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UPDATED!! Beware of JIM 83 with a fake cover price
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thehumantorch

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On 2/23/2023 at 8:10 PM, JollyComics said:

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It has updated but.....please read the description that auctioneer updated the information.  I feel terrible for the highest bidder.

https://hibid.com/lot/146733553/reprint--83-the-mighty-thor?ref=catalog

It's a start, nice work guys.  Surely they can't hold the bidders to their bids when they materially change the auction information the bids were based on.  It isn't worth anywhere near $1000.  They also need to adjust the published date as it's not 1962

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On 2/23/2023 at 10:21 PM, Lightning55 said:

So it's not the original described, but IS a doctored version of a reprint made to deceive...all systems go!!!

I guess they aren't aware of the age old saying "You're only as good as your reputation."

Note to self - avoid HIBID like the plague.

Some of my local auction companies use hibid for their online auctions and I'll continue to bid on their auctions, but if its someone I don't know....ehhhh....

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So they updated the description to this. I don't know HiBid actions but I wouldn't touch them with your ten foot pole. "MAY BE A REPRINT"? No, we have told you this is a damaged GRR and given specific ways to identify it as such. But they still don't seem certain? Looks like dirtbaggery to me.image.thumb.png.ca8979074197d8b37bf1bdd849174a29.png

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On 2/24/2023 at 8:34 AM, Pizza Boy said:

This picture alone is a huge red flag for anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of Silver Age comics. And did they just ignore the lower page count?

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Along with the GR ad on the back cover, as has already been mentioned in this thread.

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Qalyar

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Port City Auctions is stridently uninterested in pulling this listing, which means I'm definitely never bidding on anything they auction.

On the other hand, even after adding some half-assed disclaimers, there's a new high bid at $1100. So there's either some hardcore shilling action here, or Port City is sort of right and insufficiently_thoughtful_persons will throw money around regardless of a book's authenticity.

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On 2/27/2023 at 11:28 AM, Qalyar said:

Port City Auctions is stridently uninterested in pulling this listing, which means I'm definitely never bidding on anything they auction.

On the other hand, even after adding some half-assed disclaimers, there's a new high bid at $1100. So there's either some hardcore shilling action here, or Port City is sort of right and insufficiently_thoughtful_persons will throw money around regardless of a book's authenticity.

Well, now the book is famous!  It's a one-of-a-kind collectible with its own dedicated thread on the CGC boards! :baiting:

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Qalyar

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Just wanted to follow up on this thread. 

Port City Auctions never pulled this listing. But despite adding some weak disclaimers about how it "might" be a reprint, it ultimately sold for... $1300. On the other hand, GoCollect believes that even very low grade copies of the GRR reprint have a FMV north of $1500. So I guess if you believe that, you might think this fraudulently altered copy might be a deal at that price...

I sure don't, though. MCS has an 8.5 CGC slab up for $850, and that's an infinitely better deal, and a book that wasn't mutilated.

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THE_BEYONDER

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On 3/8/2023 at 10:20 PM, Qalyar said:

Just wanted to follow up on this thread. 

Port City Auctions never pulled this listing. But despite adding some weak disclaimers about how it "might" be a reprint, it ultimately sold for... $1300. On the other hand, GoCollect believes that even very low grade copies of the GRR reprint have a FMV north of $1500. So I guess if you believe that, you might think this fraudulently altered copy might be a deal at that price...

I sure don't, though. MCS has an 8.5 CGC slab up for $850, and that's an infinitely better deal, and a book that wasn't mutilated.

Did they shill the guy to $1500?

I can’t imagine there was more than one person that could be clueless enough to think that was the real thing.

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JollyComics

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On 3/8/2023 at 9:20 PM, Qalyar said:

Just wanted to follow up on this thread. 

Port City Auctions never pulled this listing. But despite adding some weak disclaimers about how it "might" be a reprint, it ultimately sold for... $1300. On the other hand, GoCollect believes that even very low grade copies of the GRR reprint have a FMV north of $1500. So I guess if you believe that, you might think this fraudulently altered copy might be a deal at that price...

I sure don't, though. MCS has an 8.5 CGC slab up for $850, and that's an infinitely better deal, and a book that wasn't mutilated.

I hope the winner won't pay for it.

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