domuhnator

Hey all! Just a reminder our auction ends at 10pm eastern! We have some massive books up including the tec 27! 

Hey all! update for you guys. As mentioned above we will have a 6.5 blue Tec 27 in our may 4th elite auction. This auction is going to be massive is terms of quality. We have some really really nice books lined up that have not sold publicly in quite some time. 

We also have some fun books ending tonight at 10PM eastern! Nothing crazy but a few cool GA books. 

On 2/24/2022 at 1:06 AM, Aman619 said:

so the auction ends and poof!  all lots disappear?  thats no fun.

Bottom left, Click sold lot and sort by comics!

On 2/23/2022 at 6:49 PM, Timeless icons said:

does anyone know if they report to GPA?

 

Yes I know our past sales did show up on GPA. I Believe these will as well. 

Thanks - Dom 

Just a reminder for everyone! Auction ends tomorrow at 10PM. Make sure you get at least one bid in on whatever lots you want PRIOR to 10Pm eastern or you will not be able to bid after 10PM 

Thats a super interesting ticket. If Arnold was in the 84 games it would have more potential. But based off what I see it wouldn't qualify for auction at goldin. Defiantly a unique one though. 

On 2/1/2022 at 11:06 AM, mytastebud said:

I will give this a bump hoping someone will help. 

https://goldin.co/buy?number_of_lots=24&page=1&Category=Comics

Preview is LIVE! Bidding opens tomorrow on the 10th. Get your bids in early so you qualify for extended bidding. We at goldin are planning on having a record breaking year. If you want to be a part of it, send me a message! This is going to be the first of many Elite auctions in 2022 and we have some big things planned along with a robust auction schedule. 

Thanks - Dom 

On 2/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, Chicago Boy said:

Your top 3 are beautiful books.  350k and 300k guesstimates for the Top 2 (Bats & Supes 1).  Great snag !  Well done. The fact that someone is coming to you with that Supes 1 this early in your tenure shows a lot of faith IMO

We sold the 1.0 very strongly September last year so i'm sure that helped! 

On 2/8/2022 at 11:52 AM, circumstances said:

i haven't had a heathy advance since college!

We could change that! 

On 1/3/2022 at 12:58 PM, SuperMega said:

Your first hurdle is the grading terminology. You can't grade raw comics using card terminology, it erodes confidence. It makes me think that you don't have a comics professional on staff, like you guys are just winging it. Am I incorrect?

I have answered and apologized for this a few times already. Moving forward things will be different. On top of that we are trying to get away from ungraded items. I am the comics professional of staff. So if you see anything incorrect feel free to reach out. Im sure theres going to be mistakes but trust me when I say I am working as hard as I can to improve as much as I can. 

On 1/3/2022 at 11:53 AM, bpc3qh said:

So there are going to be auctions where the first time we know the books is when the auction starts?

There is always a 24 hour preview as a minimum. Last auction we did one week. I would like to stick with the week long preview but there a lot more that goes into it then me just saying to our auction manager "hey lets do a week long preview". But moving forward as I have said before I am working towards that goal but it might not happen this time around for our Jan/Feb Elite auction.  

On 1/3/2022 at 11:27 AM, bpc3qh said:

What about the preview? My understanding was that the new website meant we'd be able to see previews even while other auctions were running.

Yes that is the case. Im not sure how long this preview will be or when it will start. But there will be a preview. As I said before though I don't think were every going to run the multi month previews like HA does. We are still working out the exact preview details for this auction. 

On 12/27/2021 at 6:12 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Dom, I have to say your company picked the right guy to address the Boards.  I'm impressed by how you've managed to stay calm, polite and gracious under the barrage of often hostile comments and inquiries.  I hope you folks can iron out the wrinkles and become competitive.  It never hurts to have another auction house to consider. 

Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate that. Im working very very hard to make the goldin comic department a force to be reckoned with. Given some time I have no Doubt we will have a very very competitive product for you all.  

On 12/28/2021 at 11:44 PM, Chicago Boy said:

He took a beating early on with some of his responses actually but learned quickly on how to win this tough crowd over. If January truly has the elite books he says they have (and were sandbagging on purpose) I'll find him to be a man of his word as well 

Haha Im no stranger to the boards. But im not going anywhere. 

I wouldn't say sandbagging. We have different kinds of auctions. Not all of them are going to elite level auctions. This past one was not. The next one will be! 

The goal was to launch late January. But our sports January sports auction looks like its get extended a few days. So we're looking at early February as a probable start for bidding. 

On 12/27/2021 at 2:11 PM, rjpb said:

Thank you, will do. I will say responses were prompt and otherwise helpful, so don't be too hard on them. Not a big deal to send a check, as that's typically how I pay for comiclink wins as well, but if your bank facilitates it, I would recommend accepting zelle. 

I know we cant do Zelle. Possibly in the future but as of right now payment options wont change. 

On 12/27/2021 at 1:13 PM, rjpb said:

Support needs to get on the same page then.

Im very sorry Richard. We had a-lot of new support staff start recently. I will make sure they are all updated ASAP. We 100% take ACH payments. It's actually preferred. If you ever have any issues please reach out to me directly. dom@goldinauctions.com

On 12/18/2021 at 10:36 AM, rjpb said:

I won a single book, but it was slabbed, so I'm not expecting any surprises. I'm still waiting as I paid by check, since Goldin is not set up for ACH or zelle payments, and my bank caps online wire transfers at $1K per day. Hopefully they will have better descriptions on their raw lots in the future.

On 12/18/2021 at 11:09 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

Seriously? I don't use wire transfers, but I thought that they were most often used for large transactions like mortgage payoffs, etc.

On 12/18/2021 at 11:22 AM, rjpb said:

I can do larger ones in person at the bank, and have for things like buying a house, but that's the limit using online banking with my bank. It's higher for a commercial account. 

We absolutely do AHC payments. Wire, Crypto, check. Pretty much any way you want to pay other then paypal/zelle. 

On 12/12/2021 at 12:45 PM, Chicago Boy said:

They came in like a lion and went out. like a lamb.  Need to pull some more tricks out to get some publicity worthy books for auction #3

On 12/12/2021 at 2:20 PM, Mmehdy said:

for sure if they want to be a major player, then need to add more Key SA/GA books. I agree on auction 2 being weak compared to #1

This auction having lower value was 100% intentional. We have all the big books going in our January auction, which is another Elite auction like the first and will have some huge books.  

We wanted to keep the entry point low for this one. 

On 12/10/2021 at 4:58 PM, Bird said:

yes, grades would have helped 

words like good were used but I don't think it meant Good as photos suggested better

Yes I would prefer that as well but I am the early to bed type and nothing was MUST HAVE for me.

We're totally revamping how raw books are going to be presented. This was an anomaly and is something I want to change. Picture quality will improve as well. We were having some back end issues with our regular large high res photos and had to resize most of them.  

On 12/10/2021 at 11:05 AM, Dark Knight said:

That's fine too, but I'm a last minute bidder especially if I'm interested in multiple lots where I can manage my bids more strategically. What do I mean by that? Well basically if say I had my max on an earlier lot and lose out on it, then maybe I can up my bidding for the next one since I have more money to spend now or vise versa.

Sometimes in the heat of bidding, I tend to go an increment or two above my max if I lost out on all the rest and really wanted to win or if I really wanted that book. I want to be where the action is happening.

The whole 1000+ lot auction was pretty much wrapped up in under 2 hours. I really don't think any of the other auction houses would have closed that quickly. Maybe CC but I doubt it. Its really not a bad system and auctions rarely last longer then this one unless its 1-2 lots that people are going for. But it a really small percentage of lots.  

On 12/8/2021 at 6:18 PM, Dr. Love said:

The crazy thing about this time extension model is that there is a hard stop to how long it can go on - either number of resets or a time of day stop.  But it exists - the system will not allow indefinite bidding.

of course it's impossible to get that info from CC.  How about Goldin, dom?  or is it mystery auction time for east coasters while california stoners keep em up till 3am just because they can!

Technically It could go on forever. But it would get really really expensive really really fast. But as far as a actual limit built into the website I don't believe there is one.

The big difference from us and CC is that our bidding increments are much much larger. I dont remember exactly how much larger but 1 Goldin bid is 2x one CC bid pretty fast up to one goldin bid being 4x one CC on the top end. So at the end of the day your not waiting that much longer with goldin per lot then you are with CC.

On 12/8/2021 at 5:48 PM, ToBeContinued... said:

Could be one reason why I'd never heard of you guys before this thread 

Difficult? You think I think it's difficult? It's not difficult, it's just stupid. You think I'm going to hang out for a 1/2 hour just for some jackbone to bid it up one increment and extend the auction another 1/2 hour, and so on and so on? 

You're losing bidders because of this dumb rule 

On 12/8/2021 at 4:25 PM, ToBeContinued... said:

Sounds like a good reason NOT to buy from you guys. 30 minutes?? Ridiculous. Try 3 minutes like MCS. What's wrong with sniping anyway?

And that "you have to bid at 9:30 to bid later" rule is also .

It's just how we have done things for the past 8 years. Im sorry you don't like it. Its really not that difficult once you get the hang of it. 

You just have to bid before 9:30. It can be a second before or right after it opens. 

If anyone is planning on bidding and doesn't know how our auction works please watch this! This video is about our 30 minute rule. 

Hey all! Auction ends tonight! Just remember you have to have to have a bid placed before 9:30 Pm eastern to be able to bid on any lots after 10 PM!