cyberjad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon_Turtle Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Which is kind of a silly assumption to make, since in all of their auctions they TELL YOU that their books are all "VF" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I do agree, but that book sure did look a lot nicer that VF in the pictures. I wanted that #2 they had up, but the interior just looked to beat for my tastes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidwolf Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. There have been a few sellers trying to sell their CGC NYCC books for months now. One seller, who has a 8.5 has been trying to get around $800 with no sale Another, who has a 9.4 has been trying to get around $1,200 with no sale. Yet Mirage has sold 2 raw books recently. one for around $750, another around $1,200 ironically. People are taking their chances and placing bets that these books will grade really high I bet. My NYCC #3 is @ CGC right now (5 weeks now as of today). Still waiting for a grade. I'm expecting no less than 9.4 Hoping for 9.6. I paid $250 a year ago for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. There have been a few sellers trying to sell their CGC NYCC books for months now. One seller, who has a 8.5 has been trying to get around $800 with no sale Another, who has a 9.4 has been trying to get around $1,200 with no sale. Yet Mirage has sold 2 raw books recently. one for around $750, another around $1,200 ironically. People are taking their chances and placing bets that these books will grade really high I bet. My NYCC #3 is @ CGC right now (5 weeks now as of today). Still waiting for a grade. I'm expecting no less than 9.4 Hoping for 9.6. I paid $250 a year ago for it. Great score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon_Turtle Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) Although to be fair, some of the premium might be due to the fact that it is from Mirage directly. It's weird how people get "star struck" on ebay when an item is being sold by the creator. Incidently, I paid $250 for mine raw earlier this year. Came back an 8.0 Edited December 23, 2010 by Archon_Turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Although to be fair, some of the premium might be due to the fact that it is from Mirage directly. It's weird how people get "star struck" on ebay when an item is being sold by the creator. Incidently, I paid $250 for mine raw earlier this year. Came back an 8.0 Well people in general do seem to sometimes go a little crazy on file copies. I bought a raw copy of this book earlier this year for some insane amount of money. I forget how much but it was a lot. The book was described as mint condition, so I was willing to pay up. Once recieved in hand I thought it was around an 8-8.5 at best. Back to the seller that went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidwolf Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. There have been a few sellers trying to sell their CGC NYCC books for months now. One seller, who has a 8.5 has been trying to get around $800 with no sale Another, who has a 9.4 has been trying to get around $1,200 with no sale. Yet Mirage has sold 2 raw books recently. one for around $750, another around $1,200 ironically. People are taking their chances and placing bets that these books will grade really high I bet. My NYCC #3 is @ CGC right now (5 weeks now as of today). Still waiting for a grade. I'm expecting no less than 9.4 Hoping for 9.6. I paid $250 a year ago for it. I might just throw mine up there for $500 and see if there is any interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) You might be better off starting at $0.99 and setting a reserve. People tend to get thrown off when the price starts high. They become more enthralled when the action of bidding from a low amount comes into play. Edited December 24, 2010 by DJB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjad Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. There have been a few sellers trying to sell their CGC NYCC books for months now. One seller, who has a 8.5 has been trying to get around $800 with no sale Another, who has a 9.4 has been trying to get around $1,200 with no sale. Yet Mirage has sold 2 raw books recently. one for around $750, another around $1,200 ironically. People are taking their chances and placing bets that these books will grade really high I bet. My NYCC #3 is @ CGC right now (5 weeks now as of today). Still waiting for a grade. I'm expecting no less than 9.4 Hoping for 9.6. I paid $250 a year ago for it. I might just throw mine up there for $500 and see if there is any interest. $500? What grade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidwolf Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Did any of you notice the Mirage sale on ebay for the NY edition #3. I was really surprised for how much that book went for raw. I think someone is betting that it is going to be the only 9.8 Yup saw that go for over 800. Seemed high, Now Im considering putting my CGC 8.5 up on ebay. There have been a few sellers trying to sell their CGC NYCC books for months now. One seller, who has a 8.5 has been trying to get around $800 with no sale Another, who has a 9.4 has been trying to get around $1,200 with no sale. Yet Mirage has sold 2 raw books recently. one for around $750, another around $1,200 ironically. People are taking their chances and placing bets that these books will grade really high I bet. My NYCC #3 is @ CGC right now (5 weeks now as of today). Still waiting for a grade. I'm expecting no less than 9.4 Hoping for 9.6. I paid $250 a year ago for it. I might just throw mine up there for $500 and see if there is any interest. $500? What grade? CGC 8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woregul Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 There was a NYCC 3 just recently on ComicLink for $400 for CGC 8.5. I bid $305, but the offer expired after 5 days. The listing is gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon_Turtle Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Merry Christmas Turtle friends! That is all :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidwolf Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Merry Christmas Turtle friends! That is all :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M.-migration Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Hi, I'm looking to add a harcover edition of the Quarter Century Celebration book. Does anybody know where there's a copy for sale? I'm willing to pay, obviously, but I'd prefer to pay less than the stratospheric copy for sale on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woregul Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) You can try amazon. They have 3 copies on sale with the highest at $299. Still seems Pretty high but lower than $599. Actually that is the Artobiography. Sorry. Edited December 28, 2010 by woregul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjad Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 OK, so i need some opinions I picked up a copy of #1 first print that looks amazing. Its a signed copy and looks far better than my signed 9.4. It would be a 9.6 for sure, other than on thing I see. The logo seems almost just a little dirty. There is some slight spekles in it and there T and L seem just slightly off white yellow compared to the rest of the logo. It just not does apear that bright white that my 9.4 copy does. The paper apears to be off-white or off-white to white (I am not very good at grading page quality) and my 9.4 copy is white pages. I have owned several copies there where all white pages, so I have not noticed this before, but its so slight I dont think I would have noticed if I need not already own other copies. Do you guys think this is a concern or common due to the newspaper?Will this hurt the grade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Without seeing it in person, I would say it will not hurt the grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidwolf Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 OK, so i need some opinions I picked up a copy of #1 first print that looks amazing. Its a signed copy and looks far better than my signed 9.4. It would be a 9.6 for sure, other than on thing I see. The logo seems almost just a little dirty. There is some slight spekles in it and there T and L seem just slightly off white yellow compared to the rest of the logo. It just not does apear that bright white that my 9.4 copy does. The paper apears to be off-white or off-white to white (I am not very good at grading page quality) and my 9.4 copy is white pages. I have owned several copies there where all white pages, so I have not noticed this before, but its so slight I dont think I would have noticed if I need not already own other copies. Do you guys think this is a concern or common due to the newspaper?Will this hurt the grade? can you post pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
