NM+ copy of AF 15 on eBay...is this guy for real?

[Inhuman Fiend]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all his posted Auction Questions and Answers!

[benz]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all the posted Auction Questions and Answers!

 

I just posted a thread on this...i will delete my post...i dont feel safe bidding. you?

[Inhuman Fiend]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all the posted Auction Questions and Answers!

 

I just posted a thread on this...i will delete my post...i dont feel safe bidding. you?

 

Oh heck no, but right now it is a bargain even if restored. Wonder if there is any truth to that missing White Mountain pedigree story...?

[shrunkenhead]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all the posted Auction Questions and Answers!

 

I just posted a thread on this...i will delete my post...i dont feel safe bidding. you?

 

[FFB]

Yes, I am sure this is legit. Bid with confidence.

[FFB]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all the posted Auction Questions and Answers!

 

I just posted a thread on this...i will delete my post...i dont feel safe bidding. you?

 

Oh heck no, but right now it is a bargain even if restored. Wonder if there is any truth to that missing White Mountain pedigree story...?

 

No, it is overpriced. The book is trimmed and color touched. It's worth around a third to a half of its current bid price.

 

This is also the first and only time I have ever heard of a second White Mountain copy of AF#15. I am sure that is total BS.

 

P.S. I loved the fake message from "E.J. in Dallas." Ed Jaster must have gotten a good laugh from that one.

[shrunkenhead]

 

No, it is overpriced. The book is trimmed and color touched. It's worth around a third to a half of its current bid price.

 

I think even that estimate is generous, given the trim.

 

But still,

[Inhuman Fiend]

 

No, it is overpriced. The book is trimmed and color touched. It's worth around a third to a half of its current bid price.

 

I think even that estimate is generous, given the trim.

 

But still,

 

...guess it shows how much I know about the value of restored keys!

[nearmint]

It was pressed between two cookie sheets, two glass panes from a picture frame, then sealed all around with black electrical tape, wrapped in black cloth and placed in a trunk. That's how I preserved books and maps back then. I still do it because it works.

 

[FFB]

 

No, it is overpriced. The book is trimmed and color touched. It's worth around a third to a half of its current bid price.

 

I think even that estimate is generous, given the trim.

 

But still,

 

Yeah, I was trying not to be too aggressive in stating how overpriced it is at the current bid, but you're right, reality is that the value is closer to a third of the current bid than half of the current bid. Trimmed AF 15s seem to hit a ceiling at $4,000-5,000.

[Comicdey]

the seller must be shilling himself with emails....and posting false names....

 

 

Chuck ala mile high.

 

Someone from heritage

 

Someone else offering to buy it outright...

 

this seller is having a field day making up a nice long story to sell his trimmed restored AF 15....ala comickeys.

 

crappy photos

 

illegible backgrounds

 

won't take advice

 

Doesn't care if he gives up $100K+ in value

 

Won't have it CGC'd

 

Give me a break.

 

We'll see where it ends.

[sckao]

the seller must be shilling himself with emails....and posting false names....

 

 

Chuck ala mile high.

 

Someone from heritage

 

Someone else offering to buy it outright...

 

this seller is having a field day making up a nice long story to sell his trimmed restored AF 15....ala comickeys.

 

crappy photos

 

illegible backgrounds

 

won't take advice

 

Doesn't care if he gives up $100K+ in value

 

Won't have it CGC'd

 

Give me a break.

 

We'll see where it ends.

 

Not only Chuck.. but StevenB (Brulato? Borock?... mentions Hero Initiative)

 

A lot of the emails read/sound like they were written by the same person. (syntactically similar in writing style and tone.)

[DeeDee-migration]

the seller must be shilling himself with emails....and posting false names....

 

 

Chuck ala mile high.

 

Someone from heritage

 

Someone else offering to buy it outright...

 

this seller is having a field day making up a nice long story to sell his trimmed restored AF 15....ala comickeys.

 

crappy photos

 

illegible backgrounds

 

won't take advice

 

Doesn't care if he gives up $100K+ in value

 

Won't have it CGC'd

 

Give me a break.

 

We'll see where it ends.

 

Not only Chuck.. but StevenB (Brulato? Borock?... mentions Hero Initiative)

 

A lot of the emails read/sound like they were written by the same person. (syntactically similar in writing style and tone.)

 

Just what I was thinking. Theres an obvious rehearsed and contrived tone in both the questions and answers, and he is determined to let everyone know that he is not a spiderman fan and doesn't know anything about the book, even though he admits to being connected to comics in some way. And the story about the poor, miserable comic shop owner is almost like a fairytale character... almost like... Gepetto.

[Comicdey]

This is classic hook line and sinker action going on to lure in the bidders.

 

I didn't check to see if he was also shillling his auction...I bet if you look he's likely doing that too.

 

Someone is going to feel very cheated when they receive their package back from CGC with the restored/trimmed AF 15.

 

claiming ignorance and essentially no responsibility for the item or it's condition.

 

Classic

[benz]

is it true that there are 2 copies of WM for this book?

[action1kid]

This is classic hook line and sinker action going on to lure in the bidders.

 

I didn't check to see if he was also shillling his auction...I bet if you look he's likely doing that too.

 

Someone is going to feel very cheated when they receive their package back from CGC with the restored/trimmed AF 15.

 

claiming ignorance and essentially no responsibility for the item or it's condition.

 

Classic

 

You know thats whats gonna happen.Its a slam dunk.

[mar-vell]

I think this is the same guy that was trying to sell an X-men 94 with a cropped scan as "gem mint" last week. He was a marvel guy since Marvel Comics #1 !!

[infinite_comics-migration]

I think this is the same guy that was trying to sell an X-men 94 with a cropped scan as "gem mint" last week. He was a marvel guy since Marvel Comics #1 !!

 

Yup.

 

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Mf...amp;completed=1

[FFB]

I couldn't sleep and was just browsing eBay right now and came upon this auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1

 

Any chance this guy is legit? Still amusing either way. Forgive me if this auction has been posted or discussed previously...but I especially loved all his posted Auction Questions and Answers!

 

I just figured out what this auction is. It's a Photoshopped picture of the White Mountain copy. The "62" in the issue number/month box and the faint spine stresses (and the fact that the book has exactly the same registration, except for the parts he photoshopped to cover up the subtle edge wear) give it away.

 

Click here for a big picture

[carcrawfordfan]

It looks like this *spoon* posted another nice book for auction. Someone should go visit him and look at his "books" in person.