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Our Recent Experience Selling Comics Through Mycomicshop
Axelrod replied to thehumantorch's topic in Comics General
It's cool you're posting this information. I find it very useful and interesting. I always browse the mycomicshop auctions, though I can never pull the trigger on anything. I wonder if you mind saying what the books you bought were that you are confident you can instantly re-sell for 30% more (including the consignment fees?) Identifying stuff like that seems like a key ability in this market. Of course, if your methods are a trade secret or something, I understand. -
I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the real reason VHS won the format war with Betamax was because of porn. i.e. the porn industry decided on a VHS standard, and after that it was basically over....
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I still have my old Betamax player! I'm holding onto that sucker.... (no, this time I don't )
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I still have my old HD-DVD player! With the original packaging! I'm holding on to that sucker. Going to be worth thousands someday! Thousands I tell you! Or at least tree-fiddy.
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The cynic in me (which is mainly just me) says that CGC is engaging in ultra-strict grading in an effort to bolster the credibility/desirability of their grading services. If they get a reputation for strict grading, then, I guess, people will value their grades more. Not giving out many 10s is part of that. This is not completely unlike how 9.8 is basically the best one can hope for a grade on a comic.
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Heh. I have to check my attic. I know I dumped a large box of VHS tapes off at the GoodWill 10+ years ago, which included the original Star Wars trilogy (these were all opened/viewed tapes though, so I can't imagine they would have had that much value today). But I guess I have no idea. My arm was twisted to even dump that box though (I am a bit of a hoarder by nature.) I guess I should keep all my DVDs and Blu Rays now, yes?
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Yeah, I know. This is not really an excuse, but I know what I was thinking, and it was that - not counting the staining of front and back covers - it looked like a very nice book. Maybe at least an 8. So if I was ONLY docking it for the front/back cover stains, which weren't super extensive, maybe knock it down to a 7? Which is obviously wrong, as the staining clearly has to go through the whole book. But, you know, the rules say there are no significant defects to the interior....So I was kind of just grading based on the covers. Again, not an excuse and I should have known better.
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Rex Dexter of Mars #1: .5 Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11: 7.0 Action Comics #242: 4.0 Scooby Doo #1: 6.5 Amazing Spider-Man #300: 9.6 7 points. Clearly did not know how to grade that big hole in Rex Dexter. I've seen the 1/3 strip covers that get .5 grades, and I knew this was better than that, but, I thought at a certain point it was just automatic .5 And I couldn't blow up the Spider-Man image and it looked very clean to me. Otherwise, reasonably close. Missed all the coin flips.
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Thoughts on how to price this Qualified book.
Axelrod replied to shadroch's topic in Copper Age Comic Books
I would have said not to discount too much for a "Qualified" where the defect is an unverified signature, especially if it's a known, limited signed and numbered run, which is what this seemed to be. You might not get a premium for it, but I probably would have started at market for a regular 9.4 -
I was told it was happening on 2/14