What's wrong with this picture????

[Joanna]

Some people know they won't be around when it ends, and don't have any sniping service or software, so they put a proxy, get outbid, up their proxy, etc. hoping to outprice the opposition. I've had many an auction won by an early bidder despite lots of other bids trying to oupace him.

 

And I've been known to just put the price I want to pay and if I win, good, if I'm outbid, so what.

 

-- Joanna

[lighthouse]

CBG says 9.4's go for 4.1X guide

 

Yes... but unfortunately all of their multipliers are based on THEIR guide and not on Overstreet...

 

THEIR guide... which lists Hulk 181 at $600, MTU 1 at $50, and your TTA 37 at just $310...

 

I'd like to find those CGC 9.4 MTU 1's they say I should be able to pick up for $205... and your book is a steal at $1271.00....

 

Common 9.4's may go at 4x CBG... but their multiplier is whack for HTF stuff...

[supapimp]

hahahaha, your half wrong bro bro, read page 43 in this weeks CBG #1519, it reads: For CGC graded comics auctioned, Comics Buyer's Guide compared the difference between the median closing price offered at each grade and The Standard Catalog of Comic Books price for an ungraded NM copy.

[COI]

Good point, but there's a difference between placing a serious proxy bid 6 hours before an auction ends because you won't be home to snipe, and outbidding someone 3 days in advance on a very high priced book. Supa is right in saying it's an ego thing.

 

It also depends on what the item in question is. With high end stuff that you rarely, if ever see on ebay , there is often no definable ceiling of what people are willing to pay. Therefore, last minute snipers and the bidding wars that may ensue usually ensure that proxy bids will not stand a chance.

[lighthouse]

Yeah, but the Standard Catalog IS CBG's own price guide... and that's the guide I pulled those prices from...

[supapimp]

is that the new big price guide book, with the CGC books auction prices? cos if it is, maggie thompson and her underlings got to lay off the pipe. d'ya know what i mean?

[lighthouse]

Yep... a 12-pound monster...

 

It's great for cover dates and circulation info. But the prices are ludicrous. I understand the premise, that these are the prices a diligent collector can expect to find after searching the internet, mail order, shows, and stores.

 

But I'd really like to find these places where Miracleman hardcovers sell for $35, Ultimate Spider-Man #6-up are "cover or less", and Amazing Adventures #11 is $35...

[supapimp]

isn't CBG out of wisconsin? try wisconsin, lot of packer fans and cheese.....i'll think i'll pass.

[lighthouse]

... I've got an uncle who is a cheesemaker in Wisconsin... was one of the first in North America to be making Havarti...

 

But somehow I don't think I'm any more likely to find books at these prices in Wisconsin... If I did, I'd be on a plane right now...

[FlyingDonut]

actually.....

 

prices for books are significantly less in the Midwest than the rest of the country. Outside of Chicago, you can get stuff for a deep discount. Try St. Louis, for example...

[lighthouse]

I believe it if you say so Donut...

 

But somehow I doubt they are selling stuff quite this cheap. At some level it makes sense for the locals to sell on eBay... just like dealers in variant cities selling to everyone else...

 

When's the last time you saw a Miracleman hardcover selling for $35?... anywhere? I got almost $500 for my last set of 4 softcovers... The hardcovers may as well not exist...

[FlyingDonut]

well, maybe not stuff they can move instantly on eBay, but solid books - I picked up mid-grade pre-code horror stuff, very solid books, late 40s Timelys and other nice goodies from a store in St. Louis for about 20% off of Overstreet.

[PovertyRow]

Here's another one. What's wrong with THIS image?

 

[supapimp]

uhhh...alfred e. neuman is on the label?

[Rickdogg]

hmmmmm, tough one. Give me a few hints

[greggy]

What's up Pimper? More relax now that one of your books met reserve? BTW, were you on crack when you made up that price on the Batman 232?

[PovertyRow]

post removed because it crashed on previous but now it is working

[supapimp]

uh...i don't do synthetic, if it's organic don't panic, synthesize you die. nope, that was how much i paid for it. the book is in NM+ other than the bottom staple being detached, it was originally bought from harley yee as a raw NM+ copy. or that's atleast what the seller told me, nah, im not more relaxed, if the books don't sell i'll just keep em. the TTA 37 already paid for my slabbing fees including S&H, the return S&H was $110 for two boxes. YIKES!

[Joanna]

Supa, don't be dissing Wisconsin! That's my home state and I'm heading out today to be with Mom and my brothers for a good old-fashioned midwestern Christmas. I've lived more than half my life in LA, but I'll always be a small-town Wisconsin gal at heart.

 

-- Joanna

[supapimp]

hey! i know people who live in the city that are from wisconsin, and they turned out to be freaks just like most of the kids here. have fun on your holiday visit back to your home state, good luck on finding something to do.