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[Mmehdy]

16 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Just one of many reasons I no longer bid in Heritage auctions. Apparently, shill bidding is legal in TX. Just doesn’t seem right or fair. 

I think every auction, Ebay, CC, CL all can be shilled by your friend or seller as a second person and its impossible to stop. So I don't think that Ha...even though in Texas the auction house or seller can bid   is any worse than any other  auction house. You really take a chance to pay the " worlds highest price when you bid...everybody knows that, that is why  my auction rule is simple: I will pay the value that I think the item is worth to me..period and not some zombie bid button pushing person who wants just to  win at any cost. Whether is the seller, his brother or another bidder  runs the price up of you, always follow that rule...you should be OK. The best way to buy  any serious GA is  direct Dealer or collector at a fixed price that you both agree upon.I understand the rarest of the rarest might only be available by auction...in that case you have no choice if you want to go after it, but you do have the ultimate power not to keep pushing the "bid" button.

[Howling Mad]

21 hours ago, Joshua33 said:

I was wondering who that undisciplined buyer was. All I can say is they must have really wanted that book.

Agreed. It's a great book, but I'm not sure what's happened to it's value over the last year. It's seeing a crazy run-up, like a minor version of what's happening to Mask #1 and #2.

[Joshua33]

I was the "undisciplined" buyer. The reason I pulled the trigger, and the book is doing so well, is you just don't see anybody with a nice copy offering it for sale. In my opinion, that's for a good reason. That particular copy is probably one of the top ten on census. It's tough because of all the black, its Bill Everett, and it usually makes every top 10 pch cover list. All that being said, was it too much money? Yup.

[mtlevy1]

33 minutes ago, Joshua33 said:

I was the "undisciplined" buyer. The reason I pulled the trigger, and the book is doing so well, is you just don't see anybody with a nice copy offering it for sale. In my opinion, that's for a good reason. That particular copy is probably one of the top ten on census. It's tough because of all the black, its Bill Everett, and it usually makes every top 10 pch cover list. All that being said, was it too much money? Yup.

Beautiful book - not many nicer out there!

[Howling Mad]

1 hour ago, Joshua33 said:

I was the "undisciplined" buyer. The reason I pulled the trigger, and the book is doing so well, is you just don't see anybody with a nice copy offering it for sale. In my opinion, that's for a good reason. That particular copy is probably one of the top ten on census. It's tough because of all the black, its Bill Everett, and it usually makes every top 10 pch cover list. All that being said, was it too much money? Yup.

Oh that's confusing based on the context of your prior post. I didn't mean it negatively, it's a wicked cool book that I was watching as well, it just exceed my budget--which I'm gathering is a sliver of yours.

I'm shocked how much it's spiked in value, but you have all of the numbers behind everything so you know better than most anyone.

[Joshua33]

54 minutes ago, Howling Mad said:

Oh that's confusing based on the context of your prior post. I didn't mean it negatively, it's a wicked cool book that I was watching as well, it just exceed my budget--which I'm gathering is a sliver of yours.

I'm shocked how much it's spiked in value, but you have all of the numbers behind everything so you know better than most anyone.

I was being facetious in my first post. I actually tend to agree with you about it being overpriced. My point is, what isnt these days? I feel that comparatively, it's solid compared to most other PCH  these days.

[Northwest]

11 hours ago, Joshua33 said:

 That particular copy is probably one of the top ten on census. 

It's a nice book. A 5.5 ranks tied for 9th on census, so you are indeed correct. 

[Mmehdy]

15 hours ago, Joshua33 said:

I was the "undisciplined" buyer. The reason I pulled the trigger, and the book is doing so well, is you just don't see anybody with a nice copy offering it for sale. In my opinion, that's for a good reason. That particular copy is probably one of the top ten on census. It's tough because of all the black, its Bill Everett, and it usually makes every top 10 pch cover list. All that being said, was it too much money? Yup.

Great buy and enjoy it....

[Dr. Love]

So I was in one of my favorite reading spots looking at the latest issue of Heritage's magazine, Intelligent Collector, and lo and behold I see this

congrats Rick!  the back story on this must be awesome! 

 

 

[comicjack]

1 minute ago, Dr. Love said:

So I was in one of my favorite reading spots looking at the latest issue of Heritage's magazine, Intelligent Collector, and lo and behold I see this

congrats Rick!  the back story on this must be awesome! 

 

 

He is also known to elevate certain books into big demand items  

[Ricksneatstuff]

22 minutes ago, Dr. Love said:

So I was in one of my favorite reading spots looking at the latest issue of Heritage's magazine, Intelligent Collector, and lo and behold I see this

congrats Rick!  the back story on this must be awesome! 

 

 

Thanks for the congrats guys. I’ve been a buyer and a consignor with Heritage for several years now and the staff and ownership there have always treated me well. Happy to be a part of the team. 

[tth2]

6 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Thanks for the congrats guys. I’ve been a buyer and a consignor with Heritage for several years now and the staff and ownership there have always treated me well. Happy to be a part of the team. 

Could you work your magic on mid-80s B&W Indies? 

[szav]

1 hour ago, tth2 said:

Could you work your magic on mid-80s B&W Indies? 

 

 

[lou_fine]

Yes indeed, fond memories of the latter part of the 80's when we were all locking away our treasured B&W indies to fund our future retirement.      

[buttock]

On 11/26/2019 at 6:17 PM, Robot Man said:

Just one of many reasons I no longer bid in Heritage auctions. Apparently, shill bidding is legal in TX. Just doesn’t seem right or fair. 

HA won't allow you to bid on your own books.  

[Gotham Kid]

39 minutes ago, buttock said:

On 11/27/2019 at 1:17 AM, Robot Man said:

Just one of many reasons I no longer bid in Heritage auctions. Apparently, shill bidding is legal in TX. Just doesn’t seem right or fair. 

HA won't allow you to bid on your own books.  

What about their own books.

Edited November 29, 2019 by Gotham Kid

[batman_fan]

23 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Thanks for the congrats guys. I’ve been a buyer and a consignor with Heritage for several years now and the staff and ownership there have always treated me well. Happy to be a part of the team. 

That's awesome news Rick 

[Mmehdy]

On 11/21/2019 at 8:30 AM, Robot Man said:

Crumb’s classic “Stoned Again” original blows me away! It is so easy to see his Wolverton influence in it. I would be hard pressed to think of many better Crumb pieces. Currently at 105K (actually 126K). 

Owned by the infamous Robert Beerbaum. He traded Crumb some 78 rpm records for it! Now that was quite the trade. 

Wonder what it will settle at? 

Besides comics, Robert has one of best original 78RPM Jazz record collections still. My understanding is that possibly Robert will travel to France and bring some of his collection there for a second trade. I know he still has thousands of items including original art in storage after his big E-bay store shut down and that he sold some of the duplicates but keep all the Good stuff. I think he wants to sell it in one big lump and continue with his comic book history book which the funds would help launch. You are gonna need a  Big truck to take it all. I agree classic Crumb.

Edited November 30, 2019 by Mmehdy

[lou_fine]

10 hours ago, Mmehdy said:

On 11/21/2019 at 8:30 AM, Robot Man said:

Crumb’s classic “Stoned Again” original blows me away! It is so easy to see his Wolverton influence in it. I would be hard pressed to think of many better Crumb pieces. Currently at 105K (actually 126K). 

Owned by the infamous Robert Beerbaum. He traded Crumb some 78 rpm records for it! Now that was quite the trade. 

Wonder what it will settle at? 

Besides comics, Robert has one of best original 78RPM Jazz record collections still. My understanding is that possibly Robert will travel to France and bring some of his collection there for a second trade.

Well, it's quite obvious that Beerbaum is not satisfied with trading some old 78's for Stoned Agin which netted him $690K in the end.  

Word in the art world is that he's now bringing a few more of his prized 78's from his private collection to France in hopes of trading it for the Mona Lisa.  

Edited December 1, 2019 by lou_fine

[comicnoir]

Was Beerbaum the consignor of Stoned Again? Happened long time ago.

Probably traded hands before the recent auction.