alexgross.com

so, public auction results, like those of comiclink auctions, are proprietary? gpa is not permitted by law to include those in it's results if comiclink does not agree?

that 2 inch crease is ridiculous -- what a headache!

awesome group of keys! are you going to get DC books as well?

amen! it really is time that someone opened a competing service. as you say, most if not all of us would gladly subscribe. it's hardly an impossible task. it simply means adding a few more sources than they currently use, and being more timely in updating information. i bet some of the longtime members here even have the capital to pursue such a start-up if they were so inclined. either way, GPA are so far off right now that i cannot be the only one contemplating dumping my subscription.

is GPA completely worthless now? in reference to AF15 prices, they are so far out of touch with reality that one wonders why waste the eleven dollars per month. comiclink just sold a 7.0 for 125k. GPA has 2 sales of a 7.0 this year for 42 and 65k. about half the real price! similar results appear there in almost all grades. whats a 4.5 worth? less than a 4 apparently. a 5.0 goes for a couple grand more than a 4.0. ugh!!! it's way beyond time they start including comiclink results. do they use comicconnect results at least? i'm so frustrated by this in particular because i have a 4.0 and would love to upgrade to a 4.5 or a 5.0. but there is no good way to know what each half point is worth at this stage. thoughts?

that 6.0 is kind of a tragic book-- the rest of it is so clean, it looks like an 8 at least. i thought about bidding but that crunch just held me back. i'm trying to upgrade my 4.0...

i just listed my asm14 on eBay. if anyone here is interested in it, obviously, i could do better than the listed price. thanks- http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/202053096280?

did they know what they had? pretty amazing haul you got there--

ruffalo's hulk is an ensemble player, not a lead. and when the most promising potential project in the near future is a movie about your main villain, (the dr doom movie idea that was only suggested at comiccon) then i think it suggests that the main property is not going to be put in theaters again for a long while. maybe they dont have fatal issues, but i always liked von doom more than the ff. am i alone?

batgirl

i'd call it a lot more than minimal chipping actually. it's pretty significant chipping. i agree he is a trusted longtime dealer, but i don't think that's a barometer book, since it's less than ideal for the grade with all those chips.

seems to be a huge gap between 3.5 and a 4.0. granted, chipping or lack of it can affect this, but on GPA the last 3 sales of a 4.0 are 30k, 30.5k and 35k.

well, nothing is for everyone!

frank miller's Ronin is still a great and groundbreaking 80s book without which we would never have gotten the dark knight returns. i think its a special mini series.

totally agree with this! just wanted to say, in defense of some folks who write market reports in overstreet, that some of the better ones have shared valuable insights on what books would be good investments. i.e. a couple dealers mentioned getting into wonder woman about 5 years ago, and boy were they correct, from an investment standpoint.

ditto. i did the same thing, and sold it for a small loss last year so i could get a tos39 instead. strange tales 110 will probably do fine in the long run, but it's one of those rare key 1st appearance books where the character isnt on the cover. i think that has really affected peoples' interest in the book, and helps explain why doctor strange 169 and 1 have done better.

he did go down there from NC and confront them, but didnt get the books back. i do completely understand that his story sounds fishy, i was astounded when he told me too. since i'm pretty new here, i know that my credibility is unproven (100% feedback on ebay though, over 400 deals- id is kanashibari), but all i can say is this is my close friend, and he is deeply honest, and also very ADD at times. hes generous and overly trusting of others, and hes also extremely busy- beleive it or not hes a physician!! and hes got kids. so i think being awake for days at a time on call has not helped him remember things like he left his comics with someone awhile ago, etc. i know it doesnt explain it all, but he certainly got screwed here, and i would be cautious about dealing with these people. no honest small town dealer would forget someone leaving an xmen 1 with them. even if it were years later, you'd remember that!

thanks for this info, i'll let him know about that.

well, its bronze, not silver, but hulk181 continues to climb. a 9.0 was going for 2500-3000 a year ago, and is now often around 3500. and that same book cost 2k 3 years ago, when i got mine. similar results with asm129.

yeah from what i am told, the shop was supposed to go through the books and sort what should be sent in for grading, and what should not. i dont know why this wasnt done initially, but perhaps there was too much stuff.

i dont believe it was actually 6 months, but i am not sure. for sure, my friend royally screwed up and he knows it. hes actually a very smart guy, but too trusting of others, obviously. there were hundreds of books. probably only a handful were really valuable, but there was a hulk181 and a higher grade xmen 1.

i'm told that they said they spent months trying to contact the owner, and their policy is that after 6 months, any property not claimed becomes theirs. anyone here know these folks?

i'm unsure where to post this, so hoping that comics general is the right place. i'm wondering if anyone here has had professional experience with a shop in knoxville, tennessee that opened this year called nirvana comics, formerly known as nerdvana comics in wilmington, NC. a good friend of mine went in the NC shop awhile ago with a large stack of raw books. including a few very high value keys, along with alot of lesser 80s stuff. brilliantly, and to his regret, he left them with the owners, richard and amber davis, to go over what to submit to cgc at a later time. some time after his, the store closed, and they reappeared in another state with my friends books. they claimed they could not reach him, though this is unlikely. there's not much info on them online, other than that perhaps their amazon acount was suspended for a high rate of negative reviews. anyone here with info about them, or what, if anything, my friend might do, please respond here or by pm. much appreciated!

yeah, hollywood will definitely stop making comic book movies, they will get so tired of raking in all that money. just like people got so tired of all those star wars movies!

its called Game Of Thrones!!!