TheFifthHorseman

14 hours ago, Jayman said:

Unwanted doubles?...

Perhaps!

On 8/27/2012 at 9:10 AM, Junkdrawer said:

I like the grab bag for $9.95 showing the Af15 as a possible, POSSIBLE, prize to win. Anybody gets it let me know.

Only have to buy $20,000 in grab bags to get it!!

2 hours ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

The only market correction is up and it is never going back down.

Only up jut like Tec #27 and Action #1.

I agree. AF15 = mega key. Spidey is huge and the cover is classic.

1 hour ago, zupaphly said:

Anytime this thread gets revived it freaks me out, and makes me want to go check on my safety deposit box... 

Safety deposit boxes are insured but the items cannot be replaced.

Only reason I bring this up us because couple of years ago in NY there was an overnight/overweekend bank job - they raided a bunch of depo boxes and whatever valuables were inside were gone unless recovered. Doubt this happens often but was just interesting.

I don't trust banks. Biggest racket there is

Honestly I don't see either label affecting the sale price of this book in an auction.

Clearly it's a beautiful book. People looking to buy THIS book aren't buying the label.

@Comcav funding Rick's retirement!

6 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Comcav CAN be beaten...I have survived  

Same.

Right place, right time. His reign won't last forever 

@lizards2 popcorn

11 hours ago, DarkKnightReturns said:

CRIME...

Yes.

On 10/13/2017 at 11:30 AM, Mandi1 said:

I am having a hard time deciding if my 1945 Frankenstein #1 is worth paying to get graded? It's not mint by any means, but I think it might be fairly rare. Any helpful information about this particular comic is welcome. Thanks

 

Spine is pretty beat up but nice colors!

On 10/13/2017 at 3:32 PM, rjpb said:

That $102 copy, which looks to be about a 2.0, might have gone a little cheap as it was listed in platinum age and not GA on ebay

Yes it was listed in Platinum Age and yes I did get it for a great price!

How is this book not more popular??? The cover is SICK!

@Jayman I'm so offended! You're quite the cyber-bully 

1 hour ago, Jayman said:

Sweet Lord Almighty this is amazing

Just now, Point Five said:

SUPER MYSTERY V7 #4 in 4.0. Flat, glossy, attractive copy of this lovely black cover. Discreet tear on the lady's blouse; smaller tear bottom of back cover; staple areas a bit worn but holding. Eye appeal suggests a higher grade. White/OW pages.

$190

Back cover:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Take

9 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Well, from this discussion here, it's quite clear to me that I must not be a speculator then.  Especially since I tend to sit on my books for not only several years, but rather for many decades

I'm a bit of both of say. I love my GA and nobody will pry that stuff from my cold lifeless fingers.

But flipping books is quite...exhilirating. I've lost a little bit and have made a little bit flipping moderns and variants. Most of the time I break even.

I have pretty good taste so most of the covers I pick out do well. But that's just it - moderns are about the C O V E R S. Treat them like bartering chips...trading cards.

And dump 'em on someone else 

Edit: to add, I'd say you can expect that the QUALITY of your listing and the way you market yourself will affect the final value of a sale on eBay- probably by about 10-15% at least. I see people taking the most ridiculous pictures and writing the worst headlines.

They are your competition and if you can set yourself apart from them and stay ahead of the curve you can make some $$$

Just now, ComicConnoisseur said:

Dell'Otto  covers! 

@ComicConnoisseur Last year, hah, get a kick out of this...

Well, I won't give it away (perhaps a board member) but I spent well over 2k on a CGC 9.9 Dell'Otto sometime last year. I never got the book in hand - something about a reslab from cgc and was taking forever. Anyway he charged me a 10% restock for a refund but I got most of the money back.

I feel like I dodged a bullet.

@MrBedrock I came here to post these because I just bought them

But I swear on Marilyn Monroe's grave I saw them on my own TODAY. I haven't checked pre code purchases in a while@MrBedrock this is some trippy sh@t

I bought these because it's one of the coolest friggan covers I've ever seen. I came here to post 'em and be all like "how the hell is this book not worth more n stuff." Such a great cover I don't care at all about the PQ of mine - #2 still looks supple anyway.

Then I come to post these and there your 9.0 is staring me in the face. Not taunting me but reassuring me a made I good purchase. Funny how things work out sometimes. Congrats on yours!

Just now, TheFifthHorseman said:

Whoa wtf... 

@MrBedrock dude... I JUST saw this cover today but not from here!!

2 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Disagree 100% 

Unless you are able to day trade your books and miraculously time the shifting winds of the comic book market perfectly, it's just as easy to lose money on these highly speculative and hyped books as it is to make money on them. 

Agree 200%! 

One can make it just as fast as they can lose it. You're right: you gotta be ON TOP of buying/selling as a speculator...the market will change in an instant

3 hours ago, 1Cool said:

why not use some knowledge and guessing to hopefully make more money then just buying key books and sitting on them for several years.

Agree 100%

8 minutes ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

I think Batman and Spider-Man modern books that have come out in the last 20 years 1997-2017 might have some speculator value .. .. their variant cover market also looks interesting.

Last year I bought a Batman #608 RRP CGC 9.4 for $1350. I flipped it a few months later on eBay for $2025.

I took that money and turned it into something much cooler (and much more rare)

No idea what the market for that book looks like now but I don't really care. What I ended up with was, for me, much better

Thought y'all might find this interesting 

I don't know about everyone else's feelings but personally I feel like @SOLAR BOY & @Ricksneatstuff have breathed some damn life into these boards!

I joined right before the switchover and this place has been Lame City for a while now.

Cheers boys

Hip hip hooray!