Iceman399 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Dark Knight said: I think it's also the buyer's responsibility to ask questions and have a rough idea on how to grade comics, especially a comic of this magnitude. If you're going to be spending on an item like this, you better do your homework first. Like with most dealers, they cannot guarantee what a 3rd party grading company would grade the book, which I think is fair game. I asked Sparkle City questions about the book and felt that based on their responses, that their assigned grade was a bit high. I actually had the book graded at a GD+ so was accurate there but didn't expect the light tan pages, which was way off from their offwhite-white pages they had it at. Oh I don't disagree with you at all on the above. I wouldn't consign a book to a dealer if they just sold it to me as a 3.5 with ow/w and it comes back a 2.5 with LT/OW pages without there being something behind the scenes. I'd find another dealer to work with on the transaction (just my ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Iceman399 said: Oh I don't disagree with you at all on the above. I wouldn't consign a book to a dealer if they just sold it to me as a 3.5 with ow/w and it comes back a 2.5 with LT/OW pages without there being something behind the scenes. I'd find another dealer to work with on the transaction (just my ). Yeah it does makes sense as I too would agree with you there. Sparkle is i think doing a nice favor for the buyer if it is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Dark Knight said: I think around 9500? Just checked bidding looks like its doing quite well. Wondering why owner would flip it that quickly. $10.5k-11k. This is one of those books that's "PQ"-proof. -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 5:49 PM, Jaydogrules said: $10.5k-11k. This is one of those books that's "PQ"-proof. -J. Certainly looks like it .. Also for the sake of arguments I will not discuss pq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I would expect a nice 2.5 to sell for 11k, give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 53 minutes ago, G.A.tor said: I would expect a nice 2.5 to sell for 11k, give or take. Looks about right. Been out of the whole fmv tracking on this book. Book still sells well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Looks like the not so nice 2.5 with not so nice PQ also received a not so nice price. Action252Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Iceman399 said: Looks like the not so nice 2.5 with not so nice PQ also received a not so nice price. Yeah that's weird. A 1.8 copy with "brittle pages" on the label sold for $6766 in 5/16 which was consistent with the 1.8 that sold for $6750 with "ow" on the label in 6/17. Maybe the fact that this book was just seen raw a few weeks ago has something to do with it? -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Iceman399 said: Looks like the not so nice 2.5 with not so nice PQ also received a not so nice price. What was the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Knightsofold said: What was the price? $8500. Much lower than recent 3.0 sale of $12,755 and 2.0 sale of $9250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Iceman399 said: $8500. Much lower than recent 3.0 sale of $12,755 and 2.0 sale of $9250. How do you explain the parity in pricing for the 1.8's I referenced a year back? Any response to the possibility that this book might have actually gone low because it was a quick flip having just been sold a few weeks ago ? -J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said: How do you explain the parity in pricing for the 1.8's I referenced a year back? Any response to the possibility that this book might have actually gone low because it was a quick flip having just been sold a few weeks ago ? -J. I didn't see the 1.8. I'm sure you'll take anything I have to say with any respect I'm just a "rando" dealer. Venue? Timing? Presentation? Bin? Auction? So many variables but you'll continue to push your agenda on the PQ and what not so have at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Iceman399 said: I didn't see the 1.8. I'm sure you'll take anything I have to say with any respect I'm just a "rando" dealer. Venue? Timing? Presentation? Bin? Auction? So many variables but you'll continue to push your agenda on the PQ and what not so have at it What "agenda"? If the sales happened they happened. You ignore data points that don't fit your narrative. All the questions you just asked about the 1.8's could be asked about this 2.5 when making the comparison you attempted to make earlier. But you didn't. And when I did, you ignored it. Consider all the publicly available data, or consider none. That has always been and remains my point on the topic. Oh, and by the way, I didn't even know you are a dealer, rando or otherwise. -J. Edited July 11, 2017 by Jaydogrules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said: What "agenda"? If the sales happened they happened. You ignore data points that don't fit your narrative. All the questions you just asked about the 1.8's could be asked about this 2.5 when making the comparison you attempted to make earlier. But you didn't. And when I did, you ignored it. Consider all the publicly available data, or consider none. That has always been and remains my point on the topic. Oh, and by the way, I didn't even know you are a dealer, rando or otherwise. -J. as you were...as you were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Went off to a strong start and sold at a disappointing price unfortunately. Previously was sold raw for $9300.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghastly542454 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 My Showcase #4. Chillax23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydogrules Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 59 minutes ago, Ghastly542454 said: My Showcase #4. Great stuff! -J. Ghastly542454 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SECollector Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Ghastly542454 said: My Showcase #4. Pure awesomeness! Ghastly542454 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If that's your showcase 4...I guess that must be my Action 252 Ghastly542454 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 8 hours ago, Ghastly542454 said: My Showcase #4. Nice books. High fives! Ghastly542454 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
