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Professor K

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1 hour ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Very true (thumbsu.

Sure LDark but thats like saying the sky's blue pretty much. Of course not every book on the census is for sale. I think youre sport card hypothisis is true. Sport card people branching to comics is probably a factor, maybe even a big factor. 

2 hours ago, october said:

I haven't won anything significant at auction in well over a year. I don't even look anymore. 

That stinks. I know the feeling but maybe you need to adapt to the changing environment. By that I mean bid like a crazy person on everything you want. Its not funny though but don't give up completely.

39 minutes ago, Mr bla bla said:

Im constantly being outbid also. It drives me nuts ...

Yep. I find this is my pattern. I bid over the highest recent sale mark - get outbid. Next one, same book- bid even higher than the one I lost last time- get outbid. And that's the cycle.

And it bugs me because in doing that I am contributing to the rising prices and making it even more difficult to win it the next time out. I find CC with their bidding system gives me a better shot because you get more than one chance to bid. I'm a last second bidder because I always lose when I bid early so I never do. I wish CC would have weekly auctions. 

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33 minutes ago, Professor Chaos said:

Sure LDark but thats like saying the sky's blue pretty much. Of course not every book on the census is for sale. I think youre sport card hypothisis is true. Sport card people branching to comics is probably a factor, maybe even a big factor. 

That stinks. I know the feeling but maybe you need to adapt to the changing environment. By that I mean bid like a crazy person on everything you want. Its not funny though but don't give up completely.

Yep. I find this is my pattern. I bid over the highest recent sale mark - get outbid. Next one, same book- bid even higher than the one I lost last time- get outbid. And that's the cycle.

And it bugs me because in doing that I am contributing to the rising prices and making it even more difficult to win it the next time out. I find CC with their bidding system gives me a better shot because you get more than one chance to bid. I'm a last second bidder because I always lose when I bid early so I never do. I wish CC would have weekly auctions. 

Well just to get scientific here for a moment haha, I believe the sky isn't blue, just simply how our eyes perceive scattered light. But yes, I hear ya on the additional rarity of what exists and is actually for sale.

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11 hours ago, Professor Chaos said:

I find CC with their bidding system gives me a better shot because you get more than one chance to bid. I'm a last second bidder because I always lose when I bid early so I never do.

Yes, as a potential bidder I absolutely hate those blind Hail Mary snipe bids that seems to come in during the last few seconds of a CL auction which makes it virtually impossible for you to ever win a book.  :p

I much prefer the 3-minute extended bidding format which CC employs as it actually gives you lots of time to think and do a bit of analysis in order to help you figure out whether you should go up to the next bid increment or not.  (thumbsu

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9 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

You guys have to MANNUP on your bids! :baiting:

I wish everyone else would just MANNDOWN with theirs. I know and I have a solution. I'll bid 1,000,000.00 with about 5 seconds left on everything I want. You know I better not, with my luck someone else is out there bidding 999,999.00 on everything. 

1 hour ago, lou_fine said:

Yes, as a potential bidder I absolutely hate those blind Hail Mary snipe bids that seems to come in during the last few seconds of a CL auction which makes it virtually impossible for you to ever win a book.  :p

I much prefer the 3-minute extended bidding format which CC employs as it actually gives you lots of time to think and do a bit of analysis in order to help you figure out whether you should go up to the next bid increment or not.  (thumbsu

All that and its actually pretty fun. "100 dollars" you've been outbid. No way. "200 dollars" you've been out bid. Aw' raspberries. "300 dollars" you've been outbid. Ok one more. 400 dollars.......you won this auction. Boo-Yeah!  I won a Transformers #1 8.0! 

But it is a lot of fun.

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On 3/19/2021 at 4:07 AM, lou_fine said:

Yes, as a potential bidder I absolutely hate those blind Hail Mary snipe bids that seems to come in during the last few seconds of a CL auction which makes it virtually impossible for you to ever win a book.  :p

I much prefer the 3-minute extended bidding format which CC employs as it actually gives you lots of time to think and do a bit of analysis in order to help you figure out whether you should go up to the next bid increment or not.  (thumbsu

For me that can fall either way.

I added more books to my collection the past two years from C'Link due to snipping. Books I'm sure I would have 'lost if extended bidding was at play. I never 'bomb bid' more than I can pay if I win, but thankfully my gambles topped what max pre bid was already in or any other last second counter snipes.

The extended bidding can be dangerous, can't tell you how many times it was "just one more bid, and I'm out! They must be ready to back down now" scenarios I've been in on CC. 

I know when to fold em though and there was only one time I went into overtime, and it was to obtain a Billy Wright Centaur.  What a high, lol. Thought it would never end, but eventually whoever I was bidding against decided to walk. And just as I was at my last last bid.

Honest 

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21 hours ago, sagii said:

For me that can fall either way.

I added more books to my collection the past two years from C'Link due to snipping. Books I'm sure I would have 'lost if extended bidding was at play. I never 'bomb bid' more than I can pay if I win, but thankfully my gambles topped what max pre bid was already in or any other last second counter snipes.

The extended bidding can be dangerous, can't tell you how many times it was "just one more bid, and I'm out! They must be ready to back down now" scenarios I've been in on CC. 

I know when to fold em though and there was only one time I went into overtime, and it was to obtain a Billy Wright Centaur.  What a high, lol. Thought it would never end, but eventually whoever I was bidding on decided to walk. And just as I was at my last last bid.

Honest 

Sometimes bidding is more exciting than the comics themselves. :blush:

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I've been surprised by prices before, but I've never been more shocked than I was by this result tonight. (I wasn't a bidder.)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/chilling-tales-15-youthful-magazines-1953-cgc-fn-65-off-white-pages/a/122112-17168.s

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9 minutes ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I've been surprised by prices before, but I've never been more shocked than I was by this result tonight. (I wasn't a bidder.)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/chilling-tales-15-youthful-magazines-1953-cgc-fn-65-off-white-pages/a/122112-17168.s

That’s insane!

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1 hour ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I've been surprised by prices before, but I've never been more shocked than I was by this result tonight. (I wasn't a bidder.)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/chilling-tales-15-youthful-magazines-1953-cgc-fn-65-off-white-pages/a/122112-17168.s

Isn't that one of the signs of the coming End of Days?  :whatthe:

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1 hour ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I've been surprised by prices before, but I've never been more shocked than I was by this result tonight. (I wasn't a bidder.)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/chilling-tales-15-youthful-magazines-1953-cgc-fn-65-off-white-pages/a/122112-17168.s

These Matt Fox Chilling books first got me into pch. 15 is particularly tough- in any shape, but especially in higher grades. 13 is fairly common. My favorite part are the hand trees. Awesome. $9000?  I would expect between 4-6, but you can’t argue when it comes to love.  

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1 hour ago, Black Bat said:

These Matt Fox Chilling books first got me into pch. 15 is particularly tough- in any shape, but especially in higher grades. 13 is fairly common. My favorite part are the hand trees. Awesome. $9000?  I would expect between 4-6, but you can’t argue when it comes to love.  

Well, a similar raw copy sold for under $200 in '07, so even $4K would have been a stunning result.

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2 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

Well, a similar raw copy sold for under $200 in '07, so even $4K would have been a stunning result.

Well, if you are talking about books selling for $4K, then times must be really looney tune when even Funny Animal books like this one here fetching $4,080:  :whatthe:  :ohnoez:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/looney-tunes-and-merrie-melodies-comics-45-file-copy-dell-1945-cgc-nm-94-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122112-17350.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

Golden Age (1938-1955):Cartoon Character, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #45 File Copy (Dell, 1945) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Looks like they had about 7 of these Dell Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes books in tonight's auction with all of the other 6 books selling for between $1,320 to $2,640 save for one of them which sold for only $840.  :whatthe:  (thumbsu

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10 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Well, if you are talking about books selling for $4K, then times must be really looney tune when even Funny Animal books like this one here fetching $4,080:  :whatthe:  :ohnoez:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/looney-tunes-and-merrie-melodies-comics-45-file-copy-dell-1945-cgc-nm-94-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122112-17350.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

Golden Age (1938-1955):Cartoon Character, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #45 File Copy (Dell, 1945) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Looks like they had about 7 of these Dell Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes books in tonight's auction with all of the other 6 books selling for between $1,320 to $2,640 save for one of them which sold for only $840.  :whatthe:  (thumbsu

:golfclap: :golfclap: :golfclap:

Awesome! There were results like this on a few maybe two weeks ago as well. Also very high grade.

Maybe bought on by the Space Jam sequel? The Pepe Le Pew and Lola Bunny headlines? A franchise started in the 30's and updates and changes are still newsworthy and still the subject of big budget motion pictures as well as newly produced cartoon shorts.

I'd say it was about time. 

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3 hours ago, sagii said:

:golfclap: :golfclap: :golfclap:

Awesome! There were results like this on a few maybe ago as well. Also very high grade.

Maybe bought on by the Space Jam sequel? The Pepe Le Pew and Lola Bunny headlines? A franchise started in the 30's and updates and changes are still newsworthy and still the subject of big budget motion pictures as well as newly produced cartoon shorts.

I'd say it was about time. 

It could be. I'd be curious to know how many bidders there were (not counting the low-ball bidders). There could be just two guys competing for high-grade copies.

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15 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I've been surprised by prices before, but I've never been more shocked than I was by this result tonight. (I wasn't a bidder.)

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/chilling-tales-15-youthful-magazines-1953-cgc-fn-65-off-white-pages/a/122112-17168.s

Cool comic, but...:screwy:

Mine has better colors, so if anyone wants it for a reasonable $10,000 just PM me. :screwy::screwy:

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LOL, sifted through the HA results and came here to talk about this Chilling Tales. I figured you guys would be on it!

Is it just me or are the colors of the HA scans back to looking super-amped again, after seeming to quiet down a bit last year? I hope the buyer of the FN- Startling #53 for $2K... with the auction amended to note chunks out of the first three page margins (!)... is pleased with the eye appeal in hand.

 

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