fastballspecial Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/21/2020 at 9:52 PM, Darkowl said: I'm so confused by today's market. I think it used to make sense a few years back, and I was on top of what was hot, flipping like crazy, etc. But now? I can't make heads or tails of it. Its a lot of new money that is being spent. Give them a year or two and new collectors will realize what to look at. Right now many use spec sites and FB groups. Sometimes they are right and sometimes they aren't. After you get burned a few times you start to think. I need to looking at this for myself instead of listening to someone else first. TrayKnight and Darkowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Since it's been all first appearances for years, why not stockpile classic storylines. If nothing much comes it for a while, you still have something cool. If they pop, you're a genius. Easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, PeterPark said: Since it's been all first appearances for years, why not stockpile classic storylines. If nothing much comes it for a while, you still have something cool. If they pop, you're a genius. Easy. Because that makes sense, But instead let's guess on an unconfirmed rumor by some guy who may have walked by the set one day about some random villain thus driving up the price so I can dump my piles of $*#! on the market? I heard Rocket Racer was going to have a star roll in both Amazing Spider-Man: Yet Another Day and Sony's Edge of Spider-Verse #2. Unconfirmed by the guy at my local coffee shop who claims to have delivered coffee to the guys and animators on the set. Here's the picture. Now who wants to buy my 30 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #172 for a measiliy $250 before prices exploded? Edited February 27, 2020 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 12 hours ago, PeterPark said: Since it's been all first appearances for years, why not stockpile classic storylines. If nothing much comes it for a while, you still have something cool. If they pop, you're a genius. Easy. Classic storylines work really well as trade paperbacks, you have the whole story at once. So casual fans are less likely to care to pick up the individual issues. You don't get that with first appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 12 hours ago, whetteon said: Because that makes sense, But instead let's guess on an unconfirmed rumor by some guy who may have walked by the set one day about some random villain thus driving up the price so I can dump my piles of $*#! on the market? I heard Rocket Racer was going to have a star roll in both Amazing Spider-Man: Yet Another Day and Sony's Edge of Spider-Verse #2. Unconfirmed by the guy at my local coffee shop who claims to have delivered coffee to the guys and animators on the set. Here's the picture. Now who wants to buy my 30 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #172 for a measiliy $250 before prices exploded? Any 35 cent variants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 7:46 AM, whetteon said: Because that makes sense, But instead let's guess on an unconfirmed rumor by some guy who may have walked by the set one day about some random villain thus driving up the price so I can dump my piles of $*#! on the market? I heard Rocket Racer was going to have a star roll in both Amazing Spider-Man: Yet Another Day and Sony's Edge of Spider-Verse #2. Unconfirmed by the guy at my local coffee shop who claims to have delivered coffee to the guys and animators on the set. Here's the picture. Now who wants to buy my 30 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #172 for a measiliy $250 before prices exploded? In San Francisco, this guy would be naked . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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divad Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 It's been a while since I posted representative BA sales in this thread (I think), so here are a few BA sales over the last three months. Nothing necessarily heating, but perhaps a reflection of the marketplace? CAPTAIN AMERICA #230 Feb 1979 NM/MT 9.8 W MARVEL (1968) INCREDIBLE HULK App $38.00 1 bid +$6.99 shipping View similar active itemsSell one like this Mar-06 21:01 Seller: finegrime(138) 100% DETECTIVE COMICS #510 Jan 1982 BATMAN DC NM- 9.2 W MAD HATTER App Gene COLAN Art $19.00 1 bid +$6.99 shipping Feb-22 16:35 Seller: realgrime(249) 100% CAPTAIN AMERICA #152 Aug 1972 VF/NM 9.0 MARVEL PICTURE FRAME FALCON MR. HYDE B/O $29.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Jan-21 10:09 Seller: divadrabnud(1,960) 100% AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #197 Oct 1979 NM- 9.2 W KINGPIN App MARVEL Diamond Edition $21.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Jan-18 11:29 Seller: truegrime(477) 100% ETERNALS #7 Jan 1977 MARVEL VF- 7.5 KIRBY Art 1st App JEMIAH TEFRAL CELESTIALS $21.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Jan-03 10:31 Seller: finegrime(137) 100% AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #216 RETURN of MADAME WEB! NM+ 9.6 W May 1981 NEWSSTAND B/O $27.00 1 bid Free Shipping Dec-26 10:53 Seller: cybergrime(135) 100% FAT ALBERT #3 Sept 1974 NM 9.4 Gold Key Bill COSBY KIDS TV Cartoon CONVICTED! $24.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Dec-24 08:17 Seller: divadrabnud(1,960) 100% AMERICAN SPLENDOR #2 1977 NM 9.4 HARVEY PEKAR / R. CRUMB, DRUMM, BUDGETT ART B/O $86.00 1 bid Free Shipping Dec-22 15:29 Seller: divadrabnud(1,960) 100% MS. MARVEL #10 Oct 1977 VF/NM 9.0 OWW MODOK App / DEATHBIRD App CAROL DANVERS $23.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Dec-21 22:04 Seller: urbangrime(150) 100% MS MARVEL #14 Feb 1978 NM- 9.2 W 1st App STEEPLEJACK DRACULA App $21.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Dec-21 22:03 Seller: urbangrime(150) 100% MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #30 Aug 1977 NM- 9.2 THING 2nd App SPIDER-WOMAN BUSCEMA B/O $28.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Dec-13 07:39 Seller: truegrime(475) 100% waaaghboss, Brock and wormboy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 10:09 AM, Iqc23 said: Finally got marvel spotlight 2 cgc 9.2 for $1200. I feel like I overpaid but am with it. Congrats on the pickup! Jeez, didn't know MS 2 was selling for so much now. I have GPA but just haven't been keeping up with it. I have a cgc 9.4 white old blue label. I guess I'll get it re-holdered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Marvel Two-in-one #30 you say 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 RANDOM ACTS and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 3/8/2020 at 9:03 AM, Hado said: Marvel Two-in-one #30 you say 🤔 That was actually a pretty solid copy - should have checked with you first, but I just assumed you had one already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 5 hours ago, divad said: That was actually a pretty solid copy - should have checked with you first, but I just assumed you had one already. 😂 That’s a good assumption. I have my reader copy and a graded copy. I really do need a nice copy of #29 for that last page though 🤔 01TheDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 3:58 PM, divad said: It's been a while since I posted representative BA sales in this thread (I think), so here are a few BA sales over the last three months. Nothing necessarily heating, but perhaps a reflection of the marketplace? FAT ALBERT #3 Sept 1974 NM 9.4 Gold Key Bill COSBY KIDS TV Cartoon CONVICTED! $24.00 1 bid +$5.99 shipping Dec-24 08:17 Seller: divadrabnud(1,960) 100% Very interesting sale here. That series has been ice cold for a while. I just recently finished my run of the series and people were heckling me for trying to complete it, comic_memories 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Creatures on the Loose #30 has certainly exploded. 1st app of Simon Stroud (who?) and he will appear in the Morbius movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 20 hours ago, Artboy99 said: Creatures on the Loose #30 has certainly exploded. 1st app of Simon Stroud (who?) and he will appear in the Morbius movie. The price may have exploded but no one is buying at the higher prices. The sold copies over the last couple weeks have only been in lower price sets where people are buying to pick out the 30 and sell it at a premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 52 minutes ago, 1Cool said: The price may have exploded but no one is buying at the higher prices. The sold copies over the last couple weeks have only been in lower price sets where people are buying to pick out the 30 and sell it at a premium. I agree, but some of the sales from just a few months ago are mind blowing though, $172.00 USD for a NM-? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Just now, Artboy99 said: I agree, but some of the sales from just a few months ago are mind blowing though, $172.00 USD for a NM-? A few months ago may as well be a lifetime away with the current state of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver Signs Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 7 hours ago, 1Cool said: A few months ago may as well be a lifetime away with the current state of the world. Nothing but downward arrows coming up for the next couple months on GPA imo Too many people will be selling their comics to pay bills. With fewer takers than a month ago aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asianassassincomics Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Quicksilver Signs said: Nothing but downward arrows coming up for the next couple months on GPA imo Too many people will be selling their comics to pay bills. With fewer takers than a month ago Don't disagree with the Bronze age stuff continuing to decline in the short term but early Silver Age (1963) last night that I was watching didn't have any discounts vs. current market trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...