Microchip Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/4/2021 at 5:25 AM, Mr.Fantastic said: How much of a premium do MJ inserts usually command over the same book in the same grade?? My take is the conversation starts getting interesting with high pop key's. MJ's, and newsstand variants start getting pulled out from the herd for a price bump. Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Fantastic Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 8:00 PM, Microchip said: My take is the conversation starts getting interesting with high pop key's. MJ's, and newsstand variants start getting pulled out from the herd for a price bump. I've noticed some pretty good bumps in books that are higher grade with inserts as well. Which makes sense, the MJ inserts are hard enough to find, but finding them inside a key or high grade copy is even more rare. Microchip and Cpt Kirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 9:00 PM, Microchip said: My take is the conversation starts getting interesting with high pop key's. MJ's, and newsstand variants start getting pulled out from the herd for a price bump. After competing for and buying hundreds of jeweler variants, I agree. The key issues seem to get a serious price bump. The jeweler and NDS inserts can also make an otherwise unsellable comic book sellable. It gets really weird is when two or more jeweler fanatics compete for a jeweler variant that none of them have, but really want. I saw a non-key Justice League of America 107 in gvg condition sell for around $100 because neither one of us fanatics had it in our collection. I lost out on that one. The seller would have a hard time getting $3 for that comic book if not for the jeweler insert. onlyweaknesskryptonite and Microchip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 8:59 AM, IngelsFan said: This is a recent pick up, and a semi-key book, since it is the first appearance of Lucien (though not noted on the CGC label). GCD has the on-sale date of Tales of Ghost Castle #1 as February 4th compared to this issue on February 20th. But since it was monthly when Ghost Castle was bi-monthly it does have the earlier cover date. IngelsFan and Cpt Kirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 6:16 PM, OtherEric said: GCD has the on-sale date of Tales of Ghost Castle #1 as February 4th compared to this issue on February 20th. But since it was monthly when Ghost Castle was bi-monthly it does have the earlier cover date. That’s definitely odd. I wonder if there was a problem that led to Weird Mystery 18 being delayed, because the page in WM announces that Tales of Ghost Castle will be on sale February 6th. If it was planned to be release on the 20th, logic would dictate that it would say “on sale now”. Cpt Kirk and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stronguy Posted November 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2021 Pulled out a few minor MJI keys that were buried in a box. icp004, onlyweaknesskryptonite, jcjames and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post icp004 Posted November 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2021 I’m not always actively searching for these but it is cool to spot them unexpectedly. Kinda hard to miss when the Star Stamp is standing out like this on a white background! wormboy, mec3437, Get Marwood & I and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post grendelbo Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 I've begun the long process of rebagging & reboarding my collection. Going into my BA/CA Amazing Spider-Man run, I knew I'd have more than a few MJ inserts. As a kid I remember seeing these often in my back issues. Figures. There were 3 military bases within 70 miles of where I grew up. Anyways, last night I went through about 20 books. Sure enough as I reached issues from the late 70s they started appearing. 5 had the insert. I'm expecting to rediscover many more. Get Marwood & I, steveinthecity, Stronguy and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 9:23 AM, grendelbo said: I've begun the long process of rebagging & reboarding my collection. Going into my BA/CA Amazing Spider-Man run, I knew I'd have more than a few MJ inserts. As a kid I remember seeing these often in my back issues. Figures. There were 3 military bases within 70 miles of where I grew up. Anyways, last night I went through about 20 books. Sure enough as I reached issues from the late 70s they started appearing. 5 had the insert. I'm expecting to rediscover many more. Cpt Kirk and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mec3437 Posted February 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2022 Picked up a few at the LCS the other day. Stronguy, onlyweaknesskryptonite, Microchip and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 7:29 AM, mec3437 said: Picked up a few at the LCS the other day. Are those on the way in to cgc? That #109 is looking sweet! Congrats 👏 mec3437 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 9:37 AM, ADAMANTIUM said: Are those on the way in to cgc? That #109 is looking sweet! Congrats 👏 We'll see. Not sure if I want to send them in yet. The 109 I might just because it's the most "key" of them. If I send it in, I should get it back by the turn of the decade ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 1:24 PM, mec3437 said: We'll see. Not sure if I want to send them in yet. The 109 I might just because it's the most "key" of them. If I send it in, I should get it back by the turn of the decade ya I feel ya. I'm kind of flabberghasted myself. I sent in a Power Man #19 or #18 that had a National Diamond Insert. It's the 1st Cotton Mouth, and while not all that popular in sales, I wanted it..... Kind of scratching my head on if it'll get notated, or if it was worth pinging my mind off a light post to send it in and wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted February 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2022 In today: onlyweaknesskryptonite, Get Marwood & I, ganni and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinthecity Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 11:14 AM, OtherEric said: In today: You’ve got a “star” stamp as well! OtherEric and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 2:03 PM, steveinthecity said: You’ve got a “star” stamp as well! Please, what's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 3:34 PM, grendelbo said: Please, what's that? Lol most mark jewelers have them.... The military bases stores that sell mark jewelers, usually stamp upon selling, which is most often the star. It can be placed randomly, here it is on the one above. grendelbo and mec3437 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 2:44 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Lol most mark jewelers have them.... The military bases stores that sell mark jewelers, usually stamp upon selling, which is most often the star. It can be placed randomly, here it is on the one above. Thanks. I was just doing my own research too on this. I need to post more books later. Star stamps and all. ADAMANTIUM and icp004 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 1:44 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Lol most mark jewelers have them.... The military bases stores that sell mark jewelers, usually stamp upon selling, which is most often the star. It can be placed randomly, here it is on the one above. I've found the star is less common on the MJ books as we get into the later 80's, so "usually" is perhaps a bit strong. But certainly common. Also, just noted to my amusement that there's a jewelry story on the cover of the issue. That seems fitting... grendelbo, ADAMANTIUM and mec3437 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...