What is the most you have overpaid and regretted paying for a slab?

[dekeuk]

Overpaying for rare items because you really wanted them is one thing.

 

 

 

But what is the most you overpaid for a relatively common slab, only to regret it because you could have been able to buy it for a lot less in the future?

 

 

 

 

Assume that we are talking about the same or better state for the book that came along later in the case of

 

- the CGC grade of the 2 books

 

- the page quality of the 2 books

 

- the general eye appeal of the 2 books

 

 

For example, you bought a Daredevil CGC 9.8 OW-W for $2500, only to realize you could have bought it for $1200 CGC 9.8 WHITE if you had waiting 2 years for prices to fall.

 

 

[Pirate]

I just sold two books for $10 that cost me $14 to slab.

[ChasingKingKirby]

I paid a 150 bucks for a Cap 241 in 9.6. Now can be had for about a third of that.

[dekeuk]

 

my biggest "mistakes" were probably buying a few C-OW books at prices where I should have gotten OW-W or better quality at that price

 

but I didn't know in the beginning that C-OW sold at a sizable discount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[faster friends]

I paid a 150 bucks for a Cap 241 in 9.6. Now can be had for about a third of that.

 

I sold one last month for $90

[The Troll King]

I don't know that I have regrets because my primary slab buying is golden age that is often top graded copies or relatively close along with pedigreed.

 

I've set GPA records on a few books but not without reason.

[Mr 9.8]

$500.00 for a CGC 9.8 Ulimate Spider-Man #1 (red cvr) only to see it sell for $300.00 today.

[Raphael]

I won this on ebay -

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350247809564&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

It's the first one of it's kind so I'm setting the bar for prices paid for this book. Only time will tell me if what I paid is a regrettable amount or not

[worldsbestcomics]

I paid $3000 for a 9.8 copy of X-Men 114. I don't know what they sell for now but I regret it anyway.

[kc120us]

I paid $3000 for a 9.8 copy of X-Men 114. I don't know what they sell for now but I regret it anyway.

 

[comicalgems]

I paid $3000 for a 9.8 copy of X-Men 114. I don't know what they sell for now but I regret it anyway.

 

One on ebay right now for $2,000 BIN. It's hyping that two others sold for nearly a thousand more earlier this year, which to me would be stating "Hey look at me trying to unload this book as the price is dropping"

[scottish]

250.00 for a X-Men 248 9.8. I think it goes for under 100.00 now.

[dekeuk]

I paid $3000 for a 9.8 copy of X-Men 114. I don't know what they sell for now but I regret it anyway.

 

Last 2 GPA sales were $1673 and $1793

 

So $3k is probably rich for a 1978 book with 16 copies in 9.8 on census, and another 58 in 9.6 in line to get pressed into some 9.8 copies.

 

 

[c-mack]

I paid $3000 for a 9.8 copy of X-Men 114. I don't know what they sell for now but I regret it anyway.

 

hey when you gotta have it you gotta have it....real collector right here!

[Doc Joe]

I am too ashamed to say. Lets just say there were mistakes made when evaluating census data and there were 8 x as many books as I thought. big 4 figure mistake. Still, nice book!

 

Joe

[DiceX]

Can't you fit the rest of your collection in your sig line, Doc?

 

 

[cujobyte]

Can't you fit the rest of your collection in your sig line, Doc?

 

 

[shrunkenhead]

I took a 500 dollar hit on a Gaines File book, of all things. There was another book I wanted at the time and my collecting had become more focused, so I went with it. Seems like those Gaines File copies are coming up with a lot more frequency than they were five to seven years ago. Ah well.

[Silverslinky]

thinking books were rare in the beginning, then eventually finding out they were a dime a dozen..in the same grade after you bought it at a high price !

[Norrin_Radd]

I took a 500 dollar hit on a Gaines File book, of all things.

I took a 150 dollar hit on a Gaines File book.