Jitstark

On 2/2/2022 at 2:31 PM, kimik said:

Looking at the Sprouse variants, I am surprised that the DV 7 ESB variant with the bounty hunters on the cover is not selling for more. 

I surprised the one with Cassian Andor and K2-SO hasn't sold out considering there's an Andor series coming our. Can see these rising once the series airs.

On 2/2/2022 at 2:42 PM, Hekla said:

wow, strong prices. Glad I kept some from the last time it was hot.

Can see this staying quite high.

Spoiler if you haven't seen this week's Fett.

On 2/2/2022 at 9:08 AM, xela_v said:

Darth maul 2 & 3 are heating up

This is getting cleaned up off eBay now

On 6/26/2021 at 5:37 AM, wiparker824 said:

I know this one is barely in the cutoff for a modern but I couldn’t believe when I saw this go for a grand tonight lol: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324685057158

Jeez. Wonder what my Stan Lee SS would fetch?

43 minutes ago, ygogolak said:

If something is going to close, the prices don't go up. They go the other way in fact.

I wasn't talking about them closing. The guy I replied to said about making books hard to get from the get go, 

When I replied I didn't mean inflation of the price of the book. I meant more the reputation and rarity of the books. Basically making a hot book from day one without it happening organically in the market. I can see how price would play into that but that's not what I was getting at initially.

40 minutes ago, Crops068 said:

If they are banking on people wanting the books for the readability then limiting in the way they have hinders that possibility.

But I do agree, they are good reads.

I agree. It was a stunt to artificially inflate the books so it was always gonna need to change somewhere down the line. Just a shame they've packed it in instead of changing the model.

7 hours ago, kimik said:

In this market where almost any 1st app is $200 in CGC 9.8, why would FS WW 1 drop?

Cancellation of her CW show might also be making buyers nervous and seeing what DC do with her before they decide if they want to take a punt.

Gotta say, I'm kinda sad about that. Eniac and Tankers were good reads.

3 hours ago, Garystar said:

I’m in UK and you got a month longer than I did with PayPal. I was reluctant but I must admit for me the switch has been painless.

I do agree though I think it may curb my buying, when you have that money sat in a PayPal account as opposed to a “real” bank account it does mentally make it easier to spend. 

If anything it's made it easier for me to buy stuff now. I just whack it on the Amex and rack up the Avios points and get that BA companion voucher a lot quicker.

I don't mind the new eBay setup. Fees even out when you consider it was a listing fee and paypal before. I just rue the removal of £1 final value fees.

13 hours ago, southern cross said:

 

there you go 👍

Thanks for that. It's fine on my computer, I even duplicated it and rotated it and they both come out upside down.

Glad you could sort that out for me.

Brought these for $900 combined from eBay.

Also, I have no idea why I can't get the picture to be the right way round

Am I missing something but this isn't a Newsstand is it?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMAZING-SPIDER-MAN-300-CGC-9-6-ORIGIN-1ST-VENOM-WHITE-PAGES-NEWSSTAND-EDITION/144012163791?hash=item2187cb3acf:g:q74AAOSwNMhge1F0

What was the period of time from first grade to re-submitting?

Just wondering if the encapsulation would have inadvertently 'pressed' the book over time especially if it's a tight slab.

18 hours ago, godzilla43 said:

ASM300  860$ 

The seller has over 10k feedback and he thinks that is a near perfect high grade  

That's pretty bad. Off White and spine ticks. This guy would be lucky to get a 9.0 out of that.

20 hours ago, Jitstark said:

Anyone think Captain America #333 might go up after Falcon and The Winter Solider. Got one in a box somewhere so hoping that gets some love.

All cheap copies have been brought up and 10 sold since yesterday. It's moving.

(and yes, I did quote myself)

Anyone think Captain America #333 might go up after Falcon and The Winter Solider. Got one in a box somewhere so hoping that gets some love.

On 3/8/2021 at 9:43 AM, RickSp said:

Here in the UK you can pre-order the 'Not 1st print' for 28th March. But as all our shops are still closed at the moment there was no chance of ever getting hold of an actual 1st print.

Forbidden Planet Online is your friend.

As rubbish as this sounds, it's one of those books that can go either way. It's got first appearances in and all it takes is for one of these characters to be used in TV or film and it'll rocket. Look at Strange Academy. People slept on that and it went nuts. Even New Agents of Atlas is going up based on rumors.

I'm gonna pick up two copies of the trade cover and worst case I give them away as freebies to eBay buyers or they rise and I make a profit. It's a £6 punt so it wont hurt to bad if it flops. As with everything in this game, it's all a gamble unless you buy what you love.

I think this will just go higher once the Venom movie comes out. Not because I think it'll be a good film (I hope so) but I there'll be people out there who will be hunting the Venom first appearance once he becomes fresh in their minds again.

2 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

The way cgc has been grading over the past 12 months+, you’d be lucky to get a 9.8

 

Glad it's not just me. Thought I'd lost my touch at self-grading.

On 2/18/2021 at 1:57 PM, paqart said:

A toy dealer with a kiosk at our local mall had just bought a huge lot of newsstand edition comics from somewhere. They were all mixed in with non-newsstand comics in about twenty long boxes, priced at a dollar apiece if ten or more were purchased. He only took cash and I only had a hundred dollars on me, so I had to leave a lot of them behind. Despite that, I managed to get 167 of the comics for my hundred dollars. Here are a few from that buy.

This post made me impulse buy that Uncanny X-men #4.

4 hours ago, Erndog said:

So tell me about Ice Cream Man...

 

This was on fire when it was optioned and taken up by Quibi. Since that service folded I don't know what's happening with this anymore. W. Maxwell Prince (the writer) said in Jan that the TV show is still happening but it hasn't been taken up by anyone else though.

That aside this is just a great book all round.

6 hours ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Or the hedge fund managers that were ticked over the Gamestop Stock decided they were going to inflate markets they thought those gamers are a part of.. 

Warren Buffet trying to be Thanos by tracking down all the keys in 9.8

My only gripe with artists doing multiple covers with slight variations is that they should release them all at once so people can pick which to buy from day one. I also realise that may have absolutely no say in that.