Any masochists out there? 0

[toro]

No, not talking about anything sexual.

I mean do any of you go back and look at your bidding history on Heritage, Clink and others and say "Why the heck did I not buy that book?" or conversely "Why the heck did I buy that book?"

A few examples from 2006 and 2007 (My Max bids were just place holders on Clink as they don't offer a watch list)

 

 

 

[Azkaban]

that would be torture 

[toro]

There are some I look at and I say I wouldn't even pay that price 17 years later.

[Jesse Larson]

Nah.  There are so many deals happening every hour of every day that I don't see and they dwarf most of the ones I do see.  I can't go back and beat myself up for missing or skipping an auction... I'd go insane. 

[namisgr]

Eh, I've been bidding on a bunch of stuff for decades, and on CLink since 2006.  The worst ones to look back on now are the auctions in which I tried to get bargains on major keys.  

[jdandns]

I like looking back at my early 90's Westfield comics pre-order carbon copies from time to time.  

Don't waste that 90 cents on a copy of Batman Adventures 12.

Better get those DC Vertigo mini-series later issues of Skin Graft, Enigma, Last One, all at $1.85 each with the discount. You'll never be able to find those for less!  

[MattTheDuck]

There was a giant Planet Comics auction on CL a while ago and while I did pick up a book or two, I regret not being more aggressive.  I also frequently hesitate during Board sales and miss out on books I wish I'd picked up.  I don't obsess over it or anything.  Damnit.

[the blob]

definitely regrets about nearly every key I have ever sold. NYX 3 for $7.99 anybody? $10 each for 3 copies of Ultimate Fallout 4 (1st print) -- pretty sure that was here? And realizing there were another 10 more in the 25 cent box I bought them from but did not realize what it was. Won't even think bout the SA keys I sold pre 2005. Blowing out copies of Saga 1 for $10-20 (mostly here) when they were worth $100-150 a month later. Thankfully I try not to remember what I did not buy.

 

[toro]

 

 

[GawkHawk]

I torture myself with all the keys I should have bought 30-40 years ago before the internet.  I don't need to extra misery of saving old Clink sales...

[toro]

[toro]

On 9/12/2023 at 9:48 AM, GawkHawk said:

I torture myself with all the keys I should have bought 30-40 years ago before the internet.  I don't need to extra misery of saving old Clink sales...

Somewhere I posted an old Koch-Dolgoff-Koch ad.  All the books like FF48 and Daredevil #7 at $10 or $3 for VG/F and I bought the VG/F

[factory sealed]

Might have been 2009ish on CL but in the span of two auctions/2 months, there were two ASM 300 9.9s that sold between $3K-3.5K. I was a sissy on my bids and knew one day I would regret it. 

[CAHokie]

Whats even scarier would be if ten years from now we look back at the good ole days of 2023 prices. 

[Semicentennial]

 

Quite a few that I've looked back on and regretted not going a little bit higher.

 

HE CROW #1  CGC 9.4 NM Add to WantList

$405

$380

11/15/2017

11/29/2017

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	Golden Age (1938-1955): Superhero Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC Apparent PR 0.5 Extensive (A) Off-white pages....  Sold	$6,500 ($7,767.50)	$7,500 ($8,962.50 w/BP) Internet	91024	PR 0.5	13 bidders 61 tracking	Bidding Closed Signature®
		Golden Age (1938-1955): Humor Pep Comics #22 (MLJ, 1941) CGC Apparent FR/GD 1.5 Slight (A) Slightly brittle pages....  Sold	$6,000 ($7,170.00)	$6,500 ($7,767.50 w/BP) HA.com/Live	91159	FR/GD 1.5	11 bidders 41 tracking	Bidding Closed Signature®

Golden Age (1938-1955): Crime Crime SuspenStories #22 (EC, 1954) Condition: FR/GD....  Sold

$220 ($262.90)

$230 ($274.85 w/BP) Internet

12066

FR/GD 1.5

14 bidders 40 tracking

Bidding Closed Weekly Internet Comics

Silver Age (1956-1969): War Our Army at War #83 (DC, 1959) Condition: GD....  Sold

$400 ($478.00)

$560 ($669.20 w/BP) Internet

10354

GD 2.0

9 bidders 19 tracking