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jimbo_707

jimbo_707

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I'm not making any accusations, nor do I really care at the end of the day, just think the results were extremely high across the board. I don't know. Maybe that's just the way things are trending for GA.

 

Something's changed in the last year, but I don't think the Metro owners are behind it. I won one book in each of three auctions in a row between August of 2012 and March of 2013 (and thought the prices on most of the other books I was tracking were within reason). Since then, I've been the under-bidder on one book--nowhere close on most--and picked up zilch. It could be that one or two people with a lot of money have entered the GA market; I think new collectors tend to be more aggressive in terms of what they're willing to pay. As for a conspiracy theory...I suppose it could be that someone planning to bring a large GA collection to market is bidding other people up in order to inflate prices across the board. (Is there anybody, say down Virginia-way, who might try something like that?) I don't believe these high prices will last, which is why I plan to be a spectator unless one of my personal grails goes up on the block.

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G.A.tor

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I typically win more at cc because I like their bidding format. Second most wins is heritage , again, bc they have "live" bidding. I love clink but win the fewest books there these days bc of the lack of extended bidding (unless it is that one "must have " book).

I rarely bid on or win anybing on eBay

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Heronext

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I agree that the 3 minute add on forces a real auction battle. Both the books I won, (marvel mystery 5 and human torch 12 went way into "overtime". If I had been able to snipe I might have lost both.

 

I've always had to pay high from CC. And wait the longest for the books.

 

mycs has extended bidding also, they're the only other ones

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Heronext

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Someone paid $2,100 for a Journey into Mystery #14 CGC 6.5. A $500 book at best. :facepalm:

 

Not any more.

 

It is a sought after cover, more of an outlier sale, but not totally surprising.

 

I think what might be the most valuable thing these houses (Heritage, Metro, CLink) own is their mailing list

 

They are able to get a captive audience of many well-off collectors into one room, and play their game

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pmpknface

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Mask Comics #2?? Someone wanted that really bad

 

No kidding! Last month on Heritage a CGC 4.0 went for $900! That book on CC was bid over $1400 days ago too. Ages ago 5.0's went just over $1100.

 

Also, the last few Mask #1's on HA that were 5.0 / 5.5 each went over $1500. I got this for less than a 3rd of them...

 

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Et-Es-Go

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I am quite surprised, but I picked up the Punch #12 this evening. One of my favorite Cheslers.

Time to celebrate pop the cork!!

My baby, given up for adoption. Congrats.

 

 

Thank you for your sacrifice.

 

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The_SandMan

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Mask Comics #2?? Someone wanted that really bad

 

No kidding! Last month on Heritage a CGC 4.0 went for $900! That book on CC was bid over $1400 days ago too. Ages ago 5.0's went just over $1100.

 

Also, the last few Mask #1's on HA that were 5.0 / 5.5 each went over $1500. I got this for less than a 3rd of them...

 

mas2.20a.jpg

 

Congrats! At least I was outbid by a fellow Boardie :-)

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