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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 11:50:27 GMT -5
Looking back, I haven't spent over $100 for a back-issue Spidey this year or for quite some time actually. They have increased in price quite substantially (and painfully if you're a buyer) compared to when I was building my run 5-10 years ago. Last one I got for under $100...which I considered a 'right-place, right time' deal as this is a high grade copy. I bought this as an extra just because the auction price was quite low with only seconds to go...  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 15:40:08 GMT -5
Looking back, I haven't spent over $100 for a back-issue Spidey this year or for quite some time actually. They have increased in price quite substantially (and painfully if you're a buyer) compared to when I was building my run 5-10 years ago. Last one I got for under $100...which I considered a 'right-place, right time' deal as this is a high grade copy. I bought this as an extra just because the auction price was quite low with only seconds to go... That is one of 22 issues I need to complete the series. Plus the Annuals. Don't know if I will ever bother getting those though. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Nov 25, 2016 17:12:28 GMT -5
Oh but you must get the first 4-5 annuals at least! I am hoping ASM Annual #1 finds its way into my collection one day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 17:32:26 GMT -5
Oh but you must get the first 4-5 annuals at least! I am hoping ASM Annual #1 finds its way into my collection one day. I probably will get the first few at least. Definitely the first annual. Unless I can find them for a good price I will not get any of them until I get some of the more key early issues of the series. |
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Post by Pat T on Nov 28, 2016 11:12:13 GMT -5
Looking back, I haven't spent over $100 for a back-issue Spidey this year or for quite some time actually. They have increased in price quite substantially (and painfully if you're a buyer) compared to when I was building my run 5-10 years ago. Last one I got for under $100...which I considered a 'right-place, right time' deal as this is a high grade copy. I bought this as an extra just because the auction price was quite low with only seconds to go... ASM is still going up pretty consistently. 1-10 are becoming unaffordable for everyday folks in higher grades. I already collected a complete run of ASM from 2010-2013, and I was able to find good books at discount prices mostly. But I made a huge miscalculation anticipating how long I would be waiting for a large sum of money that I was counting on, and I sold everything from 2-90 except for#9, along with most of my keys in other titles. The only title I didn't butcher was Avengers, because I needed something to show for all the money and work I had spent on the collection. I've been able to replace the majority of what I sold by waiting for the right deal to appear in all the titles (except ASM and Incredible Hulk 180-182). I still need 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 & 23. Just to buy a FN copy of the cheapest of those is at least $100 now, and steadily increasing. If something happens and I have to sell them again, I'll just hang it up altogether. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 13:27:24 GMT -5
I still need 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 & 23. Just to buy a FN copy of the cheapest of those is at least $100 now, and steadily increasing. If something happens and I have to sell them again, I'll just hang it up altogether. My 16,17 & 18 came in at less than $200 each in VF/VF+. Those are the best grades I could get at those prices, usually with some fierce bidding but I learned to snipe the hard way. |
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