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3 hours ago, GermanFan said:

As you may have noticed we now have millions of unvetted persons from all over the third world in Germany. So it can be assumed  the fraud rate will skyrocket.

How are German nationals vetted? Leave your xenophobia off the board.

11 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

I guess this would only apply for their Exchange listed books.

If you go back into their website and try to find the books which went through their auctions, they are pretty much instantly gone once the auction is over.  No chance to search their auction history or even to find any paper trail at all which you can do for Heritage through their auction archives or somewhat clumsily with CC through their auction emails. 

Their auction sales are listed on the exchange, in the same way as exchange sales are. It's not obvious, but on the other hand it keeps all the sales in one place.

3 hours ago, 1Cool said:

Buying books on ComicLink exchange is frustrating to say the least.  They never seem to remove the sold books and half the time the book isn't even available when you go to buy it.  Their auctions are nice to buy from but I don't even bother looking at the Excahnge any more.

I had that happen on Comicconnect, too, though. I won items in an auction so I put an offer on a book. I never got a rejection message, the listing and my offer just disappeared at some point.

1 hour ago, adamstrange said:

When I clean my car, I try to use a solution that does not damage the paint.  Water will not damage paint. 

Water will damage a comic book cover.

I don't know about that. If I plan on taking a long shower sometimes I'll bring a pre-Robin Tec in to read. It keeps the dirt off of them and according to the labeling now I'm actually conserving the books. They should last longer now thanks to me!

9 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

I thought the prices for the books I liked, in general, were a little soft in this auction.  I was happy to get 3 books I liked. 

That Patsy Walker was a good deal; to my eye the breaks in color on the cover blend in really well. I'd consider that an example a lower-grade keeper.

I agree that it seemed like there was more softness.

1 hour ago, atomised said:

just bagged the Wonder Woman #9.  Came in well under gpa and what I was willing to pay for it so hey I'll have beer to that.  

 

Nice! I was still mulling that one over today, but I already got a decent haul and there are so many wantlist items coming up in November that all I can think is how I'm going to afford even a fraction of them.

6 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Glad I'm not the only one seeing this.  After winning TOS #44, I was unable to bid on TOS #53 due to the error above, and lost out.  Then several others.

As far as I can tell, the site has been unable to accept bids since some time between the close of TOS #44 and #53.  I think all auctions starting from when the error cropped up should be "reset" with new end dates to give everyone a fair shot at the books.

I had marker bids on many items, and the "my auction bids" page is keeping the recently closed items displayed above the soon-to-close listings longer than usual. The top/earliest one is ToS 46 9.2. I'm guessing it's just a matter of time before an announcement.

1 minute ago, Drummy said:

Hmmm.  Tried bidding on some books tonight around 9:30ET, but every time I put a bid in I got an error message that something was "full" and the bid wouldn't go through.  Only after the auctions ended did I get a response saying that they were over.

Too bad, but I wonder if others had trouble bidding tonight?  I was hoping to land a Fantucchio TOS book.

Dan

After successfully placing other bids, I'm now getting this each time I try on ToS 65 8.0:

There was an error during processing of requested page. Number: 0x80040E14 Category: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server File: /Auctions/sendbid.asp Line, column: 254, -1 Description: The transaction log for database 'CL' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP'. ASP Description:

CDO.Message.1 error '80040220'

The "SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.

/error/ErrorHandler.asp, line 119

I've had my eyes out for one for a while, and the 9.4 in the current comiclink auction is the only one I've seen in good shape. (I'm passing on it, though.)

19 hours ago, bisquitodoom said:

Only if it's really good and stands on its own.

Yes, that. I think if anything it's a better idea to buy something you really like but don't have a previous connection to. Nostalgia isn't transferable, whereas that Mouse Guard piece would get a reaction from most of my friends.

10 hours ago, jimjum12 said:

I don't have a lot of grails...at least not realistic ones..... but this was one. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

I'm still pretty new to non-DC golden age, and seeing this is a "wow" moment for me.

On 9/4/2017 at 4:57 PM, batman_fan said:

Finally found a decent copy of this one for a "reasonable" price.

 

Congratulations. I was literally a day late to a 7.0 sold here recently, and I've been kicking myself about it.

I thought it was odd how low the Killer Croc origin page was going, then it went from $605 to $1351 with three bids in three seconds.

59 minutes ago, Ryanfromottawa said:

I saw the one on eBay, I'm surprised it's still there, perfect centering and white pages... 

Yeah, I'd decided after July that the price multiple for a 9.8 isn't worth it for me and my budget, but that sure is tempting me.

On 9/17/2017 at 10:00 AM, Ryanfromottawa said:

The ms marvel 1 on comicconnect also sold for 1800 , It s the same thing that happened with af 15 when the Spider-Man movie came out, prices exploded across all grades. I think after wonder woman's success ms marvel 1 will see a jump in prices as the movie approaches.

also relative to other first appearances of characters getting their own films, ms marvel 1 is by far the cheapest , (1500-2000) making it attractive and more affordable for people to purchase in high grades

also in this auction the iron man 55 went for around 7k , when gpa has 12 month average at 5400 and last sale at 4900. The trailer at sdcc most likely has spiked interest in thanos once again. Also there was concept art for ms marvel debuted as well 

A Ms Marvel 1 also sold for 1800 on comiclink in July. I had a bid on that, but it's become one of those books that goes for more than retail at online comic auctions even though it's readily available. There's a really nice one for $1599 on eBay right now, and a slightly softer one at mycomicshop for about $1340. Auction prices for X-men 130 have gone this way, too, since the Dazzler announcement. I think it's an interesting phenomenon.

I've seen some that look good, but I wouldn't get a book signed on the cover except maybe for an inexpensive issue with sentimental value or if all the creative team was there. I saw in the census for an issue I just bought that there's a new highest grade, the only copy above 8.5, and it's signed. I hope they did it out of love for the book because the idea of it makes me cringe.

Thanks to you both. I bought it and will probably send it in to be reholdered immediately since I have others I need done.

This is a book I might purchase online, but I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to older cases and I'm concerned the label looks a little off. The stripe pattern in the light blue area concerns me the most; I thought it might be something like a moiré effect or digital artifact in the picture itself but I haven't seen them in any other photos of older labels I've looked at. I'm probably just being overly cautious, but I figure I'd rather ask now than after buying it. 

(I blocked out the names myself.)