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[email protected] Posts: 2
3/31/2016
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I am puzzled at why the Guide does not seem to adjust to what is actually happening in the marketplace. For example, the Golden Record Reprint of Amazing Spider-man #1 is routinely trading hands on EBAY at hundreds of dollars over guide value. For example, there are numerous sales of CGC 7.0 Graded books trading hands on EBAY for prices in the $350 to $450 range (one sold for $910) even though the guide says the issue is only worth $57. You couldn't begin to purchase one of those issues for $57, so shouldn't the guide be revised to reflect that? Someone who doesn't know what the market is paying for these books and instead is relying on the guide to set prices would really short change themselves. Could someone shed light on why the guide is apparently so undervalued on that issue.
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genuinearticlecomics Posts: 19
4/1/2016
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I'm with you on this!
I don't know for sure but I'd guess that comicspriceguide.com and Overstreet do not regard eBay as the sole/main indicator on market value. Personally, I tend to lean more toward eBay "sold listings" as accurately capturing true market value as it is a global auction house. There is also Atomic Avenue to consider.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
4/2/2016
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Guide, any guide, will never, ever match actual market values. It is just not possible to track every sale of every book every where in the world and even if they could the guide price would STILL only be an average of those vales.
Guides are meant to put you in the ball park. Where your seat in that park is going to be is going to vary widely. As such it is incumbent on a collector to do their homework if they want to buy or sell a book for the best price.
Think about it. There are thousands upon thousands of titles and issues have been released over the decades. Just how are guides and their small crew of employees supposed to track all of these titles/issues and their transactions?
Heck I find eBay prices often not realistic either because you are often dealing with incredibly impulsive people with too much money and very little rational thought.
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