1Cool Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Bird said: It should get to VF with a press but I figured a bird in hand is worth two in the bush and all. I have another one as well. I try to price to sell, usually just at the bottom end of fmv. I would rather use that $50 (or $45 after fees) to buy more books that sit on it and get a little more. I sold my FN/VF copy for $80 but it lasted a bit more then a day. I probably could have held out for a bit more but I only paid $25 so I was happy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, 1Cool said: I sold my FN/VF copy for $80 but it lasted a bit more then a day. I probably could have held out for a bit more but I only paid $25 so I was happy . Yeah I probably sold it for too little but I am attending a big estate auction Thursday and am trying to generate as much cash on hand as I can to go after some good books. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Bird said: It should get to VF with a press but I figured a bird in hand is worth two in the bush and all. I have another one as well. I try to price to sell, usually just at the bottom end of fmv. I would rather use that $50 (or $45 after fees) to buy more books that sit on it and get a little more. I am selling VGs for $50 currently, but if you don't have any money in it nothing wrong with that. The buyer will come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, fastballspecial said: I am selling VGs for $50 currently, but if you don't have any money in it nothing wrong with that. The buyer will come back. BINGO! He already has, this guy is a repeat buyer. Rinse, wash and repeat baby! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, fastballspecial said: I am selling VGs for $50 currently, but if you don't have any money in it nothing wrong with that. The buyer will come back. Yeah, my VG sold in a couple hours at $50. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I am thinking about my $50 GSD3 sale and think my pricing still reflects the fact that when I started selling on ebay I couldn't grade for my life. I have improved a lot by watching the PGM forums (when I get most pretty close to consensus now but still have some outliers) and writing down the grades of the bronze books that I have been buying in pretty large numbers. But I still would rather price the book at what lower grades are selling at than encounter problems. But I am more confident now in grading that maybe I will slowly alter my pricing. I'll test it out on a few Swamp Things that I plan on listing tomorrow and see how I do. I may also break out another GSD3 for ebay, breaking up my complete Defenders run to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 War stories . . . just as bad as gamblin' stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 2:03 AM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said: Hashtag Pound as in #metoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 9:32 PM, Aweandlorder said: Pound as in #metoo Pound you too? Pass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 25 minutes ago, ygogolak said: Pound you too? Pass... I set myself up for that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) On 6/11/2019 at 6:29 PM, djpinkpanther67 said: Why is this book hot? Not sure if "hot" is the best word, but there are not a lot of high grade books of this issue and even a fewer 9.8's. There are a few us looking for this book at a 9.8 (including me!) . Edited June 22, 2019 by Xenosmilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpinkpanther67 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 18 minutes ago, Xenosmilus said: Not sure if "hot" is the best word, but there are not a lot of high grade books of this issue and even a fewer 9.8's. There are a few us looking for this book at a 9.8 (including me!) . Xenosmilus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Xenosmilus said: Not sure if "hot" is the best word, but there are not a lot of high grade books of this issue and even a fewer 9.8's. There are a few us looking for this book at a 9.8 (including me!) . This explanation makes little sense. There are 6 copies in 9.8. #15 has only 4. Low census numbers are not the reason, it seems more like an irrational reaction in the marketplace, Low census in common bronze means 'no one gives a krap to slab'. This book is monstrously common in high grade like every other book in the run. The holders of the raws have not been incentivized enough to send the book in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, NP_Gresham said: This book is monstrously common in high grade like every other book in the run. The holders of the raws have not been incentivized enough to send the book in. Then find me a 9.8 WP copy please, I will pay fairly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, NP_Gresham said: This explanation makes little sense. There are 6 copies in 9.8. #15 has only 4. Low census numbers are not the reason, it seems more like an irrational reaction in the marketplace, Low census in common bronze means 'no one gives a krap to slab'. This book is monstrously common in high grade like every other book in the run. The holders of the raws have not been incentivized enough to send the book in. I would agree with this assessment 95% of the time. I am thinking this may be in the 5%. I just don't see the book in any grade. Money will bring them out sure, but not in large volumes like other common bronze. I will put in a caveat just so I can admit if I am wrong later. Edited June 22, 2019 by fastballspecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Xenosmilus said: Then find me a 9.8 WP copy please, I will pay fairly! My own Godzilla books are of the variant type, sorry I have nothing to offer but these. wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 3:25 PM, manetteska said: I do the same things with most of my books for pricing. On this book, however, I think it's still under-the-radar. I found 2 last weekend at my LCS's sale and they are usually picked over rather quickly. The rumor currently moving this book could be all garbage; I'm holding my copies for a "real" announcement. Yes, there will be more graded and for sale at that time, but there will also be a lot more buyers. you sold me 3 in those short boxes I got from you. None were high grade and were in my short boxes this past show for $10. Luckily no one bothered with them manetteska 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, fastballspecial said: I would agree with this assessment 95% of the time. I am thinking this may be in the 5%. I just don't see the book in any grade. Money will bring them out sure, but not in large volumes like other common bronze. I will put in a caveat just so I can admit if I am wrong later. #24 9.8 has been selling/resold well for sometime. You would think it would get more issue graded/slabed if it's that common of a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said: you sold me 3 in those short boxes I got from you. None were high grade and were in my short boxes this past show for $10. Luckily no one bothered with them That’s awesome. I think I have about 10 left. Biding my time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said: you sold me 3 in those short boxes I got from you. None were high grade and were in my short boxes this past show for $10. Luckily no one bothered with them All have MVS stamp? What are you going to do with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
