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    What's with unusually high prices on random Omnibus on Ebay? Explain to me please

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by valiantman

    One thing to keep in mind is that a $500 asking price for something originally $100 is really no different (markup percentage) than a $5 asking price for a comic originally priced $1. If the item has been selling for $200 but they still keep asking for $500, it's still no different than a $1 comic which has been selling for $2, but the seller still wants $5.

    It's far more impressive when a $1 (original price) comic sells for $50 than to see a $100 (original price) book sell for $500. A $100 book selling for $200 is really quite boring when you think about it.

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    Copper's Heating/Selling Well on Ebay

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    Posted · Edited by valiantman

    Just adding a little bit to the "watching" conversation...

    I usually have 300 to 500 items on my watchlist on eBay.

    The reasons that I watch are:

    1) Price is too low at the time I click "watch", but I will unwatch when it gets to the normal price range

    2) Price seems too high but I am interested to see if it sells because I might sell mine if so

    3) I'm looking for "one of these" (watching four to six of the same item, to see if one might end low that I can grab)

    4) Price seems too high but I am interested to see if I get a discount offer by email

    5) I already own several of these and I want to see the finish price

    Of the 300 to 500 items that I keep in my watchlist, my eBay account shows that I made 4 purchases last month. 3 out of those 4 were "Best Offer" or "Discount Offer" versus the starting price. The other was under $10 buy-it-now.

    Direct vs. Newstand

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by valiantman

    GPAnalysis has been splitting out the newsstand and the direct editions for several years for important (or very popular) books. They don't use CGC's newsstand identification, GPA is identifying these by hand.

    For example, GPAnalysis for Spawn #1

    CGC 9.8 Spawn #1 Direct Editions = 728 copies recorded in 2023  (93.5%)

    CGC 9.8 Spawn #1 Newsstand = 51 copies recorded in 2023  (6.5%)

    Two Interesting Articles from GPAnalysis

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 5/23/2024 at 5:44 PM, Math Teacher said:

    Buying CGC Comic Books at a Reasonable Price — The Collector Hub by GPAnalysis

     

    CGCdata.com - CGC Most Submitted Books

    Here's another interesting list:

    Most submitted book by CGC grade:

    CGC 9.8 Spawn #1 (the most CGC 9.8s in existence are CGC 9.8 Spawn #1s)

    CGC 9.6 Amazing Spider-Man #361

    CGC 9.4 Amazing Spider-Man #361

    CGC 9.2 Amazing Spider-Man #300

    CGC 9.0 Amazing Spider-Man #300

    CGC 8.5 Amazing Spider-Man #300

    CGC 8.0 Amazing Spider-Man #300

    CGC 7.5 Amazing Spider-Man #300 

    CGC 7.0 Amazing Spider-Man #129

    CGC 6.5 Amazing Spider-Man #129

    CGC 6.0 Amazing Spider-Man #129

    CGC 5.5 Amazing Spider-Man #129

    CGC 5.0 Amazing Spider-Man #129

    CGC 4.5 Fantastic Four #48

    CGC 4.0 Fantastic Four #48

    CGC 3.5 Fantastic Four #48

    CGC 3.0 Fantastic Four #48

    CGC 2.5 X-Men #1

    CGC 2.0 X-Men #1

    CGC 1.8 X-Men #1

    CGC 1.5 X-Men #1

    CGC 1.0 X-Men #1

    CGC 0.5 X-Men #1

    The most CGC 10 and CGC 9.9 belong to Batman: Damned #1 (or one of those silver foil island nation cover reprints).

    Certified Collectibles Group to Acquire James Spence Authentication

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by valiantman

    CGC will need to fix their public CGC Census immediately. @MattM CS

    All of the "CGCxJSA" books that I have seen are being reported in the CGC Census under the details of the Restored label.

    Unless they've selected the worst possible books to start the program (restored AND signed), these new "CGCxJSA" labels need to be identified as "Signature" (unwitnessed, or whatever is necessary), but they're not Restored in any way.

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Amazing+Spider-Man&issue=187&publisher=Marvel+Comics&year=1978&issuedate=12/78

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Mr.+T+and+the+T-Force&publisher=Now+Comics&issue=1&year=1993&issuedate=6%2F93

    Beavis & Butthead #1 has never had a Restored copy:

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Beavis+and+Butt-head&publisher=Marvel+Comics&issue=1&year=1994&issuedate=3%2F94

    Until now... they've got CGCxJSA in there:

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Beavis+and+Butt-head&publisher=Marvel+Comics&issue=1&year=1994&issuedate=3%2F94

    The JSA acquisition is going to be a game changer for Signed non witnessed books

    in The Signature Room

    Posted · Edited by valiantman

    On 5/7/2024 at 12:38 PM, austinhg said:

    Info just dropped on the new program.

    https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/12776

    CGC will need to fix their public CGC Census immediately. @CGC Mike

    All of the "CGCxJSA" books that I have seen are being reported in the CGC Census under the details of the Restored label.

    Unless they've selected the worst possible books to start the program, these "CGCxJSA" labels need to be identified as "Signature" (unwitnessed, or whatever is necessary), but they're not Restored in any way.

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Amazing+Spider-Man&issue=187&publisher=Marvel+Comics&year=1978&issuedate=12/78

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Mr.+T+and+the+T-Force&publisher=Now+Comics&issue=1&year=1993&issuedate=6%2F93

    Beavis & Butthead #1 has never had a Restored copy:

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Beavis+and+Butt-head&publisher=Marvel+Comics&issue=1&year=1994&issuedate=3%2F94

    Until now... they've got CGCxJSA in there:

    https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_restored.asp?title=Beavis+and+Butt-head&publisher=Marvel+Comics&issue=1&year=1994&issuedate=3%2F94

    Wizard Magazine question

    in Comics General

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    On 4/18/2024 at 5:09 PM, bc said:

    So are those cards that came with the magazine worth anything today? Asking for a friend :whistle:

    -bc

    Nope, hundreds of thousands of anything add up to very little value individually, even 30 years later.

    Wizard Magazine question

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 4/18/2024 at 6:03 PM, Browns81 said:
    On 4/16/2024 at 6:32 PM, valiantman said:

     

     

    If anyone's interested, the monthly Wizard Top Ten lists (1991 to 2010) are archived on WizardTopTen.com :gossip:

    It’s kind of sad how variant covers completely took over around 2000.

    Comic books have always been about 10 years behind sportscards.  "Variant" cards took over in the early 1990s (limited "chase" cards), so it's actually right on time that we'd see variant comics switch from the content of the books to the "limitedness" of the covers around 2000.  Sad, but true.

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    ASM #252 CGC 9.8 Record Sale - something fishy going on? - Holder Tampering Incident confirmed by CGC

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    On 2/10/2024 at 8:38 PM, comeaux said:

    I’m not an attorney but from my Pro Se experience I would list these below as a few Affirmative Defenses along with about 20 others if I was a defendant in this case. CGC basically allowed this to happen under THEIR watch. CGC is supposed to be the EXPERTS. 

     

    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 1
    Other than the fact that DEFENDANT resides in the State of New York, this answering DEFENDANT expressly denies each and every allegation therein contained save and except that this answering DEFENDANT recalls making perfectly legal sales and purchases of PLAINTIFFS graded comics over the internet although this answering  DEFENDANT expressly asserts that the information alleged is insufficient as to allow this answering DEFENDANT to form a belief as to any specific transaction that is referenced and on that basis denies the same and expressly denies that any transaction or submission to PLAINTIFF heretofore made by DEFENDANT had any association to illegal acts or manipulating PLAINTIFF graded comics. 

    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 2
    This answering DEFENDANT alleges that any injury, which DEFENDANT denies, occurred solely as a result of PLAINTIFFS negligence and procrastination to properly verify that the plastic protective case which encapsulates PLAINTIFFS graded comic book is tamper resistant as conveyed in PLAINTIFFS guarantee wherein said negligence and procrastination functions as a complete impediment to any proposed recovery on behalf of PLAINTIFF. This Affirmative Defense is in no way an admission of any illegal acts asserted by PLAINTIFF. 
     
    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 3
    This answering DEFENDANT alleges that PLAINTIFFS action is barred by the equitable doctrines of laches and unclean hands on part of PLAINTIFF. 
     
    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 4
    This answering DEFENDANT alleges that PLAINTIFFS attorney lacks evidence with which to prosecute any claims made hereunder and that PLAINTIFFS attorney was aware of this fact at moment PLAINTIFFS attorney brought complaint and that the known lack of merit of these claims, based upon lack of specific evidence necessary to prove these claims, should subject PLAINTIFFS attorney to sanctions and penalties under FRCP Rule 11. 
     
    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 5
    This answering DEFENDANT alleges that any injury, which DEFENDANT denies, occurred solely as a result of PLAINTIFFS negligent service quality and incompetence related to the oversight of PLAINTIFFS comic book grading, encapsulation and reholder processes and procedures. DEFENDANT alleges that PLAINTIFF employed management and other personnel severely lacking the experience required to properly grade, encapsulate & reholder comic books which has been substantiated by comic book collectors receiving graded, encapsulated and reholdered comic books that have incorrectly positioned labels, incorrectly documented labels, comic books encapsulated upside down, comic books encapsulated backwards, comic books damaged during encapsulation, comic books delivered in cracked/broken slabs. This Affirmative Defense is in no way an admission of any illegal acts asserted by PLAINTIFF. 

    That's the longest wording I've ever seen for "Of COURSE we are criminals, but their JOB was to catch us. They didn't do THEIR JOB very well."

    Mile high comics prices

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 2/9/2024 at 5:36 PM, mikenyc said:

    When he would hike his prices 50% and then run his 60% off sale you could get some good deals

    This is a fun bit of math, for those who would rather read about it than do it.

    You might think "up 50%" and then "60% off" would result in 10% off... but...

    If the original price is $100, then "hike his prices 50%" means the new price is $150.

    "Then run his 60% off sale" takes $90 off the price and the result would be $60, for a book originally priced $100.

    "hike his prices 50% and then run his 60% off sale" results in 40% off the original price. (: