littledoom Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Poekaymon said: How about a reverse? The best deal you ever gave someone on eBay? I'll go first. I was doing 7 day penny auctions, as I usually do, and accidentally listed one as BIN. It sold in about 5 seconds. I honored the sale anyway, and the dude didn't even leave me feedback. What was the comic? There’s a thread for that btw Edited July 4, 2020 by littledoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, littledoom said: What was the comic? There’s a thread for that btw Oh thought I was being original. Shoulda known better. Anyway, it wasn't great. Was just enough that I had to weigh how much feedback was worth in $. Back on track: I had been looking for a Spider-Man Platinum 9.8 for a long time where I was actually happy with the copy. (Notoriously bad book, highly variable even in 9.8.) After passing on countless pregraded ones, I saw a raw that looked really great, and that I was happier with, based on the cover, than any of the 9.8s. Still, I had no idea if it had been restored or any of that, and I'm mostly a newbie, so I debated it for a long time. Finally decided to take a chance and buy the raw and send it in. After spamming refresh on the CGC status page it came up. 9.8 White, blue label. Best moment for me since returning to the hobby. Edited July 4, 2020 by Poekaymon littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 35 minutes ago, Poekaymon said: Oh thought I was being original. Shoulda known better. Anyway, it wasn't great. Was just enough that I had to weigh how much feedback was worth in $. Back on track: I had been looking for a Spider-Man Platinum 9.8 for a long time where I was actually happy with the copy. (Notoriously bad book, highly variable even in 9.8.) After passing on countless pregraded ones, I saw a raw that looked really great, and that I was happier with, based on the cover, than any of the 9.8s. Still, I had no idea if it had been restored or any of that, and I'm mostly a newbie, so I debated it for a long time. Finally decided to take a chance and buy the raw and send it in. After spamming refresh on the CGC status page it came up. 9.8 White, blue label. Best moment for me since returning to the hobby. The last raw copy I saw was at a local show for $90 a few years ago... don’t know if I’ll ever own a chromium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilekingdie Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) The Nova 1 SS Wolfman sold about 4 years ago for $300, regret that sale. I was in a scene with Stan in the Spurlock a fans hope. Had no idea we were being filmed and TTA 90 and TTA 85 got signed that day, regret selling. I am looking to see who has them now, looking to buy back, contact me. Mario The buyer was Mr illmannered if anyone bought the TTA 85 and 90. Edited July 4, 2020 by reptilekingdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, littledoom said: The last raw copy I saw was at a local show for $90 a few years ago... don’t know if I’ll ever own a chromium They are generally pretty rough. But it was a childhood dream book along with ol' H181. Have not really been interested in the chromiums. Edited July 4, 2020 by Poekaymon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ablue Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/4/2020 at 10:37 AM, Poekaymon said: How about a reverse? The best deal you ever gave someone on eBay? I'll go first. I was doing 7 day penny auctions, as I usually do, and accidentally listed one as BIN. It sold in about 5 seconds. I honored the sale anyway, and the dude didn't even leave me Sold same X-Men #1 in ebay. For around 2k and change. Buyer said well this and that and will submit to CGC. Well of course got a raving review as it came back to him as a 7.5 CGC blue lol. If he still has it I'm Sure he is very happy. Cheers littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Thomas Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I love reading these big success stories. There are a few of you who hit deals that are truly once in a lifetime. I regularly see threads on other boards that prove the books are still out there, so I try to investigate any possible leads to GA and SA comics, and I'm willing to occasionally gamble on a grab bag. The best I've personally done was a grab bag with Avengers 1 as the prize book. The difference in this grab bags and others I've seen is that all the non-winning books were Silver Age Marvel, mostly superhero comics. Some of the titles were JIM/Thor, Tales Of Suspense, Tales To Astonish, Iron Man, ASM, etc. The deal was $15 for 1 random book out of the ones he had pictured, and I bought 20 of them. Most of the books were worth at least $15 anyway, and I didn't own any of them, so I figured I would end up with worthwhile comics anyway. Well, my package came in and I started opening each pack with high anticipation. After 19 packages, I lowered my expectations and prepared to just accept whatever the last book was, and it was the Avengers 1. It was a raw copy, complete with all pages and cover attached. It was definitely rough; maybe 2.0 or 2.5, but I spent $300 to get it along with 19 other Sliver Age Marvels, some of which were valuable. Doesn't hold a candle to some others here, but I'll keep searching until I just can't do it anymore. There are still goldmines hidden out there. PopKulture, littledoom, oldrover and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Pat Thomas said: I love reading these big success stories. There are a few of you who hit deals that are truly once in a lifetime. I regularly see threads on other boards that prove the books are still out there, so I try to investigate any possible leads to GA and SA comics, and I'm willing to occasionally gamble on a grab bag. The best I've personally done was a grab bag with Avengers 1 as the prize book. The difference in this grab bags and others I've seen is that all the non-winning books were Silver Age Marvel, mostly superhero comics. Some of the titles were JIM/Thor, Tales Of Suspense, Tales To Astonish, Iron Man, ASM, etc. The deal was $15 for 1 random book out of the ones he had pictured, and I bought 20 of them. Most of the books were worth at least $15 anyway, and I didn't own any of them, so I figured I would end up with worthwhile comics anyway. Well, my package came in and I started opening each pack with high anticipation. After 19 packages, I lowered my expectations and prepared to just accept whatever the last book was, and it was the Avengers 1. It was a raw copy, complete with all pages and cover attached. It was definitely rough; maybe 2.0 or 2.5, but I spent $300 to get it along with 19 other Sliver Age Marvels, some of which were valuable. Doesn't hold a candle to some others here, but I'll keep searching until I just can't do it anymore. There are still goldmines hidden out there. Uhmm... dude. Avengers 1 in a grab bag.. how long ago was this? So many eBay sellers adversities mega keys and probably never fulfill their promise of ever putting one of them in a bag... you hit a jackpot oldrover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Thomas Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 3 hours ago, littledoom said: Uhmm... dude. Avengers 1 in a grab bag.. how long ago was this? So many eBay sellers adversities mega keys and probably never fulfill their promise of ever putting one of them in a bag... you hit a jackpot 2012 I think. The movie hadn't come out yet, though. littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 5/7/2020 at 8:06 AM, joeypost said: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post serling1978 Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) My biggest ebay score was four years ago. I bought a large ASM run that had a straight run from #70 through #441. It also included about 15 issues between #51 and #70 and other older books like the first Rhino . All of the annuals were included as well. On top of all that there were many dups, including #129. Below is a pic I took at the time. The seller listed it BIN for only $1200 and I was the first one to swoop in. Edited April 10, 2021 by serling1978 Forgot about the older sa issues! BlowUpTheMoon, yogi_bear13, JazzMan and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post batmiesta Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 Hard to pick just one but this has to be up there, turned out to be the only 9.8 on the census and has been since 2010, I think that's when I subbed it. bounty_coder, speedcake, Jasonmorris1000000 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Just checked, it was 2011 . I was close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 .5 Restored copy of New Mutants 98 Jasonmorris1000000, FoggyNelson and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 7/4/2020 at 3:37 PM, Poekaymon said: How about a reverse? The best deal you ever gave someone on eBay? I'll go first. I was doing 7 day penny auctions, as I usually do, and accidentally listed one as BIN. It sold in about 5 seconds. I honored the sale anyway, and the dude didn't even leave me feedback. I sold a G/S Chillers #1 CGC 9.8 white pages for $100 . an99, FoggyNelson and Jasonmorris1000000 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 9 hours ago, BigLeagueCHEW said: .5 Restored copy of New Mutants 98 Still probably worth $100 tho👍‼️🤪🤪🎶☝️ 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverweb Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) I love threads like this! The sharing of stories and successful treasure hunts! This may not be my biggest windfall dollar-wise from Ebay but it is worth telling. In 2011, I was looking for decent ASM1 GRR record to go along with the GRR comic I already owned. I found an opened one of good quality listed on Ebay and bought it. When I received it, I took out the record and inspected it. It was in good condition. I then looked closer inside the jacket and pulled out a ASM 1 GRR comic. I think it turned out to be about a 8.0, nothing near-mint. What a surprise! I kept it Edited April 10, 2021 by silverweb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanFan Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) Archie 50 vg for $ 1 about two years ago Hulk 1 1.0, unrestored for $ 360 about 2010 Edited April 10, 2021 by GermanFan archiecomicscollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairless Wookiee Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I recently saw the 1st appearance of predator on sale for $15 buy it now. It looked like a 9.0/9.2 so I scooped it up. Then I realized, the listing didn't specify if was a 1st or 2nd print so I was kicking myself but when it came in it was a 1st print. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrntWS6 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Nothing crazy like you guys but snagged gambit #1 9.8 for $20 in an auction. No one else bid on it. They are starting to spike in price now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...