Spidey 62

How is that possible?  Slight color touch. 

Seems like some people embrace a filterless lifestyle, and let the chips fall where they may. I was in a small convention room with EVS years ago with a dozen other people.  It was how the show set him up for con art.  Very comfortable at a conference table and we were all sitting in chairs as our turn came up.  He was gabbing with everyone, but it never got nasty.  Never over the top. It was a great experience. He apparently decided to start letting everyone know what he thought.  I would think that was a mistake, but he seems comfortable with it. 

1 minute ago, Kramerica said:

 

Amazing Spider-Man #98 VF 8.0 $52.00

This one is improvable

Take

And with White pages...thats the cherry

Nice books 

Bought a nice ASM 50 slab.  Friendly communication and shipped fast.  Thanks.

I was thinking 5.0 as it is, but I also think it might get a 6.0 with press and clean. It looks like this would press out well. 

6 hours ago, Poka said:

So eBay can get their commission. Originally I believe eBay offer allowed you to make 1 offer before they increased it to 5 to maximize their profit.

like with any other negotiations - if you start too low many sellers will consider you not to be a serious buyer.

All he did was push me in another direction.  I came back here and bought an ASM 50 from the boards.

4 minutes ago, Poka said:

There is a reason it is called best offer

Then why do they have a counter offer feature? 

My eBay issue is only yesterday, but not with ebay itself,  but a seller.  He had a ASM 122 6.0 w listed for $175 obo.  I throw out a $125 offer, and yes it is a bit low, but I wouldn't call it lowball.  10 hrs later, I get the declined offer notification. ?.  No counter?  The best offer feature is for negotiation.   .  He had a fish on the line, why not throw back a short counter offer, like $170 and let's see where it goes?

@Bird - I can say that I haven't had any ebay selling issues recently.  I last listed a week or so ago.  Dumb question - any chance your phone camera settings changed? 

Fiddy 7.  Am I too old to say fiddy? 

On 3/7/2020 at 9:19 PM, MedicAR said:

We have two problems right now. One is an epidemic known as COVID-19 (coronavirus) and another is best described as an "Infodemic." The first is a virus transmitted between people, the second is people transmitting anything and everything they see and/or hear about a virus. I work in healthcare and have been watching this since it first surfaced about six to eight weeks ago. 

 

If my word isn't good enough, check out Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, MD and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Great post and also, infodemic is a great description for many things these days.  That may be almost as bad as the actual illness. 

On 3/8/2020 at 7:01 PM, Lazyboy said:

But we're not even close to being all said and done. COVID-19 is just getting started.

But, you really don't know that.  It could get worse or it could die a slow death.  Speaking in absolutes is an iffy proposition. 

I have a Jim Valentino con art that I got at Baltimore about 10 years ago.  I really like it. 

19 hours ago, gadzukes said:

The seller said even though he is selling some comics right now, he's not a comic person and he had never mailed a CGC slab before and simply didn't think much about it.  Whatever..... I'm going to send it back and be done with it.

4 hours ago, gadzukes said:

This seller is selling another slabbed 9.8 ASM 700.  If any of you buy it MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR SECURE SHIPPING!

So, he doesn't know comics (or shipping them) but he suddenly has multiple expensive 9.8s?  

19 minutes ago, Keys_Collector said:

47 minutes ago, Lazyboy said:

Batman 251 is the return of the psychotic murderer (after many years of the goofy clown) and ASM 33 is (the final) part of a classic story.

No one is buying those books for those reasons.

I have heard/seen maaannny times (and many more times than about the story) how those covers are classic.  I don't doubt that ASM 33 gets a push for the story, but the greatness of the cover is always talked about.  And, the notations on the cgc label say "joker appearance" and "classic cover". 

Batman 251

Amazing Spiderman 33

1 hour ago, skypinkblu said:

Detective #257, The first Whirly Bat. Some creasing, 1" cover spine split at the top, a few pages have very small chews. Grade is 3.5 bin is  $25.00

 

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2 hours ago, skypinkblu said:

Batman #120, 1958 Graded Fair (1.0) because there is a clipped coupon on the back. The book itself looks very nice.  Bin is $25