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SilverMAge

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    RIP Greg Eide

    in Comics General

    Posted

    I first visited Greg's original store in Etna PA when I was 14. Living in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, my Dad would take me on my bi-annual pilgrimage with saved  allowance in hand. Still remember my Dad getting on my case when I walked out of the store with a coverless Avengers #2 and #4 that I'd paid $12 for.  As I grew older his store on Federal Street, his second store in Squirrel Hill and then Penn Ave became my regular weekly comic shop. When I became a father, my three kids would accompany me as they'd inherited their Dad's love of comics. Over the years I bought substantial new and older books from Greg including FF#1.

    When I moved east of Pittsburgh, I started going to another local shop but would visit Eide's when I was downtown.

    RIP Greg. You will be missed. My condolences go to your friends, family and employees.

    Anyone else snapping up copies of Marvel Superheroes #13?

    in Silver Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 4/19/2020 at 3:30 PM, lou_fine said:

    Makes me wonder which ones of these CGC label buyers will be the least unhappy going forward, say 5 short years from now:

    1)  The buyer on this 2nd highest 9.6 graded copy of MSH 13 for $31,111; 

    2)  The buyer of the CGC 9.8 graded copy of Hulk 181 for $59,000;

    3)  The buyer of the CGC 9.8 graded copy of Fantastic Four 52 for $90,000; 

    4)  The buyer of the CGC 9.9 graded copy of Tomb of Dracula 10 for $85,000; or

    5)  The buyer of the CGC 9.8 graded copy of Eternals 13 for something like $4,100?

    hm  O.o

    I vote the MSH 13 at CGC 9.6. Carol Danvers with no powers is in about 5 panels in the book. At least with the others you knew you got a full story about the character throughout the book. And it must kill the buyer to know they overpaid that much on movie hype but there is one person out there holding a CGC 9.8.

    My Recent CL Exchange Listings

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

    Posted

    The following are my recent postings on the ComicLink Exchange, in case any are on your Want List. Updated prices.

    ADVENTURE COMICS #300, CGC 7.5 VF-                                         $375 BIN/OBO

    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #122, CGC 6.0 FN                                        $135 BIN/OBO

    AVENGERS #3, CGC 6.5 FN+                                                              $450 BIN/OBO

    AVENGERS #57, CGC 5.0 VGF                                                            $175 BIN/OBO

    INCREDIBLE HULK #182, CGC 9.0 VFNM                                          $230 BIN/OBO

    TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1, 3rd Print, CGC 7.5 VF-      $200 BIN/OBO

    Best Regards,

    SilverMAge

    My Recent CL Exchange Listings

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

    Posted

    On 5/8/2019 at 11:00 PM, SilverMAge said:

    The following are my recent postings on the ComicLink Exchange, in case any are on your Want List. Updated prices.

    ADVENTURE COMICS #300, CGC 7.5 VF-                                         $375 BIN/OBO

    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #122, CGC 6.0 FN                                        $150 BIN/OBO

    AVENGERS #3, CGC 6.5 FN+                                                              $450 BIN/OBO

    AVENGERS #57, CGC 5.0 VGF                                                            $175 BIN/OBO

    FANTASTIC FOUR #67, CGC 5.5 FN-                                                  $160 BIN/OBO

    INCREDIBLE HULK #182, CGC 9.0 VFNM                                          $240 BIN/OBO

    NEW GODS #1, CGC 9.0 VFNM                                                          $210 BIN/OBO

    TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1, 3rd Print, CGC 7.5 VF-      $220 BIN/OBO

    Best Regards,

    SilverMAge

     

    My Recent CL Exchange Listings

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

    My Recent CL Exchange Listings

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

    Comiclink, Comic Connect, Heritage, etcetera... Wins...

    in Comics General

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Callaway29 said:

    I've bought on comiclink for years, and always found the prices yielded to be around FMV.

    I decided to give them a try with selling recently. I sent in a dozen or so books...mostly keys, some hotter than others.

    Well, some of the auctions are still on-going, but so far I've had one hit GPA exactly, and the rest are 15-25% below FMV.

    Safe to say, I'm not impressed. I'm not blaming CL. Obviously putting anything up for auction leaves the outcome up to fate, but...I don't think I'll ever submit to CL again. It saves me trips to the post office, but is it really worth 15-25%? Which in some cases, we're talking hundreds of $$ below GPA per book...

    If anything, what I'm personally experiencing makes me want to start BUYING more off CL... 

    My post has no motive. Just sharing my experience to add to the collective... YMMV

    I started selling my collection on the CL Exchange and Auctions in August 2018. On my third auction now. Books I want to be in complete control of sales $ for I sell on the Exchange but it takes longer. I have noticed the last auction seemed a little weak but I averaged out to -5% GPA. I wondered whether that was due to CL starting to charge state sales tax now and buyers compensating auction offers for that. To be honest, I haven't fret too much about it as I figure it all averages out and CL has been very responsive in their services to me. I hit big on my first auction (MSH 13, CGC 9.6 for $31K) so it will take me a long time to average out overall after that shocker.

    Silver age comics that are heating up

    in Silver Age Comic Books

    Posted

    1 hour ago, vaillant said:

    Not surprising. Ms. Marvel is super-cool and considered for long time a secondary character just because her original series was short. The modern series placing her as Captain Marvel… well, I don’t care at all about modern Marvel policies and they screwed up the characters big time, but it paved the way for a movie on Capitan Marvel (in general) that was long overdue, given they have toyed with the cosmic mythology of the Marvel age for a while.
    People laughed at me when I tried to sell my FNVF copy here… Then, IIRC I auctioned it and went for $450 or so, when most people were willing to pay just $200-250 max for a copy in that range.
    Now, that we have seen copies in VF and above are tough to find, my old FNVF could look just like a "bargain". I kept a FN+ copy for myself, page quality is so-so but not willing to spend hundreds to get another copy.

    The MSH #13 CGC 9.6 sold in the CL November Feature Auction for $31,111. Hype is an amazing thing.

    My Recent ComicLink Exchange and Auction Listings

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

    Posted

    The following are my recent postings on the ComicLink Exchange, in case any are on your Want List.

    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #300, CGC 9.4 NM       http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1284578

    CAPTAIN AMERICA #100, CGC 4.5 VG+      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1286133

    FANTASTIC FOUR #52, CGC 4.5 VG+      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289803

    INCREDIBLE HULK #180, CGC 9.0 VFNM      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289804

    IRON MAN #1, CGC 4.5 VG+      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1286135

    IRON MAN #55, CGC 7.0 FVF      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289805

    SILVER SURFER #1, CGC 5.0 VGF      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1286136

    SILVER SURFER #4, CGC 4.0 VG      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1286137

    WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #32, CGC 8.5 VF+      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289806

    X-MEN #94, CGC 8.0 VF      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289808

    X-MEN #94, CGC 8.5 VF+      http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?id=1289807

     

    I also have a Marvel Super-Heroes #13, CGC 9.6 for sale in the Featured Auction starting November 14.

    Best Regards,

    SilverMAge

     

    Did I do the right thing with my original FF#1?

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

    Posted

    I apologize for not responding earlier, I've been tied up with other things for the past couple weeks. As I said, in my original post, from a collector perspective, if I was going to keep the book, I know I would eternally regret my decision to do Restoration Removal. I was very sad when I saw the removal results.

    I was selling the book and I knew the impact that a PLOD would have.

    From THAT perspective only, I made the right decision. The most I'd been offered for the Restored CGC 4.0 book was $5K. When I put the Universal CGC 3.5 book on ComicLink Exchange, it sold in about 15 minutes for $12K, my Ask Price. I agree with the comment that it shows how hot the FF#1 is right now that a book with this amount of restoration removal would sell that fast.

    I ask that regular commenters not get too mad at newbies slow in responding/commenting. In the future, I will try to do better. Sometimes things just come up!

    And I beg forgiveness from the collectors who were upset that I'd done so much damage to a GREAT book, just for money. I'm gifting all profits in selling my collection to my kids and my church.

    Did I do the right thing with my original FF#1?

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

    Posted

    I'm NOT putting this topic on here to complain about CGC/CCS or their services.

    I've been collecting for 50 years and have decided recently to start to sell off my 20K+ book collection. Sent my first four books into CGC for grading just to try the process out. One of them was my FF#1 which I'd purchased from an LCS soon after I'd started collecting. It was always one of my prized books. I love the FF.

    It came back Restored/Slight C-1, Grade 4.0, Grader Notes (Color touch (Non-archival material small areas) Center Front Cover C-1, Color touch (Non-archival material small areas) Full Bottom Front Cover C-1, Light subscription crease front cover breaks color, Readers crease front cover breaks color, Small, multiple smudge back cover)

    I was surprised as I'd never noticed the restorations before. After looking carefully with a lighted magnifier, I did see the red ink added to the title letters along the center crease, but did not see any other restorations. I had other collectors and LCS look too and they agreed.

    After looking at Go.Collect and GPA, comparing what I thought I'd be able to sell the book for if I did CCS screening / restoration removal / CGC regrade / Universal vs. selling it as a Restored 4.0, I decided to gamble and resubmitted to CCS/CGC.

    I got the image of the regraded book today. My first reaction was that I had seriously injured one of my children! The attached comparison front and back covers are attached.

    The regraded book is Universal, Grade 3.5, Grader Notes (Light creasing to cover, Multiple hole cover, Readers crease front cover, Small tear center of spine, Subscription crease front cover).

    My question is: Do you think I made the right decision strictly from a book FMV standpoint since I'm planning to sell my books?

    From a collector perspective, if I was going to keep the book, I know I would eternally regret my decision to do Restoration Removal.

    Live and Learn.

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