result on CL that puzzled me.   I didn't have any concerns that the result was kosher, just the how of it.   I had an auction where my top bid amount was the exactly winning amount.   Either my final bid was exactly one increment above the next bidder, the same as the other bidder, but first, or I eclipsed the next bidder by a dollar and the clock ran out. 

On 9/15/2021 at 9:13 AM, Bird said:

I was speaking to proxy vs live bidding

missing the point

as far as the whole thing being crooked...well, I am reminded of Hyman Roth

 

True that.   The really concerning thing, are those not aware of HA's reputation, and their operating methods.   Caveat emptor applies immensely here. 

How many years have we seen grading threads, showing bumped up grades on books going through HA.   I've taken a look at Halperin's book collection, and mentally noted, never chase those books on HA.   The same goes for his art collection.    

On 9/15/2021 at 8:54 AM, Dave Henson said:

I got the 110’s graded last year. It’s the Eerie 1 at CGC (in Quality Control so we’re almost there lol).

 

 

 

 

At $300 a pop, that's just crazy!   Two for the permanent collection.

On 9/15/2021 at 7:09 AM, Bird said:

why show your cards early? If you want something, try to be ready to bid live and stick to your #

 

That kinda misses the point by a country mile.   You shouldn't have to adjust your strategy just to counteract the auction house.   Crooked isn't a sliding curve.

On 9/14/2021 at 10:12 AM, PKJ said:

Of all the houses CL for me has been clean, that is due to the hard close/end times. I have won several books with reasonable bids placed days prior as well as those I jumped in late. This year has been more on the high side then in previous years but I have won several books this year with decent room left before it reached my high bid. I have won with "tracking" bids on some random SA books this year still.

 With HA and CC the bidding continues until someone folds, I have never won a HA auction with an early bid so I just wait now until the final and even still you feel like someone is pushing it to the limit. Bidding on some books this week, I noticed a couple patterns. Until a point you could tell there was 3-4 bidders. I was jumping in when it got to the final call, then I would be outbid by one bid over and over, Out of 16 books, 12 were won one bid higher than mine. The only book I won I got in late and held on.

CL gets the nod for cleanest house to chase big books on.   I've won books in all sorts of manner there too,   Tracker bids, last few seconds bomber bids, and using their bidding increment system too my advantage.   The last one has won me a few key books... but importantly so, lost as well.    The sequence of the books listed has meant I've seen competitive bidders "learn" and adapt to my price points on books in the same run and grade that I've chased.   

Out of the 12 books you lost by one bid, how did the prices overall sit on those books... close to market, over, under?  

On 9/14/2021 at 11:29 AM, Dave Henson said:

There needs to be a Jealous button on these posts!! A 9.8 169. Wow!

Back in the 90’s I think I overpaid for every book I bought. Two Strange Tales 110 at $300 and $1,200. Eerie 1 for $1,300 (at CGC now). Two Gaines file Tales from the Crypt at $600 each. My friends called me an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. Dealers loved me. But I still have the books!! 🥰

Now I’m paying more for grading and insurance than I paid for the books. 🧐

Yup, there's no such thing as buying a great book at a great price.   I'd love to see the two 110's when they come back. 

On 9/13/2021 at 12:01 AM, Dave Henson said:

On 9/8/2021 at 11:26 AM, Microchip said:

I'm a last 10 seconds bomber, but the bid price had already left my orbit, so I didn't chase it.  I did get the Pacific Coast copy of #176.   I have never seen that book before.  

Congrats on the 176! I would’ve bid on it but I had a tight budget and wasn’t sure where 179 was going to land. Also, this was my first experience with ComicConnect and I thought I could be a last minute bidder. But I was surprised to see the auction extends 3 minutes with each bid. I traded bids with someone for 177 but gave up (sorry if that was a fellow boardie). 
I hope we see more 9.6’s and 9.8’s in the future but not so many at once lol. Someday I will get a 9.6 169 :-)

 

The 3 minute extensions are interesting, I wasn't expecting it either.   I ended up wearing one bidder out, with the time involved as each 3minute was added, again, and again.   And another bidder, just hit his max, as the book had the "15% will be added to the final winning bid".   This last bit seems only to apply the big ticket books, I'm not entirely sure how it works.

I looked back at what I paid for my #169 9.8 western penn copy in 2007, and I remember at the time I thought it was bonkers.   But the book just never came up for sale in high grade at all back then, so I pulled the trigger.   Now it looks like an absolute bargain.

Just checked, there's another one...$2,285.   Does anyone know the why?

It has to be a popular book to make $1,900 for a cream to off-white book in the SA.

On 9/9/2021 at 3:34 AM, herc2000 said:

I was not meaning they bought them 40 years ago, I was meaning they bought a stack recently for a couple of dollars, then they push the book when they have a box full, lol.

Thats usually how it goes.   But the prices were cheap, and one was a pedigree.    

"Cheap" CGC 9.8's and the Bronze Age user to be a regular thing, but not from what's been happening lately.   There's minor, semi, major, and mega keys are in every age right now, and the prices no longer have an upper limited just because it's a bronze, copper. or modern book. 

On 9/8/2021 at 7:39 AM, innocuous said:

On #172 you were so close. Maybe next time.

I'm a last 10 seconds bomber, but the bid price had already left my orbit, so I didn't chase it.  I did get the Pacific Coast copy of #176.   I have never seen that book before.  

On 9/8/2021 at 1:18 AM, Dr. Dank said:

That's not a forum, it's a travesty 

It's 500 free at the moment 

On 9/7/2021 at 6:09 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

So I suspect it won't be long before some of us give up on the place for good.  And that will be a shame for me, as I've always quite enjoyed posting here. 

On 9/2/2021 at 10:05 AM, Dave Henson said:

First time purchase from ComicConnect. A real beauty! 
 

Their last auction was a Doctor Strange extravaganza for collectors, with record prices set across the board!!!

$5,568 for a 9.6 #169!!!

On 9/6/2021 at 1:56 PM, kagemusha7s said:

I did add the books I wanted to see to my watch list during the auction.  Then when it was over I clicked on watched items and nothing came up at all.

Yup, there's a second step to adding the books to your watch list.   You can't just click the first link and add them.   Comicconnect wants you to confirm it in the individual book page.  Painful I know, but that's the system they've set up.

On 9/6/2021 at 8:19 AM, kagemusha7s said:

Is there a way to see the final prices for the last ComicConnect auction?

You had to of added the books you're interested in to your watch list.

I couldn't even see books I'd won until going down the watch list route.

On 9/5/2021 at 10:39 AM, jimjum12 said:

With the very nature of the character, wouldn't Eternity's 1st appearance supersede the creation of the entire Marvel universe ? It would have to be the first Marvel comic  GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Are you saying a writer never used a story loop in the last 60 years at Marvel??