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poker,

you also have to realize that it might not have gotten paid for, or it has w/ ulterior motives.

1st: obviously shilling

but:

2nd: there are groups of guys out there that will go in w/ each other and shill/drive the prices up in an auction like this so that it makes it to vcp and inherently gives it that green lil arrow, makes the boards post threads, draws attention to the card, etc....ironically, they actually do pay for it and just eat the 8%....think about the 54 aaron psa 8 that went from sale prices of $6K to now upwards of $22K in the span of 6 months. all it takes is that 1 "crazy" sale for everyone else to realize it was undervalued and/or go crazy themselves.

and while shilling is obviously a concern, this concern is probably more frequent...and oddly enough, you'll see that same card about 4 - 5 months later after it's cycled off ebay. so it's obviously not a collector who's wanted the card forever. it's the speculator and considering the economy vs past few years, the market is primed...

so 8% x $6000 = $480 in commission. hold for six months and sell for $20K - $6480 = $13,520. (not to mention they weren't in the card at $6000 to begin with, more like $3-4K)

this happens quite frequently on the marquee cards. as for the common low pop cards, sometimes crazy is just crazy. and as others say TRIAPD.