Brock

Because shilling is real, and legal in many jurisdictions.

The “extension” model is used in industrial auctions, but also auctions for many high end collectibles. Away from EBay, the thinking is that it raises the prices achieved in auctions, which draws more sellers to the marketplace. In this way, it raises both the quality and volume of what is offered for sale. Similarly, the thinking is that sniping is actually bad for the seller, and only good for the buyer. The whole point of sniping is to bid in a way that does not allow another bidder enough time to respond and raise their own bid. Therefore, sniping is - by design - intended to win auctions below FMV, and to reduce the prices achieved by the seller. And only the instant gratification generation sees a 1/2 hour as a long time… i don’t really care much one way or the other, though… I’m just interested in the thinking behind peoples’ perspective on this.

This is quite common in industrial auctions, and prevents sniping. It also means sellers tend to achieve prices closer to fair market value, whereas we frequently warn each other on these boards not to sell items on eBay by auction, in case they don’t get noticed. What is it about this model you don’t like?

I recently listed an item, and quickly picked up 10 watchers. Buyer xallstars made a lowball offer, and I countered. He accepted the counter, then later e-mailed to say he had accepted the offer "accidentally" and wanted to count offer another lowball amount. I accepted the cancellation, but now I'm out 10 watchers...

3.5 I think the rust stain around the lower staple hurts.

9.2

9.0

Dollar bin diving this week, though they're not all moderns...

From an antique mall... a scarce Whitman, a decent Atlas, a naughty nun (don't get in the habit!), and a 1950s Dell price variant.

Just bumping the thread with this week's find...

To press metal books, I think you need a blacksmith with an anvil. Seriously, though, I doubt the humidification process would do much to a metal cover (though it should work on a “metallic” one). The dry mount portion of the process is probably more appropriate to your issue here… that’s basically applying a heavy weight evenly across the book.

I guess you don't read Vertigo? Nothing new under the sun...

Yup, I definitely spaced on that one…

7.0

I've mentioned it a few times here now, and others have too, but the Dave Stevens stuff is starting to go through the roof. Some of the CGC 9.8 prices are jaw dropping - Bad Planet #6 at $500? Crossfire #12 at $650? Elvira's House of Mystery #11 and Jonny Quest #5 at $1,000? World of Wood #1 at $1300? Planet Comics #1 approaching $1,500? Space Vixens at $2,000? I've been buying these books up for years, so I'm among the converted, but I can't believe how quickly these have escalated.

An Action #1 cover recreation with the Alex Ross/Kingdom Come Superman tossing a Tesla.

I suspect it is a third version, but that’s just speculation on my part.

https://deadline.com/2024/02/diego-boneta-cast-prime-video-series-el-gato-1235838863/

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look to me like there are any hidden gems here… some of these are a little harder to find, but I would say the issues here are only really worth anything in very high grade (say, 9.0 and up). Even then, I’m not sure there’s anything here that would go for more than $5 or $10. The key things to watch for are the 40 cent issues dated August through December of 1980, 40 cent variants from January of 1981 and 75 cent Canadian price variants.

Did you forget where we are?

Me too… Ross is seriously channeling his inner Barks on that cover.

I know we’re going in circles on this discussion, but the modern market is strong right now. It’s just not the same stuff that’s selling today that was selling two to three years ago.

This was posted over in the Dave Stevens thread, and I thought it might be of interest here… a strong price for a Hughes rarity: https://www.ebay.com/itm/295925945860?itmmeta=01HPWX7F0DG28X0P2WMM1REX13&hash=item44e68f9604%3Ag%3AK4QAAOSwsbdk~frT&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4A3dMr%2F0s33HmVq2pCjuWsLz3dIcJO8v1dRNrH1mO%2BMSrgEtXl1o6YDF%2BfmV5kcDZaJom8P%2FnmQx%2Bj6ffELGERjqwZ6tzhxhrbVC8%2FBiBm8qKgyuqejdD6q9xRoOofz36orDSpYZsVhNEMaUwul3O4rO2nSQpbF6K%2Beb6TtQRPSlnSSHBJtZp0u4LjNRbyjDOaHtI%2FQcCCkAwC%2FUmKs--uQXnkXDXlFZOmjRvXQmJqQLYwD%2FfJ30iW2f%2FCetvQ6T5ejfmGOxWnNfl9zSEa605k4qcEVy3zelXSntsOzlQeWg|tkp%3ABk9SR6LwnZ23Yw&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&campid=5338116315&customid=CGCForum&toolid=10001&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0

Forget CVA stickers - here's a business opportunity for someone. @comicwiz let me know if you're looking for venture capital!

This all makes sense to me, but I don’t think the bank that owned the ATM would claim trademark infringement.