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Post by Graphic Autist on May 12, 2021 10:25:15 GMT -5
You got the SA Submariner #1 for only $4?!! Even 20 years ago that was a great deal for a classic issue.
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Post by shaxper on May 12, 2021 11:28:51 GMT -5
You got the SA Submariner #1 for only $4?!! Even 20 years ago that was a great deal for a classic issue. I had a great relationship with an LCS owner who was ready to call it quits. She had tons of books that had been sitting in the basement since the 1970s that she didn't have any interest in bringing up and displaying. She let me spend days upon days combing through those books and charged me next to nothing for them, even though I was completely up front about what they were worth. A lot of the books I've been selling are from those purchases. My best score was a water-damaged X-Men #94 that was literally sitting on the basement floor unbagged. She charged me #4 and it's still at least a VG.
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Post by badwolf on May 12, 2021 11:50:13 GMT -5
Why is that Batman comic hot? 1st Damien? (is he going to be in a show or something?)
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Post by shaxper on May 12, 2021 14:34:47 GMT -5
Why is that Batman comic hot? 1st Damien? (is he going to be in a show or something?) Damian has his own new title, and it's doing very well.
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Post by shaxper on May 13, 2021 10:01:41 GMT -5
This is officially the best moment in my 2020-2021 speculating thus far. You might recall that I sold Jungle Action #6 for $455 two months back. It was the only book I sold that I truly knew I was going to need to reacquire eventually. Well I reacquired it today in a slightly lower condition for $150. What an amazing time we are living in. Truly.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2021 20:43:29 GMT -5
somewhere I have several decent copies of Iron Fist #14
no idea how much those are going for these days, but I have tons of stuff buried in my many many boxes, that are not really organized (oh, my comics from pre 2000 have runs together in the boxes, but I have no idea what box is where. .and I have well over 200 boxes at this point all over the house)
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Post by shaxper on May 13, 2021 21:55:34 GMT -5
somewhere I have several decent copies of Iron Fist #14 no idea how much those are going for these days, but I have tons of stuff buried in my many many boxes, that are not really organized (oh, my comics from pre 2000 have runs together in the boxes, but I have no idea what box is where. .and I have well over 200 boxes at this point all over the house) Comic book values these days are a lot like the weather in Cleveland: wait five minutes and it will change. It may well be worth your time to comb through that stuff and make half a year's salary on ebay. I'd be happy to help in whatever way I can remotely.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 14, 2021 4:49:25 GMT -5
I've been talking about submitting more books to CGC for ages now, but I had to work up the nerve. It's one thing to sell a book and have ebay take a cut, but to pay CGC's cut up front and then wait weeks to find out IF you got your money's worth is a whole other plunge. By the time I was ready to commit today, the market had (of course) already changed, so I pulled out some key books that are selling for almost as much ungraded right now, and I added some lower yield books that are likely to earn far more than the cost to grade them if slabbed, even at a conservative grade. Here's what made the cut and is being shipped to CGC today: I bought the 1st appearances of Hellboy a decade ago at $50 a pop. I knew a bargain when I saw one! Even without their being any buzz about Hellboy right now, these books are moving at considerable multiples of what I paid, so listing one every few months ought to work. I got the Marvel Premiere #15s for $7 a piece back in the early 2000s. Subby #1 cost me $4 in the early 2000s, and She-Hulk #1 cost me $2. The most I paid for any book in this lot was $120 for Strange Tales #110 in the early 2000s. I don't think I paid over ten bucks for any of the others besides the 1st appearances of Hellboy. I'll be listing the others on ebay either today or tomorrow. Stay tuned! Wow, I never knew that you actively bought books to sit on. I just don't have the patience for the long game. What's special about those Dark Horse books ?
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2021 5:21:01 GMT -5
Wow, I never knew that you actively bought books to sit on. I just don't have the patience for the long game. What's special about those Dark Horse books ? I rarely ever do, but when I see a great deal, and I have the cash, I go for it. Those Dark Horse books are the first appearance of Hellboy.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 14, 2021 6:01:00 GMT -5
It's strange the way first appearances can change over the years. I sold JBNM #21 years back because it was the first appearance of Hellboy.
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Post by badwolf on May 14, 2021 8:56:13 GMT -5
I always thought it was in Next Men too. You couldn't ever buy a complete set of Next Men on eBay because sellers always pulled that one out.
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2021 8:58:16 GMT -5
It's strange the way first appearances can change over the years. I sold JBNM #21 years back because it was the first appearance of Hellboy. I believe the difference of opinion was over whether a convention exclusive counts as a first appearance. The debate was beginning to lean this way when I bought these books, and now it seems to have firmly landed on this side.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 14, 2021 10:00:20 GMT -5
People will buy what they want but , IMHO, the first appearance should always be in an actual story.
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2021 10:37:07 GMT -5
People will buy what they want but , IMHO, the first appearance should always be in an actual story. It is an actual story, just wasn't available anywhere outside of the convention.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 14, 2021 12:01:08 GMT -5
Wow
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