ComicLink is also now SportsCardsLink!!!

[Dark Knight]

I wonder how their sale prices compare to the other well known sportscards auction sites. But hey 0% seller's commission fee? So, how can they make $?

[Mephisto]

So does anyone that follows the card market know how their first auction went in prices realized?

[VintageComics]

So does anyone that follows the card market know how their first auction went in prices realized?

 

What were some of the notable sales?

 

What did the Mantle card fetch?

[Mephisto]

$130K

[Dark Knight]

About right for the grade. I have a lower graded Mantle card.

[elove]

Discuss

 

Jim

 

Link?

 

I didn't see anything on their main CL site.

 

Can someone provide a link? I looked all over and haven't found anything. I'm looking for an alternative to eBay to sell my doubles, unless someone here wants to trade comics for sportscards

[Mephisto]

http://www.sportscardlink.com/Default.asp

 

I am curious as the the other big auction sites for sports cards. I know Heritage has them.

[elove]

Thank you for the link. I have many graded doubles that I've upgraded through the years that I'm trying to sell or trade.

[Foley]

This is on the current Comic Link auction.

 

It says artists unknown. It took me 30 seconds on google to find out that the artist is Peter Kuch.

 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fallsub%2Easp%3F%5FSORT%3DYES%26Focused%3D1%26id%3D1398%26f1%3Da%2EMaxBid%26ODire1%3DASC%26f2%3Di%2EPublisher%252C%2Bi%2EIssueNumber%252C%2Bi%2EGenre%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Da%2EMaxBid%26ODire3%3DDESC%23Item%5F1142019&id=1142019#detail

 

His name is signed on 2 of the 3

[Jimmy Linguini]

This is on the current Comic Link auction.

 

It says artists unknown. It took me 30 seconds on google to find out that the artist is Peter Kuch.

 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fallsub%2Easp%3F%5FSORT%3DYES%26Focused%3D1%26id%3D1398%26f1%3Da%2EMaxBid%26ODire1%3DASC%26f2%3Di%2EPublisher%252C%2Bi%2EIssueNumber%252C%2Bi%2EGenre%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Da%2EMaxBid%26ODire3%3DDESC%23Item%5F1142019&id=1142019#detail

 

His name is signed on 2 of the 3

 

It would take me about an hour to figure out who the cartoonist is on the third piece.

Its a pork cartoon from Times Colonist newspaper which has had at most 10 in house cartoonists.

 

I find this lazy.

[Foley]

Yeah, I agree with you there. A bit of research on their part, list the artist name, and it may not have ended with no bids.

 

I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about OA, but i would think knowing the name of the artist would add to the appeal.

[ADAMANTIUM]

I just sold a Nolan Ryan rookie BVG 5.0 for $300 at local card shop, he looked it up right in front of me told me it was worth $500, 300 is about what I paid for it whenever I bought it (couple years ago from beckett.com)

 

I guess I could have gotten more from the 'bay but didn't feel like going through the trouble

 

COMIC-relation: I'm using the money to pay to send my IH 181 to be graded, and a little towards student loans

[elove]

I wish I had that luxury of sportcards shops close by to sell my double but sportscards are dead in my neck of the woods. Magic:The Gathering is what's hot around here.

[AKA Rick]

If they're smart, they'll stick with cards valued at least $100 or more if not just rare vintage cards $1k+ rather than modern cards or stuff that's fairly common. And like with comics where they tend to stick with CGC, they should stick with only graded cards by PSA, SCG or BGS and nothing by other grading companies nor raw cards.

 

They should also consider a focus on non-sports cards, be it old movie cards, comic cards or MTG cards, since those tend to be the same collectors of comics, more so than sports cards.

 

If they don't assign the right experts, I see this business expansion the same way some comic stores expended their inventory to include beanie babies, sports cards and other non-comic pop culture memorabilia, then got into trouble entering into something they knew nothing about and selling based on perception rather than education.

 

 

[mrmyst]

If they're smart, they'll stick with cards valued at least $100 or more if not just rare vintage cards $1k+ rather than modern cards or stuff that's fairly common. And like with comics where they tend to stick with CGC, they should stick with only graded cards by PSA, SCG or BGS and nothing by other grading companies nor raw cards.

 

They should also consider a focus on non-sports cards, be it old movie cards, comic cards or MTG cards, since those tend to be the same collectors of comics, more so than sports cards.

 

If they don't assign the right experts, I see this business expansion the same way some comic stores expended their inventory to include beanie babies, sports cards and other non-comic pop culture memorabilia, then got into trouble entering into something they knew nothing about and selling based on perception rather than education.

 

 

SportscardLink has been holding auctions for years, including some extremely valuable cards. You can rest assured about the level of sports card expertise.