T206 Lumley Old Mill from Greg Morris

[atx840]

It went from $650 to almost 8k in one minute, wild. The underbidder definitely thought they had it at that price.

[Exhibitman]

Ain’t sniping software grand?

[Mountaineer1999]

But who puts 8k as a snipe bid on this card?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

But who puts 8k as a snipe bid on this card?

A couple of bidders who want it real bad.

And neither one really expects someone else to be crazy enough to do the same thing on the same card.

Next thing you know, it's $8k, and someone gets to pay for wanting it bad enough to just type in a ludicrous number in their snipe engine.

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ain’t sniping software grand?

As iS "Life"

[mrreality68]

Wow wow and wow

Not brave enough to attempt this set

T206 is definitely the Monster set
First all those cards
Second all the different backs
Third the subsets and different runs people do
Fourth Wow and Wow

[Yoda]

It is amazing how much a T206 with a rare front back combo will fetch when 2 feverish, deep-pocket collectors get locked into a Mortal Kombat duel.

I know this feeling first hand in my quest for a T206 McGraw back run. A opportunity arose for a JM with an Old Mill back, of which there are very few. Fortunately for me, the seller was a stalwart here on the board. Expensive yes, but worth it to me. Of course, I dream of Ted Z's Uzit, which I am sure is one of a kind. But projects for guys like us just fuels our love of pre-war.

[G1911]

Bid number 3 was $1,688.66. That seems more indicative of real value.

[Mountaineer1999]

That was my bid or the bid I was trying to enter manually with two seconds but it like blew up and I didn't even think it took.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

That was my bid or the bid I was trying to enter manually with two seconds but it like blew up and I didn't even think it took.

Personally, it hurts a lot less when I lose a tough item by a huge gap like this. When it’s a single bid up (or less), it stings. let’s see if the buyer pays, this might be up for sale again soon.