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1 minute ago, lou_fine said:

Probably so, when this CGC 4.0 graded copy with no Marvel chipping managed to fetched only $24K in yesterday's CC auction:

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=768336

I'm sure the large initials in marker and pen above Spidey's head had quite a bit to do with the low price here.  But having said that it seems the book is trending down a bit recently.

8 minutes ago, edgerx said:

So does a Netflix subscription come with this?

Oh I was hoping it was shares of stock.

Did we just find out in the past 12 hours why this book shot up?  I won't say anymore since could be borderline spoiler.

"Pro" shill bidders typically operate more discretely.  If the bidder and seller were friends obviously the bid behavior does draw some undesired attention, so if they were working in concert this isn't how the plan is supposed to go.  Though I suppose they could be "amateurs"

1 hour ago, Dark Knight said:

Speaking of FF 45, there is really no comparison between FF 45 and FF 48.  FF 48 is so much of a bigger key and is probably in the top 3 most important FF book out of the whole run.  It was undervalued back then, now it is starting to realize its significance in the marketplace.  I doubt prices will go down on this book.

 

This.

FF48 is already highly desired without the Fox/Disney/MCU speculation.  Feige has already said Phase 4 of the MCU is going cosmic.  If the Fox/Disney deal does happen, you can bet that SS will be a key player possibly on the level of a Cap/IM with potential to appear across any of the movies.  With that said, I would say the potential upside is much greater than the downside.  

8 hours ago, Callaway29 said:

I could have sworn I saw someone asking for an AF15 0.5 in the WTB thread recently, but can't find it now...maybe they edited their thread, or I just suck with the search function...

Here it is:

23 hours ago, zhamlau said:

6. 3.0 at 17k makes sense. Chipped up and a wear spot on on the cover with average for grade PQ. Its actually a strong price considering it was low end 3.0

Thanks - this lifted my spirits a little bit after finishing as the under bidder.

Wow I wonder what kind of tech they used back then before computers were prevalent to make these types of adjustments.

Ebay will side with the seller (you) as long as the carrier provided proof of delivery and you sent the package to a PayPal confirmed address.  All that's needed for proof of delivery is a tracking number; signature is not required.  I typically add signature requirement to protect the buyer for higher priced items - ie so the carrier won't just leave a box unattended giving it potential for all kinds of bad things to happen.

Everybody has to start somewhere.  What if this collector is 22, just started working out of college and had no need for an ebay account until now?  As long as the buyer has paid with a confirmed address - you are set as long as you hold up your end of the bargain.

I don't disagree at all that there is much more demand. But these two books illustrate supply and demand very, very well.

 

We agree that NM 98 has way more demand. But there are VASTLY more copies. The result? MTU 1 is actually worth more in the NM grades

 

GPA for MTU

9.4 last sale $526

9.6 last sale $895

9.8 - only one sale ever (only 3 exist) $5,000

 

GPA for New Mutants 98

9.4 last sale $375

9.6 last sale $401

9.8 last sale $800

 

No one should contest that NM 98 has tons of demand. If not for lots of demand this common as grass book wouldn't be worth crapola. But there exists significant demand for MTU 1 and it is massively less available in true NM grades. So - supply and demand at work - it's worth much more. In the case of 9.8 like 6x more.

The "value" of low census books is very skewed. The reason why the low census MTU high grades go for so much is the ultra high grade completions and those who compete seriously on the registry are willing to bid them up. Once that group has satisfied their needs, the price the next tier of collectors are willing to pay drops off a cliff.

How many collectors are willing to pay $5K for a MTU 1 9.8? How many collectors would pay $800 for a NM 98 9.8? If you offered dealers the choice of (1) MTU 1 9.8 for resale or (6) NM 98 9.8; which one do you think the large majority will select to move inventory? Ultimately supply and demand determine the price, but demand is much more influential.

There's going to be some announcement from Marvel after this weeks ep.

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/87975-marvel-make-announcement-tonight-after-shield.html

Age of Ultron trailer next week!!!! Not sure if it will before/during/after Agents of SHIELD.

Tried hard to be hardcore, but it came off cheap.

 

Not sure why they had to "reveal" every character and villian within the 1st 30 minutes of the shows existence.

 

Patrick

I couldn't agree more with these statements; lack of creativity and really just trying to sell the product on established names rather than adding substance to it.

There are plenty of well established Chinese companies that have been profitable and paying dividends for years. You might hear about some "scam' stocks from time to time, but that's no different than the countless US companies that have gone bankrupt for whatever reasons. You've all got all those dot com busts with no revenue model; two companies in my area that aren't household names, Evergreen Solar went BK in 2011, A123 BK in 2012 after trading on the market for several years.

Look at the charts for this century and stocks like CEO and PTR completely destroy US oil king XOM. Over a 5 year chart BIDU and TCEHY both outperform GOOGL.

With BABA you are paying for potential, pure and simple, in the same way you would be going with an AMZN or TSLA. These companies if successful can scale very large, much more so than a DIS or an AF15.

Thanks Bronze Age. The room gets very indirect light in the room. And the glass isn't conservatory museum but blocks 99% uv TruView glass. I just couldn't lock them away, I need to see them everyday!

I would not leave the books there. They will eventually fade, just not as quickly as if the glass didn't have any UV protection. All types of light will eventually lead to fading; emphasis is always on UV only because its the most damaging.

BTW some great looking books!

Top notch seller, would not hesitate to deal with again. Quick communication and shipment; item well packaged and exactly as described. Thanks!

Well that Black Widow certainly isn't Sideshow

Sideshow is nice, but for the same price point you can have the entire Koto Marvel Now Avengers set of 6.

Just picked this up today. It's part of a series of the Avengers being released over the next several months.

 

First was the Hulk two months ago.

 

Now Black Widow

I'm collecting this set as well. Hulk is here, Widow on the way. I have to admit I prefer Iron Man in red versus the Marvel Now black scheme. But overall the set was too nice to pass up. It's interesting that Koto has released images of all the paint schemes except for Iron Man; still hoping they might switch to red.

 

I concur. Where do you put the value/what do you think it will go at?

 

4.0 is a great sweet spot in collecting slabs!

A nice 4.5 just closed on ComicLink at $3100+.

Very entertaining movie, but Winter Soldier is still the best comic film of this year so far for me.

I only read about 20-22 pages into the thread and lots of questions on motive of sending in a PLOD 7.0 for re-grade. I don't see how this is any more silly than sending in a 6.0 universal for re-grade with the prominent spine crease; how could you expect that to score any higher than a 6.0 with that present? If it was never resubmitted....

I realize that's not the point of this thread, and it's about CGC's inconsistency. As stated many times already they only offer a professional opinion. If you should them the same book 100 times mixed in with hundreds of other books so they don't remember the same book, guess what, the result will not be the same 100 times. This is likely to be true if any of us individually went through the same process.

One thing we don't know is was the book "modified" after being in the PLOD 7 and before being resubmitted, from a detectable trim to a non for example.