New high for a molitor/trammell psa 10

[ALR-bishop]

Several years ago, before I began sniping all my ebay auctions, I had put in a fairly high max bid on an item and later got an out bid notice. Then I got a high bidder notice. When I looked, someone ( one bidder) had bid in increments until they passed me and then withdrew their last bid, leaving me high at my max. So I retracted the bid and became a permanent sniper

[JollyElm]

Recently, I was bidding on an expensive Mantle, when the seller suddenly added to the listing something to the effect of, "The card measures correctly to me, but I can't guarantee it has not been trimmed." I immediately retracted my bid.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Several years ago, before I began sniping all my ebay auctions, I had put in a fairly high max bid on an item and later got an out bid notice. Then I got a high bidder notice. When I looked, someone ( one bidder) had bid in increments until they passed me and then withdrew their last bid, leaving me high at my max. So I retracted the bid and became a permanent sniper

I've seen that happen a few times in auctions I've been watching, Al, and that's one of the things I just hate about Ebay.

Based on some of the incredible pieces in your collection, I can only imagine how big of an issue that could be with you.

[dodgerfanjohn]

I quibbled with some of the people who were excited about this auction on the psa boards. The way it was explained to me is that there's whales(which we all know there are) and then there's people investing, those interested in completing a registry, etc.

My takeaway is that there's a subset of very deep pocketed collectors that vie for show pieces and them there's another set of collectors investing by attempting to corner markets and usin non expendable funds to do so(ie treating it as a true investment).

I'm still not quite sure what to make of things, but investing in miniscule markets seems to be risky business.

[HRBAKER]

Another problem with paying an insane price for this card is that there can only be more of them, not less. With the result you can be sure there are some being worked on right now.

[brob28]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Another problem with paying an insane price for this card is that there can only be more of them, not less. With the result you can be sure there are some being worked on right now.

So true!