I admit it. I might bid more aggressively at a trusted source like Heritage for rarely seen posters. I'll also do this at other sellers I trust. I think Chris makes a valid point on possible losses when perhaps people find they were overzealous (happens sometimes, eh?), just uneducated on options, or money is not of the most concern. I've bought several goodies the second or third time they came back up for sale for much, much lower prices (not always the case on rare posters, though I feel I'm patient most times). Auctions can be wild places, eh? A few times I've paid a little more at auction than I would if the exact same piece was on a dealer's wall at an even lower price. Though, I haven't paid what looks like several times the price in this case compared to what Tania has the similar items for sale on eBay. Are Tania's exactly the same? If they are, this auction price seems like it has both good and bad implications for collectors of this same material. Casablanca paper is a crazy collecting world currently! Should we celebrate this price if it's uneducated collectors duking it out? I want to sell high when I'm much older and ready to sell. I'm really torn, though, on results and implications to the hobby when logic goes out the window. Auctions, eh? Can't live with 'em, ... Okie
