The Less Blob Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) $3.50 for a vf asm 300. The seller had listed a bunch of spideys at $3.50 each, you could pick which ones. I really couldn't believe it, but I picked the 300 and another issue. I couldn't believe it when it actually arrived. Another time. Got a lot of 100 BA books for $50. No pics, just took a gamble. The books averaged about a 9.2, were all 20-30 centers, and about 1/3 were mark jewellers. At the time no real keys (this was like 15 or 16 years ago), but some are now semis. More recently $50 for a vf+ our army at war 151. A while ago multiple nm avengers 125s for $1 each. Even then they were $20+. Edited May 9, 2020 by the blob Larryw7, Inhuman Fiend, mrwoogieman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbsturgeon Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Unfortunately mine isn’t comic related, but by far the best deal I ever got was on my drumset, a yamaha maple custom absolute. At least when yamaha was still producing in Japan their two high end sets phx and maple custom absolute were made to order. The guy I got mine from waited 6 months for his drums to be completed. He even chose the more expensive phx lug configuration on them. once they were shipped he had them a total of 1 week before a family emergency forced him to sell it. He did it by auction and I won, at half the cost of what he paid. I got them for 1800. Edited May 16, 2020 by oldbsturgeon Hollywood1892 and oldmilwaukee6er 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 7:54 PM, valiantman said: I bought 800 Valiant comics for $80 shipped about 1998... the seller listed some of the titles, so I figured 10cents each, shipped to me, was fine. It had two $50 books in there, so the other 798 were free (probably another $100 worth of $5 and $10 books, too). Basically, the guy paid me about $100 to get them out of his house. He had jackpot fever You were his cure! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I'm too new in this game for a big score, but I'll tell you in 25 years! Actually maybe my best score was meeting some sellers off of Ebay, I know my best score here is making some awesome friendships with a few of the boardies! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaard Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Daredevil #16. Last year. Listing didn't give a grade (number or letter), simply said something like 'nice'. Looked pretty ... well ... nice, so I bought it ($200). Came back from CGC a 9.4. Sold it for $1500. WolverineX, Larryw7, littledoom and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrwoogieman Posted May 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2020 Here's a good one - sometime back in the very early 2000's I found a seller based in the Philippines that had some incomplete coverless Golden Age books for sale. I think I bought an incomplete Kid Komics off of him and I asked him if he had any more. He said that I missed out, that he had sold off all the ones with covers and that all he had left was coverless and incomplete comics and he didn't even know what issues they were to list them. I offered to help him out and we struck a deal where he sent me pics of the comics and I would look them up for him by the story titles (I think I used Grand Comic Database, I guess he didn't have that) and as payment I could choose one of the comics and he would send it to me as a thank you. The one I chose was about 6-8 wraps of Captain America 1 - I told him which issue they came from and he was happy to send it! NP_Gresham, littledoom, oldrover and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilskip Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Not a monumental score, nor is it one involving profit. Nabbed a recent BIN featuring 10 JLA related books from a seller for a shade under $21. Using my ebay bucks brought it down to ten dollars. 6 of the books I didn't care about, but the JLA/Avengers 1-4 for a dollar each after all was said and done made me a happy guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spreads Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Many years back I snagged a Maxx Black Ashcan #3 off ebay for $150 from the Netherlands. There were only two known copies in the world at that time I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solm4st3r Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 About 10 years ago I paid $20 for a complete Frank Miller Daredevil (issues 158-191) lot in VF-NM range due to the seller putting the wrong price in the listing. He was upset but honored the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Got a Lois Lane 70, about Fn/Vf, for $12 shipped in an auction last year. "Lois" was misspelled "Louis" in the auction title. Edited May 19, 2020 by spracknetch23 BlowUpTheMoon and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 3 hours ago, spracknetch23 said: Got a Lois Lane 70, about Fn/Vf, for $12 shipped in an auction last year. "Lois" was misspelled "Louis" in the auction title. love those ..happens all the time... I remember buying super cheap Infinity "Gauntlet" 1-6 sets and Batman "And Robin" keys because of title misspellings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 7 hours ago, solm4st3r said: About 10 years ago I paid $20 for a complete Frank Miller Daredevil (issues 158-191) lot in VF-NM range due to the seller putting the wrong price in the listing. He was upset but honored the sale. even if it's a deal by $10 some sellers will not honor the sale because it's "undervalued" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 3 hours ago, littledoom said: even if it's a deal by $10 some sellers will not honor the sale because it's "undervalued" And on the flip side there are buyers who will actually take advantage of a seller who made an acknowledged mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solm4st3r Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Ryan. said: And on the flip side there are buyers who will actually take advantage of a seller who made an acknowledged mistake I saw the Buy It Now price so I bought it and paid right away. The seller messaged me saying that he was upset about listing the wrong price but that it was his mistake and he would honor the sale anyway. I don't think I was taking advantage if he chose to sell the comics at the price he listed. I didn't pressure him to sell either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joosh Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 The circled lot mentioned “assorted comics” in addition to the main lot of modern Captain America miniseries. I actually looked at all the pictures and spied a Maximum Carnage Acclaim video game promotional comic. I knew this was hard to find and jumped on the bin at $30. after press, graded at 9.4. Now these are becoming more desired with Carnage getting some exposure. $600 and climbing...can’t believe it. I also nabbed a second copy later on eBay in a similar situation; paid $88 and it’ll be about a 9.2. Haven’t sent it out for grading yet. It came with other decent Venom books, so all good. ive been looking for cheap copies of this book, I doubt I’ll see any more than my 2 now that it’s popularized. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Joosh said: The circled lot mentioned “assorted comics” in addition to the main lot of modern Captain America miniseries. I actually looked at all the pictures and spied a Maximum Carnage Acclaim video game promotional comic. I knew this was hard to find and jumped on the bin at $30. after press, graded at 9.4. Now these are becoming more desired with Carnage getting some exposure. $600 and climbing...can’t believe it. I also nabbed a second copy later on eBay in a similar situation; paid $88 and it’ll be about a 9.2. Haven’t sent it out for grading yet. It came with other decent Venom books, so all good. ive been looking for cheap copies of this book, I doubt I’ll see any more than my 2 now that it’s popularized. I was hunting that promo book cheap back around the same time you were in 2017 or so.. Got one for I believe $16... they were roughly $20-30 at that time. Sold one back in August for $200 Edited May 20, 2020 by littledoom Joosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I got Lois Lane #3 at comic shop around 1996 for $12. The 90s they looked down on stuff like that. SCORE. mysterymachine, Larryw7 and frozentundraguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick O. Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/9/2020 at 1:25 PM, kav said: how much $3,350 kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, O. said: $3,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegiftedone45 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Not a big one but I'm a big Nightwing fan and got Birds of Prey #8 graded and signed (Chuck Dixon) for $30. littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...