Marvel Mystery 132-pg Annual on eBay

[G.A.tor]

I tried to purchase the book after "patrickj2two"s auction ended unsuccessfully.

 

He was firm on $5800 as his bottom line. This I suspect is his reserve with Gus.

 

The advantage with Gus is that it gets more exposure. I would NOT be suprised if it goes for $5800 and meets the reserve, but I am not holding my breath. There is at least one collector I am aware of who would purchase it and get it restored.

 

I was going to offer $4000 for it and have it restored myself, but again, the owner wants at least $5800, if not more now due to the commission that Gus will take.

 

My copy

 

So, we know where 3 copies are at least. I thought Gus said in his eBay sale copy that there were only 5.

 

I will be surprised if it sells for $5800. If your offer of $4000 is accepted are you going to sell your undercopy?

I know of at least 7 copies, so 5 is wrong (quoted from old overstreet)....

 

owner won't take less than 5800ish, I suspect...

rick

[agro23]

I know of at least 7 copies, so 5 is wrong (quoted from old overstreet)....

 

owner won't take less than 5800ish, I suspect...

rick

I suspect you are correct unless the owner isn't a comic person or the tax bill is due or something. Gus however will not take less than 5800ish. But you never know...

[G.A.tor]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

been on ebay 10 years...I know that much...mainly silver age guy, only recently started with Golden age (see next line)

 

he got the European collection, and that started the ball rolling... and they solicit (not him, but greg) anyone on ebay with a "decent" book that does not sell or meet reserve, touting that they (for 7%) can get them the best price, etc, and convince the other ebayers to consign...most all their really good non europe collection stuff has just been window dressing (like the AA 16, etc)

 

I know they paid me (and a few others) to let them list books (with really high reserves), just to draw attention (advertising tool, if you will)....nothing wrong with that, actually good marketing idea, if you ask me, as it got a lot of interest and watchers and some decent prices on other books...

 

 

[esquirecomics]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

 

Mark- solid cross examination question(s)...jb

 

Force of habit.

[esquirecomics]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

been on ebay 10 years...I know that much...mainly silver age guy, only recently started with Golden age (see next line)

 

he got the European collection, and that started the ball rolling... and they solicit (not him, but greg) anyone on ebay with a "decent" book that does not sell or meet reserve, touting that they (for 7%) can get them the best price, etc, and convince the other ebayers to consign...most all their really good non europe collection stuff has just been window dressing (like the AA 16, etc)

 

I know they paid me (and a few others) to let them list books (with really high reserves), just to draw attention (advertising tool, if you will)....nothing wrong with that, actually good marketing idea, if you ask me, as it got a lot of interest and watchers and some decent prices on other books...

 

 

Interesting.

 

This is Greg Jortner, right? Is he in some sort of partnership with Gus? An employee?

[showcase4]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

been on ebay 10 years...I know that much...mainly silver age guy, only recently started with Golden age (see next line)

 

he got the European collection, and that started the ball rolling... and they solicit (not him, but greg) anyone on ebay with a "decent" book that does not sell or meet reserve, touting that they (for 7%) can get them the best price, etc, and convince the other ebayers to consign...most all their really good non europe collection stuff has just been window dressing (like the AA 16, etc)

 

I know they paid me (and a few others) to let them list books (with really high reserves), just to draw attention (advertising tool, if you will)....nothing wrong with that, actually good marketing idea, if you ask me, as it got a lot of interest and watchers and some decent prices on other books...

 

 

Interesting.

 

This is Greg Jortner, right? Is he in some sort of partnership with Gus? An employee?

 

About 4 or 5 months ago, I almost traded my Tec 29 plus 2 other GA books for one of Gus' Batman #1's. All the communication was thru Greg Jortner, who claimed to be Gus' "partner". We never did the deal, and I never spoke to Gus. Greg seemed like a pretty cool dude though

[esquirecomics]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

been on ebay 10 years...I know that much...mainly silver age guy, only recently started with Golden age (see next line)

 

he got the European collection, and that started the ball rolling... and they solicit (not him, but greg) anyone on ebay with a "decent" book that does not sell or meet reserve, touting that they (for 7%) can get them the best price, etc, and convince the other ebayers to consign...most all their really good non europe collection stuff has just been window dressing (like the AA 16, etc)

 

I know they paid me (and a few others) to let them list books (with really high reserves), just to draw attention (advertising tool, if you will)....nothing wrong with that, actually good marketing idea, if you ask me, as it got a lot of interest and watchers and some decent prices on other books...

 

 

Interesting.

 

This is Greg Jortner, right? Is he in some sort of partnership with Gus? An employee?

 

About 4 or 5 months ago, I almost traded my Tec 29 plus 2 other GA books for one of Gus' Batman #1's. All the communication was thru Greg Jortner, who claimed to be Gus' "partner". We never did the deal, and I never spoke to Gus. Greg seemed like a pretty cool dude though

 

He may be if he expects money from you, but that is not the case when he owes you money. Take it from personal experience (in my attorney capacity), I wouldn't do business with him at all. My experience has been that he breaks promises and intentionally disregards admitted debts. If he does not make good on his promises he will soon find himself a defendant in a lawsuit.

 

And if this is the type of person Gus, who I do not know, partners with ...

[showcase4]

Owner of Silver Age Comics in New York

 

I know that, but how about some history. Anyone know? How does one all of a sudden come into possession of all of these books seemingly from nowhere? I've only seen him mentioned sporadically in the recent past. How far back does he go in the hobby?

been on ebay 10 years...I know that much...mainly silver age guy, only recently started with Golden age (see next line)

 

he got the European collection, and that started the ball rolling... and they solicit (not him, but greg) anyone on ebay with a "decent" book that does not sell or meet reserve, touting that they (for 7%) can get them the best price, etc, and convince the other ebayers to consign...most all their really good non europe collection stuff has just been window dressing (like the AA 16, etc)

 

I know they paid me (and a few others) to let them list books (with really high reserves), just to draw attention (advertising tool, if you will)....nothing wrong with that, actually good marketing idea, if you ask me, as it got a lot of interest and watchers and some decent prices on other books...

 

 

Interesting.

 

This is Greg Jortner, right? Is he in some sort of partnership with Gus? An employee?

 

About 4 or 5 months ago, I almost traded my Tec 29 plus 2 other GA books for one of Gus' Batman #1's. All the communication was thru Greg Jortner, who claimed to be Gus' "partner". We never did the deal, and I never spoke to Gus. Greg seemed like a pretty cool dude though

 

He may be if he expects money from you, but that is not the case when he owes you money. Take it from personal experience (in my attorney capacity), I wouldn't do business with him at all. My experience has been that he breaks promises and intentionally disregards admitted debts. If he does not make good on his promises he will soon find himself a defendant in a lawsuit.

 

And if this is the type of person Gus, who I do not know, partners with ...

 

I can tell you this.....if my trade deal did work out, there would be NO WAY I would send my books 1st....he would have to. I have yet to hear a single good thing about Gus here on the Boards

[Primetime]

MM 132-pg Annual

 

Fair condition (described as GD-)...extremely rare, any guesses how high will this go?

 

GE

 

Not sure. I've never been a big fan of the MM or Cap Annuals...I'd be fine with having a Marvel Mystery #33 instead of the MM 132 pger

[agro23]

Not sure. I've never been a big fan of the MM or Cap Annuals...I'd be fine with having a Marvel Mystery #33 instead of the MM 132 pger

I need one for my collecting goals. Just not that one at that price.

[Silver Surfer]

Okay now I remember. There was a seller Mjgcat on EBay that had a ton of nice books listed for years on EBay and I have seen a number of these very same books (Sub-Mariner Comics #42 Beth Copy, for one) that have bene listed and sold by Gus. I seem to recall that there was some discussion on these boards about Mjgcat but I did buy a book from them and to be honest I didn't have any complaints, very prompt with replies, etc. Perhaps there is a connection? Not sure if Mjgcat is still active?

[Silver Surfer]

$7,750 final bid? Wasn't this offered for $5,200 a few weeks earlier?

[MrBedrock]

$7,750 final bid? Wasn't this offered for $5,200 a few weeks earlier?

It is worth more than everyone thought.

[G.A.tor]

it was offered for $5750....that was the cheapest price tom would sell at....

I was going to purchase it, if it did not meet reserve on ebay....good for him (bad for me)

[VintageComics]

$7,750 final bid? Wasn't this offered for $5,200 a few weeks earlier?

It is worth more than everyone thought.

 

So is yours.

 

[esquirecomics]

Can someone explain to me why I can see the winning buyer's name? Why is it with some auctions you can't or is it just underbidders' ids that are blocked?

[MrBedrock]

$7,750 final bid? Wasn't this offered for $5,200 a few weeks earlier?

It is worth more than everyone thought.

 

So is yours.

 

[Rip]

I wonder what the VF copy would go for

[G.A.tor]

Can someone explain to me why I can see the winning buyer's name? Why is it with some auctions you can't or is it just underbidders' ids that are blocked?

during the auction, all ID's are masked...however, the winning bidder's id is always displayed at auctions end (unless private auction)

[Straw-Man]

Can someone explain to me why I can see the winning buyer's name? Why is it with some auctions you can't or is it just underbidders' ids that are blocked?

 

start following some real comics on ebay and you'll learn these things for yourself.