canickus Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, ProcessedMeatMan said: I was very confused about that 129 result. Was it signed or Mark Jewelers or something? I tried looking it up again but can't find it. Here is the reason. CGC doesn't differentiate between direct sales copies and news stand copies. As you get later into the X-Men 94 -143 run, there are many more high grade copies of the direct sales version than the news stand copies. For example, if you search the Heritage archives for past sales of X-Men 129 CGC 9.8 - you will see 27 sales. 26 direct sale books and 1 news stand book. That should give you an idea of the relative rarity. There are 300 or so CGC 9.8s of that issue. I don't know, but I think that at most 15 to 20 of those are news stand issues. All in all, as strange as it seems, that was probably a pretty good transaction for both the seller and buyer. Edited April 15, 2021 by canickus lou_fine and ProcessedMeatMan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck-It Ralph Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 11:07 PM, canickus said: Here is the reason. CGC doesn't differentiate between direct sales copies and news stand copies. As you get later into the X-Men 94 -143 run, there are many more high grade copies of the direct sales version than the news stand copies. For example, if you search the Heritage archives for past sales of X-Men 129 CGC 9.8 - you will see 27 sales. 26 direct sale books and 1 news stand book. That should give you an idea of the relative rarity. There are 300 or so CGC 9.8s of that issue. I don't know, but I think that at most 15 to 20 of those are news stand issues. All in all, as strange as it seems, that was probably a pretty good transaction for both the seller and buyer. What sort of percentage price differential would there be between direct and news stand? Do Mark Jewelers inserts affect the price by much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgross.com Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Wreck-It Ralph said: What sort of percentage price differential would there be between direct and news stand? Do Mark Jewelers inserts affect the price by much? pay some $ and subscribe to gpa please. they break out newsstand and direct editions and even mark jewelers inserts when they exist for a book. you will get actual data rather than a bunch of guys bickering about what is worth more and how rare direct editions are, blah blah blah. CKinTO and Chaos_in_Canada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 9:13 AM, BrooksR said: Gracious that’s a lot of 94’s! Conrats! Edit: apologies for quoting an old post, I was casually browsing and wasn’t paying attention, didn’t realize I had not clicked the arrow link to go to the last page. 🙄 And here we go... a 5.5 x men 94 just sold for $1700. https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Men-94-CGC-5-5-WP-New-Team-Begins-Wolverine-Storm-Colossus-Nightcrawler/233965044578?hash=item3679674362:g:k4sAAOSwcxlgc55w Treco and ADAMANTIUM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksR Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 18 hours ago, Wolverinex said: And here we go... a 5.5 x men 94 just sold for $1700. https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Men-94-CGC-5-5-WP-New-Team-Begins-Wolverine-Storm-Colossus-Nightcrawler/233965044578?hash=item3679674362:g:k4sAAOSwcxlgc55w Looks like it’s time for my weekly amazed face... How much higher can it go? I can’t imagine it will ever pass GSX1. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, BrooksR said: Looks like it’s time for my weekly amazed face... How much higher can it go? I can’t imagine it will ever pass GSX1. Who knows ... I imagine not but could hit all time highs a second time if heaven forbid something happens to Claremont and there is renewed interest in his genius and work on the series. Edited April 19, 2021 by Wolverinex MGsimba77 and BrooksR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 56 minutes ago, Wolverinex said: Who knows ... I imagine not but could hit all time highs a second time if heaven forbid something happens to Claremont and there is renewed interest in his genius and work on the series. You think so? For blue labels though? I think there's some precedent here with Wein and Trimpe but did that extend to non yellow labels? Obviously there was Stan but he's a different case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, MGsimba77 said: You think so? For blue labels though? I think there's some precedent here with Wein and Trimpe but did that extend to non yellow labels? Obviously there was Stan but he's a different case. I guess I'm biased because I REALLY like Chris Claremont's work... Probably my favorite writer of all time and a lot of his stories still have aged well. I guess we'll see... I am glad to see X-men 94 has become one of the hottest books this year... it's not very surprising since many collectors who buy GSX1 will have this book next in their target. Treco and MGsimba77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, BrooksR said: Looks like it’s time for my weekly amazed face... How much higher can it go? I can’t imagine it will ever pass GSX1. Look at this NM raw 94 copy that sold for $4650!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-X-Men-94-V-F-to-NM-9-0-to-9-5-High-Grade-2nd-App-New-X-Men-Team/184755281048?hash=item2b0445dc98:g:vrEAAOSw26VgcHV4 8.5 x94 also just sold for $2900 BrooksR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksR Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, Wolverinex said: Look at this NM raw 94 copy that sold for $4650!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-X-Men-94-V-F-to-NM-9-0-to-9-5-High-Grade-2nd-App-New-X-Men-Team/184755281048?hash=item2b0445dc98:g:vrEAAOSw26VgcHV4 8.5 x94 also just sold for $2900 Ungraded, wow 😳 That’s a brave buyer! WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceito Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-X-Men-94-V-F-to-NM-9-0-to-9-5-High-Grade-2nd-App-New-X-Men-Team/184755281048?hash=item2b0445dc98%3Ag%3AvrEAAOSw26VgcHV4&campid=5338116315&customid=CGCForum&toolid=10001&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0 Whoa. Edited April 19, 2021 by Ceito WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rexinnih Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ceito said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-X-Men-94-V-F-to-NM-9-0-to-9-5-High-Grade-2nd-App-New-X-Men-Team/184755281048?hash=item2b0445dc98%3Ag%3AvrEAAOSw26VgcHV4&campid=5338116315&customid=CGCForum&toolid=10001&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0 Whoa. Well there is potential for that elusive "9.5" so could be a bargain. Mjolnir!, lou_fine, Skunkboy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 21 minutes ago, Ceito said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-X-Men-94-V-F-to-NM-9-0-to-9-5-High-Grade-2nd-App-New-X-Men-Team/184755281048?hash=item2b0445dc98%3Ag%3AvrEAAOSw26VgcHV4&campid=5338116315&customid=CGCForum&toolid=10001&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0 Whoa. Zero chance that hits 9.0 or better. LOT and I mean a LOT of dumb money sloshing around in the hobby right now. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) I paid $500 for this 8.0 maybe 5 months ago and cracked it out because it has NCB wear. What's it worth as a raw eBay "NM" right now? $6000? Anyone who thinks this price explosion makes sense is likely in for a hard landing. Look at this chart. The book was flat for 20 years before the hockey stick hit! Edited April 19, 2021 by october Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 hours ago, october said: I paid $500 for this 8.0 maybe 5 months ago and cracked it out because it has NCB wear. What's it worth as a raw eBay "NM" right now? $6000? Anyone who thinks this price explosion makes sense is likely in for a hard landing. Look at this chart. The book was flat for 20 years before the hockey stick hit! List it as a 9.7 candidate. 6k easy rexinnih and Jasonmorris1000000 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Wolverinex said: List it as a 9.7 candidate. 6k easy WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 8 hours ago, BrooksR said: Looks like it’s time for my weekly amazed face... How much higher can it go? I can’t imagine it will ever pass GSX1. This is unbelievable... a 8.0 W sold for 3k a few day ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Men-94-1975-CGC-8-0-New-X-Men-Team-Storm-Colossus-Nightcrawler-Wolverine/124663716320?hash=item1d068959e0:g:QdAAAOSwfG5gZmQy BrooksR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehorseshoe Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, october said: Zero chance that hits 9.0 or better. LOT and I mean a LOT of dumb money sloshing around in the hobby right now. I'm not a shill bidding conspiracy theorist on the regular, but it looks like there may have been some shilling bidding around the 2100 dollar bids, up to the 3400 dollar bids, though in the end, the winner and the runners up appear to be organic bidders. But regardless, that book does come close to a 9.0, under any circumstances. The thing about 94, and how in the end it might be a tougher grade than a GSX 1, is that cover, properly colored, is unforgiving in terms of spine breaks, ticks, and wear. The squarebound nature of the binding of the GSX 1 saved alot of those imperfections that you can't skate by with the 94 (this doesnt take into the horribly pressed GSX 1s which some person_without_enough_empathy made into a regular bound book). Edited April 20, 2021 by bluehorseshoe WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehorseshoe Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 The Terapeak seach engine now free, way better than Watchcount: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Terapeak-Product-Research-is-now-free-to-all-sellers/ba-p/31797231?fbclid=IwAR3zVvm534waB6cEL3ABjDCLfYalIvsn3lzKS6EGIOTZgCif_uZoXkMeBHU The GSX 1 9.6 (white pages) that went off last night was for a $28,250.00 best offer. Skunkboy, MGsimba77 and ADAMANTIUM 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Venomous72 Posted April 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2021 Paid $490 for this a few years ago...lord almighty glad I got it when I did. I remember pacing around my living room convincing myself to pay $500 for a book ernster, Morganmi, WolverineX and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
