Harbinger #1 CGC 9.8s on eBay (past and current auctions)

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:27:26 am

It will be interesting to see where it levels out at now.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:34:12 am

iggy101us wrote:Harbinger #1 from desirableitems unsold with $649 min bid ended tonight at 7:01 pm PST: LINK

Harbinger #1 from platinumcomix*com with $649.95 starting price newly listed tonight at 8:10 pm PST: LINK

Wow, that really says a lot. I think board member euphoria and board members bidding against each other really propped up the Harby #1 market and once everyone had theirs, there was no one left to prop it up! I can't believe at that price that there wasn't a bidder. I thought I would never own one of these, but it looks like I might get one afterall. But I'll wait even longer now and see where it finally hits bottom.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:56:06 am

I think buyers are even more hesitant to buy knowing some of these have been shipped all over the continent.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:21:32 pm

desirableitems relisted with $599 starting bid. 1st post updated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0480832438

SnotDrip · Post by **SnotDrip** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:48:47 am

GGSAE wrote:I think buyers are even more hesitant to buy knowing some of these have been shipped all over the continent.

Your talking Swine flu right

SCS

Lets face it , some of these have been passed around more times then my ex-fiancée

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:41:13 am

SnotDrip wrote: some of these have been passed around more times then my ex-fiancée

Harsh!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:21:27 am

GGSAE wrote:I think buyers are even more hesitant to buy knowing some of these have been shipped all over the continent.

what?!?!?!

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:09:11 am

SnotDrip wrote:
GGSAE wrote:I think buyers are even more hesitant to buy knowing some of these have been shipped all over the continent.
Your talking Swine flu right

SCS

Lets face it , some of these have been passed around more times then my ex-fiancée

I would not be overly worried about SCS on these. I assume they are still getting put in the old-style inner wells. In order to get SCS from that, unless there's an overhang, you need a combination of a poorly executed hold-down and a very sharp impact.

If they are in the new style well I would be more worried.

The continuing effort of "desirable items" to lose money on these is pretty incomprehensable.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:12:59 am

iggy101us wrote:desirableitems relisted with $599 starting bid. 1st post updated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0480832438

Iggy,

I know you are doing a lot of work on this and I am very appreciative.

If you'd like to improve upon the most excellent and useful work you are doing, I think at this point it may be wise to start tracking the CGC serial numbers of the books in that first post. Might tie things together a bit more.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:28:20 am

ckb wrote:
iggy101us wrote:desirableitems relisted with $599 starting bid. 1st post updated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0480832438

Iggy,

I know you are doing a lot of work on this and I am very appreciative.

If you'd like to improve upon the most excellent and useful work you are doing, I think at this point it may be wise to start tracking the CGC serial numbers of the books in that first post. Might tie things together a bit more.

That's a great idea and thanks for the feedback.

I actually thought about doing that too but it's hard to make out the serial #s in some auctions. I will go back and add the serial #s if readable.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:03:26 am

Updated 1st post with serial #s. The only one without a serial # is the current auction from platinumcomics below. Maybe one of you would be kind enough to buy it and let me know what the serial # is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0464994237

EDIT: I ping'ed the seller to see if he can provide a scan of the label. I will update the 1st post if he replies.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:09:55 pm

Typo on this ones serial number:

Harby #1 from platinumcomix*com serial #0969254016 . . . ended at $1,001 on 6/28/2009 . . . bought by desirableitems

It shows the ones platinumcomics are selling all come from the same CGC order, sequentially numbered - 015 016 017.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:16:13 pm

ckb wrote:Typo on this ones serial number:

Harby #1 from platinumcomix*com serial #0969254016 . . . ended at $1,001 on 6/28/2009 . . . bought by desirableitems

It shows the ones platinumcomics are selling all come from the same CGC order, sequentially numbered - 015 016 017.

Fixed. Teamwork!

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:25:25 pm

These are actually almost in my price range now. I always thought I wouldn't pay over $500 and it seems like my wait might soon be over.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:51:24 pm

Crow331 wrote:Could be a nice opportunity for someone to get one under a grand

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:58:50 pm

iggy101us wrote:Updated 1st post with serial #s. The only one without a serial # is the current auction from platinumcomics below. Maybe one of you would be kind enough to buy it and let me know what the serial # is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0464994237

EDIT: I ping'ed the seller to see if he can provide a scan of the label. I will update the 1st post if he replies.

0968850018

So he's got a 15,16,17 from one invoice and an 018 from a different invoice? What are the odds?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:11:53 pm

ckb wrote:
iggy101us wrote:Updated 1st post with serial #s. The only one without a serial # is the current auction from platinumcomics below. Maybe one of you would be kind enough to buy it and let me know what the serial # is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0464994237

EDIT: I ping'ed the seller to see if he can provide a scan of the label. I will update the 1st post if he replies.
0968850018

So he's got a 15,16,17 from one invoice and an 018 from a different invoice? What are the odds?

Just updated 1st post. Yeah, a couple more submissions and he'll get a 21 - blackjack!

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:50:21 pm

I actually never thought they would drop this low.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:21:31 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:I actually never thought they would drop this low.

I figured if the relaunch failed that it might get to this point someday, but I didn't think it would happen before VEI rolled out the new material.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:37:28 am

maraxusofkeld wrote:I actually never thought they would drop this low.

This is what happens when sellers flood the market. The smart way would be timing and pacing their sales like one every few months. Instead they chose to liquidate them quick with one seller taking huge losses on every sale.

playparadise · Post by **playparadise** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:44:56 am

Bidding on this book is extremely volatile right now. People where buying at $1000.00 the supply kept coming.... People where buying at $600.00 the supply kept coming ...

I've been bidding on these books and thankfully haven't won any yet. I've been consistently lowering my bids with each new auction because I don't want to be left seeing another batch of Harby 1 9.8's hit the market and see the price drop substantially further. The thought of buying in at $600 and seeing an auction end a week or two later at $300-400 makes me cringe.

I have a feeling that a substantial cache of this book has been found and particular seller(s) know this. Think about it, if you knew you had a bunch of sought after books and there was a very good chance that more are about to hit the market won't you try to sell your stash before the others?

You’d most likely take a greater hit if someone else ends up selling at the current market support levels before you.

I definitely would sell all my wares and wouldn't blink.

Speaking to Desirable, I have a suspicion he was betting on some Harbinger news at the Comic Con. Since that didn’t materialize he’s decided to take his losses and move on.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:34:08 pm

That does make very good sense, people have known 9.8's sell very well, and why not all of a sudden there are loads and loads on ebay. You may blame the economy, but most of the sellers seemed to be stores/dealers.

SnotDrip · Post by **SnotDrip** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:55:52 pm

Sweet mama's milk Iggy...this is some really good work you are doing here. Many thanks and keep it up (the tracking I mean)

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:02:42 pm

Great work in this thread.

Escaflown4 wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:I actually never thought they would drop this low.
This is what happens when sellers flood the market. The smart way would be timing and pacing their sales like one every few months. Instead they chose to liquidate them quick with one seller taking huge losses on every sale.

Yep. Even if these go back to showing up for sale every once in a while, this current onslaught may play into a depressed price on this book for a while to come.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:50:33 pm

iggy101us wrote:desirableitems relisted with $599 starting bid. 1st post updated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0480832438

Without any bids last time with a $649 starting bid and re-listing it with a $599 starting bid (and not getting any bids so far), desirableitems has decided to INCREASE the starting bid to $699 tonight.