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Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
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Brock

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On 1/20/2024 at 10:31 PM, fastballspecial said:

Actually sales across the board have been up last two weeks. Hickman's new spider-man
has caused the surge.

 

Agreed on sales across the board - my sales have been at pandemic levels since November.

I’m not sure how much Hickman’s new Spider-Man has to do with it, though. It looks like pure FOMO on USM. I guess if people are raving about Hickman, that helps.

 

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I myself had a very low sales 2023.  To be fair, I do not list nearly as much as I could/should and have a bit of stale inventory in my eBay store.  Sets are supreme for me at the moment for sure.  As most know from experience, some books will sell individually for cover price, for example, but when a 1-4+ issue mini is put together as a set you can get a much better price for them as a whole. The issue for me is to finally get to the boxes I do not have fully inventoried digitally and find all the books to complete a complete set/mini, and process them for sale.  This phenomena is especially true with anything non-superhero related.  Horror, Sci-Fi and video game books are still always pretty underordered to this day making putting sets together very difficult after some time, even from the major retailers and larger ebays stores, alike. 

Some heating up books and sets to look out for:

Resident Evil Infinite Darkness Beginning #1 TokyoPop-  This book is scarce already.  The issues from 3-5 have been severely delayed, and #4/5 were resolicited twice.  I believe #5 will be a complete ghost right after release, and this will make a great set when it finally concludes. #1= $15-25

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Conan FCBD 2023 Titan- The stand out book for FCBD 2023 is indeed Conan.  Reports and reveiws online are nothing but good from the maiden voyage of Titan into the waters of Conan, and this FCBD issue would have been very under-ordered compared to the more mainstream characters/publishers.  This book is increasing on the story merits of the series alone.  Some sales are a bit low in the recent completed sales because of the seller not pricing higher and the book being scooped quick. $10-20ish

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Creepshow #1-5 Set (vol. 1 2022) Image-  Not the best stories at all in this book.  I read the tpb and thought it was mostly so-so.  Still, the 1-5 set alone without the 2nd prints is already hard to put together online and in the wild I'm sure.  Never underestimate nostalgia. $40-50

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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #1 2nd Print IDW-  The 1st print cover A appears to be going nuclear on this book.  The 2nd print is already climbing as it too, was overlooked a bit.  I would stay away from the #1 3rd print on FOC this week.  It will be mega-ordered.  I am still kicking myself after not ordering #1 cover A on FOC as I thought it looked promising.  $15-25

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God of War Fallen God #1-4 Set Dark Horse-  No complete sets currently available.  I have sold a set myself about 6 months back for between $40-50.  A #1-3 lot missing #4 is listed as sold 8 days ago for $75!  Easy $50-60+ set moving forward IMHO.

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Batman Robin Lives #428 Foil DC-  Cheap copies are drying up fast with most sellers on eBay sold out.  $2-7 over cover price at this juncture with a 2nd print incoming.  Might be a good one moving forward.

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Batman Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1-12 Set (vol. 1) DC-  Already on Vol. 3 as we speak.  Vol. 2 is already drying up as well and sets will be doing good moving forward this year I believe.  Vol. 1 sets do not exist on eBay right now except for a lone $85 asking price from a larger seller. Easy $75 set in NM IMO.

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Only available set I can see right now:

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I have many other series and sets to report on, but will leave it here for now.  Happy hunting!

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Something good is happening (at the moment at least) on my ebay store as well. Sold several slabs in the last week. I hope it keeps up! Slabs have been slow pickins for awhile...

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On 1/22/2024 at 2:07 AM, CHASEnBLUE said:

Something good is happening (at the moment at least) on my ebay store as well. Sold several slabs in the last week. I hope it keeps up! Slabs have been slow pickins for awhile...

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What titles? Grades?

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Bronze and Copper books are the bulk of my recent sales, but Modern sales so far in December/January for me include ASM #30, some Batman Adventures, a Batman: Three Jokers set, a Gear of War lot including #1, Last of Us #1, Marvel Super-Heroes 10 & 11, One Punch Man FCBD, Shonen Jump #1, miscellaneous Spawn books in the 60s and 70s, Ultimate Spider-Man #1, Uncle Scrooge #310, a Warhammer lot including #1, Weeknd Presents Starboy #1, Wolverine #55 (Land variant) and Zatanna 1 & 2.

It's the crossover stuff that seems to be selling - video games, movies, TV shows, music, anime, etc. - but not the typical MCU/DCEU stuff.

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On 1/22/2024 at 8:20 PM, LudaToke said:

Sales were slow so I decided to do my first $1 start auction and was quite happy with the result. I had this book up for sale in the Buy It Now for a lot cheaper for quite some time and no takers.

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Leave to auction bidders to hike a book up well past a BIN that is literally 2 slots below it in the search.  This book is a bit different as it does have a custome label and sig, however, like you said, you had it up a BIN for less than what the auction went for with no takers.(shrug)

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On 1/22/2024 at 7:41 PM, gradejunky said:

Leave to auction bidders to hike a book up well past a BIN that is literally 2 slots below it in the search.  This book is a bit different as it does have a custome label and sig, however, like you said, you had it up a BIN for less than what the auction went for with no takers.(shrug)

For me it’s almost always easier to get better deals buying auction books vs BIN. That may not be the case with current hot books but seems to be otherwise.

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On 1/22/2024 at 6:12 PM, the authority said:

For me it’s almost always easier to get better deals buying auction books vs BIN. That may not be the case with current hot books but seems to be otherwise.

I don't do auctions anymore on ebay. 9/10 winners don't pay and it is such a pain to deal with that and start another auction. I just keep watching lowest listed and look at recently sold auctions and adjust accordingly. Lately it has been working pretty good, but we'll see how long it lasts right now. 

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On 1/20/2024 at 7:22 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225958632435

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Well this makes two that have gone above what I expected.  Guess some are buying that recently regurgitated talks about Tatum doing Maxx.Screenshot_20240122_192954_eBay.thumb.jpg.81c19ecf43ccb7d5428313fae00bff65.jpg

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On 1/20/2024 at 8:19 PM, Brock said:

Ultimate Spider-Man has gone berserk. Did another round of Covid cheques come out?

 I put up a lot of 5 last night just before midnight and had the BIN hit a $324.99 (~$65 per copy) within a couple of hours. Crazy. From what I have heard it is a good read, which coupled with January being a typical low order month for stores set up a nice opportunity. 

I wish every spec play was like this - sell 7 copies of cover A and pay for the entire bulk order. 

 

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On 1/22/2024 at 8:37 AM, Brock said:

Bronze and Copper books are the bulk of my recent sales, but Modern sales so far in December/January for me include ASM #30, some Batman Adventures, a Batman: Three Jokers set, a Gear of War lot including #1, Last of Us #1, Marvel Super-Heroes 10 & 11, One Punch Man FCBD, Shonen Jump #1, miscellaneous Spawn books in the 60s and 70s, Ultimate Spider-Man #1, Uncle Scrooge #310, a Warhammer lot including #1, Weeknd Presents Starboy #1, Wolverine #55 (Land variant) and Zatanna 1 & 2.

It's the crossover stuff that seems to be selling - video games, movies, TV shows, music, anime, etc. - but not the typical MCU/DCEU stuff.

If you don't mind answering, which covers and what price for the Three Jokers set?

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