Sunday, 4 September 2022

Latest auction ends tonight (Sunday)

Today is your last chance to bid on the items I have up for auction on eBay this week. There's a Daft Dimension strip (original artwork) from Doctor Who Magazine and, something different; FOOM magazine No.10 from 1975 which features the very first appearance of the new X-Men. (Yes, it's a high starting price but someone sold one last week for nearly £1000 and mine is in really good condition.)

All bids very much appreciated. Auction ends tonight. Here's the link where you can see more photos of the items...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/graphite47/m.html?item=203554298786

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3 comments:

Manic Man said...

well, not totatlly bad results on the last two auctions. £647 for FOOM and £66 for your art.. personally, still think the art is worth more but there you go.. It's like I was saying to someone the other day.. Would you want the £1000 comic, or would you be perfectly happy with the £2.50 reprint ^_^ though the original has some extra value, I think some stuff is a bit overly valued but that's kinda how the world works.

Though of course, you'll never see that issue of FOOM with a price that high ^_^

Tony Howson said...

Would I prefer the £1,000 comic or the £2.50 reprint? That largely depends whether I'm buying or selling.

In theory any comic is only worth the recycle value of it's paper and staples.

In practice, if you have a desirable item and at least two, preferably three, committed bidders then the sky's the limit.

But how you get all those ducks in a row without sacrificing a large percentage to an auction house has eluded me for years. Something I need to get my head around before the Great Editor in the Sky tells me it's Good News, Chum!

There was a recent Cash in the Attic with a guy around my age selling his 1960's Spider-man collection because his wife wanted a new kitchen. I'm sure that excited the civilians and further distorted expectations in the back issue market.

Lew Stringer said...

Not being married I've never had a wife to tell me to sell off comics just for a new kitchen etc. It's been worth saving stuff "for a rainy day" and I'd always intended to sell the ones I no longer wanted when I was in my sixties so I'll be seeing what else I can auction. I think that issue of FOOM was probably the most valuable thing though. I've never been one to buy comics for investment.