Comic Card Market?

riftt · Post by **riftt** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:48 pm

Can someone give me an overview? Is there anything worth anything any more? I stopped buying cards when those marvel masterworks(?) came out that were in little boxes of like 8 cards each for 5 bucks. Are there any series' worth anything? What about wizard cards/gold cards? I have a messload of those

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:55 pm

It's all dead!

Actually I think Dino and X-O are mini masters of the card market. I know I've heard some buzz over certain comic cards but I don't recall since I'm neither a art nor card guy.

Although the flair masterpiece cards were pretty cool. To bad they were so damn expensive.

johnpaulbill · Post by **johnpaulbill** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:26 pm

I think the only market for those cards is the few of us, me included, who are trying to fill in holes in our older sets. I have boxes of those cards and am trying to fill in the missing cards, that are sadly, mostly the insert cards. Those cards still are quite expensive on ebay. There is a magazine: "Non-Sport Update" that is the price guide for non-sport cards that many businesses use to price their cards, and I personally think that the prices are too high on most inserts. I know I don't want to pay that kind of $$ for 10+ year old cards that don't mean squat to 99.9% of collectors, but that's just me.

Hmmmmm....I still have quite a few holes I'm trying to fill

justin · Post by **justin** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:34 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:
johnpaulbill wrote:Hmmmmm....I still have quite a few holes I'm trying to fill
Me too but my wife is in the shower at the moment...

LMAO, your awful!

Sketchcards are expensive on eBay!

-A

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:08 am

I bought seveal boxes or Valiant cards 2 yrs ago, hoping they would go up. The only thing that seems to be desirable in the market are the VH2 box (with Bloodshot on the cover) & the X-O Hologram card.

Boda

tanord · Post by **tanord** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:07 am

The Simpsons certified autograph cards are hot. Also, X-Men movie certified autographs especially Wolverine. I can't find one at a good price. Another that goes for high prices are WWE Wrestling certified autograph cards especially those of Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson. Kiss cards of the WWE divas are not cheap as well.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:18 am

I remember at one time the special X-O cards from both of the Valiant Era sets use to go for 50 -75 bucks.

johnpaulbill · Post by **johnpaulbill** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:24 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:
johnpaulbill wrote:Hmmmmm....I still have quite a few holes I'm trying to fill
Me too but my wife is in the shower at the moment...

You're very lucky. Mine left, and now I have no holes to fill at all

Time to find some new!!!!

Been quite a while since I was single.

Oh, well. It is all about the hunt, right?????

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:27 pm

Your mom.

Sorry, I had nothing valuable to contribute.

riftt · Post by **riftt** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:48 pm

what about the old marvel chase cards that used to go for so much like the spiderman vs venom holo thingie from marvel 3 or 4 or the holodisc things?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:57 pm

riftt wrote:what about the old marvel chase cards that used to go for so much like the spiderman vs venom holo thingie from marvel 3 or 4 or the holodisc things?

Back when those cards came out I took my son into a LCS with me on a Saturday afternoon. He was big into sport cards and they did not have any at this shop. I bought him a pack of Marvel cards and when we got out to the car he opened them and said.. is this a good one? It was the Spiderman vs Venom Hologram card.

mattboh · Post by **mattboh** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:36 pm

I spent major dollars back in the day chasing various comic card sets. If I remember correctly, I opened 5 or 6 boxes of the second Upper Deck Valiant set trying to get all the chase cards (I never did find one of them and was convinced for a while that they screwed up...PA 14, I think).

The set that I went nuts over was the Fleer X-Men Ultra '94 set and the various chase sets. I remember paying $30+ for a few of the silver x-over cards.

The set I'm most proud of is my oversized Sandman set. I have 3-4 sets of the basic run as well as at 2 complete gold bordered chase sets. I also have another gold bordered set with each card signed by the respective artist (they weren't issued signed). I also have 6 of 7 ultra-rare silver bordered chase cards (they came 1/case). If anyone comes across one of the silver bordered Delirium cards, I'd be willing to drop a good amount of change on it.

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:58 pm

My personal favourite was the first Marvel Masterpieces series.
Not some, but all the cards looked great.
Btw, did Marvel ever de a comic reprint of those cards like they did with several other card series later on?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:07 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:
johnpaulbill wrote:Hmmmmm....I still have quite a few holes I'm trying to fill
Me too but my wife is in the shower at the moment...

That means she's naked - Even easier!! Fill 'er up!!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:09 pm

Redtrax wrote:My personal favourite was the first Marvel Masterpieces series.
Not some, but all the cards looked great.
Btw, did Marvel ever de a comic reprint of those cards like they did with several other card series later on?

Marvel Masterpieces - the first one - was awesome!! I still have an unopened box, although they'll probably never be worth anything.

Yes, they did a comic on the cards. Gotta love Jusko's work.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:49 pm

400yrs wrote:
Redtrax wrote:My personal favourite was the first Marvel Masterpieces series.
Not some, but all the cards looked great.
Btw, did Marvel ever de a comic reprint of those cards like they did with several other card series later on?
Marvel Masterpieces - the first one - was awesome!! I still have an unopened box, although they'll probably never be worth anything.

Yes, they did a comic on the cards. Gotta love Jusko's work.

The Marvel Masterpieces were some of the best cards ever done in my opinion.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:14 pm

Marvel Masterpieces were the shizzle for nizzle for sure!! But man, they were so damn expensive. I remember in 1994 I'd buy a pack of 1994 flair baseball cards and a pack of flair marvel masterpieces and then I was broke

dino · Post by **dino** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:23 pm

whetteon wrote:Marvel Masterpieces were the shizzle for nizzle for sure!! But man, they were so damn expensive. I remember in 1994 I'd buy a pack of 1994 flair baseball cards and a pack of flair marvel masterpieces and then I was broke

Thats because you're poor.

dino · Post by **dino** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:23 pm

Damn trailer trash

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:29 pm

whetteon wrote:Marvel Masterpieces were the shizzle for nizzle for sure!! But man, they were so damn expensive. I remember in 1994 I'd buy a pack of 1994 flair baseball cards and a pack of flair marvel masterpieces and then I was broke

That's what happens when you live in a double wide....

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:37 pm

Damn hillbillies.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:41 pm

dino wrote:Damn trailer trash

Yeeouch!

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:54 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
400yrs wrote:
Redtrax wrote:My personal favourite was the first Marvel Masterpieces series.
Not some, but all the cards looked great.
Btw, did Marvel ever de a comic reprint of those cards like they did with several other card series later on?
Marvel Masterpieces - the first one - was awesome!! I still have an unopened box, although they'll probably never be worth anything.

Yes, they did a comic on the cards. Gotta love Jusko's work.
The Marvel Masterpieces were some of the best cards ever done in my opinion.

Absolutely, unfortunately they went downhill with the second series.
The third Marvel Universe series with all the Mark Bagley drawings was also great

johnpaulbill · Post by **johnpaulbill** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:22 am

Here's a crazy thought. Why don't we pool what we have and try to fill in each other's missing cards? I have quite a few wants and extras that I'd be willing to trade to others. Any thoughts? jp

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:31 am

johnpaulbill wrote:Here's a crazy thought. Why don't we pool what we have and try to fill in each other's missing cards? I have quite a few wants and extras that I'd be willing to trade to others. Any thoughts? jp

I'm game for that ... I've got a list around here somewhere. And a lot of extras.