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Sean BHSorry, I'm back.
Had some dinner and a Summit.
Like I have said before, I contacted the seller earlier in the week saying not to end the auction, because I wanted the card. Yesterday I noticed the auction went down before Jamie posted his question of the value of the card in the thread "Thread Done= the learning lesson of the T206 Young," and I contacted the buyer about what happened and said let me know how much you want for it. He responded it was pulled because of the 12 card rule and he was going to be graded...I had no idea that Jamie at the same time was talking to him.
Forward 5 hours (I was outside doing yard work and have receipts to show I was mulching), I saw Jamie's post about buying and having the card already shipped (which is now erased) and contacted the buyer and he again told me he was having it graded. I told him I hope so because you left some money on the table if you sold it, he told me that in two weeks he would have it back up on eBay from grading. I said great, you will probably get some good money for it.
Today, I received an e-mail from Jamie telling me that I purchased the card and had threatened the seller with threats of telling eBay if he didn't sell it to me (not sure why eBay would care or have any stake in the final value fees, they pulled the card)....well he didn't sell it to me. My hunch is the seller found out the card is worth much more than $300, decided to tell Jamie that he couldn't sell it because of my threat and it's either being graded or he sold it to someone else.
SDBH