on ebay

[kath_ann]

2000AD ON EBAY,Hi is this really worth this amount.Im amazed
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=012

[colcool007]

Overpriced by about £100 even in mint condition. And this copy is definitely showing signs of its age with a lot of browning around the edges. I would go up to £150 if I was going to buy it myself, but nothing over that amount!

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

yes, I understood that the asking rate was around half of what is listed here......I suppose with the housing market in such an uncertain situation, inflated prices have to be engendered from SOMEWHERE........

[kath_ann]

Hi so whats the average this sort of comic goes for with the free toy,i thought it was because it was number 1.Does this apply to all with the free things in.2000ad seems to be the main talking point around.
i see the free toy from number 2 is also on.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=012

[Lew Stringer]

Like anything, comics are worth as much as individuals pay for them really. It's relative to what people earn. I'm sure Jonathan Ross wouldn't consider £250 a lot to pay for a comic, whereas to the man in the street with little interest in the medium even a fiver seems astronomical. It's all relative.

Lew

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

well, kath, you are probably aware that the first issue of 'BEANO' from 1937 went asking for £4 500 on E-BAY recently, [there were no takers, though it has certainly commanded this price-range before],-----when the 'BEANO' first appeared, it was by definition unknown, and only collecting kids would have held onto it......however, there was a lot of active paper recycling during WW2, adding to the lack of good copies.

Since then, any debut comic release ensures that there is always a good few comic buffs and 'geeks' [none of whom frequent this site, I'm happy to say!] religiously keep NUMBER ONE copies in particular pristine in airtight bags, ironically ensuring that the ultra-rarity of the 'BEANO' phenomenon is unlikely to be repeated.

Prices for debut 'number ones' are variable, and depend on the stature of the comic also...in the US, 'DETECTIVE COMICS' featuring the debut 'BATMAN' story command silly money in the regions of tens of thousands of dollars.

[kath_ann]

Yes i was reading about the beano, i find it awe some what they go for. IF i had the money i would buy that no:1,2, 3, then the gift that came with number 3 ..i would just need to find the gift that was missing from no:2....It would be a good thing to put away for the grand kids in years to come like 40 lol...thnanks

[kath_ann]

That wasnt bad £58 FOR NUMBR 2 WITH OUT THE GIFT .

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

I was just thinking about recycling paper during WORLD WAR II: I bet many 30s/40s kids wanted to hold onto their 'BEANO' first issues, but their mothers probably insisted: 'h'mmmm.....MAYBE if I chuck this old comic onto the recycling paper lorry, it may be enough to stop that nasty old ADOLF.....'

[felneymike]

"Pile those waste paper heaps high - and soon we'll see old Adolf die!"

The "korky" British Comics book does have a 1940 Nipper cartoon from the Daily Mail in which the characters (two babies) are collecting waste paper, but then find comics at the bottom of it and spend time reading those before they carry on. If only they had held on to some paticularly rare issues under thier mattress, they could have made quite a bit in later life, eh?

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

I [half] remember another DC THOMSON propaganda rhyme that ended: 'send old HITLER to his grave!'------priceless, sterling stuff.

[kath_ann]

Hi you were right Lew it never sold..seemed a bit high.you say you would only pay £150,thats if you wanted it. The number 2 fetched £58 what would you expect that to go for if the transfers were with it?.May be it will go back on cheaper

[felneymike]

Sometimes unsold things can come back as bargains (though that bloke selling a 60's Sexton Blake paperback still hasn't got the message. £40? it's not worth £4!). I was bidding on issue 5 of the Halfpenny Marvel from 1893 (though the seller said 95!). Got up to 15.00 and it still hadnt met the reserve, but after the auction finished the seller offered it for £8.50. Still one wonders how much it might have gone for if it had been issue 6, the first ever Sexton Blake story. Probably not as much as the heady prices of more famous (today) characters, but i'd still imagine quite a bit. Somebody did buy the first Sexton Blake Library (a Commando sized book) from 1915 for £50 after all.

[colcool007]

That's an impressive price for issue 2. When the bionic stickers are still there, then I have not seen a copy go for any less than £200.

I do agree that many Ebay sellers have an unrealistic expectation of what price they are going to get for any lot. The ones that make me smile the most is the ones that put a reserve price on 80's Victors as even the dealers are having trouble shifting complete years as one lot.

[Lew Stringer]

The ones that make me smile the most is the ones that put a reserve price on 80's Victors as even the dealers are having trouble shifting complete years as one lot.

That's the fault of the tabloid newspapers who tend to focus on comics as investments rather than on their artistic merits. Gullible people see that a first issue Beano sold for a huge amount so they wrongly estimate that any first issue is valuable.

The eBay sellers that make me laugh the most though are the ones who offer tatty comics for sale with a description "Not bad condition for its age". Age might yellow a comic but it doesn't crease or tear it or get coffee mug stains on it! It's amusing that people blame time itself for their own carelessness.

Lew