Ace Bandage

CGC 9.4  EOS 2 Land Variant sold for $2300   (based on the buy_it_now price hack)   .   9.6's were selling at ~$1500 back in June. 

Just now, Key Largo Comics said:

Time to let one of these go?

Looks like it.      I have 2 as well. Bought raw on ebay both graded out at 9.8.  

I'm seeing a 9.8 Vengeance #1 that sold for $1,140 on ebay a few days ago.     Only one sale, but a crazy increase vs prev  sold prices. 

There's a  CGC 9.8 Young Avengers #1 Wizard World LA Variant current bid  $911 with 2 days left on the auction.  Big time increase. 

3 hours ago, Corona smith said:

No but I bid and lost one around that time. 

Ok, we were both victims.    

1 hour ago, Corona smith said:

You don’t even know. 3 long boxes, 5 short bins and about 2-3 long boxes worth that needs bins. 

OK, I have to ask. Are you the person who outbid me on a 9.8 Spider-Man Noir #1  Newsstand last year?    

Has anyone here ever seen a Young Avengers #1 newsstand edition? 

1 minute ago, Corona smith said:

Where all my purchases of comics have been made in the last 2 years, eBay. Got it for $60. 
 

 

Congrats, I must have missed that one.  

1 minute ago, Corona smith said:

I’m just waiting for him to blow up and I can sell this beauty. Only one I’ve ever seen. I have a few directs as well. 

That's crazy.    Newsstand.    I've never seen one of those in AF15.    where did you find that?

Keep an eye out for Amazing Fantasy 15 (vol 2 - 1st Amadeus Cho Appearance).  

They went from plentiful to scarce on ebay and the 9.8 price just crossed $500.  Very low print count on this one. 

1 hour ago, Bluegolden2010 said:

Did anyone see the 3 auctions on Ebay for Miles Morales Ultimate Spiderman #1 CGC 9.8 that sold for $2999, $2100 and $2225 yesterday?  

Staples variant. 

Last night a CGC 9.6 Edge of Spider-Verse sold on Ebay for $750.    Did something new happen that I missed?

Hawkeye #9  2nd Print

10 hours ago, Timeless icons said:

I'm not sure what the print run numbers are on the Director's cut vs the standard cover (87,991 was supposedly the print numbers but not entirely sure if that includes all 3 variants or just the standard cover) but based on the cgc census, I'm pretty sure its safe to say that the director's cut is much lower in comparison. At one point, there were those who suggested that the Wizard World LA variant was limited to around 500 copies but since then, that number has been considered a bit too low. I'd image at the very most, the WWLA copies must be a couple of thousand or less but that's just a guess. As far as newsstand copies, I've only seen direct editions. 

 

 

I have been opportunistically piling up 9.8's w/  5 standard covers and one WWLA. I frankly had been ignoring the Director's cuts but maybe I shouldn't have been. 

16 hours ago, Timeless icons said:

Can't believe a Director's copy sold for $400.00 on the gpa (not that someone couldn't "pump" the price) but Its possible. Far fewer of the director's cut on the census than the original cover so the sale would make sense. Never understood why it always under performed when compared to the regular counterpart for that same reason. 

What is the story behind the Director's Cut anyway?   $400 is crazy, they usually sell for much less that the regular issue. 

Also I haven't heard of any newsstand copies of this issue.   Pretty sure they exist though.  Ever seen any? 

Not a huge increase but Young Avengers #1 has crossed the $300 mark for 9.8's.     Probably driven by the Disney+ Kate Bishop casting news. 

Good question.   

I think a big piece of the equation is demand for both the underlying issue and also demand for the newsstand variation.  General awareness that there is a newsstand also comes into play.   

The Spider-Man Noir #1 newsstand is a good example of a hard to find newsstand ( from 2009) that simply has EXTREMELY low awareness and is not well documented. Even when appropriately described as a newsstand on Ebay the premium over the past year or so has been maybe 5-10% if that. 

On 6/14/2020 at 9:13 PM, Ace Bandage said:

Direct edition of this one is heating up according to covrprice.com.      No mention of newsstand edition though.    I'm sure its just a matter of time before folks realize how hard this one is to find in Newsstand!

Spider-Man Noir #1   is on the move

Keep an eye out for newsstands.  They're a tough find. 

Hoping to get opinions on whether this is a mis-cut or if it has been altered.

https://imgur.com/zMOXP4p

2 hours ago, lighthouse said:

They’ll nearly always recognize them if there is something else different as well. Newsstand with different paper stock (like many Spawns). Newsstand with different cover price from the direct edition (that 9 cent FF book, the various 99 cent late 90s Marvels, several mid 90s Image titles, etc). 
 

But it’s not automatic on random issues where the only difference is the bar code box.

OK.  I know there are several differences on the  UPC,   (says "Marvel Super Heroes" instead of "Direct Edition", and there are different UPC codes, Direct Edition version doesn't include US/CAN after the price) but not aware of any other difference such as the actual price. 

On 6/14/2020 at 9:13 PM, Ace Bandage said:

Following up on this one, what does it take for CGC to recognize and label a Newsstand Edition as such?  I submitted mine as a newsstand but it was ignored. 

1 hour ago, manetteska said:

Perhaps the sketch version of this issue. 

Not currently listed on MCS so this is the color version. 

Here it is:

http://www.recalledcomics.com/UltimateSpider-Man2011-1PichelliSketch.php

On 6/27/2020 at 5:23 PM, Ace Bandage said:

Champions #1 Hawthorne Variant (1:1000).  Is up there 
 

Going back to this one.  60 total are in CGC census.       Looks like (328K) of the standard issue were printed .

1:1000 puts this one at:

328  Base max assumption:   328 total issues as part of retailer incentive
-  x   minus number of thousands of copies not part of a 1K copy lot 
+ x  additional copies provided outside of the retailer incentive

????