My CGC'd stuff on eBay: Any guesses?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:21:22 pm

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1Q ... propertyZ1

Bunch of CGC'd stuff, mainly variants of X-men, Woverine, Spider-Man, etc., but also 9.8 X-O #0 gold, 9.8 Ninjak #1 gold and X-O 1/2 gold 9.6.

to whoring myself

BTW, Free shipping and insurance for winning board members INCONUS.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:14:34 am

Look at this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2284580091

Ungraded . . . damn.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:30:53 am

Looks shilled to me. Two bidders over $1000, 15 under $400.

And the copy looks less than perfect.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:27:21 am

Good point, it does look like a possible shilled auction. Of course, as long as eBay makes more jack off it, why do they give a crap? They don't, of course, and as someone who buys far more than sells, I wish they'd do something about the obvious shilling.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:41:35 pm

And here I though this book would go for only $150.

Apparently I don't even know what to price it at if the book unslabbed made the $400 mark. Looks like X-O HoboJoe has just gotten an early Christmas present in the form of cash.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:03:09 pm

I placed a token bid on all of your books except one, probably won't win a single one but if one them slips through the cracks, baby!

Good luck, that Wolverine #145 Nabisco will be interesting to watch!

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:30:39 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Look at this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2284580091

Ungraded . . . damn.

flannery

Wonder If he is related I ought to call him up and ask and then see if he can spare some of that wolverine 145 money :littlesmile:

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:19:00 pm

$400 is stupid, stupid money for a 5 year old book, period, end of story.

$1000 is just stratospherically stupid.

Remember when people thought paying FIFTY dollars for a recent book was crazy?

Lord....something needs to reign these fools in...GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FREE MARKET!!!

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:29:06 pm

Thanks Bro. J

Zeph, you're right about the "storm surge" created by (in my opinion) the RRP phenom (Batman 608 being the mac-daddy) and it does remind me of how people were paying several hundred dollars for Harby pink, Superman 75 platinum and Spider-Man 1 Platinum. Not that I discourage any HUGE bids on these auctions

but I remember well the early 90's. Course that means whoever gets the Nabisco 9.8 Wolverine will turn around, put a BIN twice what they paid and get it.

When these auctions are over, I'll post the details of the propositions I've gotten

to pull these books and sell off the Bay.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:03:28 pm

ckb wrote:Looks shilled to me. Two bidders over $1000, 15 under $400.

And the copy looks less than perfect.

I wouldn't say that the other 1000.00 bidder was a shill. He has bid on 3 of those books in the past few months and won this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2286329068

Fortran · Post by **Fortran** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:28:54 am

x-omatic wrote:
ckb wrote:Looks shilled to me. Two bidders over $1000, 15 under $400.

And the copy looks less than perfect.
I wouldn't say that the other 1000.00 bidder was a shill. He has bid on 3 of those books in the past few months and won this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2286329068

That 9.6 looks MUCH nicer than the raw copy that has an obvious spine crease, 4 worn corners, and a crease on the bottom back page. Wonder how it got in that condition if it came "from an original factory case"?

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:42:27 am

He hit the BIN at $1K on that one. These look like faked auctions to give a false sense of demand/price for the book. I can guarantee it. This is not a $1K book, just someone trying to manipulate the public.

x-omatic wrote:
ckb wrote:Looks shilled to me. Two bidders over $1000, 15 under $400.

And the copy looks less than perfect.
I wouldn't say that the other 1000.00 bidder was a shill. He has bid on 3 of those books in the past few months and won this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2286329068

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:04:28 am

Obviously, I'm interested to see what this'll pull; I believe it will go for at least $500, (but I could easily be wrong).

If there is a group shilling these, this auction should draw out the truth, one way or another.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:07:49 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Obviously, I'm interested to see what this'll pull; I believe it will go for at least $500, (but I could easily be wrong).

If there is a group shilling these, this auction should draw out the truth, one way or another.

Well its already surpased my guess with a few more days to go. $400-500 sounds like good lewt in the bank to me.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:19:50 pm

Ok, I've got brother J so far, if you're a board member and won one (or more) of my auctions and I can't tell by your eBay ID, email me so I know not to charge you for shipping costs.

Again, for those who bid, thank you, for those who won, Enjoy your comics, I've got more up if you're interested.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:26:23 pm

over a grand for that Wolverine #145 Nabisco, congratulations, X-O HoboJoe! I also congratulate myself on the nice price I paid for the X-O #0 Gold 9.8. ($46 shipped)Thanks for making some great books available to bid on!

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:41:13 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Ok, I've got brother J so far, if you're a board member and won one (or more) of my auctions and I can't tell by your eBay ID, email me so I know not to charge you for shipping costs.

Again, for those who bid, thank you, for those who won, Enjoy your comics, I've got more up if you're interested.

HoboJoe, are you happy with the final prices you got? Because, wow, those are some goods deals to the winners for the CGC9.8 Valiant Golds. If I thought they were going to go for that low I would have put in some 'winning' bids myself.

But the basement bargains are not exclusive to your auctions, I missed out another CGC 9.8 Ninjak #1 gold go for about $36 and Chaos Gold 9.8 go for under $50.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:17:04 pm

lobo wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
But the basement bargains are not exclusive to your auctions, I missed out another CGC 9.8 Ninjak #1 gold go for about $36 and Chaos Gold 9.8 go for under $50.

Yeah, I can't believe I got them at those prices!!

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:30:07 pm

400yrs wrote:
lobo wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
But the basement bargains are not exclusive to your auctions, I missed out another CGC 9.8 Ninjak #1 gold go for about $36 and Chaos Gold 9.8 go for under $50.
Yeah, I can't believe I got them at those prices!!

Do you think this trend will last? I'm really not going after Valiant 9.8s per say but those are some deals. I'd be hardpressed to ignore those.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:58:13 pm

I've had those particular issues for a while, having only recently sent them off to CGC. If they're going to other collectors then I'm satisfied, my other auctions went pretty well, so I've really no room to complain about anyone getting a bargain. I figure most of the gold and platinum copies of any type were printed and cared for better than the average pre-Unity Valiant, so seeing high grades for them is perhaps not as rare as a 9.8 Solar or Harbinger #1.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:33:00 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:I've had those particular issues for a while, having only recently sent them off to CGC. If they're going to other collectors then I'm satisfied, my other auctions went pretty well, so I've really no room to complain about anyone getting a bargain. I figure most of the gold and platinum copies of any type were printed and cared for better than the average pre-Unity Valiant, so seeing high grades for them is perhaps not as rare as a 9.8 Solar or Harbinger #1.

I agree that the variants were probably taken better care of and therefore are probably more common in high grades. Then again, I also know that many of those books are either in personal collections or getting slammed and dinged around in quarter bins.

I rarely buy any books CGC'd because I don't always think they grade objectively. However, with these 9.8 variants going so low, it is tough to pass them up. For just a few bucks more, you get the CGC certification. I am going to have to watch the trends and adjust my bidding habits accordingly. No reason to over-pay when there are obviously deals out there.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:41:29 pm

just wanted to mention that I got the X-O #0 Gold from X-O HoboJoe in a rapid fashion and well packaged and in great shape. He also included some great copies of art he had done of Solar and Magnus vs. Ultron. Thanks, Stu! Hope to buy some more items from you in the future.

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:43:51 pm

What's the story about this Nabisco edition?