oldrover Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 This happened last year. I had a TTA 35, 8.5 PLOD. I figured I’d get maybe $1200-1500 for it... just minor color touch. So I auctioned it. It went for just over $500. Only plus side: it was won by a boardie... who was THRILLED. Kind of made up for it. speedcake, Steelrain41, silverseeker and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brock Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Great thread - gamblers never talk about their losses! About 15 years ago, I listed a Mickey Mouse Story Book (1931) for auction. It went for $20, and probably should have gone closer to $1,000. Buy it Now has been my friend ever since. The good news was that I picked up the book at a used bookstore for $3. Hollywood1892, littledoom, oldrover and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Literally every book I've sold via auction. porcupine48, comicparadox and Dmac538 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Sold a lot of SA Thor books. It was like 10 lower grade books went for around $45. When I shipped I accidentally added my copy of Thor 165 in abt 7.5. Had to repurchase the book on ebay when I discovered my mistake. 1Cool, silverseeker, Comics4All and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, kav said: Sold a lot of SA Thor books. It was like 10 lower grade books went for around $45. When I shipped I accidentally added my copy of Thor 165 in abt 7.5. Had to repurchase the book on ebay when I discovered my mistake. That's brutal. Think I'll just preload this GIF for you and others, as these stories may induce... ...self-medication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 They didn't get an immediate steal off me, my auctions usually get fmv or above, sometimes a little under, but year or two later they made bank. Every single af15 I ever sold. I never see it going up much more and it always does. Sold some hulk 181s didn't think Disney would buy rights anytime soon and if they did I would never guessed they would double in value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, oldrover said: That's brutal. Think I'll just preload this GIF for you and others, as these stories may induce... ...self-medication. thx bruh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Not on eBay. To my ignorance in GGA, (NOW I am overly educated) at the estate sale, I bought a batch of 40 Golden Age comic books in a plastic Sara wrap because there were three PCH copies I went for. All of them are GD condition but I made about $250. Nearly all are GA animal funnies so I sold them for about $250 - not badly. One biggest mistake I ever made in my life, yep I sold VG Archie #50 copy to the boardie here (that was in 2016) for only $75. The boardie wanted to make sure that $75 was correct. I told him "yes" twice. He bought it and was very thrilled about it. Of course he didn't tell me until he showed it off here for week by week. I was wonderstuck for two months not even knowing what the headlights were. Finally I realized that I sold it TOO cheap. Lesson learned. Well, I bought that batch for only $40 and sold all of them included Archie #50 for $575 that should have gone double. Oh well. Edited May 7, 2020 by JollyComics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 32 minutes ago, JollyComics said: Not on eBay. To my ignorance in GGA, (NOW I am overly educated) at the estate sale, I bought a batch of 40 Golden Age comic books in a plastic Sara wrap because there were three PCH copies I went for. All of them are GD condition but I made about $250. Nearly all are GA animal funnies so I sold them for about $250 - not badly. One biggest mistake I ever made in my life, yep I sold VG Archie #50 copy to the boardie here (that was in 2016) for only $75. The boardie wanted to make sure that $75 was correct. I told him "yes" twice. He bought it and was very thrilled about it. Of course he didn't tell me until he showed it off here for week by week. I was wonderstuck for two months not even knowing what the headlights were. Finally I realized that I sold it TOO cheap. Lesson learned. Well, I bought that batch for only $40 and sold all of them included Archie #50 for $575 that should have gone double. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, comics4all said: Thanks for reminding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 If it’s much over a $100 I will sell on eBay to feel safe and all. Can’t say I sell enough though to say someone has had a big score from me. Lots of smaller prices stuff I sell other ways because it’s cheaper and I don’t get hit with fees. Probably the best people have gotten off me are Thor 337. I used to buy for $2-5 and flip for $15-20 8-10 years ago. So those buyers are happy:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK Ultra Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 15 years ago or so I sold the first 20 issues or so of Ultimate Spider-Man for like $60 or something. I had bought a collection, and listed the runs. It sat for a few months before someone bought it. They were probably 8.5 to 9.4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) I recalled a score someone definitely got off me. About 8 years ago I helped a colleague sell some of his collection. In hindsight, I shoulda bought it but I was saving for a house and dropping $1500-2000 on comics wasn't quite in the cards. I helped him sell his collection and he had a Giant Size X-Men. At the time, it was a $175-250 book in the condition he had, around a 4.5-5.0. Someone today is happy they snagged it back then Edited May 7, 2020 by comicginger1789 JollyComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Sold Hit Monkey 1 2nd Print for $20 then it hit like $100 the next day Sold God Country 1 both A B variants for $30 then hit like $70-100 maybe couple months later ... i'm sure there are others.. the hit monkey one sucked hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 9 hours ago, comicginger1789 said: If it’s much over a $100 I will sell on eBay to feel safe and all. Can’t say I sell enough though to say someone has had a big score from me. Lots of smaller prices stuff I sell other ways because it’s cheaper and I don’t get hit with fees. Probably the best people have gotten off me are Thor 337. I used to buy for $2-5 and flip for $15-20 8-10 years ago. So those buyers are happy:) Sold my high grade Thor 337s lower than they are now.. and i had a feeling about it, but they were overprinted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 hours ago, comicginger1789 said: I recalled a score someone definitely got off me. About 8 years ago I helped a colleague sell some of his collection. In hindsight, I shoulda bought it but I was saving for a house and dropping $1500-2000 on comics wasn't quite in the cards. I helped him sell his collection and he had a Giant Size X-Men. At the time, it was a $175-250 book in the condition he had, around a 4.5-5.0. Someone today is happy they snagged it back then I know a guy who got Hulk 181 9.0 raw via a second chance offer because the high bidder didn't pay.. this was years ago maybe a decade ago.. he paid like $260-300ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 8 hours ago, littledoom said: I know a guy who got Hulk 181 9.0 raw via a second chance offer because the high bidder didn't pay.. this was years ago maybe a decade ago.. he paid like $260-300ish Wow... that's huge. 20 years ago, I got a Hulk 181 as a throw-in on a cracked CGC case deal... he described it as GD... turns out it was VG+. The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 It was a sin when I sold my original Silence of the Lambs 2nd draft -script for only $20.. It sold immediately after posting.. You know when a buyer messages right away and then buys right after you done messed up. Trying to buy it back from the guy I sold it to hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 ^Ouch I know zero about screenplays and the like but even I would have put several hundred buck on it at least....was it a typo? Can ya blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said: ^Ouch I know zero about screenplays and the like but even I would have put several hundred buck on it at least....was it a typo? Can ya blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol? around $200... basically it's like selling a New Mutants 98 for $20 ... I could have gotten so much more but not GSX1 or Hulk 181 money lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
