vaillant

On 3/23/2023 at 11:12 PM, vaillant said:

I just realized I also have a #104 from my duplicates, I am adding it here even if it's not from my friends' collection.

Journey into Mystery #104
First appearance of Skagg. Surtur appears.
GD+/GDVG range.
$65

#104 is now SOLD, and thread is CLOSED.

To the user which asked me further pictures of the #85: apologies, I will try to make them before Easter.
God bless.

Last bump… Then I will move these.

#91 is ON HOLD.

Beautiful books!

Please do not be afraid to send offers, the worst I will say "NO".
If there is no interest I think I will try to offer these here in Italy. Thanks!

Daily Bump™.

Feel free to send offer if prices are off — I will evaluate a pair of offers and then maybe move these elsewhere.
Thanks for looking!

On 3/23/2023 at 9:57 PM, MGsimba77 said:

Feebay please....for the love of God....give it a rest with the fees!

They're making it impossible to sell anything 🤬 

If you sell somewhat pricey slabs, what they're effectively doing is inviting people to just delist and consign to the auction houses at first sign of life in the market. This goes double if you're a casual seller without the need of a storefront subscription. At least throw people a bone every once in a while with a final value fee promo or something.

And you can’t imagine how impossible they made it for non-US sellers to sell on eBay.com
If I wish to price a comic fairly I have to take into account:
1) Currency conversion rates (their own, really bad);
2) Shipping cost, which is already high, has to take into account that they’ll calculate fees upon it and the taxes as well
3) US Local taxes (depending on state)
4) On top of it all: the fees, which on our own local eBay sites (eBay.it, eBay.fr, eBay.de etc.) amount to a 4-6% at worst, can end up being 15-18%
So in the end you have a buyer paying about a 30% more than he would have if he purchased directly from you.

On 3/23/2023 at 5:23 PM, Dr. Balls said:

+1

I would imagine the movie speculator market keeps books at a high when the properties they are using have longevity. I recall Thanos stuff was hot for quite some time because he was central in the movies for years. From a speculation view, Marvel having a difficult time portraying these characters in ways that will ensure long-time interest is hammering long-term value - along with the economic factors going on.

To me, it just seems like this is the bear market for comics where you either hold (because you like the book) or you sell at a loss (because you need the money). The time to buy for collectors is rapidly approaching, bad time to invest or flip because the bounce-back may not happen on books where the character has come-and-gone without much fanfare.

Honestly, if Marvel toss out such a §h#t thing as the "Sub-Mariner" portrayed in the film it’s no surprise speculation goes "down the water closed".

I just realized I also have a #104 from my duplicates, I am adding it here even if it's not from my friends' collection.

Journey into Mystery #104
First appearance of Skagg. Surtur appears.
GD+/GDVG range.
$65 SOLD to crassus

Journey into Mystery #87
Low grade copy with tape on the upper portion of cover, right side, whose glue darkened the cover paper, extra staple, small piece out from right side. A GD-?
I’m pricing it as some similar copies which sold recently.
$125

Journey into Mystery #89
Origin of Thor. Classic cover. I see raw and graded copies have been selling for pretty strong prices.
Nice copy. VG to FN, no big issues but as I have noticed now it has (very slight) color touches on the upper part of the spine, around the staple and at the top, so it falls into "Restored". I’ll leave it "ON HOLD" and research a bit to price it accordingly.
*ON HOLD*

Journey into Mystery #91
This one is pretty nice, about a FN-, but has the bottom staple detached from cover. Qualified.
$149  ON HOLD

Journey into Mystery #92
Early Loki.
I’d say around GD. Original staples appear to have been removed, book is restapled, tape all along spine (see scan).
$75

Journey into Mystery #94
GD+ or so. Extra staple added, tape along spine, sub crease.
$65

Journey into Mystery #95
GD to VG range. Dust shadow and chipping at right margin, a piece of tape was placed to repair a 1.5" tear (see picture).
$59

Journey into Mystery #96
GD to VG. Extra staple (can be removed: staples are holding well) and small piece of tape at spine at the top (see scan).
$59

Journey into Mystery #99
First Mister Hyde.
VG range. Extra staple (can be removed: staples are holding well) and small piece of tape at spine at the bottom (see scan).
$95

Journey into Mystery #100
GD to VG range. 1" piece of tape on bottom part of spine
$69

Starting in a minute with the few remaining books…

So maybe "not all hope is lost for me"?
I am missing just #1 and #4 — and #25 but I don’t care much for that one. Who knows?

On 3/23/2023 at 3:33 PM, crassus said:

#109 is SOLD. Thanks Robert!

Journey into Mystery #101
In VGFN range.
$95

Journey into Mystery #102
First apperance of Sif, Hela and Balder the Brave.
VG/VG+ range.
$135

Journey into Mystery #103
First apperance of the Enchantress and the Executioner.
GD range, tape along spine, extra staples.
$105