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Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
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PeterPark

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15 minutes ago, the blob said:

This beat up copy of this X-Men 14 variant sold for around $150. Is this hot for this book? I see no listings other than another raw in that $ range and two sales. I have a not beat up copy (though I don't think it could be a 9.8), wondering whether it should be slabbed, but I can't tell what the market for a slab is on the book:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Men-14-Greg-Horn-I-Am-Captain-America-variant-/284048767188?hash=item4222a038d4%3Ag%3AmzMAAOSwgexfiztp&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Looks like that book sold for $125. I am assuming the interest is all in the cover, and not the contents? So while it is worth decent money, I am not sure you would get enough of a bump to necessitate grading and not really sure you can expect some future windfall bump...2c

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the blob

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15 minutes ago, PeterPark said:

Looks like that book sold for $125. I am assuming the interest is all in the cover, and not the contents? So while it is worth decent money, I am not sure you would get enough of a bump to necessitate grading and not really sure you can expect some future windfall bump...2c

I'm not sure that's how prices work though. Usually a book that sells for $X in a raw 6.0 (which is what that looks like, maybe, with all those spine ticks) sells for 4, 5X that much as a slabbed 9.4 or 9.6. On the other hand, that sale could just be a freak blip. The other copy sold for $159 and looks pretty sharp. The copy currently for sale at $175 is hard to judge from the pics. This book is all about the cover too and getting a 9.6 slab seems to mean a sales price 2.5-3X as much as a raw nice copy: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=ross+black+adam+1+variant&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

 

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awakeintheashes

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12 minutes ago, the blob said:

I'm not sure that's how prices work though. Usually a book that sells for $X in a raw 6.0 (which is what that looks like, maybe, with all those spine ticks) sells for 4, 5X that much as a slabbed 9.4 or 9.6. On the other hand, that sale could just be a freak blip. The other copy sold for $159 and looks pretty sharp. The copy currently for sale at $175 is hard to judge from the pics. This book is all about the cover too and getting a 9.6 slab seems to mean a sales price 2.5-3X as much as a raw nice copy: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=ross+black+adam+1+variant&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

 

There has only been one sale for the X-Men 14 Variant slabbed, according to GPA, and it was a 9.8 in May 2020. The sale price was $215.

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ygogolak

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2 hours ago, awakeintheashes said:

Circling back to the Bad Idea topic - TFAW has all of the announced titles for this year, except Eniac #1, for preorder on its site. 

Between the Hero Trade "pump" and the distribution (or lack thereof) of Eniac #1 I have no interest. They seem more interested in manipulating the market.

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1 hour ago, awakeintheashes said:

There has only been one sale for the X-Men 14 Variant slabbed, according to GPA, and it was a 9.8 in May 2020. The sale price was $215.

Hmm well maybe Peter is right and I should just list mine at $170 and see what happens.

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awakeintheashes

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1 hour ago, the blob said:

Hmm well maybe Peter is right and I should just list mine at $170 and see what happens.

I suspect the cover appeals to non-comic collectors, so grading may not have much of an impact on prices. Just a guess. 

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Corona smith

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5 hours ago, awakeintheashes said:

Circling back to the Bad Idea topic - TFAW has all of the announced titles for this year, except Eniac #1, for preorder on its site. 

It was available for preorder at TFAW for almost a year. They only recently took it down. I preordered it back in October through them. So it was available but it no longer is. 

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the blob

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1 minute ago, awakeintheashes said:

I suspect the cover appeals to non-comic collectors, so grading may not have much of an impact on prices. Just a guess. 

Maybe, It also seems to be pretty HTF. The issue also had a 1:15 variant that is more common and a lot cheaper. The other "I am captain america" 1:20 variants for other books that came out that month are under $25. Anyway, weird. I wonder if maybe this one got shorted. Folks have gotten it slabbed. They just don't seem to be selling them. Always fun to find a little treasure in a box of randoms.

 

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Nocterra has maybe the worse premise since Boof and the Bruise Crew. Hey everyone I’ve got a truck with lots of lights on it if you want to pay me to go somewhere. I bought the glow in the dark variant because it’s a glow in the dark variant. The story and premise seems very very unappealing to me. 

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11 hours ago, Corona smith said:

Nocterra has maybe the worse premise since Boof and the Bruise Crew. Hey everyone I’ve got a truck with lots of lights on it if you want to pay me to go somewhere. I bought the glow in the dark variant because it’s a glow in the dark variant. The story and premise seems very very unappealing to me. 

i avoid anything written by scott snyder. after nu52 batman he has produced nothing but garbage. 

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