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Mike Murdock

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    Are prices still climbing or have they eased up a bit???

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by Mike Murdock

    On 10/15/2023 at 3:31 PM, Telegan said:

    I never said it wasn't personal preference, which is why I was referring to myself in the response.  There are people who read comics, invest in comics, flip comics, collect for interior art, collect for cover art, collect for nostalgia, etc.  All of them have their reasons for doing what they do, and because of that, they value decisions and variables associated with them differently.  Which is cool.  I was just speaking for myself.  I don't have anything against raw books.  Heck, I just spent the most I ever spent on a raw book recently at an MCS auction.  No, it wasn't a ton of money, but dang it, it was hard bidding on that.  Baby steps.  lol.

    For me, it just boils down to this : I don't flip comics, and I've never even sold a comic, but I also don't want to lose my shirt when it comes time to sell even though it's not like my comics are my retirement (I just hate losing money - I'm weird), and I also don't want to possibly be ripped-off.  When I get a CGC 5.0, I pretty much know I can sell it for a CGC 5.0 whatever the value for a 5.0 is, when the time comes.  When I get a 5.0 raw, there's no guarantee I can sell it for a 5.0 value.  As a matter of fact, most of the time, it probably would sell less than a CGC 5.0.  Even if I tell them, "but the great Bob's Comic City sold it to me as a 5.0"!  And no dealer is going to give me what it's really worth unless it somehow shot up in demand and is rare.

    I just started selling a few books the last few weeks and am finding it much easier to sell raws than stabbed books. Nobody seems to want to pay full price for a slabbed book.  In fact, one guy only would offer up to 70% of the last three sales for the same book on eBay.  Needless to say, I passed but am worried about selling stabbed books anywhere near what they are listed at on GPA or even eBay.  People seem to be making similar offers for raw and slabbed.  Not seeing a premium for slabbed and I paid more for the slabbeb books for sure.