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[Gotham Kid]

1 hour ago, peewee22 said:

7.0 may be the starting point for the big dollars.

I think maybe higher. 7.0 is spiderturtle's sweet spot. 

Speaking of which, @Spiderturtle sorry your book didn't perform as well as you'd hoped.

[zhamlau]

People on PQ, but I/m telling you it matters. No MC, high PQ is the key. Had that book been OW/W that's an 80k book. As it stands, its still a record price per GPA for a 6.5, but only by like 5k. I think the "I GOTTA HAVE ONE" bug is subsiding and prices are stabilizing on quality mid-range books (4.0-7.0).

 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FCGCALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26Graded%3DCGC%26id%3D4552%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D%23Item_1211877&id=1211877&itemType=0

 

The 5.0 with horrific chipping went 33k, low end of target I think.

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FCGCALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26Graded%3DCGC%26id%3D4552%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D%23Item_1203278&id=1203278&itemType=0

[SC22]

1 minute ago, zhamlau said:

People on PQ, but I/m telling you it matters. No MC, high PQ is the key. Had that book been OW/W that's an 80k book. As it stands, its still a record price per GPA for a 6.5, but only by like 5k. I think the "I GOTTA HAVE ONE" bug is subsiding and prices are stabilizing on quality mid-range books (4.0-7.0).

 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FCGCALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26Graded%3DCGC%26id%3D4552%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D%23Item_1211877&id=1211877&itemType=0

 

The 5.0 with horrific chipping went 33k, low end of target I think.

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FCGCALLSUB.ASP%3FFocused%3D1%26Graded%3DCGC%26id%3D4552%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D%23Item_1203278&id=1203278&itemType=0

PQ matters to me the only SA keys I don't mind if they have the word cream as far as PQ goes are the scarcer DC books. But even then I try to buy better PQ if it is possible at that time.

[Gotham Kid]

2 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

People on PQ, but I/m telling you it matters. No MC, high PQ is the key. Had that book been OW/W that's an 80k book.

what was the PQ on those record setting, headline grabbing copies ?

[Gotham Kid]

3 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

6 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

People on PQ, but I/m telling you it matters. No MC, high PQ is the key. Had that book been OW/W that's an 80k book.

what was the PQ on those record setting, headline grabbing copies ?

Let me answer that for you. The 57K 5.0 copy has C/OW pages.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Gotham Kid

[Dark Knight]

32 minutes ago, Hudson said:

Perhaps because there seems to be a boat load of them coming to market.

This ^

[Gotham Kid]

Just now, Dark Knight said:

33 minutes ago, Hudson said:

Perhaps because there seems to be a boat load of them coming to market.

This ^

Yup. They appear to become less available in the higher grades.

[zhamlau]

3 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

Let me answer that for you. The 57K 5.0 copy has COW pages.

And again, that book is the anomaly that took the trend and blew it up. I think the fact it was so bight and beautiful it just pushed someone euphoric. But generally OW+ and no MC are the keys to the kingdom.

[SC22]

Well BB28 CGC 6.0 hit a low tonight at 6450$. The time of the year seems to affect sales a lot I guess Gator was right.

[Jaydogrules]

MC maybe. 

The "PQ" on the label does very little to squat on prices.  

-J.

[SC22]

1 minute ago, zhamlau said:

And again, that book is the anomaly that took the trend and blew it up. I think the fact it was so bight and beautiful it just pushed someone euphoric. But generally OW+ and no MC are the keys to the kingdom.

Agreed that was just to much money. Like I said when a major increase happens some lose and some don't. But over time that book should fair OK.

[SC22]

1 minute ago, Jaydogrules said:

MC maybe. 

The "PQ" on the label does very little to squat on prices.  

-J.

I don't agree. SA books can easily be found without the ''Cream'' PQ. This is not the GA. BB28, SC4 and SC22 would be the exceptions but they are not rare like GA books for sure. Still scarcer compared to the Marvel keys.

Edited November 2, 2017 by SC22

[Gotham Kid]

5 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said:

MC maybe. 

The "PQ" on the label does very little to squat on prices.  

Couldn't agree more. Not on a book like AF15. Most of all the rest in SA, sure.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Gotham Kid

[Jaydogrules]

When a book sells for record prices it's "despite" the "PQ".

When a book slightly under performs to some people it's "because" of the PQ.

Please, give me a break.  

-J.

[zhamlau]

double post it seems

Edited November 2, 2017 by zhamlau

[peewee22]

Just now, Gotham Kid said:

Couldn't agree more. Not on a book like AF15.

Call me different, but I'd bid higher on a WP'd AF15 or any book for that matter. PQ matters to me (and many others). Buuuuuut, we've cussed and discussed this to death.

[Dark Knight]

5 minutes ago, SC22 said:

Well BB28 CGC 6.0 hit a low tonight at 6450$. The time of the year seems to affect sales a lot I guess Gator was right.

Glad I sold my CGC 5.5 copy earlier this year.  Lost a few hundo, but not too bad.  I bought my 5.5 for around that price.

[Gotham Kid]

BB28 has had quite a few mid grade copies surface as of late. Sales prices is the higher grades have done just fine.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Gotham Kid

[peewee22]

9 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said:

MC maybe. 

The "PQ" on the label does very little to squat on prices.  

-J.

A flipper could probably care less. We collectors do care.

[Dark Knight]

The CC 5.0 copy that sold for a record price had a few things going for it:

1) Tremendous high eye appeal which I think is a key factor in setting a high sale price.  

2) Old label goodness (possible pressing upgrade? I've had my luck with upgrades before one of which was a 9.2 old label to a 9.6 new label)

3) The Cream-offwhite pages on the old label can, not all the time, upgrade to a higher PQ.  Again, I've had upgrades with this when I sent in old labeled books.  

I also agree that because it's "that time of year" sort of thing where X-mas is around the corner and people are going to be spending a lot of $ on gifts, trips, etc. definitely not a good time to sell, but a great time to buy.  We'll see how the other AF 15's perform in the next few auctions coming up.