Reserved prices are like CGC purple labelsā¦they have a stigma that comes with themā¦I donāt care for them.
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Iām with @D-Rog on this. I hate seeing an auction has some kind of reserve. I aināt gonna bid if I have to worry about that. Just list it for the least youāll take and let the people bid!
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I never said anyone has to like it, I"m just trying to bring forth actual ādemandā that creates value. If thereās a product out there that no one is seeking or wants until someone tells them they want it, then wellā¦ you knowā¦ Thatās all Iām saying. Just putting your own price tag on it doesnāt necessarily mean thatās how much itās worth. I could have a one of a kind rock, itās worthless until everyone wants it but if Iām just listing it at an outrageous price and that single crazy person is willing to spend that much on it, is it really worth that much when itās only one person that paid for it? To me, itās not, true auctions set real time value unless itās a couple of schmucks driving up the price cause they simply hate losingā¦
Flea market find, the Le Journal Des Super-Heros has some interesting covers. Spider-Manās face mask is super form fitting and Kravens outfit seems a little off.
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Kinda struckout today at yard sale in which I was privately told via FM messenger thereād be comics.
Got 5 Superman MOS #18 and an Action Comics 1 1st day stamp issuance for $10; but driving 20 miles roundtrip (gas money & my time) was a big Meh.
As i do every weekend in spring,summer, fall i FB message every Yard Sale in a 15+ mile radius that specifically DOES NOT state they have comics in their listing and i privately ask if they do have comics. 49 of 50 i get no response or no comics. But this was one of those 1 in 50 rimes, and sadly he only had these dopey 90s death superman junk. I can throw a rock from my house and hit that 90s superman junk without even trying hard
Oh well
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I am sorry that it wasnāt that great. The search continues!
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9.8s of Superman 75 are $100+ books.
But yeah, not the retirement plan people thought it was going to beā¦
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I got some stuff todayā¦ itās still in the car. Iām posting this so Iām forced to take pics and share, Iāve been pretty bad at sharing pics lately. 
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15 days laterā¦
Listed 25 (of potential 39 flips). Sold 10 comics so far and doubled my investment.
Of the 10, 4 were robins workout variants. 4 were Nightwing #87s (Campbell variant), Red Hood 23 and 25.
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OK. I just bought what I think is my all-time favorite Marketplace buy. While Iām mostly a DC/Indy guy, I do collect Miles Morales books when I find them for a buck. Obviously, hard to find the early series that way. And, in the photo of this lot of about 350 books, it looks like some early Miles series were in there.
Well, I got it, and damn. Paid $125 for the entire lot, and everything is bagged and boarded and in pristine condition. So much cool stuff, and one big damn surprise.
About 50 Green Lantern books. Not my thing, but I have a guy who wants them already.
Lots of mid 2010s #1s and almost every series or event is complete.
This is why I bought it, and itās WAY better than I thought. A complete, NM first Miles Morales series. So damn cool.
A couple newer books thrown in, but mostly mid 2010s.
The guy loved Carnage. Has complete runs of a ton of series.
By the way, this particular Carnage series has FANTASTIC covers
Iāve always fantasized about buying a cheap lot and getting this ONE particular book. Literally, itās been years thinking that Iāll find one eventually.
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But, I finally got one! And, for about 35 cents. With a press, it could be a 9.4 or 9.6.
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Congrats Joe! Thanks for sharing.
Wow congrats on this find!
Now that is a haul and a half. Big congratulations.
Nice grab.
A winning purchase!
I donāt understand how so many of you here complain about slow sales. Seems to me yāall not listing stuff. With hauls like that at such cheap buy ins you should be racking up the profits. Even the NM set of Miles would bring in good money.
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September was my biggest sales month ever. 2025 has been consistently really strong for sales for me.
A few more from this lot. Thereās just so much. The struggle here is going to be finding stuff to part with, as I want to keep a lot for the PC.
Love this First Host cover
Full Tom King Mister Miracle run. Fantastic read for those that havenāt read it.
Almost everything is newer (within the last 10-15 years) but a few outside of that.
Several blanks, a few trades, a bunch of Scottie Young books, tons of spidey series.
Iāve stopped looking at Marketplace as much, because people are now watching it. The good stuff vanishes in minutes. But, this one had been up a couple days with zero bites. The photos didnāt show much, but I saw enough that made me optimistic.
My gut feeling is that modern book lots on marketplace gets ignored a lot because most people arenāt too familiar with modern books. We do because weāre on top of this stuff but the dealers who are looking for collections to flip only know the bronze and silver age stuff. They snub their noses on āmodern junkā
This happened to me recently at a con. I was digging through $1 and $2 bins and I overheard some patrons talk about how they never dig through dollar bins. They only buy wall books for investments. Now this would make sense to me if wall books were fairly priced at the cons I go to. Theyāre always market price or significantly higher. I just mind my business while pulling out Mora Nightwings etcā¦
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