X-men/Teen Titans and X-men vs Avengers are SUPER HOT! 0

[Dr. Balls]

...For some reason I can't quite figure out. Anyone have any idea why this went so high? $690 with Buyer's Premium makes each book in that lot cost $25.50 before shipping. Is there a book or two in there that is worth $200+ in VF/NM condition? It's been a long time since I've collected this era, so I may be in the dark.

It says it's from the "Roseville Collection", which unless the guy is a serial killer, I can't imagine that finding a stash of copper age books in average VF condition would be rare enough to name a collection after.

I was just watching HA live, and the X-Men lots were going for crazy money - but this one: Holy cow, it was like nerds throwing dollar bills at Scarlett Johansen Lookalike Night at the strip club. It just skyrocketed to $600 from the opening bid of $80. 

 

[MAR1979]

Some of the most common books of the 20th century in middling raw condition - if legit mustbe some rubes following some "genius" social media influencers "brilliant" advice

[Lazyboy]

WTF? I wouldn't (and didn't) pay even $60 for that group of comics.

[OtherEric]

Is there anything in that lot that isn’t still occasionally a dollar bin book?  Admittedly the X-men / TT isn’t as common in the cheap bins as the rest, but it’s not unknown in my experience.

[Jesse-Lee]

I got the X-men/Titans in a $4 box at a show in January, it's around a VF+...

[ADAMANTIUM]

Could it be noobs to Heritage? Possibly thinking anything on the exchange is big money?

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

I hope the buyer doesn't think they're getting slabs.

[Dr. Balls]

On 9/6/2022 at 6:02 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Could it be noobs to Heritage? Possibly thinking anything on the exchange is big money?

Not the exchange - it was the live auction, so it would require two noobs getting into a whos-got-the-biggest-pecker fight over dollar bin books. I am seriously mystified - it’s not like I came across the final hammer - it was going up right in front of my eyes.

[F For Fake]

On 9/6/2022 at 5:17 PM, OtherEric said:

Is there anything in that lot that isn’t still occasionally a dollar bin book?  Admittedly the X-men / TT isn’t as common in the cheap bins as the rest, but it’s not unknown in my experience.

I've picked up several XM/TT in the dollar bins over the years. I do a lot of dollar bin diving, and that is such a beautiful book with an awesome cover, I never passed on a copy at that price. I ended up selling some off when I did a cull a year or two ago, but I still have 3 or 4, I think.

[kimik]

Heritage gets some crazy high prices on lots. It is a combination of them being able to bid on their own auctions, and having at least one or two other bidders willing to chase. It happens all the time.

[djzombi]

Seriously, aside from X-Men/Teen Titans, these are literally all dollar bin books.  I find these in 8.0+ in dollar bins very, very often.  They all had high print runs due to X-Men being insanely hot at the time.  

By the listing's own description, these aren't even 9.2 books.  And the Nightcrawler mini-series isn't even complete LOL