Variant Prizes Realized

Good price data is hard to find on Marvel Price Variants. The Overstreet Price Guide doesn't really have a clue about these books. I track most of the auction results and will post the results of auctions in an effort to help collectors value their collections. The best resource for variant sales history is the Stl Comics forum which can be found here. http://forum.stlcomics.com/viewforum.php?f=40&sid=7260ef285e8f07ea626edba1c7472aa9

Harry Miller, one of the godfathers of the variant mafia regularly tracked ebay sales results of price variants and posted them to this site. Unfortunately, the site crashed in 2009 and the back up was only successful up to 2008. Harry did not resume posting the auction results. With the usual caveats and expectations of raw ebay grading, here are the current results of properly listed marvel price variants.

Ebay results for April 2010

1. Godzilla 2 (listed as F+) $105
2. Ms. Marvel 6 (listed as VG/F) $64.50
3. Fantastic Four 169 (listed as 7.5-8) $28
4. Iron Man 88 (listed as G) $3.51
5. Warlock 13 (listed as VG/F) $7.83
6. Thor 249 (listed as F+) $42.52
7. Thor 248 (listed as VG) $17.50
8. Thor 247 (listed as VG) $13.63
9. Incredible Hulk 216 CGC 9.2 (Qualified due to a popped staple) $71.12
10. Incredible Hulk 214 CGC 7.5 $76
11. Incredible Hulk 212 CGC 6.0 $76
12. Incredible Hulk 202 CGC 9.0 $80
13. Incredible Hulk 201 CGC 9.0 $56
14. Incredible Hulk 200 CGC 8.0 $77
15. Incredible Hulk 199 CGC 8.5 $63
16. Incredible Hulk 198 CGC 5.0 $31
17. Incredible Hulk 200 (listed as VF/NM) $66
18. Incredible Hulk 201 (listed as VF/NM) $30.05
19. Marvel Presents 12 (listed as F/VF) $70
20. Godzilla 2 (listed as VG/F) $40
21. Godzilla 1 (listed as G/VG) $40
22. Marvel Two-In-One 29 (listed as F/VF) $55
23. Marvel Two-In-One 30 (listed as VF-/VF) $70
24. Kull 21 (listed as excellent) $125
25. Marvel Adventure 4 (listed as G/VG) $3.99
26. Tomb of Dracula 44 $10.49
27. Omega the Unknown 2 $3.25
28. Iron Man 87 $3.30
29. Iron Man 85 $6.52
30. Doctor Strange 14 $8.58
31. Doctor Strange 13 $8.09
32. Champions 4 $6.99
33. Black Goliath 2 $7.11
34. Red Sonja 4 CGC 9.4 W $160
35. Incredible Hulk 202 (listed as VG+) $8.09
36. Marvel Presents 5 (listed as VF) $47
37. Astonishing Tales 36 (listed as VF-) $25
38. Tomb of Dracula 44 (listed as VF-) $27
39. Black Goliath 3 (listed as VF-) $20
40. Marvel Team-Up (listed as VF) $35
41. Marvel Spotlight 29 (listed as VG with moisture damage) $6.09
42. Marvel Spotlight 29 (listed as VF) $48
43. Marvel Chillers 5 (listed as VF/NM) $60
44. Super-Villain Team-Up 7 (listed as VF+) $55
45. Skull, the Slayer 5 (listed as VF) $40
46. Kull 16 (listed as VF) $40
47. Champions 6 (listed as VF) $35
48. Son of Satan 4 (listed as VF/NM) $40
49. Black Goliath 2 (listed as VF+) $40
50. Marvel Two-In-One 16 (listed as VF+) $50
51. Howard the Duck 4 (listed as VF/NM) $35
52. Eternals 2 (listed as NM-) $45

The buyer of books 36 through 52 (with the exception of 41) is going to be disappointed in the books as, in my opinion, the seller is a serial overgrader.

It also appears that three really nice 30 cent variant books from a very reputable ebay seller who inherited a phenomenal 30 cent variant collection (but that is a story for another blog) were taken down off ebay and sold in a private transaction. The books were

1. Werewolf by Night 38 CGC 9.4 W $240
2. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos CGC 9.4 W $180
3. Tomb of Dracula 44 CGC 9.4 W $180

And finally,

Skull the Slayer 7 in CGC 9.4 W for $83. Here is how the seller described the book. "This listing is for one CGC slab, as described in the title of this listing. This is the rare 30 cent price variant cover. For some reason CGC did not mark it as a variant cover, but this is the rare variant version. This issue has a very tough black cover. It is very hard to find the regular issue in high grade, let alone the variant cover. Plus this copy has amazing WHITE pages and a perfectly centered cover." The only problem is that CGC did not mark it as a variant because Skull the Slayer 7 is NOT a variant edition.