How tough to find are early Archie titles like Archies X-mas Stockings?

[Ghoti]

In the Spirit of the Season, I put up on Ebay Archie's Christmas stockings 1-6 and there appears to be very little interest in them. Are they hard books to sell or are they tough books to find?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shiverbones]

as much as I love them, they are easy to find and overpriced in guide for the most part.

[shiverbones]

if you are the seller flannery, It's just the pricing, and no offense intended. I sold a #2 last year in similar shape in an open auction and it went for $32. They will sell, but not near guide.

[ft88]

They are similar to Dell Giants. They really need to be 8.0 to get close to guide and 9.0 or better to get above guide.

[143ksk]

Very common, especially in lower grade.

[G.A.tor]

Very common, especially in lower grade.

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[Kakapo]

if you are the seller flannery, It's just the pricing, and no offense intended. I sold a #2 last year in similar shape in an open auction and it went for $32. They will sell, but not near guide.

 

Oh, I bought that one! And very happy I was with my purchase, too. Xmas Stocking 1 is continually available on ebay, but almost always in 3.0 or less, and sadly always above what I feel willing to pay for a gap-filler. A dealer had a slabbed 6.5 copy at the start of the year, but didn't even respond to my request for a price, and a couple of months later the book was gone. Zany.

 

Stockings 5 and 6 were part of the ink-splattered warehouse find of a few years ago that first introduced me to Archie - I have three copies of #6. 2, 3 and 4 should do a little better percentage-wise, but as others have said, I think the guide does not reflect marketplace reality (hard to believe!) But that does work both ways, with early Peps being undervalued.

 

There are a few more Christmas Stockings that many people forget about, the first three being Archie Giant Size 10, 15 and 20 - those I see far less frequently than the first six, so guide should be closer to the market. Maybe.

 

 

[ashrael]

Did I hear the question "How do you fit early Archie's into X-Mas stockings?"

 

All you need to do is roll them up good and tight and shove them in. If they keep unrolling, just wrap some tape around the roll a few times. Scotch tape will work, but duct tape does even better.