Friday, May 26, 2017

Flipping Experiment #1: Comic and Anime statues, comics and posters - Month #13

May 265th - Superman / Fantastic Four Poster

Sold for: $19.00 Fees: $4.11

This is a poster featuring Superman and the Fantastic Four. This is a bit odd since Superman is published by DC and the FF is published by Marvel. It came from a crossover mini-series. Not really that desirable of a poster since so specific. This was our only poster that had an element of DC in it, I guess the original collector was not a fan.

May 26th - Lady Death Comic
Sold for: $25.00 Fees: $5.21

This is a limited edition Lady Death comic, that was limited to 1,000 copies. Lady Death is not an overly popular comic, but the limited nature helped. This comic had a really bad dent in the lower level corner, which normally would significantly reduce the value of a comic, but this one being so rare it didn't hurt that value that much. Anytime you can get $25 for a comic is a good day.

The Numbers:
Initial Cost: $2,000 
Number of items sold in May: 11
Number of items sold overall: 94
Gross Profit for May: $590.95
Fees to eBay: $93.48
Net Profit for May: $497.47
Net Overall Profit: $2860.75

Chris and I have recouped our initial investment, and each made a profit of $1430.37
Robin's Commission while I'm in Moncton: $267.20

May 2nd - Masamune Shirow The Poster Collection
Sold for: $179.99 Fees: $25.03

This was one of the posters we got, and it was actually a limited edition set of four posters from the anime Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow. There was none on eBay, but I knew that this was collectible so put a high price and was going to consider offers, but someone paid full price so I'm not complaining. This was a great sale

May 2nd - Marvel Hulk Poster
Sold for: $37.00 Fees: $6.66

This was one of the Marvel posters, and one of my favourite ones, featuring the Hulk and his friends. These continue to sell well, just wish I had more of them to sell.

May 8th - Three Lady Death Comics
Sold for: $15.00 Fees: $3.75

We sold these three Lady Death comics together. We had duplicates of each, and they are all from different series, but Lady Death was in all them all. $5 a comic is not a bad price. These comics will continue to sell for a while, and they will sell slowly, but it nice to keep getting money from this lot.

May 9th - Two Rising Stars Comics
Sold for: $4.99 Fees: $1.61

These two comics are the first two in a mini-series released in the 90's. Not particularly valuable, but they sold! It's money in the pocket.

May 12 - McFarlane Toys Akira on Motorcycle
Sold for: $99.99 Fees: $14.92

This was one of the nicer condition figures in the lot. I originally had the price higher, but lowered it about a month ago and it sold for full asking price. I'm glad that these figures are continuing to sell.

May 14th - DC Direct  ARTEMIS Figure
Sold for: $15.99 Fees: $4.24

This is one of the cheaper figures in the lot, and I was worried they wouldn't sell because of how cheap they are, and that there was a large amount of them on eBay, but after a year it sold. Not a huge profit, but better than throwing it away.

May 17th - Marvel Press She-Hulk Poster
Sold for: $79.00 Fees: $11.99

Another great vintage Marvel poster, this one featuring She-Hulk. I'm glad these are selling, just wish I had more of them since they are selling so well.

May 17th - Three Lots of Comics
Sold for: $65.00 Fees: $8.20

A guy purchased these three lots of comics along with another comic I had up, so I combined shipping and it was a good sale all around. This is a great price for 6 comics, over $10 each.

May 17th - Danger Girl #1 Treasury Sized Comic
Sold for: $49.99 Fees: $7.76

This is a treasury-sized copy of the first issue of Danger Girl #1. Treasury-sized comics are not common, but sometimes are printed as a collectible item. Essentially this book is just a reprinting of the first issue, but much larger. This measures 14" x 9" compared a normal comic of 10" x 6". Collectible to some people, but I've never understood the interest in them. They are a huge pain in the ass to store since they don't fit traditional boxes and it is hard to find bags that fit them. 

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