Jaydogrules

Didn't you liquidate your entire ASM run ? -J. I sold all of my variants but a couple and lost all of my SA to a flood. Oh damn. I'm sorry to hear that man. -J.

Didn't you liquidate your entire ASM run ? -J.

Well that settles that then. I saw when it first hit ebay. Something like 50 views an hour with 40 watchers in 18 hours, and the book sold in under a day. Flipping books is not my thing, but I'd say yours was a successful one. Congrats on the sale, and yeah I'll be taking your membership key to the club house on your way out the door. -J. Before anyone pops champagne corks for this individual, take note of the following: Item listed for sale. I contact with an offer. Seller says fine, contact via CGC boards. I am tied up with family business for a day and in different timezone. Seller sends a message via Ebay, asking if I still want the item. I say yes, and follow up with another email. Then I learn via my good friend Master Jay here the item has been sold. I check the thread, and sure enough, here's the seller gloating ( ) When I advise this is unprofessional, I am advised "it is what it is" and that I am letting my emotions "get the better of me", which is ridiculous as anyone who has done business with me would know. So, one seller with more $ (albeit temporarily I'm guessing) but far less credibility. I think I will now go and snap up another AF#15 in the 2.0-3.0 grade. With a professional seller... Hey man I'm sorry that happened, especially since I knew you were looking for that in a 9.8 and I sent you the link alerting you to the seller and his book when it came up for sale. I've spoken with cmzare in the past and I'm sure it really was just a communication breakdown in the end. Everyone on the boards knows that you are a serious buyer with cash to spend, so it obviously wasn't a money thing. Chin up, you'll find your copy. -J.

I would hope anybody sending $9k on any luxury item would do so with their eyes wide open. But like others have said, it's probably a safe assumption that someone with that kind of disposable cash, is most likely fairly well off either way. If someone is paying $9k for this book, they are most certainly familiar with it and its story, and they are aware how infrequently it comes up for sale, particularly in a 9.8, with the last recorded public sale being in May, 2013, according to GPA. If you're an ASM completist, a rare variant hunter, a Dell'otto fan, and/or a 9.8 snob, four years is a long time to wait in between books, and this one obviously isn't getting any cheaper. -J.

There was a 9.6 that sold today. 2k http://m.ebay.com/itm/112255894990 He might have done better in a straight no reserve auction. -J.

And how's this for a mind blower.... that's basically $10k as an ebay/PayPal deal. -J.

RE-SOLD for $9,000 (UPDATED) ASM 667 Dell'otto Club (Population 3 ) UNVERSAL Jaydogrules 9.8 Page 1 Lethal_Collector 9.8 Page 1 SIGNATURE SERIES Sano 9.8 (Stan Lee) Page 115 Happy hunting boys! -J.

Well that settles that then. I saw when it first hit ebay. Something like 50 views an hour with 40 watchers in 18 hours, and the book sold in under a day. Flipping books is not my thing, but I'd say yours was a successful one. Congrats on the sale, and yeah I'll be taking your membership key to the club house on your way out the door. -J.

I didn't. If I would have known about it beforehand, I would have. -J.

Yes that's a great result for the book. It was discussed in another thread. Solid looking copy too. Looks like the other raw copy that was in lesser condition poofed shortly thereafter. From the new set of Venom variants coming out next year, nothing really jumps out at me the way this one originally did. -J.

I didn't say it's as all around good and engrossing as Saga. Neither was Saga when it first started. But it is Image's best overall work since then IMO. -J.

I think it's great. Opena's art alone makes it special. Image's best title since Saga. -J.

Do you have the issue # for this? love to get a virgin cover if available. Guardians of The Galaxy #11. No virgin cover. Comes out in April from Panini. Best cover from him in a few months by far. Any chance this gets a US release? -J.

I've heard this as well. -J.

1:10 It had a nice uptick about two years ago. I remember because I was looking for one for a show I was going to that Adams was at. I'm inclined to think it's not even a ratio variant. MCS is very good about identifying and specifying ratio books, along with the required ordering ratios on their site and even they just call it a "limited variant". -J. They also don't have the 1:10 listed for #1. SALVATION RUN #1 Standard Edition (SEP070153) is on Final Order Cutoff on Thursday, October 25. As a reminder, retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (SEP070154), featuring a cover by Joe Corroney, for every ten copies of the Standard Edition ordered. FWIW, CBSI has it as a 1:25. http://comicbookinvest.com/2015/03/13/hot-10-comics-7/ Either way, I put the likelihood of it being a "1:100" at a 0:0. -J.

1:10 It had a nice uptick about two years ago. I remember because I was looking for one for a show I was going to that Adams was at. I'm inclined to think it's not even a ratio variant. MCS is very good about identifying and specifying ratio books, along with the required ordering ratios on their site and even they just call it a "limited variant". -J.

Another strong result for a member of the Dirty Dozen today. $1600 for a Wolverine 1, 9.2 (another GPA high) : http://www.ebay.com/itm/122281004974?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT -J.

There were no bid retractions on that item. None. This is officially the fifth modern variant to join the "$2k Raw" club. The others are: ASM 667 (Dell'otto) Siege 3 (Campbell) Batman 608RRP (Lee) UXM 510, partial sketch (Campbell) Choke on it, haters. -J. surprised the wolverine 1 Campbell has not hit 2k raw? Hovering around that $1,800 mark still, slightly less for a boardie sale, but if you add 10% ebay fees its right in the $1,800 neighborhood: Boardie Wolvie 1 Sale. Jerome True. That's a nice result for a private sale on here no matter what. But these boards are a small audience. Would he have done better on ebay with a much larger pool of prospective buyers in a no reserve? Maybe. -J.

There were no bid retractions on that item. None. This is officially the fifth modern variant to join the "$2k Raw" club. The others are: ASM 667 (Dell'otto) Siege 3 (Campbell) Batman 608RRP (Lee) UXM 510, partial sketch (Campbell) Choke on it, haters. -J. You choke on it bro ! No hate, I just want to know what happened to you? You know that auction was shaky at best but yet you still blindly support it? You go around and bash whatever books you dont own, and blindly push what you do own. You argue mess into the ground. I do question your motives. I dont give 2 if you "never sell a book" when your spending the amount of cash that you have on books, you do care about the value! you sir are far more than a Collector only. Whatever I remember when you hated suspicious E-bay auctions? I guess thoose auctions must have been on books you did not own. What? This sale of $2100 is only $400 more than the last high grade raw copy this book sold for. This auction had multiple bidders, three of whom bid over $2k on it. You think one "suspicious" bidder at the $1200 level affected the final hammer of the book that ended nearly double that ? You're entitled to your beliefs, but I think not. There are thousands of auctions on ebay every day. Find me some more that have a bidder or two that you don't like. This book almost never comes up for sale in a no reserve in any condition. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why it would generate interest, much like the other modern variant heavy hitters that have reached these highs before it. -J. PS: You don't know what books I own or what I paid for them (other than the ones I bought from you of course, and what I choose to place in my sig line), so I would be careful about making assumptions.

There were no bid retractions on that item. None. This is officially the fifth modern variant to join the "$2k Raw" club. The others are: ASM 667 (Dell'otto) Siege 3 (Campbell) Batman 608RRP (Lee) UXM 510, partial sketch (Campbell) Choke on it, haters. -J. surprised the wolverine 1 Campbell has not hit 2k raw? There have been no raw copies of the Wolverine 1 Campbell offered in a straight no reserve in well over a year. The last one did get close though, it closed at around $1800 if memory serves. If a nice high grade, unsigned raw copy did come up, I have no doubt it would also eclipse $2k though. It is Campbell's Magnum Opus IMO. -J.

There were no bid retractions on that item. None. This is officially the fifth modern variant to join the "$2k Raw" club. The others are: ASM 667 (Dell'otto) Siege 3 (Campbell) Batman 608RRP (Lee) UXM 510, partial sketch (Campbell) Choke on it, haters. -J.

Moot point either way. Ended at $2100. New high for this book in raw condition. -J.

The big "Bubble" is in moderns and Modern variants. All boats have risen, that's for sure. The Hurt is coming to people that are spending thousands on chase variants . Yes Bronze is high right now but if you got into bronze right, I would say your safer owning these "C and D" characters first appearance's over modern covers with no meaning. After all marvel/Disney makes a habit out of turning these characters into the A and B range. Hulk # 181's highs where all centered around no census numbers and people buying into "fake rarity" you can follow that price curve to a "T" with census population and the current number is way more in-line with guide values. For the first 3 years of the census there was 1900 graded hulk 181's and only 4 FOUR were graded 9.8. that caused a bubble and a price based on rarity that was not real. That is, what I believe is the same situation we are in with HFH #1 and WBN #32 we are seeing very low 9.8 census numbers that are popping up the price in higher grade's . I do believe there is a high grade bubble on these books that has rippled thru all grade's and is catching up on the 9.2 and lower. I dont believe the run up in BA books is only speculation based. I believe it is supply and census based as well. will the census catch up to these books like it did with the hulk #181? That is the question. That being said if you can buy any of these first appearances near or slightly above guide value I dont think you will be disappointed years from now. The 9.2 range is very attractive, especially if you really like the character. 48 grand for A 9.8 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #5 IN 9.8 THAT'S A PRETTY PENNY. CGC CENSUS TOOL Great Tool ! The superfluous and inapplicable aside about the modern variant market notwithstanding, I think we basically said the same thing. Indeed, the biggest threat in the BA market, and to an even more obscene extent in the CA market is the utter abundance of copies of everything out there, both high grade and otherwise. People were collecting, saving, storing and preserving comics long before the BA began even, and the people who collected and saved all those nice copies of Hulk 181 didn't suddenly forget how to do the same with other books from the same era. Anyone who's still playing "the census game" when paying these sky high prices for common BA third rate character books temporarily propped up by movie/tv hype clearly has not learned from mistakes passed. -J.

Avengers assemble #10 seeing some movement. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AVENGERS-ASSEMBLE-10-CGC-9-8-Fantastic-Four-3-Both-DellOtto-Variants-NM-/162256659363?hash=item25c74023a3:g:pJAAAOSwIgNXsUwr Always loved that cover. -J.

Already on the list. Will update soon. -J.