DBS’s “VEI Top 10” - June 2020

[DirtbagSailor]

[DirtbagSailor]

In the meantime, the TOP 10 "Classic" Valiant books for June 2020 are:

1 - Harbinger (1992) #1 (with coupon)
2 - Rai (1992) #0 (Matte)
3 - X-O Manowar (1992) #1
4 - Eternal Warrior (1992) #4
5 - Solar, Man of the Atom (1991) #10 (First Print)
6 - Bloodshot (1993) #1
7 - Rai (1992) #0 (Glossy)
8 - Solar, Man of the Atom (1991) #3
9 - Harbinger (1992) #0 (Pink Sendaway)
10 - Shadowman (1992) #1

[Juki]

Looks like Harbinger 1 is king of the hill. Movie speculation?

[DirtbagSailor]

Looks like Harbinger 1 is king of the hill. Movie speculation?

Historically, Harby #1 has been in the No. #1 spot with Rai #0 in close contention. The spots flipped in recent year as the Bloodshot movie drew closer; however, things appear to have returned to normal once again.

The big jump we see is X-O Manowar #1.

[DirtbagSailor]

Posted!

Enjoy!

[Juki]

Thanks DBS! That HW2 metal comic is a conundrum.... but LaRosa’s cover art is sick!

[magnus20009]

Thanks for doing this every month. I really look forward to when it is posted. I am sure it is a lot of work and I appreciate it.

I was wondering if you could expand on the methodology of the ranking. Is it simply the total sales dollars of a VEI book in the last 90 days that you know about. (Only graded or raw as well?). What sources are the sales data pulled from? Ebay? GPA? GoCollect? Valiantfans.com sales?

I am curious what the all time top 10 most desired VEI books would be. As we know many books have no sales over a 90 day period as they are relatively rare (and I think there are more sales that take place privately than in publicly observable places for some of the most rare books).

[nycjadie]

9 and 10 are headscratchers for me. Must be a couple high sales that got them in.

[DirtbagSailor]

I was wondering if you could expand on the methodology of the ranking. Is it simply the total sales dollars of a VEI book in the last 90 days that you know about. (Only graded or raw as well?). What sources are the sales data pulled from? Ebay? GPA? GoCollect? Valiantfans.com sales?

I use Greg's data mixed with what other sales information I may be aware of. For example, Greg's data does not currently show Bloodshot #1 Carbon Fiber sales. However, we KNOW that it has sold, so I check the last 90 days of eBay sales for that specific book, add up the total, and see where it lands.

Additionally, there are times where I might sell 4-5 books privately, and know the total amount of those sales. Imperium #16 is a good example, as I sold multiple 9.8 copies one month which were not tracked by Greg's date, but occurred never the less and found a place on the list.

Right now is an odd time for Valiant books. COVID has dealt a blow to the market as many potential collectors have changed focus to other financial matters.

Sometimes a HUGE sale or two can move the needle and put a book on the board; while other times, slow/low sales can have the same effect.

[DirtbagSailor]

I am curious what the all time top 10 most desired VEI books would be. As we know many books have no sales over a 90 day period as they are relatively rare (and I think there are more sales that take place privately than in publicly observable places for some of the most rare books).

This could be done, but I do not have the data to cover the past few years.

I did look at Greg's data LAST YEAR, and saw that Divinity #1 (LaRosa 1:40) was the KING of VEI books by a decent margin at the time.

Could likely put a list together, though I am certain that 1-2 books would be "somewhat wrong."