Verbow Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Taking kind of an informal poll. I have an item listed with Heritage in the upcoming Signature auction and they botched the catalog listing. It’s a color Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster - listed correctly on the website but with the wrong picture in the auction catalog (which has a Superman pencil page). Heritage has offered to either lower the seller percentage for the snafu or relist in the Summer Signature auction. I personally do page through the catalog but by and large depend on the website - but that’s me. How much traction does the catalog get? Is it worth losing the 10 bidders and 90+ trackers to pull the item? This is a Sunday automated auction listing so it’s a small pic in the catalog - not a major player piece. Pull and relist or stay the course? Edited March 22 by Verbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tth2 Posted March 22 Popular Post Share Posted March 22 (edited) Stay the course (with the lower seller fee). While people may look at the catalog, ultimately they look at the online listings to bid. Also, I think anyone who is interested in the item from the catalog based on the description "Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster" will realize that the picture of a Superman drawing is an error and check it on the web. Edited March 22 by tth2 ThothAmon, Xatari, Twanj and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 On 3/22/2024 at 10:04 AM, Verbow said: Taking kind of an informal poll. I have an item listed with Heritage in the upcoming Signature auction and they botched the catalog listing. It’s a color Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster - listed correctly on the website but with the wrong picture in the auction catalog (which has a Superman pencil page). Heritage has offered to either lower the seller percentage for the snafu or relist in the Summer Signature auction. I personally do page through the catalog but by and large depend on the website - but that’s me. How much traction does the catalog get? Is it worth losing the 10 bidders and 90+ trackers to pull the item? This is a Sunday automated auction listing so it’s a small pic in the catalog - not a major player piece. Pull and relist or stay the course? I would ask HA to remove it from this auction and include it in the June auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I'm the type of guy that checks the signature auction listings 6 months in advance as they slowly populate the listings. I don't even open the catalogs they send me, I toss them into the recycling unopened. szucchini, Twanj, Dr. Balls and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I am always surprised they still send out catalogs. Mine don't even get opened for the most part. I'd take the discount and go with the revised online listing. I imagine by the time someone who specifically remembers the piece from the catalog views it on the website with the revised description, they're not even going to recall the disparity between details in print and online. Rick2you2 and Hockeyflow33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twanj Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) I didn't get my Gaiman auction mailing til it was over. That happens sometimes so... Edited March 22 by Twanj grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_K Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I asked HA to stop sending catalogs to me. Not a fan of receiving those postcard type mailers. But those waste much less paper. If you can save on the commission, I guess it's worth it. And HA should pull that lot ASAP so people don't get weirded out. tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Keep it in the auction with lower fees. I barely look at the catalog, partly because it gets to me usually within a week of the auction ending. I’ve long since tracked what I want online at that point. Rick2you2 and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I’d take the lower fees. tth2 and Rick2you2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/23/2024 at 1:03 AM, Will_K said: I asked HA to stop sending catalogs to me. Not a fan of receiving those postcard type mailers. But those waste much less paper. Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/22/2024 at 7:04 AM, Verbow said: Taking kind of an informal poll. I have an item listed with Heritage in the upcoming Signature auction and they botched the catalog listing. It’s a color Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster - listed correctly on the website but with the wrong picture in the auction catalog (which has a Superman pencil page). Heritage has offered to either lower the seller percentage for the snafu or relist in the Summer Signature auction. I personally do page through the catalog but by and large depend on the website - but that’s me. How much traction does the catalog get? Is it worth losing the 10 bidders and 90+ trackers to pull the item? This is a Sunday automated auction listing so it’s a small pic in the catalog - not a major player piece. Pull and relist or stay the course? Stay the course. Pull and relist later will scream "marked down" and "yesterdays news" to the pool of been there, seen that fickle bidders. Unfortunate error but online exposure is strong enough to promote your item. MyNameIsLegion, Xatari and Twanj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbow Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Thanks for the input guys - very much appreciated. While it’s irksome, the risk of losing the existing bidders - and yes, the appearance of a problem or markdown if relisting later - has me inclined to just stay the course. MyNameIsLegion and grapeape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timguerrero Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I usually look at Signature Auction items online but this time I went through the catalogue first. Your auction is not the only one that got a wrong picture in the catalogue I at least noticed 1 more with this error. In both instances the picture that was published is of a previous lot. As others have stated I would take the lower fee (and would try to ask them for an even lower fee than they've offered before accepting). Relisting will only cost you more money if you have taken an advance and people really mostly look at items online as you can get a bigger picture and a look at the complete page instead of only the cropped image. grapeape and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comix4fun Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Clearly the only solution is to slice the piece in half ( I prefer vertically) and sell half now at the lower seller's fee and then sell the other half in the summer signature auction. It's called "Solomon's Dollar Cost Averaging" alxjhnsn, NicoV, grapeape and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xatari Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/23/2024 at 7:56 AM, timguerrero said: I usually look at Signature Auction items online but this time I went through the catalogue first. Your auction is not the only one that got a wrong picture in the catalogue I at least noticed 1 more with this error. In both instances the picture that was published is of a previous lot. As others have stated I would take the lower fee (and would try to ask them for an even lower fee than they've offered before accepting). Relisting will only cost you more money if you have taken an advance and people really mostly look at items online as you can get a bigger picture and a look at the complete page instead of only the cropped image. Yes, I saw that too. There are two Jim Cheung pieces that show the same image for both in the catalog, but online has them correct. One is a DPS from Young Avengers #12, and the other is a single interior page. grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/23/2024 at 8:03 AM, comix4fun said: Clearly the only solution is to slice the piece in half ( I prefer vertically) and sell half now at the lower seller's fee and then sell the other half in the summer signature auction. It's called "Solomon's Dollar Cost Averaging" Thy wisdom in this is almost worse than the mother wanting to settle for half a baby! Almost. Sideshow Bob and comix4fun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) On 3/23/2024 at 10:03 AM, comix4fun said: Clearly the only solution is to slice the piece in half ( I prefer vertically) and sell half now at the lower seller's fee and then sell the other half in the summer signature auction. It's called "Solomon's Dollar Cost Averaging" I've heard better advice. What do you do for a living? Edited March 29 by alxjhnsn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comix4fun Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/25/2024 at 10:13 PM, alxjhnsn said: I heard better advice. What do you do for a living? I’m a standup philosopher. alxjhnsn, delekkerste and Xatari 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
