Vikingreed Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just goes to show how incredibly common most Bronze Age books are now matter what the hypers try to hype. If I did find that haul of Ms Marvel 1's I wouldn't advertise I had 150 copies, just sell them 1 or 2 a week til they're gone. +1 to this +2 If I was selling, I wouldn't have shown my entire hand before I even listed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 But then again, how many people actually see that video...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver Signs Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm showing that video to everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver Signs Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Kinda like when you go to a show and a dealer has 10 copies of a book you want, so you don't buy it because you can come back later for it, knowing there will be at least one copy left for you. If I have multiple copies for sale,I keep the extras hidden until you need another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broke as a Joke Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wasn't Ms. Marvel 1 going for over $1000 in 9.8 earlier this past year? I don't see how these prices can sustain themselves. Especially #1 issues of books post 1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 You see it's stuff like fhat video that keeps me from spending big bucks on books like NM #98, I mean how many of those fill short boxes that we just haven't discovered yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notbrook Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 A bit of a backstory. I believe the guy bought over 100,000 comics from a comic book shop that closed a few years back, all of the books have just been in storage since closure. The collection was cherry picked by the owners prior to selling for major keys, although a few slipped through the net, like a couple of GSXM's! It's been great watching this guy discover all these comics. Shuffling through dozens of Avengers 181 ASM 194s and the like. It does put some perspective on some of the crazy prices these books have been going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) You see it's stuff like fhat video that keeps me from spending big bucks on books like NM #98, I mean how many of those fill short boxes that we just haven't discovered yet? I agree. There are a ton of those out there. Thing is, they keep retaining price, however. I don't see it losing popularity anytime soon. Edited February 16, 2015 by vikingreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wasn't Ms. Marvel 1 going for over $1000 in 9.8 earlier this past year? I don't see how these prices can sustain themselves. Especially #1 issues of books post 1975 For a while it was pushing $2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wasn't Ms. Marvel 1 going for over $1000 in 9.8 earlier this past year? I don't see how these prices can sustain themselves. Especially #1 issues of books post 1975 For a while it was pushing $2k Wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm sure there are hoardes of undiscovered NM 98's out there. There's also hoardes of fanboys that would be eager to buy them. I'm not sure that isn't the most heavily graded book in existence already. I would assume it's at least top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think it is still behind Wolverine #1 LS and ASM #300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakesComics Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Very nice, Sir. You are right on both counts. The 300 appears to have the top spot on the leaderboard unless we are forgetting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 And that #300 keeps raking in the money. ASM #300, IH #181, and NM #98 seem to have insatiable fan bases. The more that get slabbed, the more they get bought up. By the percentages, ASM #300 in 9.8+ is a tough book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 This might cool down the new must-have bronze age comic, watch until the end. Not really, probably about 0.1% of what was originally made. Yeah because stacks of those things are lying around everywhere now, ya mutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Uh, this is the BA forum - we don't cater to ASM 300 or NM 98 around these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Uh, this is the BA forum - we don't cater to ASM 300 or NM 98 around these parts. Was waiting for that, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm sure there are hoardes of undiscovered NM 98's out there. There's also hoardes of fanboys that would be eager to buy them. I'm not sure that isn't the most heavily graded book in existence already. I would assume it's at least top 5. Definitely in dealer back stock. One of the small LCSs in town sold off a case of NM 98s they had sitting in storage between 2012-14. In 2007 (or a bit earlier?), one of the LCSs bought 10,000 books to help out another store that hit a bit of trouble. Included in the haul was close to a long box of untouched NM 98s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm sure there are hoardes of undiscovered NM 98's out there. There's also hoardes of fanboys that would be eager to buy them. I'm not sure that isn't the most heavily graded book in existence already. I would assume it's at least top 5. Definitely in dealer back stock. One of the small LCSs in town sold off a case of NM 98s they had sitting in storage between 2012-14. In 2007 (or a bit earlier?), one of the LCSs bought 10,000 books to help out another store that hit a bit of trouble. Included in the haul was close to a long box of untouched NM 98s. I wonder if the buyers would have the foresight to have these slabbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm sure there are hoardes of undiscovered NM 98's out there. There's also hoardes of fanboys that would be eager to buy them. I'm not sure that isn't the most heavily graded book in existence already. I would assume it's at least top 5. Definitely in dealer back stock. One of the small LCSs in town sold off a case of NM 98s they had sitting in storage between 2012-14. In 2007 (or a bit earlier?), one of the LCSs bought 10,000 books to help out another store that hit a bit of trouble. Included in the haul was close to a long box of untouched NM 98s. I wonder if the buyers would have the foresight to have these slabbed. The store that opened the case mentioned that he had a very picky buyer that only wanted the top copies so he would put out the damaged ones first. My guess is that the guy was slabbing them. I pulled out some HG copies, but most of them had a spine tick or two from sitting in storage for so long. At the time of the other big lot, NM #98 was not going for silly money in 9.8 so most people were just buying them raw to hold onto and/or flip later. There were also nice deep stacks of most other CA keys except for ASM #300 and BA #12 - he had a good stack of Omega Men #3s for $4 apiece at one show........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
