Ablation Steve

It's my 25th eBay anniversary...and I'm leaving it. Siding with the buyers 98% of the time and charging commissions on the amount of tax collected were the last straws. So I'm interested in consigning, or finding the best place to sell a few graded Magic cards. For comic people, MyComicShop seems to be the default, since they'll sell on their own site and on eBay, and they'll take the risks with buyer complaints. Any thoughts?

Hi all, bumping this once just in case anyone has thoughts on any aspect of it.

Hi all! I have no experience grading cards (I only use CGC for comics) but I came across this promo card when I was digging through my 90s stuff. On eBay it seems to go for $100 or more, and to my untrained eye it looks like it's in good shape. You can see from the photos that there are little dimples on the card, which I'm guessing is from some part of the manufacturing process or bagging of the card with the magazine. I've also included a pic of the worst corner. Questions are: 1) Can things like the dings be pressed out? (Again, I'm coming from the world of comics where that's commonplace) 2) With those surface dings, how much does that hurt the card's grade? 3) What overall grade would you give this? 4) With graded versions going for much more money, is it worth getting it graded considering the condition? Thanks to any and all who reply!

Absolutely understand, and I'm sure it's even more involved than I imagine it to be. But this isn't something that's going away, this is the way CGC's going to label from here on out (especially as people reholder). It might be niche collecting, but it's niche collecting that brings in higher-dollar books (in enough cases). If MCS adds these to their database once, they're done, because no new newsstands are ever coming out. I just got some newsstands with the new CGC label back last week, and while I want to send them to MCS, I'll be putting them on eBay because I can put "newsstand" in the title and get double the price much more quickly. Currently on MCS, people have to choose each individual listing in order to see scans to determine newsstands, which can delay sales and cause sellers to drop the price. I know MCS won't be affected by missing out on a 10% cut of my $500 books, but I can see the changes paying for themselves before long. And anything they can do to help me avoid eBay would be greatly appreciated!

@mycomicshopThat's too bad. I know I have some stuff consigned with you right now that would have probably sold already if it had "newsstand" in the title. Others I've had to drop multiple times before someone noticed what it was. Love it or hate it, I honestly think you (and your customers) will make more money if you start labeling them as such.

I know MCS checks this thread, so I figured I'd ask here. Will MCS be notating "newsstand" in the titles of books now that CGC has started differentiating them? S

I thought I'd give an update on what happened to the upside-down Spawn #1. I originally put it up on eBay with a BIN of $9,999. You know, just in case. After a while I opened up Best Offers, then dropped it to $4,999. You know, still just in case. People were watching because it's an interesting item, but no real interest. When I dropped it to $999, someone asked what I'd sell it for. We negotiated down to $700, and I was perfectly happy with that. After 50% of it went to Benefits Charity (Smile Train), taxes, slabbing, and eBay fees, I figure I made about $200. So pretty much average to what it's been selling for! My thanks to the buyer for supporting charity and buying this weirdo comic. Some might think they paid too much, but I know I've overpaid for unique things that I really wanted. I love win-win-win situations.

Yeah, I picked it up in a Chicago comic shop back in '88, and like every other free thing from the time, I kept it!

I just found a copy I've had since I picked it up in a Chicago comic book shop back in 1988. Here are 6 of the 8 pages.

Excellent idea, thank you. All I do is slum it here on the general board!

Going through some old comic stuff this weekend and ran across this. 8-page, magazine size, on newsprint. Haven't seen it anywhere else, so I thought I'd share.

Sorry, should have said TV series. Here's some info, pretty sure the whole premise of the thing was just announced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Jedi_(TV_series) So, same name, different concept.

So the Tales of the Jedi series seems to have nothing to do with the Dark Horse comics. But will just the name boost the value of the comics? I'd say no, but it happens to characters all the time. Characters who have almost nothing to do with their namesakes (Groot comes to mind) still command premiums.

Ha! Yeah, that's me. I'm selling most stuff through MCS but have a couple that I wanted to handle myself. In the next week or so I'm gonna switch the Spawn 1 to "Best Offer" and see what happens. So far it's just been a publicity stunt for the charity.

I've got it up at auction on ebay right now with a 1.0-1.5 grading, just to be safe. We'll see what happens. Thanks again to everyone for their opinions.

Thanks all, I pretty much agree. I graded it myself about 15 years ago and called it FAIR, so pretty much what I thought. Thanks for the opinions! S

I've got a pretty good idea of what people will say (especially once they see the spine and the ink on the cover), but second opinions are a good idea.

The sad thing is, it would sell for more if I created and NFT of a slabbed upside down Spawn #1.

Per the request of some of you, I have decided to put it up at a crazy price (and draw some attention to my favorite charity at the same time). https://www.ebay.com/itm/304348127916?hash=item46dc8fe2ac:g:BQwAAOSwkDZiAHwY

For a lark I put up my slabbed-upside-down Spawn #1 in case there are any uberfans with bitcoin money. Also to draw attention to my favorite charity. I think it qualifies for this thread. https://www.ebay.com/itm/304348127916?hash=item46dc8fe2ac:g:BQwAAOSwkDZiAHwY

Thanks to all of those who actually read the initial post and responded to the fun-natured spirit of what this thread was actually about! For other responders, I will keep a bookmark to this thread when I want to explain to someone what a strawman argument is. Peace, all. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Consider me dim today, I don't follow your argument at all. I don't see how you can say the investment isn't profitable, even if I would (after everything, including original sale price) only make $.01 a book. That's profit, no matter if I work a thousand hours to sell one comic book. Would such a silly situation be a "good" investment? No, but it would be profitable. If I must, let's take that laughably absurd number of netting $20 after everything (including the original purchase price). If it takes me 15 minutes to pack up a book, get it back, post pictures, sell it, and ship it...there, I'm making $80 hour. Good money.

Not at all. I proposed a laughably low number that anyone who is being reasonable would agree could be attained, to establish a "floor" for further discussion.; And as I've pointed out multiple times, this has nothing to do with making a living. This is about dispelling the myth that someone can't make good money on comics that are often ridiculed, and that those who claimed they'd be able to send their kids to college on them were, while not correct, accidently onto something.

You know, I realized my mistake after hitting submit and heading to the bathroom, but I thought "you know what, I won't change it because it's a fun topic to talk about and people will have a good time discussing it and I'm sure no one will call me out on something like that." Consider me corrected.

If you're a Groening fan as your avatar suggests, you'll probably recognize the quote "Two things can be real." I can have fun. I can make money. I can choose to not assign my time a dollar value and consider everything I make to be profit brought about by having fun. Three things that are real.