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December 2004 eBay Comics Barometer
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 January 20, 2005 - 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. Bronze Age Tomb of Dracula
2. Silver Age Journey Into Mystery
3. Silver Age X-Men
4. Silver Age Avengers
5. Silver Age Silver Surfer
6. Silver Age Fantastic Four
7. Silver Age Daredevil
8. Silver Age Spider-Man
9. Bronze Age Defender
10. Bronze Age X-Men
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. x-men
2. spider-man
3. amazing spider-man
4. uncanny x-men
5. cgc 9.8
6. ultimate x-men
7. superman
8. batman
9. new avengers #1
10. sgt. rock
Top 10 Individual Items Sold (based on price)
Listing Title -- Price
- Captain America Comics #1 (Fine) -- $19,000
- Superman Comics #1 ORIGINAL EDITION 1939 (Lower grade) -- $11,211
- ORIGINAL 1959 PEANUTS 4 PANEL DAILY COMIC STRIP SIGNED -- $10,100
- X-Men #1 (1963) CGC 8.5 - High Grade - Unrestored -- $7,100
- Famous Funnies Comic Wheatena Palooka, Dixie Dugan Golf -- $7,000
- Detective Comics #29 CGC 2.0 Batman and Dr. Death -- $5,800
- BOWEN BRONZE SPIDERMAN STATUE 17 of 100 -- $5,100
- Frank Miller DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Original Art #4 Pg 5 -- $4,150
- FOUR COLOR # 238 DONALD DUCK CGC 9.4 CREAM-OFF WHITE -- $3,069
- SHOWCASE #23 CGC 8.5 2ND HIGHEST GRADE 2nd appearance of Green Lantern -- $3,875
  
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