Xatari

I’ll take ASM 20. Scorpion.

Wow! Nice!

Great seller. Lived closed by and dropped off in person. Highly recommend. 

I’ll take it. 

Awesome seller! I have purchased at least a dozen books, and all arrive safely. No worries here. Great books!

I was referring to the first line in which the poster claimed “whoever paid $14,550 for a 9.8 is a fool and will never see that money back”. Last sale was $31k. 

On 7/30/2016 at 12:23 AM, World Devourer said:

Whoever paid $14,550 for a 9.8 is a fool. They will never see that money back. I suspect they jumped on the character bandwagon and thought they would get in early. Investing based on possible appearances is high risk with no guarantee of return. This is especially true when considering that issues featuring characters that have (eg. Falcon) or will (Ms. Marvel, but looking more tenuous) appear in the MCU are not holding value.

 

Even Werewolf By Night, the host title for Moon Knight, commands little attention. The 1st issue and Marvel Spotlight #2 can still be purchased for a moderate price.

 

I believe the best investment was, is, and always will be the Silver Age. For $14,550 I can have several key SA issues.

 

 

 

 

This comment didn’t age well. 

Please delete. Moving to eBay. 

Just dropped prices for today. Going to pull and list everything that doesn’t sell this evening on the Bay. 

Thank you to everyone who DM’d me. Because quite a few people asked, I am including some pics of the back cover of AF15. 

1) First  wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread.

2) Payment by Check or Money Order - will provide plenty of well known references upon request

3) Shipping - $20

4) No returns on graded books

No tax on here. Time to put that tax refund to good use!

Amazing Fantasy 15 - 1.0 (No Chipping) - $10,200

Incredible Hulk 181 - 9.8 White Pages (beautiful centering) - $32,000

Fantastic Four 48 - 8.0 White Pages - $3,500

Fantastic Four 48 - 8.5 White Pages - $4,500

Daredevil 1 - 7.5 - $4,400

Werewolf by Night 32 - 9.4 White Pages - $3,600

Tomb of Dracula 10 - 9.2 - $1,600 (last sale was $1,880)

I think it was actually the fact that after cleaning, the staple was more visible and the small puncture holes now noticeable. Took a gamble and lost. 

i now own the nicest 7.5 you will ever find.

3 hours ago, B2D327 said:

Having experimented on my share of squarebound books, one mandatory step when pressing is placing a sheet of paper between the covers and first/last pages for that specific reason. The staples used and their placement is completely different from a regular book. Your presser should have known better

The presser was a pro used by many on this forum. Well respected in the industry. To be fair, the staple issue was present prior to his handling, it just wasn’t visible as the area was blackened. Once it was cleaned, the issue became apparent. In this case, bettering the condition actually made the issue visible. It was certainly a bummer, but I do not place the blame on the presser. 

Incredible book and great price on this! 

Take via PM

I had a recent horror story with this. I had a gorgeous copy of Giant Size X-Men at 9.0. The back staple area was black, but otherwise the book looked like a solid 9.2-9.4, so I sent it to a well known presser who cleaned it up and pressed, improving the condition even further. However, the cleaning now showed the staple rather than a small discolored area on the back cover. CGC graded it a 7.5 and notes it “rusted staple with hole”. Major loss in terms of cleaning, submission, and grade drop. 
 

 Very reluctant to ever attempt to resubmit again. 

4 hours ago, Xatari said:

Werewolf By Night 32 - 9.0

$2200

SOLD

Special Marvel Edition 15 - 9.2 (white pages)

$750

Eternals 1 (30 cent variant) - 6.5 SS

signed by Stan Lee

$600

Eternals 1 (30 cent variant) - 9.4

$1900

Tomb of Dracula 10 - 9.2

$1900

update: on hold

Fantastic Four 48 - 8.0 (white pages)

$3900... the last two 8.0 copies sold for $4000 and $4400. This copy is nicer than both.

update: on hold 

Werewolf By Night 32 - 9.4 (white pages)

$5000