shadroch

Have you read any of the threads on this very subject? I'm not sure why anyone would still be selling on ebay.

For some reason, trading has never taken off here. I think it is really something that needs be done in person.

Almost any dealer will trade for books they need. If it is a high grade copy of a book that is in demand, you should have no trouble trading it. If it is a common book and the dealer has twenty copies, don't expect much for it.

9.2

I have not read any of them but I bought a long box of what I thought were all Avengers, but there must have been two dozen different avengers series in it. New Avengers, Dark Avengers, Young Avengers, AA, A/X, far too many to list. They are all from the same time period but I don't know how inter-connected they are. I gave up on even trying to sort them.

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This auction ends Thursday at 9PM East Coast Time. Paypal, zelle or checks accepted. Domestic shipping only. BIN is $25 and includes free domestic shipping otherwise-Shipping is $7 lower 48. extra to other domestic locations. Returns at buyer expense. You must notify me within three days of arrival. Offered for your consideration is a reader lot of low grade Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen from the 1963-1970s era. I will try to list the major defects, but this is strictly a reader group. #60 General Jimmy leads an army of alien toy soldiers against a super-enemy. Fair, with some water damage. #74 Jimmy becomes a Super-Imp, changes Perry into a talking tiger. I'd call it poor, with a spine split, centerfold detached and water spotting. No foul or musty odor. #79 Jimmy time travels to become THE REDHEADED BEATLE OF 1,000 BC. Poor with a detached cover #81 Jjimmy opens Pandoras Box and turns Superman into Super-Demon Typical book that grades Fair. #86 The team of Brainiac and Olsen battles Supes.. #87 An early LEGION OF SUPER_VILLIANs app, as they team up with Luthor, Brainiac and evil Jimmy. Poor, with detached cover and spine split. Fun read. 102 Remaindered copy 103 Jimmy murders Clark Kent and Supes is pissed. Fair 143 Jack Kirby era, guest starring The Newsboy Legion. A big chunk of the cover is out ,bringing a solid Vg down to a Fair/Good 148 Kirby cover and story Fair, with a chunk out of back cover Ten books in total, with two being Kirby. Starting bid is $5 and please increase by a minimum of fifty cents. This may be the start of a group of low grade SA and BA lots if it goes well. Photos to follow

I was trying to find something nice to say about them.

I'd say the Legion. First they bounced around as guest stars for a few years, then they had a solid run in Adventure for about 80 issues, before ending up as a backup in Action for a few issues. Next they were the backup in Superboy for a year before becoming the main story. After about five years , they changed the books title to The Legion and everything went smoothly until the Legion Baxter series premiered. For the next year, there were two series. The Baxter series was the main book but the old book, now called Tales of the Legion continued putting out new stories for a year. After that, the Tales of The Legion reprinted the Baxter series. Then The Crisis came and since Superboy no longer existed in the DC Universe, everything about the Legion had to change. since he was the reason the Legion was started. No Supergirl. No Mon-el since he was Superboy's adopted big brother who spent 1,000 years trapped in the now non-existent Phantom Zone. I won't even attempt to chart the Legions path after the Crisis but it branches off in literally dozens of branches. You had LEGION 89 where a pseudo-legion operates in the present day, you had Legionnaires where younger versions of the Legion members mysteriously seem to have been cloned, you have at least a half dozen revamps. Honestly, I gave up years ago.

As a comic grading company, I think we can all agree they have a mighty fine forum.

I can't imagine they don't have cameras in the recieving area recording each box being opened.

That is certainly an option. I'd rather sell a raw book, reinvest the money into another book, sell that and reinvest, ect, ect. If you pick up a book for $20, and decide it has a shot at a 9.8, how long will it be before you have the book back, and how much more have you invested in it? I'm guessing six months and $60, at minimums. A couple of wrong guesses would be costly.

6.0

I just hope they do it right.

Water stains kill a books grade. 4.0 at best. I'd have to feel the paper but it is tanning and has rusty staples. It's a hard book to come by, enjoy it.

It is the best way I've found to sell. My only regret was it was so easy to sell on their site that many of my books sold before the sugar-rush blew up the market.

Send in four. Price three at 200% of what you want, and one at 125%. If no one bites after two weeks, adjust a bit.

Not really. Educated buyers won't pay 9.8 money for a book they feel is less than a 9.8. CGC may grade two books both 9.4s, but that doesn't mean they are equally valuable.

I've been told they were color coded so stores would know when they were distributed. In any event, they don't affect a books grade.

I know people who have sold to him, but it seems to be a big black hole. I'm curious if anyone has ever been allowed to see his vault. I'm not implying anything sinister, just curious if he ever opens up.

Does he ever show his books to anyone? There was an episode of Justified where the Marshals consulted the worlds leading collector of Adolf Hitler paintings. The guy gets a lot of scorn for his collecting but at the end of the episode he insists on showing them his collection. It's all ashes in jars, as he burnt the paintings as soon as he bought them. Imagine if the Dentist did something similar.

Do not apply Overstreets standards to CGC. They use their own criteria.

I attended a card auction this weekend , and the reslts were amazing. A set of football cards I was worried might not make the minimum consignmet price sold for $141, A set of Marvel 1st covers wet for $145 where I was thinking $50 and a fairy rare 1960s card that i was hoping might fly under the radar sold for $3200. These weren't Millenials bidding up the prices. I'm 62 and I'd say half the bidders were my age or older. I went with $14,000 in cash and spent under $600.

I find it hard to believe myself, but a 2012 baseball card has sold for more than any of those books.

I'm at 3.5, as well.