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$59,000 final price. Just imagine if it had the extra special CVA Super Duper Exceptional sticker. You know, the one you get if you pay up for the 10 minute eval versus the normal 5...

You said what now?????? And 6 hours to go...

All listed Journey Into Mystery and Thor books have been sold to @wchung !!!

I say if you ever find yourself dealing with that dimwit again, tell him you'll accept his offer just as soon as Cody Parkey makes another field goal in the playoffs. As a pragmatic Bears fan, I thought the end of the Eagles game was funny. But something tells me Mr. "dabearsfamily" will stroke out over a message like that.

#2 Just for everyone's awareness, I'll probably close this thread out next weekend in case you're on the fence about any of the remaining books.

Maybe I can break that streak with ASM 380... (BTW - I didn't even include my SS 9.8 copies of 361-363)

Correction...death spiral...all semantics I'm sure. BitCon's price is no longer even covering the cost to "mine" it in most, if not all, countries at the current time. You'd have been better off buying into the recent correction in the legitimate stock market.

When did you get a wife???

I've actually never looked at their pricing structure till now. Its an even bigger scam than I thought, people are actually paying that much for a 5 minute evaluation they could do themselves? CVA's profit margin would probably make the Shark Tank blush.

Nah, he'd complain about all the asymmetrical rocks...

Last one for tonight -- X-Men 118, SS 9.6, ow/w. Signed by writer Chris Claremont. 1st appearance of Mariko Yashida, with an appearance by Sunfire. Blue label 9.6s are going for right around $100, so let's call this book $135

Moving on to... X-Men 130, SS 9.6, w/p. 1st appearance of Dazzler. Signed by artists John Romita, Jr. and Terry Austin as well as writer Chris Claremont. CLink has two SS 9.8 sales for over $900 (one Stan, one JR Jr.), and a Claremont SS 9.6 went for $350 on eBay. With three signatures on this one... $450

Tonight let's switch from blue to yellow... Up first is X-Men 117, SS 9.8, ow/w, signed by writer Chris Claremont. Features the 1st appearance of the Shadow King. Blue label sales of this book are all over the place, anywhere from $225 to $550. Let's call this one $400.

I think "that's just me" is what it comes down to. I'm with you in that I wouldn't bid a penny extra for a CVA sticker, but like you highlighted, how many inexperienced potential bidders might do that? Maybe I'm just bitter that the CVA people are running a what I see as useless enterprise from their kitchen table and apparently keep getting clientele.

Haha, that's a good point. To your question, when we're talking about graded books in a vacuum, I take a "to each their own" stance. If you want to chase 10.0s at any cost, get signatures, buy only date stamped covers, low grade copies, whatever. You do you. Its when CVA gets introduced into the equation that I get wired for sound, largely because in my opinion they're a total scam and shouldn't even exist. Every comic collector already has their own built in CVA (i.e. their eyes) which they should be using to judge a potential purchase. There's zero reason to pay up for a certain book just because it has an extra sticker on it that would probably turn up on a bowl of chili if someone were to submit one to CVA.

@Convention dude94 - I remember this book from another thread, and if memory serves you severely overpaid for it back then. Maybe someone desperate for a Stan signature with an itchy mouse finger will give you $500 on eBay, solely because that would look like competitive pricing compared to what a number of other sellers are asking for on other SS copies of #87 signed by Stan. I've had some success selling Stan Lee signed books at a premium since his passing, so it can be done, but I wouldn't bank on it.

Hey, for all we know there could have been 25 ASM #361s in that grab bag! The listing said so!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/12/23/sales-tax-online-retailers-begin-collect-internet-customers/2387450002/ Apparently this will apply to several states.

And I just got licensed to sell real estate on the Moon. Get you some beachfront property at the Sea of Tranquility before it all dries up! Heck, once @BITCOINSWAMI gets his billions from CGC, he should buy the whole darn thing from me.

X-Men 112 sold to @MadJimJaspers !

X-Men 98 sold to @MadJimJaspers !

Continuing with X-Men 121, 9.6, w/p. First full appearance of Alpha Flight. Recent sales are all around $200, so let's call it $200