The ‘Selling too soon’ Thread 1 1

[THE_BEYONDER]

5 minutes ago, Ryan. said:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/463177-closed-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-second-print-cgc-85-tmnt-100-vasquez-turtlemania-variant-cgc-98/

What a difference a year makes...

 

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/353367106539

[Ryan.]

[Jeffro.]

Nothing recent but I did sell some books years ago at various VCCs that I should have kept. Stuff like a Batman 251 that the buyer got slabbed at 9.6. Sold HOM 92, IM 55, and a bunch of Atlas war books that are now seeing much higher prices. Oh well, such is life and in the those years I have found some stuff that has increased nicely. 

[october]

I'm a quasi-dealer, so this stuff was just inventory I sold to finance my collection, house, etc, but still hurts to think about. 

Batman 171 9.6: sold $4,000, now worth $40,000

FF 52 9.6: sold $4,000, now worth $25,000

TOS 39 8.0: sold $10,000, now worth $30,000

Fantastic 3 7.0 Ext Resto: sold $8,000, now worth $20,000 or more

Flash 139 9.6: sold $2,500, now worth $15,000?

ASM 1 7.5: sold for $8,000 in cash/trade, now worth $30,000

I am sure there are many, many more. It's how it goes when you buy/sell. 

[rossalexmax]

Found this in an attic, can anyone shed light on it?

 

Thanks

[Old_Man_Adam]

1 hour ago, Ryan. said:

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/463177-closed-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-second-print-cgc-85-tmnt-100-vasquez-turtlemania-variant-cgc-98/

Ouch - I thought that was a 3rd print and thought ... not bad . Big difference though ...

[Namtak]

11 hours ago, Albert Thurgood said:

Ouch! I just checked and my Iron Man run stopped at #53. In the words of Maxwell Smart, "missed it by that much!"

Don Adams was never better!!love the cone of silence even the portable one

[Namtak]

1 hour ago, october said:

I'm a quasi-dealer, so this stuff was just inventory I sold to finance my collection, house, etc, but still hurts to think about. 

Batman 171 9.6: sold $4,000, now worth $40,000

FF 52 9.6: sold $4,000, now worth $25,000

TOS 39 8.0: sold $10,000, now worth $30,000

Fantastic 3 7.0 Ext Resto: sold $8,000, now worth $20,000 or more

Flash 139 9.6: sold $2,500, now worth $15,000?

ASM 1 7.5: sold for $8,000 in cash/trade, now worth $30,000

I am sure there are many, many more. It's how it goes when you buy/sell. 

Still makes you richer than most of us cheer up!!

[Namtak]

85 years and more of comics history told us one good lesson its never a good time to sell our collection right?

[s-man]

I have been mostly buying lately and haven't sold anything recently.  But my two most regrettable sales were a bunch of Byrne SS books and an X-Men 1.  I way undersold all those books compared to what they go for now, especially the XM 1.  However as has been pointed out its what you do with the money, still I would love to have those books back and hold onto them.

[BabaLament]

Traded 6.5 Hulk 181 for $1,600 + Books at a convention. Was distracted while haggling with purchaser by friend who had just arrived at the con. Wrapped up negotiations hastily because I saw something else I liked & wanted to get to it before anyone else.

Friend had brought his sister with to the convention. Three years later, she's my wife.

Best trade I ever made. 

[the blob]

22 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Share your recent selling  fails.

 

 

I sold at least 3 of them for $50 or less, don't be sad

[THE_BEYONDER]

22 minutes ago, the blob said:

I sold at least 3 of them for $50 or less, don't be sad

[the blob]

22 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Share your recent selling  fails.

 

 

I sold at least 3 of them for $50 or less, don't be sad

[the blob]

NYX 3 for $7.99. Not recent. But it still hurts. At least I sold my other copy for $50 (I think here). Thank goodness I misplaced the third copy and never sold it.

 

 

 

[s-man]

6 minutes ago, the blob said:

NYX 3 for $7.99. Not recent. But it still hurts. At least I sold my other copy for $50 (I think here). Thank goodness I misplaced the third copy and never sold it.

 

 

 

I feel your pain, I had a 9.8 that I sold for under a hundred bucks 

[the blob]

8 minutes ago, s-man said:

I feel your pain, I had a 9.8 that I sold for under a hundred bucks 

Hey 50 cents turned into a $7.99 sale seemed like genius at the time

[ADAMANTIUM]

I've shared it a bunch back in like 2017

I traded at Christmas

A ASM #129 in cgc 4.5

AND

 

Silver Surfer#4 cgc 8.0 cream to off white that slid a bit in the case

For a hulk vs wolverine statue at the LCS, priced at $750

[Larryw7]

ASM 101 a day before the movie was announced.

Edited February 1, 2021 by Larryw7

[mattn792]

In the past couple of years, I’ve definitely sold two copies of Giant Size X-Men 1 “too soon”.  But one was in order to increase the down payment on our new house, and the other was to help fuel a bargain basement stock binge back in March.

Ultimately, I can’t complain about either decision.