Jaydogrules

Huh? Post the links here so I can promptly debunk your statement. -J.

Recent sales within the same existing price range of all copies. And two sales isn't a "trend". -J.

If we're talking about eBay (and I assume we are, given the title of this thread), then what you're saying is there isn't there. No difference in prices. None. Zero. All sales within the same general range. If you see some wild disparities, post some links. You made a statement in a thread about sales. It shouldn't be very hard for you to post some links that show these alleged one-directional trends if the sales were really there. Of course you and I both know that you can't do that. Of course you and I both know that for every sale that you can show one way, I can show another showing something else. What does it all mean in the end? It means nothing. Because there is no difference in price (rightfully so) in the equally common "versions" of this heavily printed, mass circulated book (ASM 361). -J.

Another 9.6 actually went for $2400+, on May 14, which was over $400 higher than what the person paid for the other 9.6 on May 5: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Spiderman-678-Mary-Jane-Venom-Variant-CGC-9-6-looks-like-9-8-PGX-CBCS-/122478677183?hash=item1c844c4cbf:g:1DQAAOSwR29ZCq2t Sometimes auctions work better than accepted offers on ebay. I think that guy could have gotten between $4-$4.5k had he just had the balls to do a straight no reserve. This book only has 8 public sales of a 9.8 in the five and a half years its been out, so pricing it straight up can be difficult. Prospective sellers either seem to auction it with some silly reserve or put up an absurdly high BIN. If you don't have a private buyer, sometimes a straight auction is just the way to go on these kinds of books. -J.

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What sales are you looking at, because I've looked high and low and still can't find them. I also think it's.....interesting.... that you think people paying real premiums for books with attractive cover art that is actually rare is "insane", yet you tout imaginary premiums paid and the false rarity of over printed, mass circulated common modern books based on nothing more than the presence of a bar code on them. -J.

Another 9.6 actually went for $2400+, on May 14, which was over $400 higher than what the person paid for the other 9.6 on May 5: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Spiderman-678-Mary-Jane-Venom-Variant-CGC-9-6-looks-like-9-8-PGX-CBCS-/122478677183?hash=item1c844c4cbf:g:1DQAAOSwR29ZCq2t Sometimes auctions work better than accepted offers on ebay. I think that guy could have gotten between $4-$4.5k had he just had the balls to do a straight no reserve. This book only has 8 public sales of a 9.8 in the five and a half years its been out, so pricing it straight up can be difficult. Prospective sellers either seem to auction it with some silly reserve or put up an absurdly high BIN. If you don't have a private buyer, sometimes a straight auction is just the way to go on these kinds of books. -J.

Sold for $3850. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMAZING-SPIDER-MAN-678-CGC-9-8-HUMBERTO-RAMOS-MARY-JANE-VENOM-VARIANT-COVER-/253010319197?hash=item3ae897175d:g:yScAAOSwOMdZSDU- -J.

I've been looking at it the last week (and intermittently before that) and continue to see no real or consistent differences in realized prices. What I do see is dozens and dozens of active listings for both and the market flooded with this very, very common in high grade and otherwise book. -J.

That part I'm inclined to agree with. I also think it's a passing fancy as now, predictably, the market is starting to flood and "oops!" they're not that hard to track down after all either. -J.

Normally your picks are pretty solid. But are you just trying to will this into being true? -J.

No narratives. I've just accepted that you're a glass half empty kind of guy. -J.

I get the gist of what you're saying. When you say things like "he should raise his rates or take less work" the underlying intent of your statements are quite clear, regardless of how literal you believe you are being, to the point where I felt compelled to point out some other recent work that is the exact opposite of what you described (not that I mind seeing my favourite characters features prominently with little background noise every once in a while). -J.

I guess you didn't see any of his recent work on Clone Saga. He paints what he paints. We don't have to like all of it. But to imply he "only" paints what you described is myopic, to say the least. -J.

That suit looks vicious! -J.

By a boardie. -J.

I apologize I must have glossed over your statement on that. But that's why shilling can work. It "can" create a false perception of an FMV that causes a real buyer to pay more than he should or would have otherwise had to. -J.

Come on man, the same zero and ultra low feedback bidders running up every single auction is about as obvious as you can get. Nobody has a picture of these guys doing it, but thank God eBay allows us to see bidding activity, ie, a glimpse of the rats doing their dirty work to create a false FMV for that book. -J

I said the auctions have all been shilled. And they have. It's also easy to use Buy it Nows to create a fake FMV for books. -J.

Yes, one thing you certainly are is transparent. -J.

What an odd, small little thing for someone to say. Business must be bad this month, given the extent of your trolling lately. -J.

There's been at least a half dozen copies for sale the last couple of months. -J.

The raw copies have all been shilled too. -J.

Too bad every single auction for that variant to #1 has been shilled to high heaven. -J.

"Private" just means it isn't on GPA-like probably 99% of comic sales. In all instances these sales were publicized and confirmed by the involved parties. -J.