Artboy99

no do not press them especially if you have to pay for the pressing service.

You need to wait until you have the books in hand to see what you have, and it is important to know that most of the books from that run are not worth the price of pressing and then encapsulation.

On 10/22/2023 at 6:32 PM, Lightning55 said:

That last part is what is suspicious. Almost every auction crept up to your last bid, which was, as you said, a fairly wild bid, well over comparables, and then stopped short of your max, leaving you holding the bag. Every one. Not one went past, even by chance. Super suspicious.

Almost seems like they can see what you bid. Hmmm.

I agree. 

On 10/22/2023 at 10:27 AM, skypinkblu said:

I started sniping on eBay many years ago because of shill bidding. I had never even heard of shill bidding when I learned about bidding there. In the good old days, Stu would find shill bidders all the time and report them on the chatboard.

People had fake names, friends names, neighbors etc.  I had no idea what sniping was, but a friend taught me about 3 seconds ...and even sometimes less, an action that would prevent my putting in an early bid and getting bid up. I used to sit at the computer counting.

Then they masked all the names...it was very hard to determine who was cheating and accepting cheats unless the people were dumb enough to make small incremental bids and it was obvious.

Now I pretty much just bid what I'm willing to pay, UNLESS I have the time to sit in at the end and bid live.

I laughed at the "cleverly bidding $401" I actually add more than $1, it rarely works;) 

Oh and on eBay, I sometimes use Esnipe, but that doesn't work on many other platforms.

did you detect my sarcasm? Great!

Thanks guys, thrilled to know you fellow boardies/friends bought some of my books. 

On 10/21/2023 at 6:11 PM, skypinkblu said:

I don't think the timing helped...I bid on a bunch on Wed, figuring I'd be way outbid...if I had been around Thursday night a few of those would have either had higher prices, or I would have won them.

Thanks for participating. I decided to get involved in the special Fiction House auction, which i do think helped.

On 10/21/2023 at 6:00 PM, Dr. Love said:

How'd you lose on the #2?  It went for the same amount as it did last year. 

19% buyer premium

On 10/21/2023 at 4:10 PM, MattTheDuck said:

Boy, that's really surprising (and disconcerting!) given the increase in this title the last couple of years.  But of course, you have to have buyers willing to pay "up" in the auction.

There are books i am sure i paid more for than i should have.

There are dealers i bought raw books from that vastly misrepresented the books they offered and i will never buy raw from ever again. Example: the Planet Comics #1 i purchased was raw and represented as a 6.5. On the internet it looked like a 6.5 but in hand you see defects and of course it came back from cgc as a 4.5. That is a big difference. 

The mid grade books i had in the 4.0- 6.5-7.0 range didnt change much.

I am also including pressing and grading.

On 10/21/2023 at 7:05 AM, Bird said:

well...did the auction meet expectations? How did you do?

Overall i did ok, but slightly less than i expected. Several books sold well: the #1, #3, #6, #8, #11, #15, australian #15, #17-19, 48 and all the Lily Renee covers #33, #35, #39.

I lost on the Promise pedigree and the Church pedigree and the #2 and wish i kept them.

All restored books did poorly except for #1.

The chatter on instagram was the Planets were "on fire" but really it was only a select handful the 5.0-7.0-8.5 books i owned for 10 years mostly sold at break even at best with some at less than i paid for them.

I also think it is a smarter venture if trying to obtain period currency to bring back items of value in the time machine to exchange/sell for the period correct currency. Gold items, jewels, etc.

Then you accumulate period correct currency in better condition for face value

Generally there are many things to consider but yes I would buy a conserved book if the book is one I am after and the price is attractive and so is the book.

On 10/17/2023 at 8:38 AM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

I've thought about this problem, and figured that the solution would be to gather up the oldest bills you can currently find that aren't worth any more than the newest bills, go back in time to when they were new, exchange them for the oldest bills you can find that aren't worth any more than contemporary bills, and repeat the process until you have valid money from the time period you're buying from.

I would just get the currency from the suitcase Doc Brown has in the time travel car that he already accumulated

On 10/14/2023 at 10:49 PM, Microchip said:

I've watched it again a little while ago, and came away with a much better opinion of the movie.   It was a really good Ant-man movie.

Was it what I was expecting the first time, no not at all.   But once all of my expectations, and anticipation around this being an MCU event movie had evaporated, I actually enjoyed for what it was, and the characters, and design features throughout.

 

My advice to the nay sayers.  Let go, and enjoy the ride.

like many of their franchises it is a steady downward trend in my opinion. The first Ant-Man is the best, then the second, then the recent film.

On 10/14/2023 at 2:40 PM, Telegan said:

In movies, they always steal, barter, or get a job!

they sell their glasses which were a gift from Dr. McCoy. And the beauty of it is that will be a gift again.

On 10/14/2023 at 3:24 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

On 10/12/2023 at 7:07 PM, SpceWrnglr said:

When you say “moving” do you mean like Shaken Comic Syndrome? Or do you mean moving like “breathing” or settling? Like I said earlier I know that if not given room to expand and contract with temp and humidity changes framed prints will ripple in the same way as the fibers in the paper get stretched.

 

The book can move inside the inner well and at the same time the plastic can grab the book.

More likely the encapsulation is too tight

On 10/13/2023 at 8:26 AM, Mutant Manatee said:

 

Isn't that the only option, besides hand-delivering the item yourself?

Is why I no longer do deals where I am shipping to another country: I have had to many thefts, lost packages, tampering, etc.

The problem is the customs label that notes what the contents of the box are and a declared value: becomes far too tempting to a low wage employee of the company if the box says "comic book, declared value $900"

I sell at local shows and hand the buyer the books to avoid this garbage.

transactions like the one you just experienced are why I am reluctant to do any deals where I have to rely on a 3rd party shipper to a different country. The required honest information on the customs form is problematic. I suspect an internal employee of stealing the package and at that stage you simply tell the customer to file a claim as the package is lost.

I have had books disappear where I have insured it with tracking and signature required. The buyer tells me he never got the book: as a repeat buyer of many of my books I believe the guy yet tracking shows delivered and it was signed for. I refund the buyer and because the book is considered delivered by the shipper I can not file an insurance claim! The book was stolen and likely by the carrier.

Also had a buyer complain the book is not the condition I advertised so I get him to ship it back to me and the VF-NM copy I sent him is now switched to a VG.

I have also shipped never opened still in original packaging items that have been opened and inspected by customs negating the very reason the collectible was purchased in the first place.

Sorry you are going through this, and I hope the book turns up.

On 10/11/2023 at 11:07 AM, joeypost said:

Technically, what you see is not a reversion. 

I agree. It is the book moving a little inside the inner well and the plastic of the inner well grabs the book and it causes the rippling. Also happens if the choice of inner well encapsulation is too small for the book.

check out the Fiction House special auction Heritage currently has going.

Heritage Auctions Search, 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction 40235 [52 793 794 791 1893 792 2088 4294936486 4294967051] (ha.com)

I personally think the issue is with the book and contact with the plastic of the inner well and how the surfaces interact within the slab. I have seen this type of rippling myself in slabs and I live in a rather dry climate.

both publisher's do sidekicks but my preference is without. 

On 10/8/2023 at 2:05 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

Here is a little more help 

 

Thanks Rick, that is a very cool video, and to see my books highlighted is appreciated.