September 2004 eBay Comics Barometer
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 October 22, 2004 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Comics section of eBay:
Top 10 Hot Categories
1. Fantastic Four (Silver Age) 2. X-Men (Silver Age) 3. Avengers (Silver Age) 4. Spiderman (Silver Age) 5. X-Men (Bronze Age) 6. Tomb of Dracula (Bronze Age) 7. Fathom (Modern Age) 8. Lady Death (Modern Age) 9. Batman (Bronze Age) 10. Incredible Hulk (Silver Age) The "hot categories" are the categories which had the highest conversion rates, meaning the categories which had the most successful listings (completed auctions) from the total number of listings.
Top 10 Buyer Searches
1. cgc 2. x-men 3. spider-man 4. fantastic four 5. batman 6. statue 7. wolverine 8. superman 9. conan 10. lot
Top 10 Individual Items Sold (based on price)
Listing Title -- Price
- Fantastic Four #5 Cgc 9.0 First Dr Doom -- $8,000 - Action Comics #2 CGC 3.5 Lost Valley Pedigree 2nd Appearance Of Superman -- $6,906 - Amazing Spider-Man #1 1963 CGC 7.0 Un-Restored Original -- $5,985 - FANTASTIC FOUR #10 Original Art- Pg.4 By Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers -- $5,900 - Journey Into Mystery #83 CGC VF 8.0 First Appearance Of Thor -- $5,475 - Incredible Hulk #181 Cgc 9.6 1st Wolverine Appearance, White Pages -- $5,300 - X-Men #1 CGC 8.0 (1963) - Off White To White Pages, First Appearance X-Men -- $5,250 - X-Men #101 1st Appearance Of Phoenix CGC BEST NM/MT 9.8 -- $5,250 - Batman #1 - Cgc 6.0 Restored -- $5,200 - Fantastic Four #1 & #5, X-Men #1 Amazing Fantasy #15, Key Marvel Issues In Low Grade -- $4,900
 
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