batmiesta Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, Chaos_in_Canada said: XM129(9.6w) DIRECT sold for $1750 (BIN) on eBay. Sold my under-copy XM129(9.6w) UPC on eBay for $150 (2004). I still have a XM129(9.8w) DIRECT & XM129(9.6w) UPC. I actually saw the $1750 listing last night and had a chuckle to myself thinking, this guy is out of his swede if he thinks he is selling it for that, what do I know? Fair play to the seller but the buyer must be desperate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Cichlid Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 4 hours ago, the blob said: My extremely dim recollection is that my older brother was pretty happy to get an X-Men 94 at our first show in 1977. He wound up selling it for weed money a few years later. I know that that was the fate of a lot of pretty nice comic, video game, and metal album collections in the late 90's in my circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormerReader Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, batmiesta said: I actually saw the $1750 listing last night and had a chuckle to myself thinking, this guy is out of his swede if he thinks he is selling it for that, what do I know? Fair play to the seller but the buyer must be desperate Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maraxusofkeld Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) I am a bit out of the loop on the convo only reading back a few pages, but X94 was generally more expensive than GSX1 because of difficulty to find in NM or better, with a nice wrap, and white pages Back in 2009 or 2010 when I purchased both of them, I paid nearly $800 or $900 more for the 94 as it was much more difficult to find in CGC 9.4 than the GSX1. Once pressing became more mainstream, that changed the tide to GSX1. Most current census: X-Men #94 CGC 9.4 263 Giant Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.4 547 Now there are more collectors who collect keys, than collecting runs, which has hurt the 94 value. Edited March 18, 2021 by maraxusofkeld ThothAmon, drbanner and HighVoltage 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) This raw Cerebus 1 copy finally showed up on the market and was sold within a day by best offer for $4000. Seems like a deal since last the sale was a Slabbed 8.0 that almost hit 1k a point. Still no other copies on the market after every copy was wiped off a ebay few months ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cerebus-the-Aardvark-Dave-Sim-1-Major-Key-Issue-Low-print-Run-Rare-VF-VF/265089747151?hash=item3db89488cf:g:ctQAAOSwQuFgT~AQ Edited March 19, 2021 by Wolverinex littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Wow - this craziness has made me rethink some of the books I've got in the hold pile. I picked up a very nice Rom 1 for $200 a couple years ago and now I see it going for over $400. I wanted to hold it until something developed but at that price it may be up for grabs this weekend. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maraxusofkeld Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 On 2/25/2021 at 2:10 PM, FormerReader said: The front cover on that was a mess. That is a pet peeve of mine when the pages show under the cover. Not sure what that defect is called. It's called pressing Readcomix, batmiesta and FormerReader 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Wolverinex said: This raw Cerebus 1 copy finally showed up on the market and was sold within a day by best offer for $4000. Seems like a deal since last the sale was a Slabbed 8.0 that almost hit 1k a point. Still no other copies on the market after every copy was wiped off a ebay few months ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cerebus-the-Aardvark-Dave-Sim-1-Major-Key-Issue-Low-print-Run-Rare-VF-VF/265089747151?hash=item3db89488cf:g:ctQAAOSwQuFgT~AQ I know a dealer who sold a raw counterfeit copy for $425 the other day. WolverineX and aardvark88 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) I am not pretending this raw outlier sale is indicative of anything: https://www.ebay.com/itm/CAPTAIN-AMERICA-162-NM-NM-UNREAD-ORIGINAL-OWNER-COLLECTION-CGC-THIS-/402713821522?hash=item5dc39d4152%3Ag%3AatAAAOSwwkhgOCS5&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 43rd appearance of Sharon Carter heating up? 1st time Cap learns Peggy Carter's rea name and that she is related to Sharon? Edited March 19, 2021 by the blob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 56 minutes ago, littledoom said: I know a dealer who sold a raw counterfeit copy for $425 the other day. That is insane that the counterfeit Cerebus 1 copies have raised so high as the authentic ones are getting snipped off the market... Rising tide lifts all boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grebal Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, the blob said: I am not pretending this raw outlier sale is indicative of anything: https://www.ebay.com/itm/CAPTAIN-AMERICA-162-NM-NM-UNREAD-ORIGINAL-OWNER-COLLECTION-CGC-THIS-/402713821522?hash=item5dc39d4152%3Ag%3AatAAAOSwwkhgOCS5&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 43rd appearance of Sharon Carter heating up? 1st time Cap learns Peggy Carter's rea name and that she is related to Sharon? Relates to the particular seller, and his "bricks" of brand new warehouse comics he got and has been selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, 1Cool said: Wow - this craziness has made me rethink some of the books I've got in the hold pile. I picked up a very nice Rom 1 for $200 a couple years ago and now I see it going for over $400. I wanted to hold it until something developed but at that price it may be up for grabs this weekend. Sell it. Our sports cards buyers are here! Everything is cheap compared to a Mike Jordan PSA 10. Edited March 19, 2021 by Wolverinex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 21 minutes ago, grebal said: Relates to the particular seller, and his "bricks" of brand new warehouse comics he got and has been selling. Yeah, but it really needs to be a 9.8 for this to work. a 9.4 loses money and a 9.6 may only be break even or even lose too. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I was just thinking over lunch that this guy's 1st appearance is probably really undervalued with Wolverine and Punisher prices being where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DedalusMan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Sorry if this has already been noted, but Star Wars 2 in 9.8 recently went for $4,500 on eBay! Wasn't this a $500 book at best just a year ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksR Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, DedalusMan said: Sorry if this has already been noted, but Star Wars 2 in 9.8 recently went for $4,500 on eBay! Wasn't this a $500 book at best just a year ago? eBay.jpg"> Is that the 35 cent version? I can’t see in the pic . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, DedalusMan said: Star Wars 2 in 9.8 recently went for $4,500 on eBay! Wasn't this a $500 book at best just a year ago? YES. Higher prices are nice for the hobby, but why must they be so irrational? Prior to the recent storm, a 9.8 regular cent SW2 has NEVER gone for more than even a 3.5 SW2 35-cent version, and now it's going for DOUBLE the May 2020 price of a SW2 35-cent version in grade 9.2! Yes, you read that right. This tells me that a lot of the buying activity this past year has been by deep pockets new to the comic book hobby--in other words, with little knowledge of comic books. They are grabbing key books while remaining oblivious to their rarer counterparts, here the price variants. Wonder if it would make a difference if they knew that the 35-cent versions of SW1 and SW2 have long been among the top ten or so Bronze Age keys, not the regular cent SW1 or SW2, which were never even in the top 50 before this storm. Any version of SW#2 is cool, of course, but scarce is scarce! This means that Star Wars 35-cent variants (actually, any 35-cent variants, and even Canadian/UK/Australian price variants for that matter) are very undervalued for now, until they too get sucked into the storm. That assumes the buyers eventually do their homework. A big if! Edited March 19, 2021 by Pantodude ThothAmon and DedalusMan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, BrooksR said: s that the 35 cent version? I can’t see in the pic . I checked eBay...these two books were mere 30-centers. Just crazy in light of the truly rare 35-centers that dough could have bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DedalusMan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, BrooksR said: Is that the 35 cent version? I can’t see in the pic . No, it's not the 35 cent version, which is why I also had to do a double take. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksR Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Just now, DedalusMan said: No, it's not the 35 cent version, which is why I also had to do a double take. If that’s the case that price is cray cray 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
