OPG #34 is wrong on Valiants...what else are they wrong on?

Shakespeare · Post by **Shakespeare** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:30 pm

OPG is obviously wrong about a lot of Valiants (considering what they sell for on e-bay)

What else (non-Valiant) is constantly selling for higher than OPG has it for?

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:42 pm

The biggest differential that I have heard about was for Albedo #2.

Overstreet #33 listed the book for $14.
Overstreet #34 now lists the book for $200...
but I think that is also low vs. actual sales.

There has always been complaining that the key issues of major
Golden Age and Silver Age titles are much too low.
Anytime a true NM copy is sold, it usually sells for at least 1 1/2 guide, etc.

Rai-fan · Post by **Rai-fan** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:34 pm

The price for ASM 129's too high. Granted, maybe a lot of the increase was pre-movie speculation, but damn. It puts my copy in the $300 range. I wish...

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Mon May 03, 2004 3:50 pm

My theory is that the price guide is already calculated sometime in October of each year. Therefore all the prices list in OPG are already half a year old.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:21 pm

I found, so far, ONE single instance of a 'key' Silver book (or any book, for that matter) to go DOWN since OPG #33....Cap #100 was $550 in last year's guide, now it's $450 ($475? I'm at work, someone confirm for me.)

That's it so far.

Albedo issues have FINALLY been brought up, after years and years. A 9.4 copy of #2 sold for $1700 about a year and a half ago. Amazing. One damn scarce book.

Any other 'prices have gone down' to note?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:24 pm

greg wrote: There has always been complaining that the key issues of major
Golden Age and Silver Age titles are much too low.
Anytime a true NM copy is sold, it usually sells for at least 1 1/2 guide, etc.

Complaining from WHO? Retailers? Certainly not anybody buying them. Based on consistent eBay sales, I'd say just about every Silver book outside of early Showcase, FF #1, and Fantasy #15 is overvalued by about 50-75%.