Green Lantern #76 at Half Price Books 0

[finalfan7asy]

I noticed a copy of Green Lantern #76 displayed in one of their cases. The asking price is $3,000! They also have a copy of ASM #129 but it has water damage. They want $400 for it.

Has anyone else found key issues like these before at Half Price Books? The many years I've been going there, this is a first.

Edited September 30, 2018 by finalfan7asy

[ADAMANTIUM]

I've seen key's at HPB, but none as overpriced as that ...

....but such as ASM #16 "F" range priced at $150, Y the Last Man #1 VF priced at $125, Savage Sword of Conan #1 "F" priced at $100...Green Lantern (first starfire, whichever issue that was) priced at $100....

The tend to over price in the very good to fine range.....

[finalfan7asy]

4 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I've seen key's at HPB, but none as overpriced as that ...

....but such as ASM #16 "F" range priced at $150, Y the Last Man #1 VF priced at $125, Savage Sword of Conan #1 "F" priced at $100...Green Lantern (first starfire, whichever issue that was) priced at $100....

The tend to over price in the very good to fine range.....

The ASM #129 looked to be a GD- at best.

[ADAMANTIUM]

4 minutes ago, finalfan7asy said:

The ASM #129 looked to be a GD- at best.

ask them if it is a typo and is supposed to be $300 for the GL, that would make more sense....ASM 129 has gone up, but that is still a lot, unless you have a HPB coupon

Edited September 30, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM
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[ADAMANTIUM]

Makes you wonder what HPB paid to the person who sold them those books  

[finalfan7asy]

5 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Makes you wonder what HPB paid to the person who sold them those books  

I was thinking the same thing 

[october]

I bought a raw Hulk 181 from a HPB case three or four years ago I think. It was $1000 and came back 8.5, a good price for the time....a great price now. 

Both the check-out girl and my dad looked at me like I was nuts when I bought it. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

1 hour ago, october said:

I bought a raw Hulk 181 from a HPB case three or four years ago I think. It was $1000 and came back 8.5, a good price for the time....a great price now. 

Both the check-out girl and my dad looked at me like I was nuts when I bought it. 

A similar store near me that sells dvds, records, cds, video games, comic statues etc. Had a raw IH 181 which they estimated was a 7.0 or 7.5... for $1,500...1 and a 1/2 years ago.. I had the cash but was nervous as I had never spent so much on a book.

I didn't buy it.... regret it to this day... I did end up getting a 7.5 already graded for around that price. Especially what the price would have been after state tax...

Good on you for having the jewels to purchase, especially with the onlookers  

 

[jools&jim]

So...it was originally $6000?  

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

1 minute ago, jools&jim said:

So...it was originally $6000?  

 

I've often wondered why they don't do half off on everything....

[october]

30 minutes ago, jools&jim said:

So...it was originally $6000?  

 

First time I looked it was either $2000 or $3000 and at some point they dropped the price. 

[finalfan7asy]

34 minutes ago, jools&jim said:

So...it was originally $6000?  

 

[jcjames]

8 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I've seen key's at HPB, but none as overpriced as that ...

....but such as ASM #16 "F" range priced at $150, Y the Last Man #1 VF priced at $125, Savage Sword of Conan #1 "F" priced at $100...Green Lantern (first starfire, whichever issue that was) priced at $100....

The tend to over price in the very good to fine range.....

I found a YTLM #1-20 at HPB once for $1.50 each a couple years ago. The #1 graded out at 9.8

Haven't found squat there ever since.

 

 

[Bomber-Bob]

Recently, I've noticed that Half Priced Books have been increasing their pricing. The drek is still cheap but even the slightly better stuff is often overpriced. They are also more educated on variants . I think the game may be over. 

[OtherEric]

Got an Incredible Hulk #271 for $10 a year or so ago at a HPB, roughly an 8.0.  Was happy with that one.

Got all the Zatanna issues with Adam Hughes covers at half cover not long ago.

Got an Action #50 in GD or so for $60 a few years ago.  I had to wait them out on that one, though.  They had it at $300 for a year, then dropped it to $150 when it didn't sell; I was tempted at that price but was waiting for the holidays to end so I would have some cash.  When I went it, it was dropped again, to $120... and they had a half off any one item sale that day.

You can get some great stuff there, but their grading is frequently garbage.  Still worth looking regularly.

[HouseofComics.Com]

17 hours ago, october said:

I bought a raw Hulk 181 from a HPB case three or four years ago I think. It was $1000 and came back 8.5, a good price for the time....a great price now. 

Both the check-out girl and my dad looked at me like I was nuts when I bought it. 

You'd think your dad would know by now! (By then.)

[Pirate]

There's a comic collector who works at the one near me, have never found a thing

[Bomber-Bob]

13 hours ago, OtherEric said:

Got an Incredible Hulk #271 for $10 a year or so ago at a HPB, roughly an 8.0.  Was happy with that one.

Got all the Zatanna issues with Adam Hughes covers at half cover not long ago.

Got an Action #50 in GD or so for $60 a few years ago.  I had to wait them out on that one, though.  They had it at $300 for a year, then dropped it to $150 when it didn't sell; I was tempted at that price but was waiting for the holidays to end so I would have some cash.  When I went it, it was dropped again, to $120... and they had a half off any one item sale that day.

You can get some great stuff there, but their grading is frequently garbage.  Still worth looking regularly.

I don't think they 'grade' per se . Just take a glance at E-Bay or whatever they use and maybe adjust the price if it's an obvious beater. Otherwise a VF is equivalent to a NM . While I do like to stop in occasionally, there's a lot of flippers hitting these stores and it's usually picked.

[october]

9 hours ago, HouseofComics.Com said:

You'd think your dad would know by now! (By then.)

It was his first time seeing it first hand.

[Bomber-Bob]

On 9/30/2018 at 5:51 PM, october said:

I bought a raw Hulk 181 from a HPB case three or four years ago I think. It was $1000 and came back 8.5, a good price for the time....a great price now. 

Both the check-out girl and my dad looked at me like I was nuts when I bought it. 

I was just in the HPB by me in Downers Grove. During a conversation with the HPB employee he mentioned that a couple years ago the Countryside store had a Hulk 181 for sale for 1,000. I laughed and said I knew the guy that bought it ! Sometimes our hobby is a small world.