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Ablation Steve

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  1. 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?
  2. Hi all, bumping this once just in case anyone has thoughts on any aspect of it.
  3. 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!
  4. 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!
  5. @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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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!
  9. 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.
  10. Excellent idea, thank you. All I do is slum it here on the general board!
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.