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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2021 9:32:53 GMT -5
my auctions end today and are doing pretty well so far! On the one hand, Covid forced me to take the year off and stay home with my kids sans paycheck. On the other, these ebay sales have been a lot of fun and have seriously helped to offset the damage. I'm very grateful.
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Post by james on May 21, 2021 14:44:47 GMT -5
I saw a copy of Avengers 48 with half the cover missing marked as VF at 250.00. What the Hell???
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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2021 15:03:31 GMT -5
I saw a copy of Avengers 48 with half the cover missing marked as VF at 250.00. What the Hell??? Wow.
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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2021 16:04:39 GMT -5
Welp, my auctions ended, and they went so high that I'm honestly feeling anxious, like that's too much money for these books. What if they think they bid on something nicer than what I was selling? Of course, I can logically tell myself I provided very detailed pictures and was very clear about what I was selling, but this is just...a lot more than I expected. Here are how the auctions ended. Two didn't sell. I was honestly surprised the second appearance of Moon Knight has been selling for so much, so I can't say I'm surprised that trend hasn't continued here. The other, the first appearance of Shang-Chi, is the only one I was really on the fence about selling, so I'm actually relieved. Of course, if the price shoots up after the film's release, I'll list it again.
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Post by Ricky Jackson on May 21, 2021 16:53:58 GMT -5
Nice score on the first MK! Wish that was a character I became interested in 20 years ago when you could probably get a good copy for a few bucks
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Post by Icctrombone on May 21, 2021 19:02:04 GMT -5
Welp, my auctions ended, and they went so high that I'm honestly feeling anxious, like that's too much money for these books. What if they think they bid on something nicer than what I was selling? Of course, I can logically tell myself I provided very detailed pictures and was very clear about what I was selling, but this is just...a lot more than I expected. Here are how the auctions ended. Two didn't sell. I was honestly surprised the second appearance of Moon Knight has been selling for so much, so I can't say I'm surprised that trend hasn't continued here. The other, the first appearance of Shang-Chi, is the only one I was really on the fence about selling, so I'm actually relieved. Of course, if the price shoots up after the film's release, I'll list it again. I'm happy for you.
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Post by brutalis on May 21, 2021 19:14:42 GMT -5
Welp, my auctions ended, and they went so high that I'm honestly feeling anxious, like that's too much money for these books. What if they think they bid on something nicer than what I was selling? Of course, I can logically tell myself I provided very detailed pictures and was very clear about what I was selling, but this is just...a lot more than I expected. Here are how the auctions ended. Two didn't sell. I was honestly surprised the second appearance of Moon Knight has been selling for so much, so I can't say I'm surprised that trend hasn't continued here. The other, the first appearance of Shang-Chi, is the only one I was really on the fence about selling, so I'm actually relieved. Of course, if the price shoots up after the film's release, I'll list it again. Happy you made some bucks, but dang there be crazy folks out there throwing away da benjamins!
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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2021 22:02:28 GMT -5
Thanks, folks, but it has genuinely gotten to the point where I feel a bit guilty. I paid $60 for that first appearance of Moon Knight!
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 22, 2021 8:34:35 GMT -5
my auctions end today and are doing pretty well so far! On the one hand, Covid forced me to take the year off and stay home with my kids sans paycheck. On the other, these ebay sales have been a lot of fun and have seriously helped to offset the damage. I'm very grateful. I definitely bought that War Machine comic in the dollar bin.. crazy it's one of the more valuable issues in the series now. (that price is comparable to what #1 goes for, and more than 'Demon in a Bottle')
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Post by The Captain on May 22, 2021 8:57:41 GMT -5
Welp, my auctions ended, and they went so high that I'm honestly feeling anxious, like that's too much money for these books. What if they think they bid on something nicer than what I was selling? Of course, I can logically tell myself I provided very detailed pictures and was very clear about what I was selling, but this is just...a lot more than I expected. Here are how the auctions ended. Two didn't sell. I was honestly surprised the second appearance of Moon Knight has been selling for so much, so I can't say I'm surprised that trend hasn't continued here. The other, the first appearance of Shang-Chi, is the only one I was really on the fence about selling, so I'm actually relieved. Of course, if the price shoots up after the film's release, I'll list it again. That is awesome! Really happy you made as much as you did, as well as being happy knowing that the books in my collection are as valuable as they are. $455 for the first Killmonger, and $180 for the first War Machine? I paid $6 combined for those two books. The price on that WBN #32 is nuts. I was hoping to buy one at some point, but it looks like the facsimile edition coming out in July is the closest I'll ever get to it. That's fantastic for you however! Thanks, folks, but it has genuinely gotten to the point where I feel a bit guilty. I paid $60 for that first appearance of Moon Knight! DON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THIS! This is part of the risk/reward of a hobby. Would you feel guilty if you bought a stock in a small company that made widgets for $5/share, only to have them shift business models and start making large-scale batteries that would revolutionize the solar energy industry by allowing for the storage of electricity, which bumped their stock price to $2,00/share? My dad bought a stamp (US #2) in the early 1960s for $25 (he took over a friend's paper route for the summer and spent part of his earnings on this). Today, that stamp is worth, unused, around $18K, and used, depending on condition is a minimum of $1K up to potentially $10K. Should he feel guilty for that, when it just as easily could be worth the same $25 today as it was the day he bought it. Same as MTG cards. I bought a collection from a woman three years ago, one box of rares and "premium" uncommons and another bigger box of black commons and uncommons. In the past month, the uncommon Chain of Smog from the Onslaught set was found to have a insta-win combo with a recently-printed planeswalker, and it went from a $.05 card to a $20 card. There were three in the second box, all minty and unplayed, and I sold them for $40 to my usual buyer. I don't feel guilty in the least, because they could have never increased in value and the money I paid for each of them, however minimal, in 2018 would have been wasted.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 22, 2021 18:40:43 GMT -5
Or you could look at it from the flip side shaxper, the person buying the book is happy they got the book.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 22, 2021 22:16:25 GMT -5
Thanks, folks, but it has genuinely gotten to the point where I feel a bit guilty. I paid $60 for that first appearance of Moon Knight! I paid $4.00 for mine back around 1987, and $3.00 for #33, and a whopping $2.50 for #37. Still have 'em all. Also bought both of the Marvel Spotlight MK appearances for a buck apiece. I have multiples of those.
Ah, those were the days... for collectors, not flippers (I don't mean to imply that you're "flipping", just the current market in general).
I was a huge MK fan back in the day, before he became a talking head character in the 2010's.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2021 19:44:25 GMT -5
I'd never feel guilty selling a book for mega-bucks.
I sometimes have to pay mega-bucks for books I want.
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Post by james on May 25, 2021 2:34:11 GMT -5
I saw a copy of Avengers 48 with half the cover missing marked as VF at 250.00. What the Hell??? Wow. I put mine up for 600.00. Excellent pages etc some water damage that didn’t leak through. I was asked what I’d sell book for. I said 600.00. It was as good if not better than others going for 600.00 or more and to me if it didn’t sell it goes right back in my collection. No harm no foul as far as I was concerned.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 25, 2021 4:41:46 GMT -5
I put mine up for 600.00. Excellent pages etc some water damage that didn’t leak through. I was asked what I’d sell book for. I said 600.00. It was as good if not better than others going for 600.00 or more and to me if it didn’t sell it goes right back in my collection. No harm no foul as far as I was concerned. Good move. I wouldn't want to break up my collection , but for 600 it would be worth it.
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