Professor K

I just read it and came here. Good to see how appreciated she was.

2 hours ago, wolviefrk said:

looks like the bid retractions are starting early

 

current bids 6100 and 6200 look like definite shill bids. the 4 and 38 feedback bidders. The 38 feedback guy is the one bidding all his 181 up and up. Bidder 159 feedback looks suspicious there also.

1 hour ago, MGsimba77 said:

 

If that gets relisted as well then it'll be obvious this guy's a shill.

Meanwhile all this has propelled most other sellers to up their BIN prices on eBay... This (bleep) is crazy!

31 minutes ago, Chillax23 said:

Hmmmmm - its almost like there is a lot of speculation and market manipulation going on ........

Same thing happened with a Seller of a 7.0 at the end of July beginning of August - same copy sold three times on ebay (maybe non-paying bidders each time).  I also question the $4K sale for a 7.0 after it had leveled off at around $2900-3200 - especially with 8.0s only selling for $4k recently.

I think its a combination of several things eg: The comic was a little undervalued a few months back (opinion) - A few bidding wars that went real high (if they actually were legit) - some shenanigans from a few sellers (assumption but seems to be the case) - And a current legitimate buying frenzy by those who think it will keep going up. .......The Cream 9.0 at 6,350 right now looks like a legit bidding war by people who aren't familiar with auction tactics, but if it does get re-listed after its over then the seller if definitely playing games. Just my humble opinion

I've been watching all the 181 ebuy sales and there is some definite shenanigans going on with that seller. For one low feedback winners and runner ups who seemingly don't pay after bidding it up then its back up in a couple of days. The 9.0 cream already over 6K looks legit as far as I can tell. Lots of bidders for a Cream Bronze.  PS It was my 8.0 that sold for 3900 on Sunday. That is what an honest auction gets.

That was a really nice 9.2

Aw Shucks

 Thats looks real nice for a 7.0 

I bought this raw for 300 and submitted it about 3 years ago. I was happy.

One day I'll upgrade my 94 to match my GS

15 hours ago, MustEatBrains said:

IMO and there's some general consensus that grading can be "tight" or "loose" at certain times and some folks will look at grade date in conjuction with the book itself when assessing a purchase.

I'm glad I waited for you to say it. I could never have stated it so L O Kwent Lee. I feel the grade date is the grade date regardless of how many times it was re-slabbed.  thanks all.

Hi, I just spoke to CGC about an issue. The rep told me that when a book gets a re-holder  that the date of the re-holdering now becomes the new Graded Date.

I questioned him a few times but he still said yes.

Anybody know if this is true?

This means if a book graded in 1995 gets a new slab in 2018, then it is considered graded in 2018. If this is so I believe it is wrong, the original date graded is what should remain in the verification notes.  Any thoughts, verification about this? thanks

Got mine about a year ago along with a 30 cent Spotlight 28 9.4

On 8/15/2018 at 8:43 PM, Kevin76 said:

An 8.0 181 with white pages just ended on eBay for $5100 ...unreal   

Yeah I was following that one. Why the sudden boom with this? Mass Hysteria or am I missing something?

Such a great cover