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The answers here are all over the place.  

eBay is still a solid place to sell hot post 1975 comic books.

In my 15+ year experience on selling on eBay ending a book on fri and sat is a bad idea since most people are out and about.  All other nights between 6-9pm I feel are best.  Sunday I used to think was the absolute best night to sell, but over the last couple of years I feel the jury is still out because people have told me they get the steals of week from that day since people could still be out and about or watching the hot AMC/HBO shows at night which make sense to me.  I end 99% of my auctions now Mon Tues and  Wed nights, however I might try Sunday night again soon.

By in large I feel if you have a solid eBay reputation, hi-res scans, and have the auctions end where the much of North American can bid after work or at night you should do fine.  (Of course never have the auctions start and end on holidays or most of December).

FYI, I am mainly talking about CGC graded books.  Raw books still are better to sell in person or at comic book shows.

20 hours ago, fishbone said:

 

1 minute ago, Bomber-Bob said:

I don't see the point of putting grader notes for 9.8's ? It should be a near perfect book anyway. To attain a 9.9 you need above and beyond characteristics, perfect centering, perfect staple placement,razor sharp corners, etc. 

Exactly, graders notes on books 9.6 and above just slows down grading and TaT's.

Burn and turn!

2 hours ago, Dark Prime 0 said:

20 + 8 (form fee), send in 25 like i do and thats an extra 53 (that's not a small amt).........as someone pointed out they hope the useless subs slow down or stop.  that basicly kills their main source of income if they slow/stop (i know i'm useing an extreme for an example).  for myself i'll have to decide if i care about haveing this set or that set in 9.8 like i was working towards since i hardly ever sell my books, so no offseting the price in my case by selling

you're correct, but it will do something long term and i doubt it will cause people to send in more.  for my sets in all honesty they aren't worth getting slabbed to anyone but me and at 20+ per book cgc isn't getting them anymore, that's well over 200 books, add that up across the board and it equals alot of money they are now missing out on.  for myself thoes books will go to "them" instead.  personaly i will need to decide on keep/sell and only send the sell pile to cgc and out of the 1k+ books i have for possible gradeing only prob 20 or so are for selling.  if anything cgc with this price increase is ignoreing the bulk aspect of selling which seems to bring more money long term

compare that to the competition where it's 16 with no fee and they do a compareable job to CGC, personaly i will always go the route of a smaller bill.  i don't use CCS for this reason on blue label books, there are places to get the same quality job done for cheaper........................the only time i use CCS is when a book is getting SS and i don't really have a choice

 who goes "i wish my bill was higher."  i'll put it just in case, i'm not talking about PGX when i refer to "them" and such

To be fair I am assuming you don't pay full CGC modern costs since you can sub books using other dealers websites for a 10% or 20% discount.  Even before I got a dealer account I atleast got 10% off my bill from eBay or other such discount websites codes.

32 minutes ago, Guardian Comics said:

Are you guys really arguing about this?  For somebody to say that not a single copy of a book sold over the weekend when Leroy posted that he had sold one just the other day is nonsense.  Nobody knows everything, and to assume that you would be made aware of each and every sale as it happened is crazy to me.  (That point is obviously not directed at you JayDog).

 

Jim

Jimbo all we need are the spikes right?

On 4/11/2017 at 10:11 AM, ComicConnoisseur said:

I have a friend who still only buys cds. His argument is the cds are higher quality sound, and he owns them outright. Said he is having a field day collecting cds, and a lot of fun because most cds can be had for under a buck.

He is right.

Now while I don't buy a ton of blu ray's anymore, I still own the major movies on disc.  Watching Rogue One on netflix isn't as good as blu ray.

Plus still in 2017 there is zero benefit to owning digital movies, CD, Or games.  They lose the license and you lose your rights to re-downloading the media.

Case in point Marvel vs Capcom 2 for PS3.  I had to get a new PS3, Sony lost the rights to game, I lost $40 bucks. Owning the tangible product is still best.  Just like people who didnt have the common sense to not upload pictures and other media to the iCloud.  Those hot celebrities found out what happens when you assume hackers wont come in and steal your adult pictures from out of the thin air. haha

Variants are like beer prices at the ballparks, if you people keep buying them (just look at eBay) comic publishers will keep making them.

It's the comic communties fault that variants exist.  I don't even listen to variant covers complaints from anyone anymore.

Marvel Comics seems though is on the verge of bringing back all the characters from what I gathering from that article that started this thread that we love and hold dear because the only color that means anything in our capitalistic country is GREEN!  The market has spoken and Marvel Comics has failed in recent years so they have no choice but to bring this whole thing back to formula.

It was a pathetic attempt from the house of stupidity to think a male dominated marketplace would want to see a female versions of their beloved characters in a laughable attempt again to bring new readership in the mix. Gee you mean it didn't work how shocking.  

There is obviously nothing wrong with bringing diversity into the mix, however not in this forced manner.  If someone or a group wants a comic book character that represents them then thats is awesome and I don't think anyone would be opposed to that obviously. However be creative and create a new character that is representative of that diverse change instead of being lazy and having no talent what so ever.

On 4/2/2017 at 7:03 AM, Likefro said:

They haven't cared about long term fans for many, many years now. 

I personally agree.  Honestly for the most part I feel if you were born after 1980 (aka you read comics mainly from 1990-current) you really never got to see got see amazing comics book in general.  90's-now were and are a joke, and besides Pre-Unity Valiant, DC Vertigo (Preacher, Y:Last Man, Sandman) and Image/Skybound (WD, Saga, EastofWest etc...) titles most comics are mindless stories of talentless garbage.

Invest in back issues  Pre-1975 and 50% off new trades and call it a life.

On 4/4/2017 at 11:36 AM, delekkerste said:

Hopefully these figures will dispel the notion held by some that the comics industry is doing great these days.  I mean, these figures are shocking - only 2 Marvel titles selling more than 40K copies, with their #3-10 best-selling titles selling a paltry 35-39K issues (and that's just to RETAILERS; actual sales to readers will be less).  The average final issue of a cancelled Marvel book sells only 7K copies.  That is shocking.  

Granted, other publishers have probably taken market share away from Marvel, and there are additional sales from digital and trades.  But, you'd have to conclude that much of the rebound in sales (as measured by $$$) that has been reported in recent years has been due to variant covers, higher cover prices, new issue speculation in the CGC/SS/etc. era, etc.  Again, these stats are just SHOCKING, and not in a good way.  

 

Gene under no decade of comic book fandom would this garbage sell and I thought the 90's were a disgrace to comics.  This is because Marvel in terms of comics is catering to loser PC snowflakes since they killed off Wolverine.

Marvel has grown in the billions and that is in the movies.  I could care less if Marvel cancels all their titles it will have ZERO impact on AF 15's and back issues.  It actually seems back issues are selling better because collectors have to go back in time to read good stories of their favorite superheroes since the creative insufficiently_thoughtful_persons can't give their audience anything new/fresh.    Marvel is a movie company now and that is just fine with me.

Stan Lee from day one wanted to make movies and not comics.  Well it seems Marvel Comics has realized his dream. 

Marvel Comics has been replaced by Marvel Studios.  They just put their less talented artists/writers who can't cut in their movie division in their lower forgettable paper comic book division.

On 3/29/2017 at 0:32 PM, 1Cool said:

At least my customers are loving the books that did get slabbed because they are flawless.  Even the slightest spine tick and it's downgraded to a 9.6.  Seems to me there is 10 and 9.9 grades for flawless books and 9.8 should be able to have 1 minor spine tick.

I had a 2 people show me slabs they got back with in the last 6 months at Wondercon  this past weekend.  Probably about 20 or so.  Only one I said he should re-sub.  They missed light fingerprints, rust on staples, and other hidden defects that most casual submitters miss.  Now I am not saying you can't grade, but I am for sure saying the reason you aren't getting 9.8's isn't though because of 1 small/minor stress line.  That has never happened to me in the history of subbing to CGC.  Last week for example my grades on a big ticket FT Modern invoice was business as usual.   Grades were as expected.  

Are you sure you aren't missing one other flaw in conjunction with that 1 stress line to bring the grade down to 9.6?

On 3/26/2017 at 6:10 PM, jaybes said:

Really hoping for a solid ending. Episodes 2-9 were absolutely awful. 10 was pretty solid and I'm watching 11 now. I cannot get over how terrible Finn Jones is as an actor. I just don't buy him in the role at all. Anyone else would have worked...anyone...maybe even Segul. 

So far my ranking is:

1. DD Season 1: Loved it. Watched it all 4 times.

2. DD Season 2: Solid

3. Jessica Jones: Meh. Repetitive but watchable. 

4. Iron Fist: Was hoping for Danny Rand, but got 8 hours worth of a Meechums soap opera starring one bad actor after another. 

5. Luke Cage: Flaming hot dumpster fire of a show that I laughed all the way through. Absolute garbage. The only thing worse than the writing was the acting. Only finished for the easter eggs and potential tie-ins to other shows. Would rather lose a toe than watch again. 

 

Hopefully IF ends well and surpasses JJ. 

+ 1

For me DD Season 1 and 2 were just amazing, the rest IMO have been complete failures and on par with DC/Warner Bros intelligence. 

What do you all think of the newest Spider-man Homecoming trailer?

I am def excited for it, but it does feel like Iron Man 4. 

8 hours ago, zhamlau said:

I think a true test of this books value will be to see how a superior graded copy sells when it has nearly ever negative going against it outside of grade.

http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1171202

This book ends tonight, its at 26k right now.

1. CBCS not CGC

2. Below average page quality

3. Strong marvel chipping and pre-chipping.

4. Decent eye appeal with detractors as mentioned, but not outstanding.

 

 

those 4 will be weighing on this book and its final price. How this book does will tell a lot about the price/value of this book. It has no realistic upgrade potential, Chipping, and doesn't have outstanding eye appeal (nice red though).  If this thing goes 41k or higher, yeah this book evolved this isnt one offs and bubbles (in my opinion).  Its in a well known auction house with a strong track record of sales on this book and books in general. Lets see how capt average flys.

Backed to life, back to reality. (music)

The Marvel chipping was not that that bad, dude.

Not if we want to debate because it was a CBCS book that is a more viable. 

That CBCS sale did suck though.

On 3/24/2017 at 5:58 PM, VintageComics said:

Now you're throwing all sorts of qualifiers into the discussion. 

Hulk #1 is picking up steam again. I have no idea what fraud you're talking about. The book legitimately jumped across the board, stabilized (and pulled back a bit in lower grades) and now is climbing again.

Anyhow, back to the discussion, this is what was said:

Sure enough, over the past 6 months you could have bought an AF #15, paid it off for 6 months and then resold it for a profit. 

You can add pre Robin Batman, Detective #38, Batman #1, Action #1, Detective #27, possibly TOS #39 and X-men #1 and Showcase #4 to that list. There are probably other books too but you get my point.

Does that mean you can do it every time? No, but certainly over the past year this seems to have been the case.

 

I did't say that second quote btw, so I am not sure how you quoted me on that.

Yes, Hulk #1 doubled from my plane ride back from WW Chicago August of 2014.  I literally had a Hulk #1 CGC 3.0 that was worth 5k full retail in Chicago when I took off from Chicago and landed in San Diego it was now worth 10k. 

Hulk #1 is always a hot book for sure but just look at chart with the out of nowhere more than doubling in less than a year. How do you explain that market premium? (2014-2015 it went nuts, before it settle back in late 2015-2016)

The doubling of the Hulk 1 in August 2014:

4 hours ago, Jaydogrules said:

Why not just trade it straight up for a 9.6, TMNT #1?  

-J.

I am glad his TMNT #1 CGC 9.6 went up though.

7 hours ago, VintageComics said:

That is exactly what is happening to most of the biggest keys right now.

Not really Roy.

Hulk 1 has stabilized downwards since the fraud that was 4 years ago.

Most books you can't buy at full retail on 4-1-17 that stays the same grade and then sell it for 25%-40% more 10-1-17 without market manipulation or new movie news.  

After seeing this weeks ComicConnect's AF 15's auctions results, maybe it is time to sell my spare copy.  

On 3/22/2017 at 8:37 PM, Guardian Comics said:

I gotta agree, such a strange fascination with safety deposit boxes and even moreso telling us about it.  Just get your books properly insured and then leave them anywhere you want in your house.

Of course if theft is a genuine concern/worry of yours, you might be better off using the proceeds off of the sale of said books and moving to a better neighbourhood.  

But Jimbo then one can't feel like James Bond or Jason Bourne, duh. 

On 3/16/2017 at 7:27 AM, Jordysnordy said:

At the rate AF 15 increases in value, if you can buy one at FMV and have 6 months to pay for it at zero interest, once it's paid off you can probably flip it for an immediate profit so maybe this isn't such a bad strategy at all.

No that would be called a market bubble.

That would collapse the hobby.

On 3/18/2017 at 7:38 AM, NoMan said:

 

Since getting back into the hobby in July of 2016 I've put together a nice little collection. Last night the wife put me on a comic buying "Time-Out."

Can't buy another book until Terry's con in January of 2018.

I'm not complaining. I'm not complaining at all.

So you are a beta male and apparently are proud of it, got it. 

I average about 30-50 new slabs per month.  Yes there was a massive Newton Ring problem when the new holder was first rolled out, but once CGC rolled out their New Case 2.0 as I call it by putting back in the old inner well combined with the new outer well I rarely see Newton Rings anymore.  If I do it's the same small % as previous years.  

Nothing can be perfect all the time, but for me this case is the best holder the hobby has ever seen.

I am not saying the OP didnt have problems, but I don't know I am just not seeing the problem anymore since they fixed the new slab 6 months or so ago.  Looks great to me. 

I am all for competition in the marketplace and not a sole conglomerate, but not when it comes to comic book movie rights.

Disney/Marvel are the only company to ever exist to have shown they know how to make quality superhero movie.  Disney/Marvel has given comic book fans and Star Wars fans what we ask for constantly.  Fox and Sony rarely do.  Fox has made a couple decent X-men films and let's face it while I will give them credit for Logan, they were still stupid when it came to Deadpool.  That was all Ryan Reynolds effort and zero Fox.  That movie should have been made years ago but again Fox was too stupid to see the big picture (yes pun intended).   Fox and Sony when it comes to comic book movies are basic clowns who should all be fired and if they are lucky be working at the local movie box office ripping up entrance tickets. 

Fox and Sony only smart move would be keep the rights but let Marvel/Disney do all the work and they can just sit back and make a profit %.

Sony last good superhero movie was Spider-man 2.

As a huge Venom fan I have zero confidence that without Marvel Studios holding their hand this will work.

Unless Spider-man Homecoming's post credit scene is with Eddie Brock finding the black symbiote somehow someway then this a who cares movie.  We don't need a Deadpool R-rated style Venom movie.  I don't mind a stand alone Venom movie then with the goal to have Spider-man in the 2nd or 3rd movie.  

I have never seen a company who has the ability to make so much FREE money with owning the Spider-man franchise and then not do so.

I wish Disney/Marvel would take extreme measures to illegally somehow get the rights back from Sony, and it would stand up in a court of law.  This is one time I want property rights to be taken illegally by the greatest shady team of lawyers known since the OJ Simpson case.

7 minutes ago, Architecht said:

You should:

1. Make a post in the Account Merge Request forum to get your accounts merged, and
2. Read this post closely, it will make everything easier:

 

Thanks Arch 

6 minutes ago, DeadOne said:

Next to the thread title, you'll see either a little black circle, or a little black star. If you click on those it will bring you to the last unread post in that thread.
(A star means you've posted in that thread, and a circle means that you haven't posted in that thread)
If there is no circle or star next to the thread, then there is nothing new.

I hope that helps.

Yes it did