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The second picture of the back is with high angle lighting, so it makes it look worse than usual, but I just wanted people to know that especially the back cover near the spine is a bit wavey. Bought from CC last year with the crack already there. The latest gpa sales are over $1050 so I figure $925 makes up for the flaws.

I remember seeing soft spine ticks on this, but I don't know the odds on upgrading it with a press.

The camera I used on this and the X-men 64 tends to fade/orange up the reds. It looks better in person.

Hey, it's my first sales thread here. My ebay ID is wow_and_flutter to see my feedback.

Only in-thread "I'll take its" that are unconditional or "per PM" count. No probation/HOS. Payment is postal money order or paypal within 7 days, though quicker is appreciated as I'm trying to raise money for the Heritage event auction and I'd like you to have the book(s) in hand before I spend the money.

Shipping is US only and included in the prices, along with insurance. I ship within two business days. No returns on slabs.

Books up for grabs:

Avengers 83 9.4 white pages, pressed $485
Iron Man 54 9.4 white pages, miswrap $350
Marvel Super-Heroes 13 8.0 cream to off-white pages $925 One tight crack in the case.
Tales Of Suspense 46 7.5 off-white to white pages $310
X-men 64 8.5 off-white to white pages, pressed $125 Presents very well. 

Pictures to follow.

12 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I think my ff 48 looks the same. I was a noob, but to someone it may be desirable  or try not to feel too bad!

Thanks. It's mostly not knowing about it when I was bidding. I might've still taken it, just not at the same price. The front does still have good color in person.

Am I over-thinking it to guess that someone pressed it out that way to make it look better from the front? There's that vertical color break running all the way down the front.

I bought this thinking it has mostly good color, and I could try to work my way up the grades over time.

Only to get it in today:

Ugh.

19 hours ago, flashlites said:

Would you pay $150 for a coverless #123 if you thought you'd never be able to afford one with a cover? (Suffering from 123 envy!) I had 2 copies in the 90's!! Arrrrrrgh!

No, that's too much -- a copy missing only the back cover went for $71 in January -- and coverless for anything but GA is usually a very bad idea. Try to save up $250, and while you're doing that keep your eyes out because you'll probably see something near your original $150 while you wait.

Even limited to FF books, I'd rather have FF5.  I'd take the other three.

6 hours ago, skypinkblu said:

 I mean...WOW you have good taste;) 

I was sitting as high bidder all week, lol. I didn't even know how the bidding at the end worked;) I just happened to be watching. 

Hey, I probably helped drive up the value of your lint copy so maybe a little thanks is in order. That I made this new copy cost you about double is just a minor detail.

1 hour ago, skypinkblu said:

@scumdollyWell, thank you for not pushing me up further, you went high enough, lol. 
Were you also bidding on the Sensation 31 last night?  I've had a near "lint' copy for years, I finally upgraded a little.

That one was me.

32 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

I was only bidding on Sensation 10, I bid about 50% over the last GPA and got outbid, so then I tried Sensation 10, and someone must have discovered these books, it's not like 7 seas, but these were always cheap. That darn movie is ruining my upgrading schemes..

I did win this one, but pretty much by accident, it was just too low and I tossed on a bid. Higher grade than the copy I have, so I'm happy. I guess the high prices on the others only make the lower ones I have worth more, but I may leave my collection as is for a while.

I think Clink just had two copies of 41 at auction, so maybe that helped keep the competition down. Anyway, that one looks to have great color. Nice pickup.

I was hoping to get the Sensation 2 at HA's event but the final price caught me off guard. (Even if I was willing to go for it, it was above HA's credit card limit and I wasn't ready with cash.) Then I got a piece of original art I *had* to have a couple of weeks ago, so the #2 tonight would've had to belly flop for me to afford it. I have to tell myself that there'll always be more copies of specific books and not of specific original art, but who knows if I'll be able to afford these Sensation and WW books later.

The Flash Comics 2 2.0 going for $3201 was a surprise. I expected a healthy premium over the 1.8 I got from CC in December, and even a bit over the 2.5 HA sold in August for $2151, but not like that.

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I had this happen to me yesterday. I thought it was because my browser updated, but then it stopped happening for no apparent reason.

8 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

I actually hate to see names removed from covers.  Admittedly the appearance is improved, but you lose the provenance of the book.  It's kind of neat that decades ago a girl bought this book off the stands and wrote her name on it.  Before the Larson pedigree was a big deal, some collectors/dealers had his signature removed from some books.  Who know, maybe some day we'll find a big stash of Barbara's other books. 

Yeah, I hate to see owner's signatures get erased. It seems like such a cynical way of making money.

3 hours ago, inovrmihd said:

Had I bid 20.250k , or any higher increment, I might have been immediately notified I had been outbid, as I was with all my other bids.  The other bidder had clearly placed a secret maximum bid that was at least 20k but may have been much higher, and I said "screw it" and dropped out.  Comiclink is not like HA where they go up by minimum increments.

That's incorrect. If you bid and the earlier bidder beats you but the new highest bid is less than a full increment above your bid, that means it's their maximum bid entered. The pair of 20,000 and 20,000 bids isn't like the earlier pairs of bids where the other person's bid is one increment above yours; that's because 20k was both your maxes. If you'd have placed a new bid for 20,250 or bid 20,001 instead of 20,000 you'd have been in the lead.

1 hour ago, inovrmihd said:

How serious are you guys when you talk about "friends" protecting auction prices?  In the last minute and a half of the auction I placed five separate bids on the Starlin battle page and drove it up enormously.  Each time I thought i put in a knock out offer i was out bid by $250, so I assume there was only one other bidder (no, I did not win the piece).  Someone obviously put in a really high bid as I was forced to drop out.  I thought the hammer price was crazy high and have no idea how high it would have gone had i stayed in.  I am not accusing Comiclink of anything and I don't have sour grapes over it, but if anyone has thoughts on that piece i would love to hear them.  Feel free to PM me privately if you wish.  Thanks. 

The last bids were both 20,000, which means that was the top bid and a dollar more would've won it.

I don't really know anything about manipulation of auctions, except that my previous comment about helping someone's item was just a joke.

I ended the night by helping knock the Batman: The Cult page up the last $166 as the underbidder. Whoever it is here that owned it can give me a cut.

Empty-handed for the evening, but at least the numbers mostly made sense to me -- unlike the HA event auction.

14 minutes ago, dirtymartini1 said:

oh man tell me about it. even though its the new volume and a variant its still an awesome cover by the 1 and only. a steal just under $1200. damn internet lag and CL set up!

At least it got me to notice that series has good reviews, and Eastman's site has other covers up. I just like this one more, and it's cheaper than most.

I have a feeling I'll regret not going after that TMNT 66 cover. I don't know the current series or that market very well, so I chickened out at the last minute.  http://comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1233448

3 hours ago, Arkadin said:

Thanks, I don't have GPA - but that explains it anyway.

Even though I know the Guide is often way off, I still use it for bidding. Which explains why I don't win much, I guess. 

I'm not an expert on that book, but it looks like it's one of those tricky low volume early SA books and that 8.0 is a pretty extreme example of a top value/filler grade. I'd guess an 8.5 still does $650 or more at auction.

I was after a similar low volume early SA book and planned on spending 10+% over the most recent sale. It doubled the last sale price before it even hit the 10 minute countdown. I expect that from GA, not SA.

1 hour ago, DeadpoolJr. said:

Not in the featured auction, but the one that ended today. Thought the price was surprising for it even though it was a nice early issue battle page. Is this in line with early ROM, and have prices really increased that much?

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/panel-pages/sal-buscema-rom-4-story-page-3-original-art-marvel-1980-/a/121808-14027.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116

I know this isn't much help, if any, but the comic OA lots I bid on today followed the event auction's lead of going above retail/comps by anywhere from 30% to 100+%. It seems like at least a few people made a lost (money) weekend of it.

The WW 246 page 1 for $2868 was a shocker. It's a good issue and I wanted the page, but it's a little odd that a plain clothes Diana making a corny laundry joke is the most expensive WW title splash in HA history.

Just now, Ricksneatstuff said:

I finally picked up a Feldstein Page. This was the one I wanted too.

I've never read an issue, but those pages caught my eye. They're quality stuff.

17 minutes ago, malvin said:

was that a cover or splash? Thought it was a splash.  I was the underbidder, but I placed my bid early and was not going to go after it strong.

Malvin

JJJ corrected me that it was a splash. I wanted to find a way to bid on it today, too, which makes my screw-up worse than if it was just a casual watch.