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Black Bat

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4 hours ago, october said:

Cool comic, but...:screwy:

Mine has better colors, so if anyone wants it for a reasonable $10,000 just PM me. :screwy::screwy:

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I don’t know that spine’s a little crooked...

now this on the other hand...

 

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lou_fine

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1 hour ago, Point Five said:

I hope the buyer of the FN- Startling #53 for $2K... with the auction amended to note chunks out of the first three page margins (!)... is pleased with the eye appeal in hand.

 

Yes indeed as I was rather surprised that one would go for that amount of money at almost 6X condition guide, especially considering that it was not only a raw copy, but also noted as having LARGE chunks out of the first few pages.  :whatthe:  :p

With a major defect like that, I am not sure if it has been fully factored into their raw grade of F- and if the book was ever certified, whether the CGC grade would come in much lower than that?  hm  (shrug)

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7 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Yes indeed as I was rather surprised that one would go for that amount of money at almost 6X condition guide, especially considering that it was not only a raw copy, but also noted as having LARGE chunks out of the first few pages.  :whatthe:  :p

With a major defect like that, I am not sure if it has been fully factored into their raw grade of F- and if the book was ever certified, whether the CGC grade would come in much lower than that?  hm  (shrug)

That's a good question. When the auction was amended, I assumed they meant it's now a Qualified FN-. It's probably more likely that the FN- was their original grade estimate factoring in the chunks, and that it's more like a Qualified VF or thereabouts, which makes the finishing price somewhat less zany. 

My question stands about the scans, though, as the eye appeal was certainly key to this final price. I really wonder. 

 

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2 hours ago, Point Five said:
3 hours ago, lou_fine said:

With a major defect like that, I am not sure if it has been fully factored into their raw grade of F- and if the book was ever certified, whether the CGC grade would come in much lower than that?  hm  (shrug)

That's a good question. When the auction was amended, I assumed they meant it's now a Qualified FN-. It's probably more likely that the FN- was their original grade estimate factoring in the chunks, and that it's more like a Qualified VF or thereabouts, which makes the finishing price somewhat less zany. 

Not sure about Heritage's accuracy in terms of their own raw grading, but it sure seems like there was a lot of strength on the final prices for many of their raw books.  :whatthe:  (shrug)

 

2 hours ago, Point Five said:

My question stands about the scans, though, as the eye appeal was certainly key to this final price. I really wonder. 

From the comments that I have seen on the boards here and the same book being posted on other auction sitrs, I think it's best for bidders to assume that the real book when received in hand will most certainly NOT have the same eye appeal as what you are seeing from their scans. :mad:  (tsk)

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On 3/23/2021 at 9:34 AM, Mr. Lady Luck said:

This is the second Signature auction in a row that the number of Golden Age books has been extremely low. (shrug)

Might be because I think they increased the frequency of how many Signature auctions they hold a year. So the offerings are spread out more. Just a guess .

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Hi ya'll. I just learned something about buying on Heritage. An owner of a book they won on auction put it up Monday with a BUY NOW price of 1,500. Yesterday (Tuesday) I clicked BUY NOW for the full amount. Today (Wednesday) they responded and said they want 2,000 for it now.

There is something about that that doesn't sit right with me. If one clicks by BUY NOW for the price the seller is offering it for they are committed to buying it for the price offered. Apparently the seller is not committed. Its kind of like dangling a carrot in front of a plow mule. Imagine if one of us put a book for sale here for a price and when someone posted an :takeit: we then said now the price is 500 dollars more. I think we'd get blacklisted pretty quickly. Anyway this has nothing to do with the current auction so I'll just fade off into the sunset now.

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On 3/23/2021 at 6:34 AM, Mr. Lady Luck said:

This is the second Signature auction in a row that the number of Golden Age books has been extremely low. (shrug)

Maybe because people are realizing just how undervalued golden age is compared to silver, copper and modern age books with their recent run up in prices. 

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3 hours ago, sagii said:

Another observation: it's amazing considering how many auctions HA (weekly ones included) Comiclink and Comic Connect hold a year between the three of them, you can still go years sometimes and not see certain books . 

I have been waiting sometime for certain books and i'm running out of time lol

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1 hour ago, Professor Chaos said:

Hi ya'll. I just learned something about buying on Heritage. An owner of a book they won on auction put it up Monday with a BUY NOW price of 1,500. Yesterday (Tuesday) I clicked BUY NOW for the full amount. Today (Wednesday) they responded and said they want 2,000 for it now.

There is something about that that doesn't sit right with me. If one clicks by BUY NOW for the price the seller is offering it for they are committed to buying it for the price offered. Apparently the seller is not committed. Its kind of like dangling a carrot in front of a plow mule. Imagine if one of us put a book for sale here for a price and when someone posted an :takeit: we then said now the price is 500 dollars more. I think we'd get blacklisted pretty quickly. Anyway this has nothing to do with the current auction so I'll just fade off into the sunset now.

Thread below is about this.  Their buy now is the same as make offer.

Real slimey.

 

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59 minutes ago, vheflin said:

Thread below is about this.  Their buy now is the same as make offer.

Real slimey.

 

This apparently happens all the time. I got basically the same treatment on a 1000$ book three days ago on one of the other major auction house platforms.

 

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As an update to this.....I have finally received confirmation that someone placed a BIN/offer for the ask price and the item has been sent to Heritage, but I must say this has been the worst experience trying to sell something I have ever experienced. Heritage should be better than this.

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5 hours ago, batman_fan said:
5 hours ago, comicjack said:

I have been waiting sometime for certain books and i'm running out of time lol

+1. Certain books not showing up and when they do, you need to be prepared to pay out the nose (and other places) if you have any hope of acquiring them.

Is this the part where you have to go and change your diapers and prep yourself way in advance by buying a big box of Depends prior to their Signature Auctions?  lol

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