Sometimes You Just Get Lucky

[David Swan]

A Proud New Addition to my Collection

 

I was thrilled to see a beautiful copy of Captain Marvel Adventures #127 CGC graded 9.4 up for auction on Ebay and was determined to try and make it mine. As most anyone knows who has bid in an online auction it's a week of waiting culminating in about 5 seconds of frantic activity. As a buyer the hope is always that you might luck onto an item that no other serious buyer is looking at and I was prepared to put up what I considered to be a bid high enough to scare off most competition.

 

So the day and the hour of the auctions end arrived and the comic was still under $100 so I decided to feel out the top bid and start increasing by $1. I was surprised to find that I quickly took over the top bid still under $100. This, of course, can be dicey because now I've made it known that someone is actively watching the bid. I was soon overtaken by another bidder and with 5 minutes to go I bid my way up to take the top spot again. Then I put in my max bid. All that was left to do was wait. Second by second ticked by and the price was doing nothing but with less than a few seconds to go it jumped up and in the last second leaped by almost $100. However, when the dust settled my winning bid was well under half guide price and much less than I anticipated I would pay. It was a very satisfying feeling and I basked in the glow as I went to sleep for the evening.

 

I've now gotten the comic in the mail and proudly placed it with all its CMA brethren. Unfortunately I have not managed to add it to my registry. #127 is one of many comics strewn about internet auctions that are part of starman221's registry. I have written journals in the past questioning the authenticity of this collection but it's hard come up with more evidence than actually owning one of the comics (the person selling was not starman221). I have written starman221 in the past asking him to remove comics he does not own but got no response or action. I wrote asking him to remove #127 with no response. I tried entering the registry number earlier this week with no success. Hopefully at some point it will be removed but this is the longest I've ever waited to try and get a registry number switched over.

 

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[RULKFAN1000]

Damn nice grab. I'd go to sleep as well with a smirk upon my face as well

[n2wdw]

Your bidding strategy is interesting. I typically put in a minimum bid just so it gets into my ebay summary (to help me not forget about it). Then I put in my max bid within a minute of the auction ending.

[surfer99]

To have a book from 1951 in that condition, wow, nice pick up. Dude, I used to love that Shazam TV show...and admittedly the mighty "Isis, Isis, Isis" (insert twirl here...or was that Wonder Woman?). Anyone under 40 is like, ummm, huh?

 

As for the online auction bidding, I got frustrated getting outbid by those last second bidders, or having the web site freeze up. New strategy is to bid my max from the get go. I figure if someone else wins at that point then they paid more than I was willing to so they can have it.

 

 

 

 

[Brandon Shepherd]

Nice book, it just goes to show how anything can happen in an auction.

[zosocane]

Congrats on the book -- high grade AND pedigree. Fawcetts are still affordable compared to their DC and Timely counterparts. But once Shazam (f/k/a Captain Marvel) makes his way into a DC movie ...

[SW3D]

Hey David,

 

Congrats on winning such an outstanding Golden Age comic!

 

Your CMA collection is growing by leaps and bounds... too bad you're having such difficulty getting them on the registry.

 

SW3D