Stan Lee ONLY signs his OWN stuff now?

[NYComics]

[MedicAR]

 

Which part?

 

 

Or all of it?

 

[NYComics]

If you ever need help getting anything signed by Stan you should not have a hard time.

[MedicAR]

Yeah, but what about Romita and Steranko?

[comix4fun]

So I am trying to negotiate a purchase with a seller on ebay for a Marvel Star Wars #1 9.8 signed by Stan Lee. I have a 9.2 and a 9.4 but looking to pick up a 9.8.

 

This guy thinks this book is worth over $2k and then when I contacted him about his logic for why he thinks this book is worth so much, look at what he said:

 

"STAR WARS #1 (1977) CGC GRADED 9.8 SS SIGNED BY STAN LEE!

Offer price: $1,799.95

Buy It Now price:

$2,249.95

Offer expires: Jul-14-12 01:27:39 PDT

Seller Terms: Trust me. I appreciate your opinion, but I consilt for CGC, I specialise in G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Transformers. I have been int he business 15 years, and Stan Lee will only sign his own stuff now unless you know him perosnally. I wish you Luck

Seller: oasis-comics-collectibles"

 

Is this true? I just had Stan sign a bunch of stuff for me last year and he was signing anything he was being thrown at.

 

 

 

 

Did he offer it to you at $1799 or was that your offer?

 

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

[JediOne]

Agree with your assessment as I had the same. I offered him $500 for it plus shipping and that was his counteroffer.

 

I told him he is smoking crack if he think anyone in his right mind is going to pay for that. AND that he is misleading the buyer's by how he is describing the book in his item description. Hence why I reported him to ebay and started that other thread above this one asking others to report his dumb .

[comix4fun]

Agree with your assessment as I had the same. I offered him $500 for it plus shipping and that was his counteroffer.

 

I told him he is smoking crack if he think anyone in his right mind is going to pay for that. AND that he is misleading the buyer's by how he is describing the book in his item description. Hence why I reported him to ebay and started that other thread above this one asking others to report his dumb .

 

 

Yeah you can do better.

 

The wreckage of the 90's comic bust is littered with guys like this.

[Dr. Balls]

So I am trying to negotiate a purchase with a seller on ebay for a Marvel Star Wars #1 9.8 signed by Stan Lee. I have a 9.2 and a 9.4 but looking to pick up a 9.8.

 

This guy thinks this book is worth over $2k and then when I contacted him about his logic for why he thinks this book is worth so much, look at what he said:

 

"STAR WARS #1 (1977) CGC GRADED 9.8 SS SIGNED BY STAN LEE!

Offer price: $1,799.95

Buy It Now price:

$2,249.95

Offer expires: Jul-14-12 01:27:39 PDT

Seller Terms: Trust me. I appreciate your opinion, but I consilt for CGC, I specialise in G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Transformers. I have been int he business 15 years, and Stan Lee will only sign his own stuff now unless you know him perosnally. I wish you Luck

Seller: oasis-comics-collectibles"

 

I'm not altogether sure I'd be comfortable engaging in a $1700+ deal with someone who can't spell correctly or pay attention to the red squiggly line underneath a misspelled word.

[somewhereintexas]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

[seanfingh]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

 

I pretty much drink George's Kool-Aid on this one, despite his unwarranted hatred of the paragraph.

[comix4fun]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

 

 

$610 is a convenience price, the "I don't have to do it myself" price. The cost of parts is less than that, obviously.

 

I was judging it by the cost and ease of getting Stan done at Heroes or any of his other public appearances. It wasn't $130. I've put together a few Stan books without the assistance of any of the usuals.

 

The GPA 12 month is a tad over $400. Take out the 1 or 2 outlier high prices and the vast majority of prices are $390-400.

 

143 9.8's...as it goes for pre-1980's books that's pretty common.

 

To explain my numbers, and where they came from, the cost of Stan's sig, grading (on my account) and shipping (done at a public show, dropping it off at the CGC booth)without the extra "handling" gets me in right around $500.

 

Given the ubiquity of that particular signature and it's tenuous connection to the subject matter, whether or not the extra expense is wise, warranted, or able to be recouped is another discussion.

 

[comix4fun]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

 

I pretty much drink George's Kool-Aid on this one, despite his unwarranted hatred of the paragraph.

 

 

The point of what I was saying was $500 is a hell of a lot closer to $550, $575, or $610 than it is to $1799, $2499, or the GDP of Uruguay. It's not a $2500 book, It's not a $1k book...it's not even a $700 book.

[Chespirito]

It wasn't gelato, but I once had a bagel with Stan Lee in a movie theater.....

well...I had the bagel, Stan Lee just had a Diet Pepsi, well...actually, I had the Diet Pepsi as well, and come to think of it....

 

Stan Lee wasn't even there...

 

 

 

Great movie though

[seanfingh]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

 

I pretty much drink George's Kool-Aid on this one, despite his unwarranted hatred of the paragraph.

 

 

The point of what I was saying was $500 is a hell of a lot closer to $550, $575, or $610 than it is to $1799, $2499, or the GDP of Uruguay. It's not a $2500 book, It's not a $1k book...it's not even a $700 book.

 

$700 is probably exactly where i would price and work from there. You have to give a premium on a book like that to not holding the grade and potentially making your $400 a $100 book. Just my . Definitely not even close to a four figure book.

[Chespirito]

Gamblers get addicted to gambling by winning big once, Ebay sellers get hooked on big prices by selling ONE item at an outrageous price, once..just once..

[mschmidt]

Either way it's $400 book in 9.8 and for another $100 all in you can add Stan to it, and pay for grading, shipping and a snazzy mylar to keep it shiny.

 

Not that it's an $1,800 book, but I think you're underestimating what it would cost to put together a 9.8 SS Star Wars #1 signed by Stan Lee, much less how much one should sell for. $400 is close, but a little low according to gpa for a blue label copy. Star Wars #1 is prior to 1980, so it could not be graded as a modern. If you're starting with a blue label 9.8, you would have to fudge a little bit to submit it as an economy (max value of $300), but most would probably have no problem doing that. If you look at DWC's website or any of the recent Stan Lee signings by NYComics or Paradise Comics, an economy signed by Stan would be $130, and that does not include shipping. If you get the book signed yourself, you could knock down the price a little bit, but not by much. So you might be able to get it done for around $550-$575, depending upon how much you paid for the book, but you would also be taking the chance that the book drops in grade, which would hurt the value somewhat. With all that in mind, the $610 that this book previously sold for sounds pretty good. I know I wouldn't sell it for that unless I really needed the money.

 

 

$610 is a convenience price, the "I don't have to do it myself" price. The cost of parts is less than that, obviously.

 

I was judging it by the cost and ease of getting Stan done at Heroes or any of his other public appearances. It wasn't $130. I've put together a few Stan books without the assistance of any of the usuals.

 

The GPA 12 month is a tad over $400. Take out the 1 or 2 outlier high prices and the vast majority of prices are $390-400.

 

143 9.8's...as it goes for pre-1980's books that's pretty common.

 

To explain my numbers, and where they came from, the cost of Stan's sig, grading (on my account) and shipping (done at a public show, dropping it off at the CGC booth)without the extra "handling" gets me in right around $500.

 

Given the ubiquity of that particular signature and it's tenuous connection to the subject matter, whether or not the extra expense is wise, warranted, or able to be recouped is another discussion.

 

If this happened within the last year, I'd love to know how you managed to pull this off.

 

As far as I know, there's no way currently to get a Stan Lee SS sig at one of his public appearances without paying the "extra handling AKA the Lee Juice" fee - and that takes the price to $130 + CGC return shipping for an Economy book.

[JediOne]

Couldn't agree with you more my friend. That's the same logic I was trying to explain to this uneducated, misinformed seller on ebay.

[Lethal_Collector]

....uneducated, misinformed seller on ebay.

 

First time for everything.

 

 

 

Jerome

 

[JediSamurai-migration]

I am the seller of this book, and what I stated is simple and true. I stated that CGC 9.8 is the highest Graded Star Wars book in existance. Is that correct? Yes! I stated that of the 16 SS this is the only one that is CGC SS Signed by Stan Lee. Is this correct? Yes! This whole post was started by a person who wanted to buy the item, but we could not come to a price that we were both happy with, and he is now upset. If you want to get a CGC, 9.8 and get it signed be my guest, then I will update it to 1 of 2. I was told recently by someone that I trust in the industly that ran the Stan Lee tribute event on 2011 that Stan now only signing books that he created or was associated with, so that is the information that I passed on to this individual. I am a 100% top rated ebay seller, and I take my reputation very seriously. I was not, and will continue to never mis-lead anyone. However, this is my book, and I have the right to ask for what ever I want out of it reguardless if this individual thinks it is in reason or not. If I wanted to put $1,000,000 on this item, who is to say that I am some how wrong? It is mine to do what I want with, and I am not going to part with it unless I get the price I am looking for... For some reason this person tried to report me to CGC and Ebay because he did not like what I was doing for some reason. This is all the time I am going to waste on this conversation. Have a good day... Andrew

[JediSamurai-migration]

Very simply, if you dont like my price, dont buy it and move on... Its that simple! I am not trying to cause problems for anyone, the individual who has started this posts has wasted at least the majority of a while day of his life trying to "get me" for some reason. If I really wanted to part with this item, I would list it at $1000 and sell it for $700-$900 on Best offer, I choose not to. I dont get why this is some big controversy???

 

P.S. I have turned down $1125.00 for this item. Call me what you want, but for me, the owner of this item, it is not enough for me to part with it, as it is mine!