Motor City Rob

Not clear on the "Craigslist model" you are referencing. Myslabs is really simple. When your book sells, they take 1% of the sale price (or 0% for books over 60k). They are still fairly new with comics but they've been an established platform for trading cards for awhile. Moved into comics a year or so ago.

I wouldn't go that far. Transformers #1 is a solid key. To say it's essentially worthless in most grades is really not doing the book justice. Also, I have never really understood the comment about "buying a grade/label instead of buying the book". Anyone that buys a slab is chasing a book in a grade they want (or can afford). Does "buying the book" mean people should just buy raws? Never understood that whole discussion. Anyway, for someone to own a Transformers #1 in a 9.9 is a great accomplishment, IMO.

@mycomicshop Any plans to consider a tiered commission structure in the future? I believe you're currently at 8% for auctions and 10% for fixed price (8% after $300), with everything capped at $1000 as well. Would be very exciting to see something that entices sellers to offer some bigger books. I'm currently using Myslabs due to the 1% seller fee, and 0% for bigger books. It's a slower process since they are relatively new and don't yet have a large following, but they are growing and the money I'm saving is hard to pass up. Have never sold through MCS, but would absolutely give it a try if the fee structure were a little different. Sounds like a great place to sell!

Is it also the same situation where even after the steep declines you referenced, the values are still significantly higher than pre-covid prices?

Thank you for doing this. The Red Wave continues!

I also heard it was imminent.

I believe it. Lots of disingenuous people in the hobby. I like your strategy of looking for ways to offset shipping costs.

Oh...well...that's a little different. Hard to put a pricetag on a unicorn. I'm more shocked at the $18 sale.

Someone paid 44K for a copy of Transformers #1? When was this?

As much as I love this book, I can't help but wonder what was going through the head of the person who paid to have this slabbed....AS WELL AS the person who just paid $18...plus $20 shipping...to buy this.

I agree, this has merit. Good reminder for those looking to keep buying.

So true. While it would be amazing to hold onto some serious grails that some most people never have a chance to own, the honeymoon would probably wear off quickly.

I'm in!

This is fantastic!

This is nothing new. Been going on since books started getting slabbed, and will continue on. Also, I think some of these sales are from sellers that bought large collections, got their money's worth from the bigger books, and not too worried about what they get from the rest.

All those listings were from the same seller. Looks like they have updated to 9.8. Probably just a typo. Are there other examples out there from other sellers? I don't see some kind of systemic problem that may have been insinuated in this thread.

Do you have a link? Curious to see what those listings look like.

User: brokenluk Buyer submitted an offer. I accepted. Many days later buyer still had not paid. I messaged the buyer multiple times. No response. No payment. Blocked.

Agreed. Extremely inaccurate. The only time it works is by exception. Definitely not the norm. In most cases, as you get to higher grades, the average price is anything but linear. It's more exponential.

Maybe the 9.4 is an exception but I just looked at GPA and most grades seem to be falling. Are you seeing the same thing?

Yes, the Daredevil 168 9.8 selling for under 2k was a big surprise. In general, I think it will be good for the hobby for prices to balance out from where they have been the past 2 years.

For most books, the drop in prices is not nearly as fast as how quickly they rose. Also, almost all big keys are still significantly higher than pre pandemic prices. The only surprise for me is that books have not dropped more than they already have.

Completely agree. I saw it and thought...nice! Now, knowing it's a rip off...it's just a big disappointment.

I like using Hulk 181 as one of the indicators. Many grades selling for prices similar to 12-18 months ago...before the "comic boom". There are always exceptions, but in general, prices of this book continue to slowly fall.

Nicely done!!!👏👏👏