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Hello people of CGC. Just haven't made a post on this forum in a while. I need help trying to price my “New mutants #87” signed by the late Stan Lee and Rob Liefeld at the current market value at a grade of 9.0 off white to white pages. You see I am trying to sell this signatured key issue from 1990 at the current market value by auctioning it off. And I can’t risk on spending like $38.63 and later getting ripped off if the item does not sell for 514.99. Because ebay can’t refund sellers of the item does not sell in the auction. Which I find hypocritical. I need help on finding a reserved price at market value and see if I can exceed that amount to a premium. And if I am thinking about selling it for like $514.99. Give me an alternative to an auction site like ebay that offers selling a item at $514.99 at a cheap price. Thank you.

A couple amazing commissions from 2 amazing Italian artists on ebay right now. Really amazing pieces from two of the best in the Biz - Francesco Mattina and Matteo Scalera. Happy Bidding!! Joker Painted Commission by Francesco Mattina: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/The-Joker-Painted-Commission-by-Francesco-Mattina-12X16/123511291667 Punisher and Bullseye Commission by Matteo Scalera: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/The-Punisher-and-Bullseye-by-Matteo-Scalera-11X17-pencil-ink-wash/123512930554

CENTRALCOAST-COMICBOOKS ON EBAY Revamped my EBAY Store thread as I was unable to edit the old one after a year. I will use this thread to advertise monthly EBAY Auctions, as well as Sale Items, and New Editions to my EBAY store. Also please feel free to PM me if you are interested in any book in my Store, maybe we can work something out. Thanks to everyone who has purchased books off me on EBAY and through the Boards before, I appreciate the business and wish you the best of luck with your collection. Cheers Jason (jbud73) You can also add me to your saved sellers list here ---------------> Add centralcoast-comicbooks to Saved Sellers List My direct store link is -------------------> centralcoast-comicbooks Here are some featured Books ending at Auction

My annual HALLOWEEN AUCTIONS will begin on October 21st and run through to Halloween night! This is my 18th year of hosting this event and it has become a favorite among boys & ghouls who love things all horror! This year these auctions will be celebrating: The 60th Anniversary of Famous Monsters of Filmland The 50th Anniversary of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD The 40th Anniversary of DAWN of the DEAD The 40th Anniversary of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN If you have a craving for pre-code horror comics, Famous Monsters magazine, signed memorabilia from classic horror films, then mark your calendar because these auctions are for you! I will post a link to the auctions in this thread when the auctions begin! Here is a sneak peak of a few of the items being auctioned:

Hi Everyone, First time poster long time reader. I have a quick question - has anyone been keeping track of Ebay sellers grading performance. For example, I've bought a few 9.0 VF/NM comics on Ebay and then I had them graded by CGC. I put it all in a database. Would anyone like know and share this data?

Hey Folks, I've listed this great cover by Jason Shawn Alexander on ebay. It's a short auction, so don't miss out. The piece is massive (18X24) and insanely impressive in person. Check it out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/123440876229

I am seller BookMaestro on eBay, and I have several nice CGC-graded key issues listed for sale right now. Will sell directly to forum members in good standing (no HoS!) for 9% off listed prices. Sorry, but only shipping within USA, which includes Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, et al. Please direct message me here with all inquiries.

I just listed this 11 X 17" original art model sheet for villain Cohaagen from "Total Recall". Art is pencil on standard Bristol and signed by Tom Lyle! Click through a couple times on this image for full magnification. Cohaagen was played by Ronny Cox of "Deliverance" banjo fame. Comic book included! $100 with make offer on eBay. LINK TO EBAY LISTING I also put up a color guide from New Guardians. AND, ending SOON an explosion full splash page from JLA 1991 by Wozniak and Patterson, see seller's other items (bakeralbright) Questions and comments welcome! Best, David S. Albright

Hi everyone, Parting ways with my carnage key. Up for sale is amazing Spider-Man 360 to 363. Several pics of 361 in the listing. Cheers! https://outside-affiliatelinksnotallowed.ebay.com/outside-affiliatelinksnotallowed/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163219097724

https://www.ebay.com/ It may be limited to invited people, but last time that seemed to be just about anyone who was an eBay bucks member. What is the Promotion? 10% in eBay Bucks on every qualifying item of $50 or more when you buy within the latest version of the eBay Mobile App (the “Promotion”). 8% in eBay Bucks on every qualifying item of $50 or more (the “Promotion”). Who's eligible? Only invited, registered eBay Bucks participants who receive the promotional offer from eBay in My Messages are eligible. Sorry, no forwarding—the offer is not transferable. Promotion details The Promotion starts at 5:00AM PT on August 29, 2018 and ends at 11:59PM PT on August 30, 2018 (the “Promotion Period”). The Promotion applies to any qualifying items purchased during the Promotion Period that meet the minimum purchase requirement. You must activate the offer to qualify. *Qualifying items exclude all items in the following categories: Classifieds; Business & Industrial, but only for Heavy Equipment within that category; Real Estate; Gift Cards & Coupons, including eBay Gift Cards, Gift Cards, and Digital Gifts within that category; Bullion within the Coins & Paper category; and all categories in Motors, except Parts & Accessories. Rewards are capped at $100 per transaction and $500 per Earn Period. See eBay Bucks Terms & Conditions for other program restrictions. Purchases must be completed during the Promotion Period and paid for before the Promotion ends. eBay reserves the right to cancel, amend, or revoke the Promotion at any time. Activate the offer now.

It says you have to be invited, but if a friend hadn't called me, I would have missed it, so check your message and this page. 10% off on your phone, 8% if you use eBay. https://www.ebay.com/ runs through tomorrow evening.

So if anyone has already written about this then I apologize for missing it, I just thought that this was important to discuss. The short version: eBay recently made some changes to their site which significantly skew the sales prices of CGC graded comics on GPA Analysis and eBay past sales listings for all sold comics (both CGC and Raw). I explain below if you care to read the longer explanation. Recently, probably 3-4 weeks, eBay made some slight changes to their site. One new feature that they added is causing the issue and it leaves A TON of room for manipulation, which I think is starting to happen. The new feature I am talking about is the added ability for a seller to send an offer directly to a buyer on any Buy It Now listing (note this is different then a Buy It Now or Best Offer item). So a potential buyer messages a seller that has an item listed strictly as Buy It Now. They give an offer in the message, nothing new. In the past, the Seller would either have to lower the price the item was listed at in order to accept the offer or revise the item and make it a Buy It Now or Best Offer. Now, sellers have the ability to respond to messages received from potential buyers with direct offers. I believe the button says "send offer." So whats the big deal? Well, when a seller was forced to lower the price on the listing, or change the listing to Buy It Now or Best Offer, then both GPA Analysis and eBay sold items records would reflect the final sales price. This made it possible to accurately track all sales. However, and this is a HUGE however, sales of items that are listed strictly as Buy It Now which are sold via the new "send offer" button are recorded in eBay sold item history as being sold for the FULL LISTING PRICE. GPA Analysis is also recording these sales at full listing price severely skewing all sales data. Example: Seller A lists a CGC graded comic as Buy It Now or Best Offer. Seller A gets an offer, it is accepted, and the ACTUAL sales price gets recorded in eBay sold items history and GPA Analysis. Seller B lists a CGC graded comic as Buy It Now only for $200. An interested buyer messages him saying will you take $100 for the comic. Seller B responds to the message by clicking the new "send offer" button with an offer price of $125. The buyer accepts and the item is sold for $125. eBay sold items history will show that the item sold for the full $200 listing price and GPA Analysis is also recording the sale at the full asking price. How do I know: I know because I recently sold two of the same exact modern comics on eBay within a 7 day period. Out of curiosity, or possibly procrastination at work, I sometimes check up on comics I sold to see if it was a good/bad transaction. The comic is relatively new so there are only a few sales. I noticed the last sale was pretty decent so I click on the GPA 9.8 link to see when the sale happened and realized that there are only two transactions for this comic record, i.e. both of my sales. The prices listed by GPA were the full listing prices at the time of the sale, they were not the price paid by the buyer. I then went back on eBay, did a search for the comic, looked up sales history, and sure enough, eBay has it listed as if it sold for full listing price without any indication otherwise. Best Offer listings of course have the slash when a seller accepts a best offer for less then listing price. I thought that this was very odd and then a recent trend that didn't make sense to me popped into my head. I had been noticing that a lot of hotter modern raw books were selling for 50% to 60% of listed 9.8 CGC copies that are for sale on eBay. I've noticed a ton of raw books selling for way more than they ever should based on current 9.8 prices. I kept looking at the listings and seeing that they were not Best Offer listings and that they didn't have any slash. Then copies of the same book is listed by the same seller or other sellers asking for more than the last sale and they kept selling with prices going up really quickly. I was very confused, it just made no sense that some raw books were selling for upwards of 75 to 80% of the asking price for 9.8 graded copies of the book that were listed. Now it makes sense and it smells of a new shill bidding scheme on both raw and cgc books: Example: Shiller A realized the flaw in the eBay sold listings and has 25 copies of a hot modern that has been slowly going up, say went from $25 to $40 for raw NM copies over the past four months. He lists one at $60 and a buyer emails him asking if he will take $35 and he responds with a "send offer" for the $35. Now he realizes that all potential buyers see the $60 sale listed on eBays sold listing history and he lists another one for $70, has a friend or his shill account message about the item, sends an offer for basically nothing but now has the last sale listed at $70. Other sellers raise their prices and buyers start to buy at higher price points thinking the comic is about to take off. GPA Analysis is Very Dangerous Right Now: this trend holds true for all CGC graded comics recorded by GPA Analysis. I noticed that hot moderns, one in particular, that had been rising fast over the last six months from about $250 up to about $500 had leveled off. Then it just skyrocketed over the past two to three weeks breaking that $500 mark with multiple $600, $650 and a $700 sale. This made raw copies start to skyrocket from the low to mid $100's to NM copies consistently selling for around $230 (on auction and some even higher on Buy It Now). Combine average sellers thinking that they will list their hot comic at an astronomical price, getting a very good offer via message on their Buy It Now Item and choosing to sell using the "send offer" button, and then throw in Shill sellers that have multiple copies, and you have a very unstable and unreliable market. So that trend i was noticing with raw books selling for upwards of 50-60% of listed 9.8 CGC books now makes sense. They aren't selling for that much, sellers are using the "send offer" button and selling for much less. Although, there are definitely going to be some novice and new collectors that are going to over pay and get severely burned. Same holds true for CGC graded comics and GPA Analysis prices. Any seller can list any CGC graded comic on eBay for 10-20% over last GPA listed sales price thinking that if someone is willing to pay that high then it is worth selling. They will get messages with offer prices from buyers and some will sell for much lower than their recorded sales prices. eBay was getting a lot of heat from their sellers regarding the recording of the or best offer sales prices. Tons of websites with tutorials on how to be a smart purchaser on eBay directed buyers to find the item they want, find a seller that had it up with a best offer listing, go to the sellers profile and look at past sales to see how much the seller typically would accept below the listed asking price. A lot of sellers felt like this information being available on eBay created a mindset with potential buyers only willing to make offers at or below previous discounted prices. As a business, the new "send offer" button is a huge win-win for eBay. Sellers now don't have to worry about previous best offers that were accepted being public knowledge and sellers that only listed their items as Buy It Now will be more likely to accept offers below full listing price if the item has been listed for a while, they need money or get a good offer. It also makes it appear as though items are selling at full price influencing buyers to be more content with paying the asking prices listed on other listings. eBay is a volume business, more sales is a win, happier sellers is a win, and higher selling prices is a win. So the "send offer" button is relatively new. Maybe 3-4 weeks old? I can't remember exactly. eBay also recently changed the way they display accepted or best offer listings. You used to be able to see the exact sales price but now it seems as though you just see the slash indicating that a best offer was accepted. I have made a few sales with or best offer on CGC graded comics recently and although it doesn't appear that you can see the exact sales price on eBay sales history (again, the slash is there indicated a best offer was accepted) GPA Analysis is accurately recording the final sales price on these sales. I went on and check that the sales price I accepted was accurately recorded. I don't know how GPA can sort this out, possibly all Buy It Now items should be excluded for the time being until there is a resolution, but that isn't for me to decide or figure out. Sorry for the novel, I just realized about the wrong sales price being recorded on GPA and then realized that is why some of these prices are going crazy for both raw and CGC books. Just be careful when looking at recent CGC and raw sales on eBay and GPA Analysis if they are standard Buy It Now listings. The prices can be way off on what the actual sale was or it could be a new Shill bidding type tool to pump up the price of a particular comic that a seller has multiple copies of. Unless I'm completely missing something, then you all have fair warning and watch out for any raw or cgc book that has jumped up in price the last 3-4 weeks. When the dust settles and real sales prices are available, there could be a huge drop on some of these moderns or other more common books that are taking off, thinking 90's type drop on some of these. P.S. if I did completely miss anything, or if there is more to this, would love to know.

Hey all! I have put some books to auction this week, mostly bronze age spiderman books. All start at .99! Also, there has been a bunch of HG raw as well as graded CGC books up for sale. As always, thank you for your support! https://www.ebay.com/usr/oldfashionpbandj

Rare opportunity! TMNT #3 NYCC Variant CGC 9.0 Up for 7 day Auction with no reserve price One owner since 1990 You can find it here: TMNT #3 NYCC Variant CGC 9.0 Contact me for more info!

I've listed up some small parts of my collection on ebay. Trying to clear out some room for new stuff and a possible move in the near future. Any questions, feel free to message me here or there. Some are auctions and some are buy it now listings. My ebay items Thanks for looking!

Hey all, Recently decided to put up a 1986 Peter Laird full body Leonardo for sale to do a little fundraising. While early TMNT pieces in general are pretty scarce, Laird pieces specifically rarely come around. Any questions, feel free to ask! Auction ends next Tuesday night https://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-TMNT-Full-Body-Leonardo-Ninja-Turtles-Original-Comic-Art-by-Peter-Laird/173416785001

Hey Folks, Just tossed a few more items up on ebay including a Gary Frank Punisher Commission and an Esad Ribic Punisher Painting. Feel free to shoot me an offer here or on Ebay for the RIbic Punisher, not looking for anything crazy on that one, willing to listen to any reasonable offer. Thanks for looking. Gary Frank Punisher Commission Esad Ribic Punisher Painting

Hello everybody !! I've been toying with the idea of getting a nice KEY book this year. Vacillating a bit between ASM 1 and X-Men 1. I want both. I saw this nice looking (to me) restored copy of ASM 1 in CGC restored 8.0 today. "Restoration includes : Color touch, pieces added,tear seals, cleaned, reinforced" It's a nice looking book for the price. It was slabbed way back in 2002, so it has the designation of "Apparent VF 8.0 Moderate P" Which would probably be equivalent to A2/3 or B2/3. One nice thing for a restored book is that it does NOT have the cover re-glossed. The price is 9250. (+250 shipping) Fine 8.0 in Overstreet PriceGuide 47 lists it at 17000.00. That works out to 55% the price of an 8.0. Seems like a decent deal and I would be holding for a few years at least. Any opinions or advice appreciated. bests JL Here is the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Spider-Man-1-CGC-8-0-Silver-Age-March-1963-Key-Grail-Comic-Classic/322990198617? and a photo:

Doing some spring cleaning and looking to sell off many issues of CFA APAs that I have amassed over the years. For die hard original art collectors you know how nice these issues art. Packed with insightful articles and great reproductions of original art they are a great resource for art collectors new or old. Check under seller: spider9698

Hi, I listed Marvel Comic Moon Knight #1 on eBay. When I looked at my ad again, under the ebay catalog info I realized it said "signed" next to artists name. I always choose "prefill with eBay catalog info" since I thought it was the official publishing info on the comic -- But seeing the word "signed" concerns me as my comic does not contain any actual autographs or signatures. I do not say signed in the ad title, or anywhere else, but someone reading the pre-filled info will see it, and I wondered if has a separate meaning in the comic world when you are reading the pre-filled info? -- There are already bids on item so it is a bit concerning that I might be misrepresenting the item. Please see the screenshot I attached of what the "pre-filled" info looks like. Where is says 'signed' next to Bill's name. Thank you

Hello everybody, I listed a CGC grade comic signed by Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman #50 Photo Variant, CGC 9.8) and TWD #1, #2, #19 (First michonne) and #27 (First GOvernor) graded comics Thanks for looking: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wonder-Woman-50-Convention-Photo-Variant-SS-CGC-9-8-Gal-Gadot-Signature-Series/192488559275?hash=item2cd13652ab:g:zjYAAOSwwz5aslf2 https://www.ebay.com/itm/192494494990?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Smaller auction this week with some nice books. Here's a list of the top stars: Secret Wars #8 CGC 9.6 Mister Miracle #2 CGC 9.0 Spider-Woman #1 CGC 9.8 Swamp Thing #3 CGC 9.6 Daredevil #226 CGC 9.8 Check them out here: www.miraclecomics.com

There's 16 minutes left in my auction for a Superboy 68 6.0 OW. A potential buyer asks the following question: "quick question is that a scratch on the case right below the 6.0 on the front upper left" I respond with: "It is a scratch. I never noticed it. I took these pictures after it had been out of the box for maybe 60 seconds so CGC must've done it. Its about half the size of a grain of rice. Its not something that will buff out. Its more of a shallow gouge than a scratch. Best Regards, JP" He ends up winning the book and mere seconds after the auction closes I get the following: "i won i got no problems but case isn't pristine any chance u will give me a reholder fee back?" While I don't really have an issue with giving back the reholdering fee, I've sold quite a bit over the years on eBay and when transactions start like this they rarely end up without me getting the raw end of the deal. I did state the "case is in pristine condition" because I literally got it back 2 weeks ago and I'm positive this happened at CGC but I still think its ridiculous to ask for a reholder fee. Its likely just an attempt to get a few bucks back. As a buyer would you expect a reholder fee refund? What would you do as a seller?

I'm debating buying a high dollar ASM1 on ebay, and have a question about my rights if I choose to have it graded after I receive it. As we all know, the comic could have restoration (glue on spine, light color touch etc) on it that is very had to detect with the naked eye, and the seller is unaware of... or knows of and is choosing not to admit. So if the seller lists the item, says nothing about restoration either way, and I buy it and it looks good to the naked eye...but I then have it graded by CGC, and it comes back purple label, would I still be able to dispute it through ebay if it's within 30 days? Anyone have any experience with this situation? I would think this falls under 'SOL' because I chose to have it graded and he made no guarantees it wasn't restored. But on the other hand I could also possibly see it falling under 'not as described' since it's restored and I didn't knowingly purchase a restored comic. I appreciate any feedback and would love to know if anyone has come across this situation before and what Ebay's stance would be. Thanks!!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/mrfestivus/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= All are Buy It Now Mostly DC Range from $75-$1500 Golden Age/Silver Age/Bronze Age/Modern Age All from my personal collection. Need to downsize.