Artboy99

as has been mentioned here is what is happening: Your bid of $401 the person who is the under-bidder has bid close to your maximum bid so the auction system automatically increases your bid amount because you have bid higher than the under-bidder. What is the auction increment? This is different for each book and is determined by the auctioneer. Example the bid increment is $25.00, you have bid $401, and another person bids $380 the system will automatically increase your bid amount to your maximum. The other thing that is going on: You know the value that the book is likely to sell for, and so do many other auction participants hence the bids are all around that figure. You cleverly bid an odd figure of $401 as you have made the assumption that the book should sell for a maximum price of $400.00 and when everyone else bids close to the assumed sell value your maximum is achieved. Almost all of my auction wins on that site are for very close to or at my maximum due to these circumstances.

Thanks guys, thrilled to know you fellow boardies/friends bought some of my books.

Thanks for participating. I decided to get involved in the special Fiction House auction, which i do think helped.

19% buyer premium

There are books i am sure i paid more for than i should have. There are dealers i bought raw books from that vastly misrepresented the books they offered and i will never buy raw from ever again. Example: the Planet Comics #1 i purchased was raw and represented as a 6.5. On the internet it looked like a 6.5 but in hand you see defects and of course it came back from cgc as a 4.5. That is a big difference. The mid grade books i had in the 4.0- 6.5-7.0 range didnt change much. I am also including pressing and grading.

Overall i did ok, but slightly less than i expected. Several books sold well: the #1, #3, #6, #8, #11, #15, australian #15, #17-19, 48 and all the Lily Renee covers #33, #35, #39. I lost on the Promise pedigree and the Church pedigree and the #2 and wish i kept them. All restored books did poorly except for #1. The chatter on instagram was the Planets were "on fire" but really it was only a select handful the 5.0-7.0-8.5 books i owned for 10 years mostly sold at break even at best with some at less than i paid for them.

I also think it is a smarter venture if trying to obtain period currency to bring back items of value in the time machine to exchange/sell for the period correct currency. Gold items, jewels, etc. Then you accumulate period correct currency in better condition for face value

Generally there are many things to consider but yes I would buy a conserved book if the book is one I am after and the price is attractive and so is the book.

I would just get the currency from the suitcase Doc Brown has in the time travel car that he already accumulated

like many of their franchises it is a steady downward trend in my opinion. The first Ant-Man is the best, then the second, then the recent film.

they sell their glasses which were a gift from Dr. McCoy. And the beauty of it is that will be a gift again.

The book can move inside the inner well and at the same time the plastic can grab the book. More likely the encapsulation is too tight

Is why I no longer do deals where I am shipping to another country: I have had to many thefts, lost packages, tampering, etc. The problem is the customs label that notes what the contents of the box are and a declared value: becomes far too tempting to a low wage employee of the company if the box says "comic book, declared value $900" I sell at local shows and hand the buyer the books to avoid this garbage.

transactions like the one you just experienced are why I am reluctant to do any deals where I have to rely on a 3rd party shipper to a different country. The required honest information on the customs form is problematic. I suspect an internal employee of stealing the package and at that stage you simply tell the customer to file a claim as the package is lost. I have had books disappear where I have insured it with tracking and signature required. The buyer tells me he never got the book: as a repeat buyer of many of my books I believe the guy yet tracking shows delivered and it was signed for. I refund the buyer and because the book is considered delivered by the shipper I can not file an insurance claim! The book was stolen and likely by the carrier. Also had a buyer complain the book is not the condition I advertised so I get him to ship it back to me and the VF-NM copy I sent him is now switched to a VG. I have also shipped never opened still in original packaging items that have been opened and inspected by customs negating the very reason the collectible was purchased in the first place. Sorry you are going through this, and I hope the book turns up.

I agree. It is the book moving a little inside the inner well and the plastic of the inner well grabs the book and it causes the rippling. Also happens if the choice of inner well encapsulation is too small for the book.

check out the Fiction House special auction Heritage currently has going. Heritage Auctions Search, 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction 40235 [52 793 794 791 1893 792 2088 4294936486 4294967051] (ha.com)

I personally think the issue is with the book and contact with the plastic of the inner well and how the surfaces interact within the slab. I have seen this type of rippling myself in slabs and I live in a rather dry climate.

both publisher's do sidekicks but my preference is without.

Thanks Rick, that is a very cool video, and to see my books highlighted is appreciated.

very cool video!

curious what that guy does on Onlyfans that he earned $100,000 that he could spend on collectibles.

Thanks, appreciate the help

whoever did it, did those two spots and realized their mistake and stopped. Had they done a "better" job the entire spine would have been touched and other areas of the book.