Ebay during Christmas

[Hobgoblin]

But a great time to buy

 

GREAT time! I've gotten several books lately for 20%-30% the prices I normally see them go for.

 

No doubt. I just got a F/VF to VF- Avengers 57 for $40 and a F Uncanny 13 for $20.

[FlyingDonut]

This is a very very bad time to sell on eBay, and will be until January 3. It is this way every year. The Flying Donut Trading Company closes shop December 15 and opens back up January 3.

[supapimp]

like arexcrooke said, it's a great time to buy...hopefully.

[blowout]

as for the X-Men 137...i'd like to have one in 9.6, but there are way too many copies out there in HG that makes me want to wait to it drops to $50.

 

Coming from someone who's been bidding on them for as long as I have...I'd say you're going to have to wait for the GREAT CRASH for THAT buy!

 

$75 is too high for that book if it's a keeper. As someone else on the thread said, they are supacommon.

[thecomicsheet]

There is a strong seasonality in CGC prices on eBay.

Broadly speaking prices rise the first half of the year and fall the second half.

Christmas is a good time to buy, bad time to sell IMHO.

 

 

[nearmint]

How do you account for May '02 being so much stronger than May '03 in the first graph?

[Norrin_Radd]

I think we need more observations for the analysis to be statistically valid. But the charts are a start. Thanks Darryl.

[thecomicsheet]

How do you account for May '02 being so much stronger than May '03 in the first graph?

 

There was a pronounced 'crash' in CGC prices in the last half of 2002. The CGC market in the summer of 2002 was still fairly new. The number of books slabbed then versus now was much smaller. In the summer of 2002 it was still unknown how many of the higher grade books (9.6 and above) would surface. I think some books got 'crazy' prices then that they wouldn't get now.

 

After the shakeout of the last half of 2002, the CGC market settled down some. The long term trend since then has been up.

 

I didn't really get into CGC books until the summer of 2002. Some of the forumites who have been around longer than that might want to chip in with some comments on the market before then.

[FlyingDonut]

How do you account for May '02 being so much stronger than May '03 in the first graph?

 

There was a pronounced 'crash' in CGC prices in the last half of 2002. The CGC market in the summer of 2002 was still fairly new. The number of books slabbed then versus now was much smaller. In the summer of 2002 it was still unknown how many of the higher grade books (9.6 and above) would surface. I think some books got 'crazy' prices then that they wouldn't get now.

 

After the shakeout of the last half of 2002, the CGC market settled down some. The long term trend since then has been up.

 

I didn't really get into CGC books until the summer of 2002. Some of the forumites who have been around longer than that might want to chip in with some comments on the market before then.

 

At the risk of this degenerating into a great crash thread, there was a significant correction in CGC prices. Books that did not meet these four categories plummeted in value:

 

1. Post-1965

2. Higher than 9.6

3. Not by any stretch a "key"

4. Relatively low demand compared to other books.

 

Examples - Amazing Spider-Man 121/122 did not crash. Amazing Spider-Man 123 did.

[Ares]

For the Ebayers here...how well have your comics sold during the Christmas season? I need to come up with some cash for some sudden expenses but I'm wondering if Ebay will pay off right now. It just seems logical to me that people would be spending less money on comics right now with all the expenses of Christmas. Any info would be appreciated.

 

I did good this week!

 

I got rid of a whole bunch of Trades at a good price!

Sold my 1602 Series for good Money

Sold my X-men 98

Sold Some Bronze age books

Will Sell my Batman Hush Series this week

[fantastic_four]

$75 is too high for that book if it's a keeper. As someone else on the thread said, they are supacommon.

 

You crazy investors and your obsession with monetary values! As I mentioned, I've been bidding around $80 for three full years with no luck until now...how long must I wait to get my copy??

[supapimp]

if you waited this long you can and should wait till it drops to $50.

[fantastic_four]

if you waited this long you can and should wait till it drops to $50.

 

Having looked for that issue for so long now, it's certainly not that I don't agree that this issue is one of the EASIEST to find from this time period. I can't imagine that there wasn't a TON of hoarding on this one, and the market reflects that idea because at any given time there seems to be 3 to 6 9.6 copies available on ebay. That's why I've held out as long as I have.

 

I dunno why, but I've seen that issue go back up to averaging over $100 for about 6 to 9 months now. It had dipped to the $90-$100 range last year, which is why I was bidding $80, and I couldn't figure out why it was back up to the $100-$125 range with the supply being so high. I think I agree this one will go down due to the supply, but the demand appears to be so high, that I have no idea when the large supply will kick in to lower the price. And I'm tired of waiting.

[supapimp]

speculation on X3 possibly?