OT....now this is a comic book!! The Holy Grail....

[bobbyw8469]

I got a funny feeling 10 years from now, $3 million will seem cheap for this comic.

[clydepepper]

$3,207,852.00

FREE shipping I assume.

That's a lot of EBUCKS earned

...of course, if he had sold it to one of us away from the 'bay, he would have saved the $32,078.52 in fees.

I personally had to pass because of all the family birthdays coming up this decade.

[ksabet]

I think the rumor is that Kevin Feige won it.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by ksabet

I think the rumor is that Kevin Feige won it.

That would be ironic that the producer of all the Marvel superhero movies would win the greatest DC comic of all time.

[Rollingstone206]

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[clydepepper]

One possible reason for the duplication of the same bid is a nervous trigger-finger...I've done it myself...with much, much lower amounts involved, of course.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Rollingstone206

Can someone explain this bidding?

s***p ( 2501Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $3,207,852.00
Aug-24-14 17:59:30 PDT

9***1 ( 62Feedback score is 50 to 99) US $3,207,752.00
Aug-24-14 17:59:58 PDT

9***1 ( 62Feedback score is 50 to 99) US $3,207,752.00
Aug-24-14 17:59:58 PDT

It looks like the system choked since it shows the same bid twice entered from 2nd highest bidder?

I think that also might be a snipe set up from two totally different sniping software programs. I have seen that happen when a bidder thinks one is going to fail. They do it to ensure that at least one is going to work.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

$3,207,852.00

FREE shipping I assume.

That's a lot of EBUCKS earned

...of course, if he had sold it to one of us away from the 'bay, he would have saved the $32,078.52 in fees.

I personally had to pass because of all the family birthdays coming up this decade.

Selling fees are capped at $250, so in light of the final bid, practically free. And I would hope that for $3.2 million, the book would be delivered personally. I'd hate for the bubble mailer to arrive with a slit in it and an "I'm Sorry" note from the post office attached

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Selling fees are capped at $250, so in light of the final bid, practically free. And I would hope that for $3.2 million, the book would be delivered personally. I'd hate for the bubble mailer to arrive with a slit in it and an "I'm Sorry" note from the post office attached

For $3.2M I'd expect it to be delivered to my city by Lear jet then to my home by limousine in a suitcase handcuffed to the deliverer. Oh, and armed security personnel as well.

[Runscott]

Maybe it's been discussed and I missed it, but this particular comic book has sort of an odd history - bought off a newsstand and stored by the original owner, for decades, in a cedar chest !?!?! I wonder what else he saved?

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I got a funny feeling 10 years from now, $3 million will seem cheap for this comic.

I think that is the hope of whoever bought it.

[thecatspajamas]

The sniping program that I use always registers two bids, even when I'm the only one who bid. I've always just assumed it was a built in safety measure to ensure that at least one registered with ebay in that last-second crunch. I think the identical time stamps would rule out anything physical like a double-tap with the bidding finger. What I don't understand is why ebay would register, and display, two identical bids from the same bidder. Seems like ebay's software would recognize them as being identical and only display one in the bid history. But then, that certainly wouldn't be the first quirk shown by their software.