Monday, June 13, 2016

Flipping Experiment #1: Comic and Anime statues, comics and posters - Month #2

UPDATED - June 13

June 13 - Lot of 2 CG CY Girls BBT Blue Box SKY & SHADOW 12" 1/6 Scale Figure
Sold for: $90.00 Fees: $12.02

This was two CG CY Girls, which was a line of dolls featuring an elite unit of female crime-fighters combining the elements of both a doll and an action figure. These two figures were both still in box and unopened, but both boxes had some damage.

The Numbers:
Initial Cost: $2,000
Number of items sold in June: 4
Number of items sold overall: 10
Gross Profit for June: $275.00
Fees to eBay: $36.92
Net Profit for June: $238.08
Net Overall Profit: -$991.26


Chris and I have each recouped $504.37 of our initial $1,000 investment so far.

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We did pretty well in May, and by the end of the month all statues had been listed. Now that we are in the middle of Q2 I am not expecting these to fly off the shelves, and likely won't see good sales until the fall, but still hoping to sell a few.

June 09 - The King of Fighters '98 Shermie
Sold for: $140.00 Fees: $17.63

This was the last statue I posted, and when I was doing research on it was not able to find a lot - it is one of the oldest statues dating from 2000. I did find some fanpages indicated that the pink dress version was rarer than the white dress version. Chris and I decided to put this for auction starting at $100, and we had a number of watchers and a little bit of a bidding war, but it sold for $120. The winner never paid though, so after waiting the required time, I re-listed it, but decided to list it for $150 BIN OBO and accepted an offer of $140. At the end of the day, no idea what this statue is worth, but very glad to get that price for it.

June 09 - Titans The Heroic Visions Of Boris Vallejo And Julie
Sold for: $10.00 Fees: $2.27

This is a book of art featuring the X-Men as drawn by Boris Vallejo. I was surprised that this book didn't go for more than this, but I am glad it sold. Our first book/comic sold from the lot. The same guy who bought the statue asked if I could combine shipping on this item, so he saved significantly on the cost of mailing this.

June 10 - Kaiyodo Mon-Sieur Bome Vol.19 Yamamoto Isoroku "Kichikuoh-Rance" Figure
Sold for: $35.00 Fees: $5.00

There were a number of these "Mon-Sieur Bome Collection" figures in the lot, and all are stilled sealed. The seller said a lot of people message just trying to buy these figures, and they do seem to be in demand, but there are a lot for sale on eBay and don't fetch  a huge profit. That being said, it is still a sale. It helps a lot that all of these figures were new, always much easier to sell NIB.

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