rumrunner71

Bump with discounts!

Action Comics 54  4.5 (C - cover and centerfold reinforced) - $1300 $1100

Hi All,

I've been around the board for a bit (nowhere near some of you long-timers!) and have had several good transactions as a buyer (see kudos), so now trying out a few sales here.

Rules:

First "take it" in thread gets it and trumps any PM offers.

Shipping: $10 (raw) and $15 (slab) via USPS; CONUS only.

Returns: 30 days. If the return is due to a mistake I made, I will refund shipping both ways. If not due to my error, shipping is not refundable.

Payment: Paypal G&S; items shipped within 2 business days of payment

No probies or HOS members

Thanks for checking out my sales thread!

Batman 227 VG-/VG $325 $295

I posted this in a Spare-a-Grade thread while thinking about slabbing it, and the consensus seems to be right around a 4.0, perhaps higher with a C&P.

90-day GPA: $342 (4.0), $445 (3.5) | Last sales: $384 (4.0), $395 (3.5)

On 8/14/2024 at 2:46 PM, dsnielson said:

I have also wondered this.  I am no trained expert, in fact when it comes to grading i am completely lost.  But I need to get some in for grading, i just have not, and one of the reasons is this.  I have no idea what they might grade, but looking at the sold listing on ebay is a good idea.  Thanks for that. 

Use this thread https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/ to get some estimates on specific books.

There are some great websites out there with tips on grading and things to look for when assessing condition. Or, use the thread linked above to test yourself by comparing your own guesses to the grades that come back. 

What do the grader's notes say? Where do you think they went wrong? Are there pressable defects you are thinking of taking care of? Is a possible bump in grade worth the cost of submitting?

One other thing to consider is that, in shipping, you also risk damage, so you could come out with a lower grade than what you currently have, so weigh the pros and cons.

On 8/12/2024 at 2:08 PM, chase7 said:

Prior to sending a submission how do you determine the value so you can select the correct category to know how much to pay for the comic to be graded and slabbed?

Buy a copy of Wizard from 1997 and then adjust for inflation. 

Totally kidding. For real:

1) Use the CGC grade descriptions on the website or the "Hey buddy can you spare a grade?" forum here to determine an approximate grade.

2) Look up sold (and only sold) listing's for your issue and grade on eBay.

3) Get a subscription to a service like GoCollect or GPA Comics to see what the recent sales are for your book.

Good luck!

On 7/27/2024 at 6:40 AM, Bmattioli86 said:

Keep this post updated of results if you plan to press though 

Will do!

On 7/26/2024 at 7:10 AM, Bmattioli86 said:

I’ll go with 4.0…. Be interested to see how that ring on the BC would react to a press 

I'm curious about that too. With the black, you don't really see it on the front cover, so maybe it will press out? Probably still leave some kind of ring though

I learned to check the centerfolds after having two different comics have undisclosed detached pages.

Thanks for the help in estimating the grade on this one!

On 7/25/2024 at 6:37 PM, FoggyNelson said:

VG but col book‼️👍

Thanks!

On 7/25/2024 at 1:08 PM, Kirby_Fan said:

As JollyComics pointed out, cleaned and pressed then slabbed with at least a 4.5 label should net you a small profit after what you would get for the book raw + the submission expense and make for an easier, faster sale than going the raw route with this book, in my humble opinion. 

Thanks for the tip! It would be great to improve some of the smaller issues with this copy. And a faster sale is never a bad thing 

Thanks! Now to decide whether to slab or sell raw...

Yep, they were on the outside, which was a PITA because a few of mine have peeled off over time.

On 7/23/2024 at 10:44 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

It looks way nicer than my copy (which is still non-existent and I'm jealous)! I was also thinking in the 3.5-4.0 range. Nice book!

Thanks!

Posting two this evening, with gratitude for your input.

This is Fight Comics #84. The colors on this one really pop in person. Some chipping along the top edge, a beat-up corner on the top spine, and quite a few color-breaking creases.

Thanks for your thoughts on the grade!

Hi All,

Thanks for the help in estimating a grade with this one. The colors are sharp, but there are some issues that I see: quite a few color-breaking folds, some white spots (maybe from light tape? not sure) between the A and the T in "Bat," and somebody must have used it as a coaster at some point (see inside cover pic.) There's also some rippling on the back cover, bottom left corner that looks to me to be pressable. A few of the pages have bends (again, maybe pressable?) at the corners, and a couple have some chipping.

I know she ain't the highest grade, but grateful for your thoughts on it!

On 7/4/2024 at 10:35 AM, lbcolefan said:

I don't think I've seen that one before. Great cover and beautiful copy!

It also depends on the collection. If your Golden Age collection is, say, an early run of a popular character, you might have luck selling it for close to FMV to a collector. Again, the selling forum is the best bet

By "retail" prices, I'm assuming you mean fair market value from GPA or another source. This depends on how you want to sell the books. The local comic store will offer you "wholesale" probably because they are offering on the whole collection. Often, a whole collection will be sold at a discount because you, as the seller, save the time of selling them one by one. If you want fair market value for each comic, you will probably need to sell them individually. The sales forums here are great.

There are a ton of online options, but each will take a percent or charge fees.

The long and short is, if you want retail prices, you need to put in the work of being a retailer: grading (not slabbing, mind you), taking pics, posting to the forum here or Instagram or something, responding to inquiries, packaging for shipping, etc. For some people, that makes sense. For others, they want the convenience of selling the collection as a whole in one fell swoop and so are willing to take a discount for the saved time. 

On 6/7/2024 at 12:55 PM, JollyComics said:

Way back in 2016 at C2E2, I thought about buying FF #1 CGC 4.0 for only $2000.  I kept saying next time and it is NOW no next time that I already regretted for the rest of my life.

I've gotten burned by this coming and going. First, by losing out on books because I kept saying "next time" and then by spending too much to stave off regret with other books. There could be a whole thread about the ones that got away. Wait...is there a whole thread about the ones that got away??

Interesting question and responses. I don't know that I prefer low grade so much as I am not bothered by it. I'd rather have several low grade issues I really want than just one high grade one I want. But it depends. Some of the issues, it's the covers that I'm really after, so a high grade is preferred. Some, it's the historical significance of it (thinking platinum or early gold), so the grade isn't as big of a deal.

I agree with what others have said about the anxiety, too. I don't want the worry of not being able to handle a book because of its high grade and value. Of course, I don't want the worry of a page breaking off a really low grade one either, so there's that.

On 6/7/2024 at 6:07 PM, fifties said:

I enjoy reading my pre code comic books, usually crime, every evening.  I had read somewhere that 75% of the pre code books were meant for and read by adults.  AFA ECs' went, they would display grossness after the fact.  With the Underworld True Crime Stories, In "The Widow of Death", they showed the brutality happening, which is quite horrifying.

Here's another book, from my almost complete CDNP run, the cover of which, would be taboo even today;

If I was Biro, I think I'd find another place to put my sig, rather than having my name on the car right by the getaway driver

On 6/7/2024 at 8:03 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

My favorite part of the escape is where the POWs leave their German captor alone and intact based on the guard’s assurances he won’t alert the authorities.

 

Even better, just for the promise of free cigarettes (which, as a smoker, makes total sense to me)