Need advice on bidding on a cracked pressed book 0

[WoWitHurts]

A pedigree book I had bid and lost on in March which was a 9.6 white page book has been cracked pressed and resubmitted and is now a 9.8. I just don't think I can bid on the book just knowing it was a 9.6 3 months ago. Has anyone else come up against this scenario? I like the pedigree at 9.6 but I am unsure if I will spend 3 times the money just to have the red copy.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Should have bid more when it was a 9.6 

 

 

[Myowncollector]

Are you certain it was pressed? What was pressed out of the 9.6 to make it a 9.8? 

Worst then paying 3x for the improved 9.8 would be to pay for the same 9.7

Pedigree doesn't do anything for me. Wouldn't pay extra for it. Just be patient and the right copy will come along one day. If not move on to something else, lots of books out there. If it is that important, then like beyonder said, should have bid more. 

[WoWitHurts]

4 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Should have bid more when it was a 9.6 

 

 

Obviously. I was bidding on a 9.6 and someone else was bidding on turning it into a 9.8.

[THE_BEYONDER]

5 minutes ago, WoWitHurts said:

Obviously. I was bidding on a 9.6 and someone else was bidding on turning it into a 9.8.

Don’t be the guy that pays him triple for his efforts.

[James J Johnson]

6 hours ago, WoWitHurts said:

A pedigree book I had bid and lost on in March which was a 9.6 white page book has been cracked pressed and resubmitted and is now a 9.8. I just don't think I can bid on the book just knowing it was a 9.6 3 months ago. Has anyone else come up against this scenario? I like the pedigree at 9.6 but I am unsure if I will spend 3 times the money just to have the red copy.

Nobody has yet asked this, and although I'm typically against paying 3X 9.6 for a 9.6 that moved up to a 9.8, a determining factor of whether to pass or pay would be: Is this now the only, highest graded 9.8 of this book? 

[wombat]

If you are OK paying that money for a different 9.8 and having no idea if it was pressed or not then why not? If you aren't, there is your answer. 

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 minute ago, wombat said:

If you are OK paying that money for a different 9.8 and having no idea if it was pressed or not then why not? If you aren't, there is your answer. 

 

[THE_BEYONDER]

I’ve got it.  Buy 3 of the nicest 9.6s you can find & send them all to the massage parlour yourself.

[WoWitHurts]

59 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

Nobody has yet asked this, and although I'm typically against paying 3X 9.6 for a 9.6 that moved up to a 9.8, a determining factor of whether to pass or pay would be: Is this now the only, highest graded 9.8 of this book? 

There are 4 in 9.8 currently. Early Bronze Age.

[WoWitHurts]

56 minutes ago, wombat said:

If you are OK paying that money for a different 9.8 and having no idea if it was pressed or not then why not? If you aren't, there is your answer. 

Right. It’s the knowing that is giving me pause. Not logical I know but it just rubs me wrong as a collector that this is a thing. I am conflicted.

[James J Johnson]

1 hour ago, WoWitHurts said:

There are 4 in 9.8 currently. Early Bronze Age.

Pass. Whatever direction the book is headed in, quickly advance in the opposite path by precisely 180 degrees.