Who wants it??

[seank]

Ok, EC experts, in what comic did the story about the blind guy at the parade appear? The one where he get beaten for not saluting the flag?

[aardvark88]

2 Fisted Tales?

[Larryw7]

Ok, EC experts, in what comic did the story about the blind guy at the parade appear? The one where he get beaten for not saluting the flag?

 

 

SHOCK SUSPENSE #2, I believe.

[Bonds25]

Well, it sold for a measly $9K.

 

http://allstarauc.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?books&1046051603

 

You could have bought 2 of these for the price of one Hulk #181 CGC 9.8.

[hammer-migration]

This doesn't look strange at all? The bidding sequence? After $4000, Jim Halperin, a Heritage AND CGC executive pushed up Geppi's bids TWENTY TWO TIMES???

 

If I were Geppi, after the 10th bump, I would have said "F U and F your Dead- EC books and erased the bookmark on the auction lot. That is, unless this is the first of many steps to follow to HYPE the lifeless EC High grade market at present (Showmanship at its finest).

 

They've got the same immovable Gaines File copy ECs in the Heritage auctions month after month, and two guys with the same access to those are butting heads 22 times over one in an All Star Auction? That makes a whole lotta' sense.

[Bonds25]

Didn't even notice that - interesting!

[Crowzilla]

I first noticed the timing of their bids in that auction, and then checked the timing of a couple of my bids and noticed that when you do a proxy, if someone else bids again, it re-enters your proxy bid as a new bid at the same time.

 

For example, these bids were both placed at the same second:

Mamanook (Sat Feb 22 12:10:05 2003) - $5500.00

Jhalpe (Sat Feb 22 12:10:05 2003) - $5599.00

 

so Geppi entered a bid and it was immediately outbid by Halperin at the same time, that explains a lot of the bids. But just like us sometimes, they want to slowly bid and not place a gigantic one all at once - since AllStar doesn't have a set end time, but waits until there are no more bids, it really doesn't matter.

I've noticed on non-Heritage auctions that Geppi will many times place more than

2-3 bids on an item.

 

[PovertyRow]

Very true. I just read the Senate SubCommitee hearings on comic books from 1954,

 

Hey DD! Where did you read this?

[forcomics-migration]

You can find it here:

 

Senate Subcommittee Report on Comic Books (1954)

[Larryw7]

Hey DD! Where did you read this?

 

 

I read it in the Hardback book TALES OF TERROR: THE EC COMPANION(it's constantly on eBay), but the link provided by Forcomics looks more thorough.

[aardvark88]

Would take all weekend to read the details from the 1950s Senate subcommittee link. Think I'll go to the library & read the short version in the EC hardcover bk.