DBtoys Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I hope this is the right forum for this, but I just purchased a hulk 180 8.5 ow/w with Mark Jeweler Insert for what I feel is a pretty good deal. If FMV is around 1100 now, what would you consider the Fmv of the book with the insert. I can't find any data regarding the rarity and CGC will not put it in it's census. Would love to hear some thoughts. Merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster friends Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 $1100 waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBtoys Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 So why would a 9.8 X-men 266 sell for almost $2000 on ebay last week? Just trying to get some insight into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 If you can find a HG Mark Jewelers collector, I imagine it would bring a nice premium, but for most collectors, it's not a big deal. DBtoys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 According to GPA the closest grade with a Jewelers insert is 7.5. It sold last June for 789. Back in June blue label 7.5 were sold a few times and averaged roughly around 745. Its higher now. The next Mark Jewelers is 6.5 also last June and was actually sold at a lower price than blue labels. Hope that helps. They're sold very infrequently so that's probably why cgc doesn't bother breaking them out in the census. Was M Jewelers even notated way back when cgc started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 7 hours ago, DBtoys said: So why would a 9.8 X-men 266 sell for almost $2000 on ebay last week? Just trying to get some insight into this? Amazing, just because it is a newsstand and jewelers insert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 The upward bump was probably mostly, if not entirely, due to it being a newsstand copy. High grade newsstand copies are exceptionally rare, for those who care. And there is a group of collector's who do care. Even those who normally wouldn't care will recognize that they can get more for a newsstand copy of equal grade. So now they "care" because it means more money in their pocket, feeding someone else's addiction. Maybe the MJ insert helped raise it up a bit, too. Can't tell, when you have a mix like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Are most MJ inserts in newssstand books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAMBIT Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 16 hours ago, BigLeagueCHEW said: Amazing, just because it is a newsstand and jewelers insert what he said. - IMO if the hulk 180 is FMV $1100 Yours (with the MJ insert) may be around $1300. BigLeagueCHEW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 hours ago, shadroch said: Are most MJ inserts in newssstand books? All MJ inserts are in newsstand books. I’ve never seen one in a direct copy... As for the original value, you can find guys who will pay a slight premium for one in a key book but it might take a while. A lot of the die hard MJ insert collectors already have what they need because they collected them before they were “cool”. And not a ton of newer younger collectors care as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Pre-internet, MJ inserts were hard to find, but these days it's not hard to put sets together. I'm surprised no direct distributor ever tied up all the PXs, it would have been a nice account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 22 hours ago, Lightning55 said: High grade newsstand copies are exceptionally rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 9:29 PM, MGsimba77 said: They're sold very infrequently so that's probably why cgc doesn't bother breaking them out in the census. Was M Jewelers even notated way back when cgc started? They've always been noted, but they've never been separated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
