For sale x-men 2 silver age key14686
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| I am offering this copy of x-men 2 for sale. The book is raw and has never been pressed or slabbed. I have owned this book since mid 1986 It has been stored in a safe deposit box in proper mylar and boards the past 35 years. the grading tab you see for the book was done by Robert Rotor of Pacific comic exchange during the early nineties. Robert went on to bring the pedigree Pacific collection to market . He graded the book a VF 8.0 I felt the grade was too generous and I view the book as being a 7.0-7.5 range . Clearly the comic would benefit from a press and clean. My asking price is 3,000 in US dollars. The previous sale for a 7.0 grade, was 2,640 preceded by a sale for 3120, Average of the two is 2,880 , which is roughly the discount price for forum members. Pricing is based on a 7.0 grade as is without press or clean Terms are paypal, or money order, etc. Prefer US sales for this book. Shipping is free within the United states upon purchase. Returns within the first 7 days for this book once received provided that there is fair cause. Buyer's remorse is not fair cause, but if there is a legitimate problem, as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sold , a return is allowed. Any member of the forum with a forum account for more than six months will qualify for both the free shipping within the US and a 5 percent discount from the asking price. (150 dollars off, for a total of 2850) Negotiations by pm are fine, but the first solid Sold, or Claim in the thread itself takes precedence Have made some overtures in the past to trade the book, but no takers so I am looking for a cash sale at this time.                    |
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| I see what was done here, this is a posting for only the averages, which does not show the higher individual sales for the last thirty days since Disney made their marvel mutants movie announcement. | ||
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And here are the actual sales as reported from GPA Notice the previous two sales as I had stated above. The book does show a niney day window at 2352, but also shows a much higher window using the previous two sales examples. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town Except for the fact that that is GPA and NOT GoCollect. |
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| Yes I found what you had done, taking the averages instead of individual sales, knowing that Marvel only recently announced the new movie project. Naturally since then the book has climbed. It is indeed GPA, and the average for ninety days is 2352, BUT the previous two sales which i used, gave the average as I stated it. | ||
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| no one is saying you did anything incorrect. I merely put in a screenshot of 7.0 and 7.5 graded x-men 2 books. | ||
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| You merely put in the AVERAGES rather than the seperate sales knowing the movie announcement was recent and had not affected the ninety day you posted, no worries. I dont mind, if someone wants it they will buy it and if not no worries....had it for 35 years, another few wont hurt. It definitely wont be any cheaper as the news from disney goes forward. |
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| it clearly states its averages...that's my default setting. that's how I view my data. | ||
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| The guy who called it an 8.0...I hope you put a branding iron to his forehead so that we can all recognize him when we see him. | ||
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| The man who graded it an 8.0 doesnt need a branding iron. That is Robert Rotor of Pacific comics who went on later to bring the pacific comic collection to market. He is a fairly well known name to the big hitters in the hobby. At one time he used to offer grading and also had a consignment service (early nineties prior to his finding the Pacific collection ?) You also open up another whole valid discussion there, with a debate ive seen from time to time about the relaxed "west coast" grading style vs the east coast, etc. I still wonder if there are regional variances in grading styles. Back before the internet was so prevalent it was much more obvious, bit nowdays who knows I havent looked in a year or two but he generally serves as a contributor for the Overstreet price guide , I believe in market trends . You wouldnt have to look far for him , he is rather well known I do agree that he was generous with the grade, myself, as I said. I personally feel the book might be a 7.0 or potentially 7.5 and would benefit from a press. I chose to offer as is and let the future owner do that himself since the book is still original at this point |
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| @Darkseid_of_town - Beautiful book, good luck with the sale! | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravoThanks Ed, hope you are doing well. I decided to just offer to sell it . Tried a few trades with it, but not much interest and I doubt it will sell here either. MCS will likely be able to move it at far over the ask price currently! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town I had not heard of that but I would say that there was truth to that before the internet and professional 3PG services. Books on the West Coast traveled farther and were probably handled by more parties by time they got to us buyers. It's kind of like fresh fish off the pier and fresh fish at the supermarket. I think our lower expectations probably followed through to all grade levels. I could see where a West Coast Dealer in the 80's would have at 8.0 what we now consider 7.0ish. In fact I remember it, now that you mention it. |
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| Funny how time and things change and seem so different than they were. it used to be they said buy east, sell west | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town Which would explain the influence of San Diego Comic Con, among other things. But I think the West Coast buyers also went with the Overstreet model of 9.4 as the highest value. Which as a kid I just figured was a recognition that they were purchased new with shipping dings and read once. |
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| Prices are changing so incredibly fast upwards I would hate to price a nice key book now. It will be different in 2 weeks maybe. Love that book, own a rag gift 2.5, one of my very first books. |
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| @Darkseid_of_town Gorgeous book! If I weren't overextended now with book purchases and grading fees, I might take it. Still tempted to. | ||
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| Bumping my book back up there just cause, thanks | ||
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| Final option before cross listing to MCS...willing to accept one third trade, 2/3 cash on my ask price. | ||
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| one more bump before sending it off to MCS | ||
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| That's a very nice book and I hope you are able to sell it for a tidy sum with as few fees as possible. I would consider it had I not bought some big SA X-Men books recently. Best of luck with the sale, and shipping if you have to send to MCS. | ||
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| Sweet book. And so very, very tempting. Good luck with the sale no matter where you sell it. | ||
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| GLWTS. | ||
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| Most recent GPA listing, May 19 for an x men 2 in 7.0 sold for......4,975 almost 2k over my asking price | ||
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| Decided to bump this a final time...before sending to MCS. Opening asking price there will be 4.5 k. Most recent sale in 7.0 GPA was 4975 and in 7.5 4800. My ask is 3 k here, with a five percent members discount or 2850 to an established board member, thanks |
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| MCS will list that at a 5.5. Don't do it. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad Funny, but quite likely true or close to true in my experience. Getting the 3rd party verification from MCS that it's clean of restoration will make it a lot easier for someone to pull the trigger on though. |
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| Yeah, precisely why I had left it over here and was allowing for a lower price than the current market. If I move it to MCS I will likely slab and press it to maximize my return and go for high end market price. I doubt it has had anything restored or altered having owned the book for almost forty years. That being said, anything is possible, albeit it unlikely. Before I purchased the book, the price was low enough it would not have been as likely a target although I do agree that there are alot of silver books it looks like someone went marker happy with despite the price or book. |
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| @Darkseid_of_town It's quite a quandary. By sending to CBCS or CGC first you definitely maximize your selling price and have more flexibility in where you sell the book. However that's going to take extra time. If you send straight to MCS you can have it up for sale in 2 weeks with a clean bill of health but they are going to put a grade on it that might limit the price and also it's going to be offered to a limited audience. I'm thinking if it were mine I would probably bite the bullet and front the money to have it quick-graded by CBCS (or CGC) and then offer it on Ebay and the forums simultaneously before sending to MCS. It's more valuable than any book I've ever sold. With a book of this value I think it's worth it to buy yourself some options. | ||
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