Great card goes cheap- Were there red flags involved?

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Posted By: Bob

No transactions in the last 5 months, only 3 in the last 2 years, but it appears to be a great buy for the bidder if everything works out. it looks like the seller accumulated all his feeback (88) prior to 2002. To all of a sudden come out of the woodwork with this card is unusual, but he does have 100% feedback. I don't think it will get a 5 but could easily get a 4. This card in a 4 holder would normally have gone for 1000+ The bidder list doesn't show any of the usual suspects bidding. Were there red flags here?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170149474039&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=007

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Posted By: Jeff Prillaman (CavalierCards)

His last listing was for a T205 using the same font to describe the card

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Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

I threw in a lowball snipe when I first saw it and ended up as the 2nd underbidder. I thought it was a legit card/seller and wish I had gone higher. I think it is likely a 3, but still probably a $800-1000 card. Good deal for the winner.

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Posted By: Bob

Jeff- Where are you finding that T205 listing? I show the only thing he has sold on ebay in the last 5 months besides this card is a recent sale of junior football shoulder pads for $15. Ebay doesn't allow you to click on any transactions older than 90 days.
Bruce- I'm with you, I threw out a lowball $450 bid to try and steal and flip it since I have a blue Mac already. I was thinking about going $600 and then seeing if it might get an SGC 50 or more likely a 40, in which case I believe it would have sold for 1k easily.
tbob

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Posted By: leon

I think there is a small chance it could only get a 30, most likely a 40, and the potential for a 30 is the reason I didn't put in a higher snipe....A good deal for whomever got it, regardless....

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Posted By: Jeff Prillaman (CavalierCards)

just punch in the item # from the last couple of feedback

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170098572035&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fse arch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D 170098572035%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1

You can go back a ways
This is a teddy bear he sold in 2006
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6043282995&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fse arch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D 6043282995%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1

usually the sports cards category only goes back about 6 months or so - I guess they cap the storage space or something like that - but some categories you can research transactions that are over a year old -- you just need the item number --

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Posted By: Bob

Thanks Jeff, you are correct. Then bidder names in that auction were not anyone I recognized.