Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

[hulk181man]

Nice haul on the Hulk, glad to see it went to a fan!

Where did you find it? I love hearing these stories of great finds, there's a CGC thread of antique finds and it's amazes how many great deals are still out there.

My wife and I go to a lot of antique markets. Memorable finds at this particular market include:

TMNT # 1 (First Print) $10 - yes, that's not a typo.
Four Color 596 $10
Marvel Family # 1 (coverless) $10
Marvel Zombies # 1 (First Print) $1
Amazing Spiderman # 36 (V2 World Trade Center issue) $1

Well done! I've done well in estate auctions, I'm actually off to one this morning....a number of ASM books are pictured, I'll let you know how it pans out.

Auctions are interesting. I've found deals but I've also seen books sell for ridiculous prices (more than they would fetch on ebay). People show up with price guides but have no idea of grading....good luck with the ASM's!

[GGSAE]

Nice haul on the Hulk, glad to see it went to a fan!

Where did you find it? I love hearing these stories of great finds, there's a CGC thread of antique finds and it's amazes how many great deals are still out there.

My wife and I go to a lot of antique markets. Memorable finds at this particular market include:

TMNT # 1 (First Print) $10 - yes, that's not a typo.
Four Color 596 $10
Marvel Family # 1 (coverless) $10
Marvel Zombies # 1 (First Print) $1
Amazing Spiderman # 36 (V2 World Trade Center issue) $1

Well done! I've done well in estate auctions, I'm actually off to one this morning....a number of ASM books are pictured, I'll let you know how it pans out.

Auctions are interesting. I've found deals but I've also seen books sell for ridiculous prices (more than they would fetch on ebay). People show up with price guides but have no idea of grading....good luck with the ASM's!

Alright, so back from the auction, I mentioned there was a complete run of ASM (pics scattered) from 288 to about 325 with a few random issues here and there. There was also a bunch of Web of Spidermans and Spectacular Spidermans. I've been to this auction before, and I've had to wait until the end before they got to the comics, but I did partake in some other stuff. I think a guy running an antique store would have done well because there was a ton of neat stuff. Lots of Coca Cola, tons of toys, barbies, cast iron stuff, etc. etc. I ended up grabbing this box of Pez (all of which are unopened), for $25 for the hell of it...no idea if they're worth anything, but for $25 I couldn't pass it up.

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I also grabbed a box of loose star wars action figures, I didn't pay too much for these either so I might have to defer to the toy guys if these are worth anything. Even if they're not, I'll probably just give them to my nephew...

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So after about 4 hours of brutal stuffy auctions, they finally bring the comics over. He was doing buyer's choice, so you take your pic and they kept 298-300 aside. None of these comics were bagged/boarded but they were still in pretty good shape. He started off the auction of all Spideys at $20, then it dropped down to $5 and there were no bids. I don't know what the auctioneer was expecting but I mean, really $20 a piece? The room was silent at $5, I yell out: $3 buyer's choice, and it ended there. I was able to grab all the ASM's for $3, so I picked every issue you see (I made a point of grabbing the McFarlane's, the wedding issue, and the web of spiderman #1) for that.

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So when I was going through them to decide which ones I wanted, the only person that came up to me although there was another guy interested in the comics, was an older lady. She's like, which ones are the most rare? This is a classic example of what you said earlier Hulk, and I've seen it a few times with people that don't know what they're doing, over-paying for issues they think are more valuable. One of the auctioneers was looking at me when she asked, and I'm like...none of them are more rare (that's probably not true, but didn't want to get in a debate with her) than others, I show her my stack and said: "these ones were done by an important artist". She still grabbed a bunch of random Web of Spidermans for $3 each, which I'm sure I'll see on Kijiji for months unsold...

Anyways, it turns out the auctioneer decided not to sell 298-300. I was bummed I couldn't bid on it after being there all that time because I was prepared to pay a decent price for it, but giving how a lot of auctions were going that day he decided not to risk it going for nothing. I left my contact info with them and said I would give $100 for 300 (which I thought was more than fair given the condition of it), and less for the others, as well as $10 for all the random issues that were left behind.

[400yrs]

$100 for #300 sounds like overpaying. Unless it's slabbable.

I'm not a toy guy, but those Star Wars toys look like original run toys (particularly some of the ones in bags). I'd think you probably did well on those.

[GGSAE]

$100 for #300 sounds like overpaying. Unless it's slabbable.

I'm not a toy guy, but those Star Wars toys look like original run toys (particularly some of the ones in bags). I'd think you probably did well on those.

I've checked the sales of this book, I don't think you can get it for under $100 anymore...I don't know *SQUEE* about the star wars toys, they're from the 90s I think, so I don't know how much I can get...I only paid $50 for the lot, so I was probably gonna list them around 100-125...

[400yrs]

$100 for #300 sounds like overpaying. Unless it's slabbable.

I'm not a toy guy, but those Star Wars toys look like original run toys (particularly some of the ones in bags). I'd think you probably did well on those.

I've checked the sales of this book, I don't think you can get it for under $100 anymore...I don't know *SQUEE* about the star wars toys, they're from the 90s I think, so I don't know how much I can get...I only paid $50 for the lot, so I was probably gonna list them around 100-125...

You sure those are all from the 90s? Some of them look like the older figures from the 70s and 80s. You should be able to find dates on the toys, I think. Maybe the feet or somewhere.

[Elveen]

ASM 300 is more than a $100 book.

[GGSAE]

ASM 300 is more than a $100 book.

Right, and I think my 'leave it' price was more than fair considering it wasn't bagged and boarded and will continue to take damage the longer it's in their hands. I understand auctioneers are their to maximize return, but sometimes I wonder if they have any clue on value on some items. There were a number of rare collectibles that went unbid, and also some antique furniture that went for a song-and-dance, so to pull the asm 298-300 made even less sense.

[GGSAE]

$100 for #300 sounds like overpaying. Unless it's slabbable.

I'm not a toy guy, but those Star Wars toys look like original run toys (particularly some of the ones in bags). I'd think you probably did well on those.

I've checked the sales of this book, I don't think you can get it for under $100 anymore...I don't know *SQUEE* about the star wars toys, they're from the 90s I think, so I don't know how much I can get...I only paid $50 for the lot, so I was probably gonna list them around 100-125...

You sure those are all from the 90s? Some of them look like the older figures from the 70s and 80s. You should be able to find dates on the toys, I think. Maybe the feet or somewhere.

I'm not sure, like I said I know nothing about toys. Thanks for the tip though on the stamp.

[400yrs]

Midgrade 300s are $75 dollar books. The high grade raws top out around $175.

[BloodShot]

Midgrade 300s are $75 dollar books. The high grade raws top out around $175.

Mmmm, I don't think so, man. At least not from what I've seen over the last several months. The average lower-grade raw copy generally runs in the $90-range; so-called NM- to NM books average about $140; and anything even slightly tighter than NM can get pretty friggin' pricey, like this'n that ended just last night for almost $270:

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Granted, that was described as a 9.6 to 9.8 copy, so if it truly is, that pricing's pretty much justified, given what it can pull slabbed.

I personally sold three raw copies for an average of about $135 each...and that was four years ago.

If I could get a legitimate high-grade (NM+) to premium (NM/MT) raw copy for $175, I'd snag it in a minute.

[nycjadie]

Not Valiant, but I did get the Dynamite Magnus #1 1:100 and 1:200 for $10 each. They are signed by Fred Van Lente and come with a COA. I came upon them by chance on eBay and picked up a few more incentive books for close to cover.

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[Zero]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valiant-Et ... true&rt=nc

2 copies of Eternal Warrior 27 VVSS for $100.00 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176555915?ss ... 1439.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176573093?ss ... 1439.l2649

60 newsstand books for under .80 cents shipped.

[mkb28]

Not Valiant, but I did get the Dynamite Magnus #1 1:100 and 1:200 for $10 each. They are signed by Fred Van Lente and come with a COA. I came upon them by chance on eBay and picked up a few more incentive books for close to cover.

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Nice grab, Steve!

Michael
mkb28

[GGSAE]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valiant-Et ... true&rt=nc

2 copies of Eternal Warrior 27 VVSS for $100.00 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176555915?ss ... 1439.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176573093?ss ... 1439.l2649

60 newsstand books for under .80 cents shipped.

Nice grabs. Where does the listing say two copies, did the shipper send an extra by mistake? And what's the deal with all those newsstands, crazy one person would have that many of individual issues.

[mkb28]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valiant-Et ... true&rt=nc

2 copies of Eternal Warrior 27 VVSS for $100.00 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176555915?ss ... 1439.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176573093?ss ... 1439.l2649

60 newsstand books for under .80 cents shipped.

Way to go, Zero! EW 27 VVSS is one HTF book!

Michael
mkb28

[nycjadie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valiant-Et ... true&rt=nc

2 copies of Eternal Warrior 27 VVSS for $100.00 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176555915?ss ... 1439.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176573093?ss ... 1439.l2649

60 newsstand books for under .80 cents shipped.

WHAT! I have VVSS I'm chasing - Shadowman and Eternal Warrior. Those are amazing books.

Nice on the newsstand books as well. I'm glad a board member snapped them up.

[Daniel Jackson]

Wow, two EW V.V.S.S. for $100. Nice snag.

[hulk181man]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valiant-Et ... true&rt=nc

2 copies of Eternal Warrior 27 VVSS for $100.00 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176555915?ss ... 1439.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291176573093?ss ... 1439.l2649

60 newsstand books for under .80 cents shipped.

[IMJ]

I had a bit of a comics fix weekend last week and through various sources picked up a few awesome books for my 1st appearance and Bring on the Bad Guys collections....
One store had an insane 75% off sale. It was like walking into a store set up like a convention guy dumping his inventory. I also picked up a few 60's era issues of the 100 page format Superman's and World's Finest issues.

1st High Evolutionary
1st Ego the Living Planet (this reveal is truly epic - the last panel artwork revealing Ego is Silver Age awesomeness, morbid and just a bizarre old-school photo-manip with B&W art. I highly recommend this one to cosmic fans).
1st Beta Ray Bill
1st Malekith


1st Mongul
1st Mr. Sinister

[nycjadie]

Nice haul! I actually sold a 1st Mr Sinister today!

[nycjadie]

My addition today.

[GGSAE]

My addition today.

Where did you get those? I'm not a fan of non-comic related items, but those covers are awesome!

[IMJ]

Nice haul! I actually sold a 1st Mr Sinister today!

Thanks man! I'm wondering how long it will be before that book becomes the next "1st of Apocalypse" - especially if Fox does a successful X-Universe. I don't know though - there's only been two X-Men flicks I thought were legitimately good and they haven't done very well with the rest of the Marvel props soooooo.......

[GGSAE]

Nice haul! I actually sold a 1st Mr Sinister today!

Thanks man! I'm wondering how long it will be before that book becomes the next "1st of Apocalypse" - especially if Fox does a successful X-Universe. I don't know though - there's only been two X-Men flicks I thought were legitimately good and they haven't done very well with the rest of the Marvel props soooooo.......

I've got a few of these, and I always loved Sinister as a villain (he was great in the cartoon series).

[nycjadie]

My addition today.

Where did you get those? I'm not a fan of non-comic related items, but those covers are awesome!

I wrote Oren's I actually wrote them a few times, but they responded on the last one. They said they sent me the last ones they had. Super nice of them. They used a bubble mailer. I expected a couple in a regular envelope. Props for Oren's. I'll visit next time I'm in NYC.