Anyone here collect “Mark Jewelers“ Newsstands?12096
 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Today I discovered my Marvel Tales 143 (spider man) is a Mark Jewelers Newsstand. No info on CPG and Go Collect wasn’t much help. Are these worth hanging on to? | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| @HulkSmash Some collectors seek out the Mark Jewelers books and pay a premium for them. I believe they are books that went to military bases. Other boardies may have more information. | ||
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| Can someone explain to me what a Mark Jewelers Newsstand even is? Did they create a UPC code just for books that were sold at Mark Jewelers? Because that definitely makes no sense to my small brain. | ||
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Masochism They are Newsstand prints with a centerfold Ad insert for Mark Jewelers. As far as specific UPC I don’t have anything to compare it to. | ||
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| @HulkSmash thank you kindly. | ||
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Cowabunga_Kyle private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Do we know of a time span that these were produced? Like "Various titles between 19-- and 19--"? | ||
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Masochism @Masochism Ads ran 1972 - 1986 in multiple titles. That’s all I know. | ||
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| I mentally put them in the same category as newsstands, which is to say that some people care and put a premium on them. If you search for Marvel Tales on MCS, MJ is broken out into separate listings like they do for price variants. For what it's worth they aren't buying regular copies of 143 and probably wouldn't pay more than a buck or two for it (guessing from issues nearby that they would buy), but they'll buy an MJ for as much as $11 if it's NM. That means they'd probably try to sell it for ~$25 (I'm guessing). |
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I think they ran into the early 90s. LCS had a New Mutants 98 MJ copy a few months ago. | ||
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| i have a HUGE collection of amazing spider-man MJ inserts that are not for sale | ||
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @kaptainmyke you wanna buy another one? | ||
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 I showed my wife and she was so happy for me she started to cry.
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Batman66 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I try to buy as many keys with Mj insert, I think They are way undervalued. Was thinking of starting a thread for showing off your mark jewels | ||
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have three that I know of, and I could be cconvinced to sell them. | ||
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| I collect Spider-Man comics with Mark Jewelers inserts (and National Diamond Sales which pre-date Mark Jewelers). It's what you do when you finish collecting the full set without them, but you want to keep on collecting. The Mark Jewelers inserts for Amazing Spider-Man, for example, run for about 30 years -- from issue #97 thru #349. They aren't in every single issue, but are in most of them in that range. | ||
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I showed my wife and she was so happy for me she started to cry.
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| @Studley_Dudley which issues, maybe interested | ||
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If most collectors are like me they never really gave collecting MJ’s a thought because of the lack understanding how rare they are. In the last few years the seem to be garnishing more attention and value. No I have to go look back through over 1400 marvel and dc books, man I never seem to get caught up on my collection being labeled correctly  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Masochism From what I understand Mark Jewelers did big business with active duty military. I believe the books with the Mark Jeweler inserts were sold primarily on Military bases? Presumably the purchased books were not well preserved, making the nicer surviving copies somewhat rare and interesting. Never owned one myself but I think they have a cool backstory. |
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| I collect them when I come across them. | ||
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Ironwill75 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have a few info on here seems right, it was an advert aimed at oversees military personnel so was put into newsstand comics, I have occasionally seen mark jewellers inserts advertised as been in comics with no UPC code non newsstand these are fake always in newsstand copies. In terms of collecting they are obviously far less numerous than normal so you would think should attract a higher price. I would always buy one over a non copy but not massively more. |
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Batman66 they have inserts, don't remember if Mark Jewelers or National Diamond Sales, but the three I know I have off the top of my head are Sub-Mariner #59, Ghosts #59, and X-Men #103 (I think that's the one, I'll have to check but it's in the early 100's). | ||
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@Studley_Dudley Im not sure what year they stopped in the 90s, but I remember by dad being stationed in Germany in the early 90s and like a dummy ripping the inserts out of my comics once I got home. I had a friend just sell a NM98 probably a 4.0 for $150. Seems high to me. |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Mark Jeweler Inserts ran from 1972-1986 | ||
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Or beyond 1986 | ||
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| Link to all "Mark Jewelers" comics that MCS has on file. | ||
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Jesse_O private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley For example, in the MCS list I linked above, there are "Guardians of the Galaxy" (1990) comics that came with them. |
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| Seems like '91 is the cut off point. Makes sense for the NM98 and the few Jim Lee Uncanny Xmen books I've seen. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_OThis list isn’t entirely reliable. The MJI’s appeared in Marvel titles from 11/72 until as late as 7/91, with DC ending approx. five years earlier. No Giants or squarebound books would have them, but MCS lists all titles from a given month as having an insert if any inserts appeared in other books in that same month. I believe ASM #349 is the final title with an insert, but MCS shows other titles from that month as MJI’s despite no known copies. Archie’s and Gold Keys will also have them(all ending pre-86). |
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| I have over 150 Mark Jewelers comics that will be auctioned off on MCS. They are still taking pictures and I am not sure when they will be done. | ||
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| I collect them also. They ran in Gold Key for a few years in the 1970’s and ran til 1986 for DC but Marvel ran until 1992. They were sold on all military bases. | ||
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