Comic auctions have exploded....

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:29 am

myron wrote:
Escaflown4 wrote:Here you go guys, it's 156 pages long. Enjoy.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ub ... ost2290558

To summarize, shilling was involved and there was also something wrong with the book. The person who consigned it to Silver Age WAS a long time poster at CGC. He's now banned from the site.
yeah...shilling up to a $95000 reserve...what a scam artist...hope he/they get prosecuted.

No way can I read through 156 pages . . . how did they find out he was shilling ??

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:07 pm

siren3-4 wrote:
myron wrote:
Escaflown4 wrote:Here you go guys, it's 156 pages long. Enjoy.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ub ... ost2290558

To summarize, shilling was involved and there was also something wrong with the book. The person who consigned it to Silver Age WAS a long time poster at CGC. He's now banned from the site.
yeah...shilling up to a $95000 reserve...what a scam artist...hope he/they get prosecuted.
No way can I read through 156 pages . . . how did they find out he was shilling ??

they looked at the bids...and noticed that (even thought the middle letters are ***) the beginning and end letters matched in numerous spots for each of 19 different auctions...it's back somewhere on pages 150 or 152 or somesuch...I skipped back to the end and then backtracked to find some of it...

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:33 pm

myron wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:
myron wrote:
Escaflown4 wrote:Here you go guys, it's 156 pages long. Enjoy.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ub ... ost2290558

To summarize, shilling was involved and there was also something wrong with the book. The person who consigned it to Silver Age WAS a long time poster at CGC. He's now banned from the site.
yeah...shilling up to a $95000 reserve...what a scam artist...hope he/they get prosecuted.
No way can I read through 156 pages . . . how did they find out he was shilling ??
they looked at the bids...and noticed that (even thought the middle letters are ***) the beginning and end letters matched in numerous spots for each of 19 different auctions...it's back somewhere on pages 150 or 152 or somesuch...I skipped back to the end and then backtracked to find some of it...

Thanks myron . . that's just bad business . . . use a reserve if you don't want a book to sell too cheap . . .

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:47 pm

So the guy bid up his own book?

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:01 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:So the guy bid up his own book?

among other questionable activities(which in the thread it is stated that that is a type of fraud)...using altered pics, trying to sell books he didn't actually have in hand, blatant over inflation of grade...it was bad

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:03 pm

myron wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:So the guy bid up his own book?
among other questionable activities(which in the thread it is stated that that is a type of fraud)...using altered pics, trying to sell books he didn't actually have in hand, blatant over inflation of grade...it was bad

Was that Bluechip's book?

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:07 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
myron wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:So the guy bid up his own book?
among other questionable activities(which in the thread it is stated that that is a type of fraud)...using altered pics, trying to sell books he didn't actually have in hand, blatant over inflation of grade...it was bad
Was that Bluechip's book?

his auctions yes...maybe Silver Ages too???

didn't read that much of it...

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:08 pm

myron wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
myron wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:So the guy bid up his own book?
among other questionable activities(which in the thread it is stated that that is a type of fraud)...using altered pics, trying to sell books he didn't actually have in hand, blatant over inflation of grade...it was bad
Was that Bluechip's book?
his auctions yes...maybe Silver Ages too???

didn't read that much of it...

Damn, you really gotta know who you're buying from with the big stuff . . .

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:10 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
myron wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
myron wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:So the guy bid up his own book?
among other questionable activities(which in the thread it is stated that that is a type of fraud)...using altered pics, trying to sell books he didn't actually have in hand, blatant over inflation of grade...it was bad
Was that Bluechip's book?
his auctions yes...maybe Silver Ages too???

didn't read that much of it...
Damn, you really gotta know who you're buying from with the big stuff . . .

absolutely...and have the book in hand(with maybe a grading friend or two with you to verify) before completing the deal...