Popular Post oldrover Posted May 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2020 I’ve had quite a few, but this stands out because I never expected it. Back in 2002, I spent a windfall on Marvel comics. Toward the end, I realized I had no Thor. So, in addition to a JIM 83 that had been restored, I bought a small lot... JIM 84, 85 and 86... plus JIM Annual 1, and Thor 126. All raw... at auction... for $250. Forgot about them until last year when I slabbed and sold them... grades: 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 6.5 and 6.5. Sweet. Anybody else have a memorable one? silverseeker, cabinboy, exitmusicblue and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 I bought 800 Valiant comics for $80 shipped about 1998... the seller listed some of the titles, so I figured 10cents each, shipped to me, was fine. It had two $50 books in there, so the other 798 were free (probably another $100 worth of $5 and $10 books, too). Basically, the guy paid me about $100 to get them out of his house. Hollywood1892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnando Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Nothing specific stands out but some of my best deals were for items that were misclassified and/or described in an odd manner. Those types of listings are from the flea-market, estate/garage sale, dumpster diving folks (bless their hearts) who have 500 odd vintage items listed. Most of them know how to move product quickly by pricing it low and they don't spend a lot of time getting every listing just right... So finding their stuff is like virtual dumpster diving. It's fun. I throw out some odd searches once in a while to fish for that stuff. Joosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Ebay has always been my means to buy old comics. I live in a city with very little comic wise. Prior to that, school and such took up my time and focus so I did not hunt as hard as I wish I had 10 years ago. Here are some memorable ones: -ASM 97 signed by Gil Kane for under $10 -Batman #251 in a lot of beat up Silver Age Batmans. The #251 was in the best shape of them all, still have it. Paid $3 for it - A whack of early ASM issues from a seller in Mexico. I sold some from this lot and ended up with a bunch (like ASM #20 and 28) essentially free after I sold a couple from the lot. Oh and the lot only cost me $350 -Last year, a Hulk 180 in a lot of random Hulk books. I try to average one decently big score every year or so. Every buy I make I am happy with because I take my time. Some months, its 1 or 2 purchases. Others, I get lucky and buy 10-15 lots with good books. It's what I love to do Edited May 7, 2020 by comicginger1789 mrwoogieman, Larryw7 and MGsimba77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Before FF #52 became super hot (maybe 2011 or so?) I decided to buy a couple of raw copies. Bought what looked to be a solid 9.2 via eBay for $75. Opened it up, saw a quarter sized water stain on the splash page. Returned it. Timmay, MGsimba77 and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Point Five and littledoom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KryptoSpidey Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, oldrover said: I’ve had quite a few, but this stands out because I never expected it. Back in 2002, I spent a windfall on Marvel comics. Toward the end, I realized I had no Thor. So, in addition to a JIM 83 that had been restored, I bought a small lot... JIM 84, 85 and 86... plus JIM Annual 1, and Thor 126. All raw... at auction... for $250. Forgot about them until last year when I slabbed and sold them... grades: 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 6.5 and 6.5. Sweet. Anybody else have a memorable one? I bought an Avengers 57 Raw advertised as eBay NM- back in like 2008/2009 for $385 and it came back as the 2nd CGC 9.6 (White pages) in CGC Census, that i then sold for $5000 the next month through a private sale here on the Boards... Edited May 7, 2020 by KryptoSpidey oldrover and silverseeker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) A few years ago... UXM #201 - #340 Annuals #10 - 18 X-Men Vol. 2, #1 - 59 Average 9.4-9.6 condition incl. the keys like 1st Gambit, plus a Jim Lee Havok OA (his X-sketches generally go for at least 250-300), all for 500 shipped. Audacious best offers sometimes work... Edited May 7, 2020 by exitmusicblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kav Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Adlard GL page-$30 frozentundraguy, littledoom, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NP_Gresham Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Back in the ‘wild wild west’ days of eBay I bought a raw book from a seller who claimed he lost his comic book store and was liquidating what was left. He demanded check or MO only for a raw book, ‘no returns’ with FB about 10 I took a $1000 gamble Ended up with this mec3437, Xenosmilus, littledoom and 25 others 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, NP_Gresham said: Back in the ‘wild wild west’ days of eBay I bought a raw book from a seller who claimed he lost his comic book store and was liquidating what was left. He demanded check or MO only for a raw book, ‘no returns’ with FB about 10 I took a $1000 gamble Ended up with this Old_Man_Adam and theCapraAegagrus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joeypost Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Many moons ago I picked up a bunch of Star Wars 1’s from Ed Kalb. I think it was 25 or so copies around $20 each. I. turned that $500 investment into a Hulk 1 graded 6.5 from the sales. The vast majority came back 9.8 and for a little while was setting GPA records with sales of $400-475 per book. Logan510, batman_fan, silverseeker and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmilwaukee6er Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Great question! It reminds me how I use feeBay has changed. Now when I go to feeBay it's usually to pay up for something I've missed locally. But my best deal was a Zap Comix #0 1st for $37 shipped that graded CGC 9.4 and sold for $900. littledoom, Brother J, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I think my best was winning an auction in 2000-2001ish for the first 40 issues of Marvel's Transformers run for about $36. I still have the original 2-40 that I won, along with the rest of the series that I acquired over time. I sold the #1 a few years ago, which came back as a 9.0. That sale covered my original cost plus some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicdonna Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Board member Fuelman hit the bin of $200 on a raw Action #10 It later graded a 3.0 and sold for nearly 20K Unca Ben, silverseeker, NP_Gresham and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldrover Posted May 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 10 hours ago, NP_Gresham said: Back in the ‘wild wild west’ days of eBay I bought a raw book from a seller who claimed he lost his comic book store and was liquidating what was left. He demanded check or MO only for a raw book, ‘no returns’ with FB about 10 I took a $1000 gamble Ended up with this That is awesome!!!! I have a similar story, with two parts to it. Again, back in 2002, I was loading up on Marvel keys and saw a Hulk 1 go up on Heritage. CGC'd, 7.5, PLOD (slight color touch), from the Nicolas Cage collection. Back then the PLODs were selling at even deeper discounts than now. I thought, maybe this market will bounce back. I won it at $1700. And stored it away. Fast forward to last year... I decided to send it to CCS to see if the resto could be removed. They said it could. And... voila... a 7.5 Hulk 1 PLOD becomes... mec3437, Logan510, batman_fan and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Back in the day I got a Federal 52 Black Reserve Note for $99. oldrover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I’ve been since 1999. I have had my share of decent deals but nothing off the hook. I have probably been burned more times than I have scored. oldmilwaukee6er 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Lest 2 Art said: Mid-grade Showcase #34 listed as an Atom #34 for $9.99. Love that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Just an fyi, my browser says this thread and the plastic crack thread.... are "not secure" at the top with the url...... I tried updating everything and running scans, I had no problems..... Yet not sure if it is CGC @Buzzetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
