Moderns that are heating up on ebay! 71 71

[CheeseFrog]

I just used them in their last large quarterly auction that wrapped up.  Handful of slabs… was good. I’ll definitely consign through them again. 

[manetteska]

On 10/22/2022 at 1:01 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

On 10/21/2022 at 2:49 PM, manetteska said:

with these user profile pictures?

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Try it 

You’ll get a big M

Colour TBD

Did you change your setting or something behind the scenes flipped specific user's avatars?

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 10/24/2022 at 9:52 AM, manetteska said:

Did you change your setting or something behind the scenes flipped specific user's avatars?

The initial with color is the default setting

Instead of no avatar, and I believe management did that.

 

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 10/24/2022 at 10:52 AM, manetteska said:

Did you change your setting or something behind the scenes flipped specific user's avatars?

Just remove your profile pic 

You’ll get a big M...colour TBD

[the authority]

On 10/19/2022 at 3:31 PM, 1Cool said:

Here is the cold (ice cold facts:

2022 Total E-Bay Sales for the last 3 month were 40% of what they were in 2018/2019 and almost 20% of what they were in 2020/2021.  I went back 10 years and this year is by far the worst it has been.  Anyone else who has been selling for a while willing to look back and report how bad this year has been?

I’ve bought and sold a lot on ebay over the last 20 plus years. Bought and sold elsewhere for 40 plus. This has been one of the best times to buy that I can remember. 
 

It’s also a great time to buy collections. The last 2 years were great for flipping. This year, people are just dumping like prices will never go back up. They always go up over time though we do have periods like these that last a year…or three hahaha.

 

Bronze to Modern age books have been the best books to buy  imo. We have a plethora of people on all forms of social media and YouTube  suggesting Silver age is the only way to go. Maybe so but its a little more risky when everyone thinks the same way. I’ve always had much better results with the newer stuff. 
 

Enjoy the buying opportunities because nothing too good or too bad lasts too long. 

 

[1Cool]

On 10/24/2022 at 7:01 PM, the authority said:

I’ve bought and sold a lot on ebay over the last 20 plus years. Bought and sold elsewhere for 40 plus. This has been one of the best times to buy that I can remember. 
 

It’s also a great time to buy collections. The last 2 years were great for flipping. This year, people are just dumping like prices will never go back up. They always go up over time though we do have periods like these that last a year…or three hahaha.

 

Bronze to Modern age books have been the best books to buy  imo. We have a plethora of people on all forms of social media and YouTube  suggesting Silver age is the only way to go. Maybe so but its a little more risky when everyone thinks the same way. I’ve always had much better results with the newer stuff. 
 

Enjoy the buying opportunities because nothing too good or too bad lasts too long. 

 

Dealers saying they are not buying since prices are pretty much tanking except for a few book.  eBay sellers saying it’s the best buying opportunity in over a decade - anyone else feel like that sounds like a crash?

[the authority]

On 10/24/2022 at 6:19 PM, 1Cool said:

Dealers saying they are not buying since prices are pretty much tanking except for a few book.  eBay sellers saying it’s the best buying opportunity in over a decade - anyone else feel like that sounds like a crash?

Could be.

2009 through 2102, maybe even 2013,  worked out well for buying and later selling too. It was slower but the only time that I remember what I’d call a crash would be the mid to late 90s. There was never a better time for buyers than then. 
 

Anecdotally, last year was the first year of the 2000s that selling comics accounted for over 10% of my income so I’m definitely more the collector than a retailer. It was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. That said, always been lucky and mostly stayed ahead of trends. Gut says buy. 

[fastballspecial]

On 10/24/2022 at 6:19 PM, 1Cool said:

Dealers saying they are not buying since prices are pretty much tanking except for a few book.  eBay sellers saying it’s the best buying opportunity in over a decade - anyone else feel like that sounds like a crash?

Let it crash. I do this part time for fun and enjoyment. (Also braces, college funds and other stuff lol.)

After 25+ years of this I have seen crashes come and go. Ive seen boardies and dealers come and go. This past year to 2 years many people entered the market thinking they could do well and they did. That market is done, gone and buried. There are still facebook pages trying to get you to pay $10 a month so they can tell you what to buy. 

Quite a few will leave the next 6 months as they realize alot of stuff they bought when prices went up have no resale. I don't chase high end books or variants never have. I make my money in between on the lower end where everybody buys and its never failed me yet. 

 

Edited October 25, 2022 by fastballspecial

[kimik]

On 10/24/2022 at 5:01 PM, the authority said:

Bronze to Modern age books have been the best books to buy  imo. We have a plethora of people on all forms of social media and YouTube  suggesting Silver age is the only way to go. Maybe so but its a little more risky when everyone thinks the same way. I’ve always had much better results with the newer stuff. 

Silver Age is okay, but much more expensive that late Bronze and Copper to buy. Due to acquisition costs, the late BA and CA books/collections generate a higher ROI right now IMHO.

[cavecarson]

On 10/25/2022 at 12:36 AM, kimik said:

Silver Age is okay, but much more expensive that late Bronze and Copper to buy. Due to acquisition costs, the late BA and CA books/collections generate a higher ROI right now IMHO.

I always think of Silver Age and earlier as a keep and hold type of investment and look at Copper/Modern as buy and flip

Bronze is a little of both

eBay sales have been sporadic and mostly selling with offers, as opposed to the stated buy it now price

[fastballspecial]

On 10/25/2022 at 9:57 AM, cavecarson said:

I always think of Silver Age and earlier as a keep and hold type of investment and look at Copper/Modern as buy and flip

Bronze is a little of both

eBay sales have been sporadic and mostly selling with offers, as opposed to the stated buy it now price

Too much initial cost for me with too many problems missing centerfolds, ads cut out and so on. I avoid unless a deal falls in my lap.

I see shows all the time where dealer buys big book and it sits. I prefer inventory turnover.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2022 by fastballspecial

[jsilverjanet]

eBay has slowed down and i think most books are ice cold

I've started to purge as much from ebay as I can with any decent offer that comes my way

 

[gradejunky]

My sales have been poor the last 4-5 months.  I sell mostly modern.  A few weeks ago I had 2 weeks in a row where I did $100-200 in net sales.  Theses last 2 weeks, basically nada again.  I've noticed much better traffic and watchers on OOP HC/Omnibus/TPB listings I have.  These OOP omnibuses and HC's, especially Marvel omnis and Dark Horse/Image library type editions are easy sales after they dry up from all the major discount houses like In Stock Trades/Organic Priced Books etc.  I have multiple sales from the last year that are omnis or library editions that I have sold for waay more than I paid.  The buy in and hold is the issue here as you have to spend $50-80 on pre-order for most of the Marvel omnis.  Much more $ to tie up for a longer period.  But the payoff is good.  I sold a duplicate sealed copy of the SW Old Republic DM cover omni about 5 months ago for $215 shipped.  I landed that book for about $70, so I netted about $100 after the cost of the book and fees.

 

The DH/Image library editions can do great, and the buy in is way lower.  Most can be had on pre-order from DCBS for about $20-30 with the heavy discount.  I have another copy of the Alien vs Pred. complete OG series HC up right now with tons of views and at least 1 watcher.  I landed those for around $25 a piece and have this copy up for $115 shipped.  It will probably sell soon.

 

Again, just more $ upfront than single comics and a much longer hold time in most cases; but the inflated price is almost inevitable if they go OOP with no reprint solicited.

The Seven to Eternity library edition came out and was dry very quickly for some reason.  There may have been allocations?  I only ordered 1 for my PC.  Didn't think this would sell out instantly, and I do not think a reprint is solicited yet.  I would have waited until the copies were starting to get thin and ordered a few more when the time came, probably.  Alas, it has asking prices of up to $200, though some sub-100 stragglers are popping up.

[THE_BEYONDER]

I’m back to buying right now.  We’ll see how my purchases hold up over the next month or so 

[kimik]

Slabs are still moving for me this week, but raw books have slowed. Most of the sales are Copper which seems to be the place to be. Modern books are more hit and miss. with SA and BA in the $200-$300 range being the only sellers recently.

We have two local one day shows this Sunday and the next one coming up. I am curious to see how books sell at them. If it follows suit from the Edmonton Expo in September, Copper and Modern will move well, with only a handful of SA and BA books going. That is fine with me - I would rather hold the SA and BA stock I have as it was accumulated at much lower cost levels. That being said, with the way prices are coming off now it may be time to go after SA and more expensive BA in 2023.

[Tnexus]

In a weird twist, these have been some of my best few weeks in sales on eBay in months.

Just sold a comic for $175 I paid $4 for that I listed at $400 for a joke to match someone else's listing. Granted it's a rare comic, but a very tiny market.

Edited October 26, 2022 by Tnexus

[littledoom]

On 10/25/2022 at 10:30 PM, Tnexus said:

In a weird twist, these have been some of my best few weeks in sales on eBay in months.

Just sold a comic for $175 I paid $4 for that I listed at $400 for a joke to match someone else's listing. Granted it's a rare comic, but a very tiny market.

What’s the comic?

[1Cool]

On 10/26/2022 at 1:30 AM, Tnexus said:

In a weird twist, these have been some of my best few weeks in sales on eBay in months.

Just sold a comic for $175 I paid $4 for that I listed at $400 for a joke to match someone else's listing. Granted it's a rare comic, but a very tiny market.

Thanks for the info.  I have seen a shift over the last couple months on E-Bay where it seems like people are paying good prices for the odd and rare books whereas common books are ice cold.  This seems like a good thing in some ways since the odd book buyers are probably hardcore collectors.  Glad you had a good week.

[Tnexus]

On 10/25/2022 at 10:47 PM, littledoom said:

What’s the comic?

Street Fighter II #1 3rd Print.

[kimik]

On 10/26/2022 at 12:30 PM, Tnexus said:

Street Fighter II #1 3rd Print.

Thanks. I have to check which printings I just landed in a collection. 

The Malibu Mortal Kombat run from the mid 90s has some pricey books as well. All of that peak/just after peak 90s print run drek is now gold.