What is the one book you are waiting on.....for the right price. 3 3

[Shadow Images]

What is that one book you keep waiting on for the right price?  For me its Batman 121.  Sold mine and regretted it ever since and now I will have to get a lower grade one with how crazy the price went on that one.

 

or I could wait for the comic implosion 

[oakman29]

I always wanted a F.F. #1, but no dice. Came close to pulling the trigger,but no dice.

[shadroch]

FF 12, and Cap #1.

I had lent money to a forumite who gave me his FF 12 for collateral and just this once I hoped they wouldn't pay me back. 

Pretty sure the Cap 1 ship done sailed.

[mysterio]

Tales to Astonish #13. I just want a copy for my run, but I’m never paying the insane prices it goes for these days. 

[WoWitHurts]

I have been waiting for an ASM 101 9.6 white pages for a long time. 

[Buzzetta]

Mystery Tales 40

 

I mean c'mon... LOST ended 7 years ago... cannot believe that the book still commands the price it does because Richard offered it to John Locke

[Red84]

Wonder Woman 7 in low grade with slight restoration!

[MK Ultra]

Albedo 2.

[lizards2]

I wish it were as simple as one book.

Probably the one I'm lurking the most on currently, waiting for the floor to drop out, is TOS 50.  I mean come on - how long ago was that movie?  And it wasn't even the real Mandarin.

[1Cool]

New Mutants 98 for under $100.  Still waiting to snag a copy.

[entalmighty1]

Planet Comics 1 is probably the most unattainable on my wish list.

[justafan]

I'm amazed at the price inelasticity of some of these comics long after their movie/tv show hype and fame have faded. Maybe it's just that a bunch of folks speculated on them and refuse to sell for big loss.

Mine will never come down in price because the characters and 1st appearances in them are way too popular regardless of movie/tv show hype and were already high before the movies and TV shows. 

[mysterio]

46 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I wish it were as simple as one book.

Probably the one I'm lurking the most on currently, waiting for the floor to drop out, is TOS 50.  I mean come on - how long ago was that movie?  And it wasn't even the real Mandarin.

True, it wasn’t the real Mandarin, but that book was undervalued until the movie spec brought it some much needed attention. It’s a true key from the run and an important villain’s first appearance. I’m glad I got mine back in 2008. 

[badback83]

Avengers 1.  Low grade, around 2.0.  I'd settle for a 1.8 if it presented well.  No big deal really, just can't find a copy that is reasonable.  

[Cocomonkey]

X-Men #`1, still saving up for a decent eye-appeal copy. Hoping for something in the 2.0-2.5ish range. Also X-Men #4 in the 4.0-ish range.

True price-wise, NM 87 and 98 to come down to reasonable prices (hah!) to complete my NM run, but that's likely out the window at this point. I'll have to be satisfied with my 2nd print NM 87, I suppose. As for 98, saw someone 8-9 years ago on a street corner with a table of comics set up (gotta love NYC) who had a copy for $25, and still kicking myself for not picking it up. Sadly, it was after I'd stopped buying and before I'd re-started collecting 

[lizards2]

35 minutes ago, mysterio said:

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

I wish it were as simple as one book.

Probably the one I'm lurking the most on currently, waiting for the floor to drop out, is TOS 50.  I mean come on - how long ago was that movie?  And it wasn't even the real Mandarin.

True, it wasn’t the real Mandarin, but that book was undervalued until the movie spec brought it some much needed attention. It’s a true key from the run and an important villain’s first appearance. I’m glad I got mine back in 2008. 

Yeah - but books are not selling at the current asking price.

[mysterio]

6 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Yeah - but books are not selling at the current asking price.

How’s it looking at auction? Lately it seems to me that 95% of books aren’t selling at the crazy asking prices people put on them...

Edited November 7, 2017 by mysterio

[lizards2]

1 minute ago, mysterio said:

8 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Yeah - but books are not selling at the current asking price.

How’s it looking at auction? Lately it seems to me that 95% of books aren’t selling at the crazy asking prices people put on them...

I can only go by GPA, as I don't haunt anywhere except eBay.  Books are not moving, except when heavily discounted...., generally.

I think the movie hype drove a bunch of them out into circulation, and people aren't willing to part with them except at overly-inflated 3-4 years ago prices.

[mysterio]

11 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I can only go by GPA, as I don't haunt anywhere except eBay.  Books are not moving, except when heavily discounted...., generally.

I think the movie hype drove a bunch of them out into circulation, and people aren't willing to part with them except at overly-inflated 3-4 years ago prices.

Depending on what grade you’re looking for check one of the non-nosebleed Clink auctions. One of those that has like 120 pages of stuff like the current one does. Hit enough of those and you’ll have a reasonable shot at that book at FMV or better. 

[F For Fake]

For run fillers I like to pay right about $1 a book. So, uh...I'm waiting for a lot of books.