Can't view completed sales info using filters

[graded_collectibles]

For roughly the past week, none of the filters for completed sales has been accessible in the left sidebar. All it says is "Show Only", but when I click on that, the pop-up comes up empty. I use this to research completed sales (not just my own) for a certain category, so the inability to do this has brought my work to a screeching halt. How long will this be down? Hopefully this info is not going away entirely. I've attached a screenshot to show that there is nothing for the "Show Only" section.

[eburtonlab]

@graded_collectibles 

Are you looking at the results of a search, or are you browsing a category?

After reading a similar post in another thread, the issue might be that the "completed" and "sold" options may no longer appear when category browsing, but only appear when actually searching with keywords.

If that is the case, you may be able create a very general search for your category using the words in the category title plus all the number digits, like this:

(postcard,postcards,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)

Running an actual search in that category using those search terms might allow you to use the "completed" and "sold" options.

If you are not seeing those options on a search results page, try following the "Advanced" link to the advanced search page and using the "completed" and "sold" check boxes under "Search including".

[graded_collectibles]

@eburtonlab  That approach works, sort of. I am now seeing a lot of the crossed out sales (best offer accepted) among the sales results, which I was not seeing at all when using the filters in the left sidebar. So, I don't have high confidence in what I'm seeing right now, but this will probably have to do for the moment. Thank you.

[eburtonlab]

@graded_collectibles 

Regarding the crossed out best offers -- if you sort by price you may be able to narrow down the actual offer price in some cases, even though the number itself is not displayed.

[graded_collectibles]

@eburtonlab  If by sorting by price you mean using a price range, I am doing that as I normally make use of that filter. If you are referring to something else, then let me know what you are referring to. Thanks.

[eburtonlab]

@graded_collectibles 

Using a price range is useful -- and if you are patient you can often figure out what the actual offer was. But that can be time consuming to keep narrowing down the range. I was referring to actually just sorting the entire results page from high to low (Price plus shipping: highest first -- or lowest first, either way works). That way if a best offer falls between two other known items you know the offer was somewhere between those two values.

[graded_collectibles]

@eburtonlab Ah, OK, thanks.

[eburtonlab]

@graded_collectibles 

Actually, I recently figured out a new trick! By pasting this text to the end of the category browse URL (or just before another ampersand "&" in that URL):

&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

You can browse sold items in that category directly without any search terms.

For instance:

https://www.ebay.com/b/Antiquities/37903/bn_1865503?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_sop=16

This seems to work best on smaller sub-categories (not top-level categories) when using a sort other than "lowest first".