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James42
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Superga reacted to a post in a topic: Update: Now I’m all in on Miles Morales. Is the Fresh Prince’ kid going to hurt me?
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James42 reacted to a post in a topic: Frustration in hunting and market observation
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Ultimate Fallout 4 CGC 9.8 just went for $2500. It took ages for Miles comics to come down
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James42 replied to doomwhistle's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
They most certainly are. There are sizeable collecting communities in the UK and Australia. I've seen the Australian market pick up significantly since MCU movies became the norm. I've seen lots of Italian, French, Mexican and German sellers as well. I'm in Australia, so if I'm using gocollect's free service and seeing where all of the copies of a book are on ebay (all over the world), there will be plenty of sellers who don't ship internationally. I just send them a message saying "hey, would you consider posting to Australia if I pay all costs?". Sometimes they will change their postage and you get what you want for a really good price (even with postage costs). If you're in the US, I would contact international sellers who aren't shipping international. I sometimes find books that are stupidly cheap (like 50-80% down on what you would pay in the US), strictly because they want to offload them quickly in a local market. As soon as you educate some sellers on how easy it is to ship internationally either directly or through the global shipping program, you can get some serious deals done. I would also look at overseas LCS's as well. They're super helpful and want to reduce postage costs as much as possible. Weirdly enough, UK LCS's provide very cheap postage. If you're a seller, I would definitely be allowing international postage if you're on ebay. You'd be surprised how much money international collectors want to spend. -
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James42 replied to doomwhistle's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
This is the case with collecting in any industry at the moment. Weirdly enough, UK comic stores and UK ebay sellers are some of the gold mines I've found over the past year. I understand no one wants to pay for postage but I've found prices to be so much cheaper than a lot of US sellers that it makes sense. I've found tons of US sellers and stores don't ship internationally which makes me think people from the US might not be looking outside of their back yard. The MCU makes more money from international markets which will drive international comic sales. Get out there and select 'worldwide' on ebay and see what happens. -
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Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Trying not to cherry pick too much but I've noticed a weird trend recently of new CGC slabs with smudges on the front and back cover. I've seen 3 in the last month on Ebay and asked the owners if the book itself was damaged. The close up pictures show clear stains / smudges in the inside of the slabs that can't be removed unless you crack them. My god would you be pissed if you got a 9.8 and the smudge made it unsellable. -
Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
$1500 with 1 day left on the auction. God damn -
Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Yeah definitely. Can't believe raw copies are going for such a premium though -
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James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Spider-verse #6 raw copy just went for $362. Others going for $250. More auctions up now going for big $$. I bought a copy for $50 a month ago and there seemed like little interest. There's no new movie or series coming out that I'm aware of. A CGC 9.8 is at $900 with 3 days left on the auction. Will probably go for $1500 if I guessed. Anything happened recently to justify this pump? -
Will Captain Carter see a price bump?
James42 replied to Ad Astra Collectibles's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Maybe but I think it depends on what role she plays in the movie. -
Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Low print run, low inventory of 9.8's and it's a popular spec book. Kind if like Strange Academy 1 but not nearly as good (in terms of spec potential). What was interesting was that this was an auction, so there's obvious interest there. -
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James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Spider-verse #6 CGC 9.8 just sold for $1125. The last 9.8 sold for $37 in 2020 -
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James42 replied to thirdgreenham's topic in Modern Age Comic Books
Spider-men #1 slabs seem to be selling like hot cakes on ebay. -
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That's true. I think speculators are driving this rise too. But kids who grew up watching Miles and reading his comics most probably will want a slice of his history when they're 30-40 and have cash to blow. If you can find a 9.6 for a good price, why not invest if you have conviction? There's plenty of big fluctuations on auctions for 9.6s at the moment. Our views of things are coloured by who we talk to but I'd be interested to see who young people actually see as Spider-man (outside our circle of friends and family). I'm making assumptions based on small sample sizes.