Reasonable Price for ASM 361 0

[jsilverjanet]

the mis-cut

[mrwoogieman]

21 minutes ago, jsilverjanet said:

the mis-cut

 

It's a rhombus

Edited July 26, 2017 by mrwoogieman

[ExNihilo]

Man, just came across this thread today and it has been VERY informative.  I remember when these books were selling for $5 and shops would just have stacks of #362/#363.  I never would have imagined #361 would be selling for so much.  I might have to get my copy slabbed.  Not that I would ever consider selling mine, but any idea how much CGC SS copies have sold for?  I see this ebay auction (http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMAZING-SPIDER-MAN-361-CGC-9-8-3X-SS-STAN-LEE-MARK-BAGLEY-MICHELINIE-1ST-CARNAGE-/172755414191?hash=item2839066caf:g:1WQAAOSw3h1ZVYTn) , but until it actually sells, that price doesn't mean much.

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

22 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

the mis-cut

I don't think they had a choice but to ding the grading.  I have to tilt my head to look at it.

Even if it got graded a 9.8 I think most collectors would look for a better copy to buy.

[Logan510]

5 hours ago, AnthonyTheAbyss said:

I don't think they had a choice but to ding the grading.  I have to tilt my head to look at it.

Even if it got graded a 9.8 I think most collectors would look for a better copy to buy.

This was from a couple of years ago and you would be surprised how many people don't care. It sold quickly...of course I had little room to haggle because it's so ugly, but I want to say I got GPA average at the time.

 

[jsilverjanet]

I think most buyer pay average GPA on the book as this book has a horrible wrap and it's expected

i have gotten higher than GPA on books that have had a perfect wrap (or no printer tears)

Edited July 27, 2017 by jsilverjanet

[valiantman]

2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

I think most buyer pay average GPA on the book as this book has a horrible wrap and it's expected

i have gotten higher than GPA on books that have had a perfect wrap (or no printer tears)

When there are differences for a comic (but no differentiation by CGC), it's interesting how the preferred difference (a perfect wrap) usually has a slight premium vs. GPA average prices, but the GPA average includes that premium.  It's a bit of a circular calculation, and both books can benefit, even though the preferred book is the only one that's preferred.

For example:

If 8 copies of the bad wrap are sold, and 2 copies of the good wrap get an extra $20 each, the GPA average (for all 10 copies) would be $2 higher than the bad wrap average.

Since the bad wrap generally sells for the GPA average, the bad wrap starts getting an extra $2.  The good wrap gets that extra $2 from the average plus the premium of being a good wrap, so you start getting a $4 premium... which means the bad wraps begin selling for $4 more.  Rinse and repeat.

It's funny how people will actually pay more while thinking they're not paying more.

 

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

10 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

I think most buyer pay average GPA on the book as this book has a horrible wrap and it's expected

i have gotten higher than GPA on books that have had a perfect wrap (or no printer tears)

If bad books get the average and good books get more then how is the average the average?

[jsilverjanet]

I think Valiant's point was that those books raise the average