Moving on.

[jgon2098]

Did that surprise you for some reason?

Griffin you are OTCA royalty. Your participation brought a smile to my face. Really glad you showed up towards the end.

it is good to hear that many items went to collectors in this country, as we don't have many of those sorts of JP Gen1 items in circulation here.

The dinocassets are all in the hands of Aussies and ex Aussies

1.Why you chose to move on?
2.Will you be keeping any pieces?
3. Did the final price of any items surprise you?

1. Change in priorities.

2. No. I have no emotional attachment to any piece. When you make a decision like this, there is no room for sentiment. The decision was swift and easy, because the reasons were clear and logical. You will all face this day sometime in the future, don't make it hard on yourselves, be clear and be firm and enjoy the ride while it lasts.

3. Many. I guess eBay is like that. Bargains and overbidding lol.

The Japanese items mostly did piss poor (with the exception of Artfire, which went way over my estimates). Dino cassettes were rubbish. KO hit the loose/boxed market hard as expected, which affected the basis used to apply a premium on graded samples. Didn't help either that some American douchebag was pulling bids out the last 30 seconds. (They really should implement a timeframe restriction to that).

Japanese merchandise did exceptionally well. As specimen mentioned to me, this must be the gap in alot of peoples collections now, that and all the masterforce, operation combination lines.

KO bootlegs mostly did well as expected due to shortage in supply.

AFAs were poor. Probably why no one auctions them any more, most are BIN listings.

Do not be fooled that AFAs will always add value to your collection. Sometimes they will, most cases they won't. Any price is dependant on the basic principles of supply and demand (and in this case the popularity of the character). The demand for AFA G1 appears to have dipped considerably (not sure if this had anything to do with their qualified grading BS) but the dropoff is quite clear in my eyes. Something changed in this market. I have my theories but cannot confirm.

There is also alot of highly visible inconsistency in AFA grading which somewhat defies the purpose of having a grading scale.

[liegeprime]

Well, whatever endeavour you go to next, may you find contentment and success. I only had a look at the listings. Didn't bid on any as the prices are too rich for my blood hahaha. Thanks for telling me about it a few months before it hit ebay as well. Cheers jgon2098

[theshape]

Thanks for the replies

[Bidoofdude]

I didn't know you, but I wish you well in your future. While it's sad to hear you go, at least you're moving on well and not having too much sentiment in your stuff. Good luck.

[griffin]

Griffin you are OTCA royalty. Your participation brought a smile to my face. Really glad you showed up towards the end.

Your items were talked about for a fair bit here, so I think a lot of us here checked them out.

Having the location listed as "China" probably kept some people away from the items that have been KOed, fearing they weren't originals (if they didn't see all your other genuine items to reassure them).
But as you mentioned about "market value", some dealers have been artificially driving up prices on low-demand (in terms of people) rarities like JP and European TFs for a while now (not just on ebay, but also in physical stores and conventions in the various Asian & Western countries I've been to)... leading people to think that certain figures must be worth the pricetag or BIN they keep seeing, when in fact, those toys don't usually sell anywhere near that much when put up for auction (which gives us a true value of items, based on their demand vs rarity).
It's never easy selling off a collection, to make sure it ALL sells, without missing out on good prices.

If there are more items to sell next year, hopefully someone posts about it here (early), so that it gets the attention of the local members here, to help out a former member.