Wow, that's unbelievable. I never saw that auction in my searches for some reason. I hope that's not the set that they spent over $17K for! That would be a little bit of a hit. He should have put a reserve on it.
The problem with selling a full set now is that anyone like myself that went after them right after they were released with the goal of getting a complete set probably already has a full set, or at least very close, and the # of collectors that try for a full set is less than 10. The ironic thing about that price is that it is around the same amount silver sets were selling for in the beginning!
I totally missed this one before it completed too. If the gold sets could have been put together for that amount (~$10ea or $800) I would have considered getting one. At $50 to $100 a title or opening hundreds of packs to find 1 gold, I wouldn't even consider it. After seeing this set sell for what it did, I would consider another. The only problem is that I doubt another set would hit the market. I'm surprised they didn't put a reserve or sell it privately or break it up either. I'm sure there are a handful of people out there that need a few key titles & would have paid $100 to $200 or more for the 2 or 3 titles to complete their sets. Looks like Matt is cleaning house lately with all his auctions & making those deals takes some time. I did think it was a noteworthy transaction anyway.
I bet a lot of people didn't bother bidding on it thinking it would sell for quite a bit more.
