14 of spades

the neat thing about this thread was that it was being unravelled over 3-4 days, and everyone was watching what was going on as it happened.

it was about some guy in california (?) who spent 15 000 on a comic lot from an ebayer with (1) feedback, "daddyslittlegirl". it was one of those "attic finds" kinda - a girl claimed she was selling her dad's comic book collection from the 1960s.

the auction was looked at from left and right - and everyone thought it was a fake seller/buyer who traded feedback (cause the feedback was traded like the very next day).

the auction had one small picture showing a few comics. no supersize, no description of what was in it, nothing. all the bidders were obviously hoping to find a goldmine. another legitimate seller who regularly sells lots (he posts here) posted that the auction was fake since his similar lots would normally go for about 2000. but his auctions DISCLOSE what's included, whereas that one auction did not. so people *speculated* on a goldmine.

turns out it was true. one of our forum members (iirc it was FF) actually called the guy and spoke with him on the phone to get details. it was true. the buyer paid, and picked up the books in person.

this thread was particularly dramatic in the sense that ALL the indications pointed to it being fake, but turns out, there really was some crazy speculator who spent 15 000 on a box of unknown books....

among the greatest auction discussions are ...

the daddyslittlegirl auction

the jggreen/SNE auctions....

some people collect first-edition books

check this out James Joyce out. interestingly enough - the description implies the book has increased value because it is

"Pristine and UNRESTORED."

not just in comics are there PLODs...

Here I go again.

yeah - isn't there a similar very-current (i.e. TODAY) thread going on?

And NY Mets Baseball cards.

i collected cards as a child - from about 1987-1990. NYMets were the team, and

Dwight Gooden was the MAN! !

actually - only until recently (last yr or so) - found an auction on ebay. got gooden's two 1984 update cards (fleer and topps tiff) together with his other 1985 RCs for like $8.

couldn't believe it. first time in over 10 yrs i buy cards, and i get my two holy-grails. up until then - as a 10 yr old collector - i had never even SEEN EITHER of them. and all of a sudden i had them. kinda odd feeling. cause yes - the search was over, but it was over so "easily" - and the passion wasn't quite there anymore - but it still meant something. so i still have them. i still have all my cards - i imagine if i sell my card collection - i'll still keep those two cards though.

but - very cool to get them so cheap. they used to book for over 100 apiece.

other stuff - all at some point in my life

coins

stamps

rocks

used lottery-tickets

currently -

vivian hsu stuff (don't think anyone here would know her)

great post and kudos for the effort Dr.B!

anyone know which was the first Marvel horror title?