Archive for category Auction Watch

Auction Watch #42

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on June 11, 2010

One of the realities of collecting M.U.S.C.L.E. items is that occasionally there is a lull in the market. It appears that collectors are currently stuck in one of those lulls.

#153, Auction Watch

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Auction Watch #41

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on June 3, 2010

Normally Auction Watch attempts to showcase auctions to M.U.S.C.L.E. collectors that would be interesting for a variety of reasons: uniqueness, price, scale, etc. Occasionally an auction is featured because it is absolutely outlandish. Auction Watch #41 features three auctions – each more peculiar than the last.

4-pack, Auction Watch, Color Figures, Flesh Figures

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Auction Watch #40

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on May 25, 2010

Auction Watch #39 had an example of a collector identifying a popular figure, Satan Cross, and offering the seller a Buy-It-Now scenario to snatch up the figure. Eschewing the morality of that situation, Auction Watch #40 showcases an opportunity for all M.U.S.C.L.E. collectors to have a great Buy-It-Now opportunity plus an interesting Color figure auction.

Auction Watch, Board Game, Class B, Color Figures, M.U.S.C.L.E. Figure Guide, Mega-Match Game

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Auction Watch #39

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on May 20, 2010

Auction Watch #39 features the single largest lot of one specific type of counterfeit M.U.S.C.L.E. figure ever seen, plus the M.U.S.C.L.E. figure that has created his own false value – Satan Cross.

Art 100, Auction Watch, bootleg, Counterfeit, Satan Cross

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Auction Watch #38

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on May 13, 2010

Sometimes it’s fun to just see something because it is big. Sometimes it’s fun to see something because it’s dumb. Auction Watch #38 lets you see both.

Auction Watch, Color Figures

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Auction Watch #37

Posted by Chad Perry in Art, Auction Watch, UofM News on April 16, 2010

Art 100 showcases the variety of counterfeit figures created in the wake of the popularity of M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. For some collectors these figures represent nothing more than sloppy copies of the beloved figures. Other collectors might see the uniqueness, kitschiness, and/or historicalness of the figures. Auction Watch #37 gives us an opportunity to focus on one unique counterfeit figure, and acknowledge the other figures.

#174, #27, #77, Art 100, Auction Watch, bootleg, Class A, Color Figures, Counterfeit

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Auction Watch #36

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on April 9, 2010

Satan Cross might be the M.U.S.C.L.E. item that best eludes the confines of predictability. However, M.U.S.C.L.E. posters may soon dethrone Satan Cross as the most unpredictable M.U.S.C.L.E. item.

Auction Watch, Poster

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Foolish April Weekend?

Posted by Chad Perry in Auction Watch, UofM News on April 5, 2010

Normally during early April the internet is bombarded with April Fools’ pranks. Rarely do they prove to actually be fun. As the University of M.U.S.C.L.E. started to tease collectors that a Purple #153 auction was getting closer, it appeared that the auction could be something fun that actually happened near April 1st. Instead the first weekend in April had mixed results.