Black Bat Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I don't know about you all, but every now and then I'll hit buy or place a bid on a book that at any other moment I would have passed on without a second thought- or even a first thought! Books that don't fit with the kind of books I normally collect (pch, crime, and jungle gga). I thought a thread on these type of impulse buys might make for good discussion and stories. Don't know how much legs it will have but, I'll give it a try. During a recent Heritage auction, I found out a Cole jungle book was for sale, but I forgot to pre-bid. By the time I remembered, the auction was underway and you could only bid in the live auction so I sat and waited for my book to come up. When the Cole book was up, I bid and won. Then as I sat basking in the warm glow of a satisfying golden age purchase, this Tip Top popped up. Recently I've been fighting the urge to collect the Peanuts books but have resisted due to the current price surge, but Peanuts were the first comics I was introduced to as a child so there's some nostalgia there, and I just love the simplicity of the covers. Anyway, I'm a very amateur drummer, and when I saw Charlie Brown playing drums with Snoopy assisting on bass, I impulsively hit the bid button. I immediately regretted it, and sat for an agonizing several seconds hoping someone would outbid me... Anyway, it's a very nice book, and was definitely affordable, so I don't regret it. But still, live auctions are risky! Badger and Frank.Einstein 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harry Lime Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I think you're in the wrong place, my friend. waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Harry Lime said: I think you're in the wrong place, my friend. Oops yup. Thanks. I'll try to move... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Black Bat said: Recently I've been fighting the urge to collect the Peanuts books but have resisted due to the current price surge, but Peanuts were the first comics I was introduced to as a child so there's some nostalgia there, and I just love the simplicity of the covers. Anyway, I'm a very amateur drummer, and when I saw Charlie Brown playing drums with Snoopy assisting on bass, I impulsively hit the bid button. I immediately regretted it, and sat for an agonizing several seconds hoping someone would outbid me... Anyway, it's a very nice book, and was definitely affordable, so I don't regret it. But still, live auctions are risky! Buy what you like my friend @Black Bat If something resonates with you and makes you feel "some type of way" that is what the hobby is about. I end up having very few to no regrets following this path... Edited July 6, 2019 by bounty_coder Black Bat and Casablanca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 10 hours ago, Black Bat said: I don't know about you all, but every now and then I'll hit buy or place a bid on a book that at any other moment I would have passed on without a second thought- or even a first thought! Books that don't fit with the kind of books I normally collect (pch, crime, and jungle gga). I thought a thread on these type of impulse buys might make for good discussion and stories. Don't know how much legs it will have but, I'll give it a try. During a recent Heritage auction, I found out a Cole jungle book was for sale, but I forgot to pre-bid. By the time I remembered, the auction was underway and you could only bid in the live auction so I sat and waited for my book to come up. When the Cole book was up, I bid and won. Then as I sat basking in the warm glow of a satisfying golden age purchase, this Tip Top popped up. Recently I've been fighting the urge to collect the Peanuts books but have resisted due to the current price surge, but Peanuts were the first comics I was introduced to as a child so there's some nostalgia there, and I just love the simplicity of the covers. Anyway, I'm a very amateur drummer, and when I saw Charlie Brown playing drums with Snoopy assisting on bass, I impulsively hit the bid button. I immediately regretted it, and sat for an agonizing several seconds hoping someone would outbid me... Anyway, it's a very nice book, and was definitely affordable, so I don't regret it. But still, live auctions are risky! Nice pickup. You can still enter a proxy bid even after the auction is under way. If you click on the red proxy bid button on the page the book is on, it will take you to the live auction page where you can enter your proxy bid. So you don't have to wait for the book to come up for live bidding unless you want to. I agree with you about Peanuts -- love them but they've gotten expensive. Black Bat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I was mysteriously compelled to buy some of those Tip Tops once. They are very cool... waaaghboss and sagii 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 Argh! Good grief those are so cool- now I want more! 🤑 MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
