Oops, your shill bidding got a little too carried away

[lighthousekeeper]

Another suspicious example:

1968 Topps Phil Roof: a very abundant common card. In fact 3 PSA 9s all sold in the past couple months: average sale price $16. This card in PSA 9 is so abundant, sellers can't get rid of them. I should know, I've got some. At this moment, there are 12 (!) different PSA 9 copies of this card available BIN selling for under $40, just not moving at all:

$17
$23
$24
$24
$24
$25
$27
$27.5
$28
$30
$30
$36

But here comes an auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-...T/384048185877), and the card is now feverishly bid up to $52. Anyone who closely follows '68 cards knows this makes absolutely 0 sense. No bubble talk could even explain it.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

Another suspicious example:

1968 Topps Phil Roof: a very abundant common card. In fact 3 PSA 9s all sold in the past couple months: average sale price $16. This card in PSA 9 is so abundant, sellers can't get rid of them. I should know, I've got some. At this moment, there are 12 (!) different PSA 9 copies of this card available BIN selling for under $40, just not moving at all:

$17
$23
$24
$24
$24
$25
$27
$27.5
$28
$30
$30
$36

But here comes an auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-...T/384048185877), and the card is now feverishly bid up to $52. Anyone who closely follows '68 cards knows this makes absolutely 0 sense. No bubble talk could even explain it.

Look at whom the seller is and the feedback. He draws so many more eyes than the other sellers (possibly combined) so there is that aspect. I know some people don't like Rick and his team but the point I'm making is many people may purchase exclusively from either Probstein or PWCC. And I'll point out they are the two largest EBay card auctioneers so their auctions are publicized by EBay as well.

Rich

[Bill77]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

But here comes an auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-...T/384048185877), and the card is now feverishly bid up to $52. Anyone who closely follows '68 cards knows this makes absolutely 0 sense. No bubble talk could even explain it.

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is the card trimmed on the top?