Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

myron · Post by **myron** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:47 pm

dude...wanna get rid of a magnus vs pred tpb...

...great catch!

skiw · Post by **skiw** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:28 pm

Myron,

I am considering it. PM me and we can take it from there.

Cheers,
Skiw

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:04 pm

Uncle Scrooge #179 FN $1

How can someone be a comic dealer and be so ignorant of what certain books are worth? I can see people letting Valiants slip away since they aren't listed for much in Overstreet, but Uncle Scrooge #179 BOOKS for $114 in FINE. You should definitely do well with US #179 on eBay if you're going to flip it, I sold a VG copy and got about $170 for it a few months ago.

myron · Post by **myron** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:25 pm

I'm really starting to believe that alot of lcs owners don't know S**t. They push marvel and dc and anything outside that realm to them doesn't matter...fools...

skiw · Post by **skiw** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:10 pm

Brother J wrote:
Uncle Scrooge #179 FN $1
How can someone be a comic dealer and be so ignorant of what certain books are worth? I can see people letting Valiants slip away since they aren't listed for much in Overstreet, but Uncle Scrooge #179 BOOKS for $114 in FINE. You should definitely do well with US #179 on eBay if you're going to flip it, I sold a VG copy and got about $170 for it a few months ago.

Hey BrotherJ,

I have no idea why the US #179 was so low either. The store must be aware of the value as I went back today and the other low print Whitmans cost the following:

Popeye #158 FN $13.50 (15th on the rarest Whitman list according to a CBM article - the US #179 is 26th on the list)
Bugs Bunny #221 VG $3.60 (21st rarest)
Tweety & Sylvester #106 VG+ $10.80 (19th rarest)
Chip 'n' Dale #68 VG- centrefold detached $7.20 (18th rarest)
Walt Disnsy's Comics & Stories #480 VG- centrefold detached $36 (22nd rarest)

As you can see, they have some priced at guide while others (e.g. US #179) are lower. Unfortunately, it looks like someone already beat me to the books as all of the others were missing. I was thinking of passing on the WDCS #480 due to the price, but since these books usually sell for over guide I decided to take a chance. Hopefully it pays off!

Cheers,
Skiw

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:15 pm

I'm new around here so no one knows me but I just HAD to show someone this auction I won:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT

This was a good deal, wasn't it? I was afraid I might have got hosed because the grades weren't listed, but I got them today and they were all fantastic. They were all bagged and boarded, all the coupons were there and they were all well taken care of. Harby #7 might be less than NM but the rest are perfect.

Almost every pre-unity (45 total) for $90 including shipping. I'm so excited I had to tell someone, and I can't tell my wife. So there, I did.

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:19 pm

Great win, an almost complete pre unity collection, tons of keys, complete archer and armstrong and all NM you say. incredible

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:20 pm

nice buy on the pre-unity lot!

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:31 pm

I can't believe I missed this auction...

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:39 pm

I missed it as well, obviously.

It was worth a chance at like $125.

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:16 pm

Oops, two of the Magnus were missing the coupons. Oh well. You gotta love auctions titled "comic lot". Especially when they don't list the numbers or titles. A couple years ago I won an auction titled "Wolverine comic lot" with some random X-Men comics, a Wolverine Mini #2, 3 and 4, and a VF Uncanny X-Men #94 all for $40. Now I search for "Valiant comics lot" all the time. It takes a long time to look through all the ones full of Turok #1's though. Oh well, it's still fun....kinda.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:33 pm

Geez you got X-Men 94 as part of the lot and you're still complaining?

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:56 pm

you're still complaining

No, I'm saying it's awesome. When people don't realize what they're selling you can get great deals. I LOVE when people title an auction "such 'n such" comic lot. Sometimes there's hidden treasures inside.

jasont230 · Post by **jasont230** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:51 pm

Two X-O Manowar Golds $5.00 each
Bloodshot 6 VVSS $5.00
Spiderman 1 Platinum $12.00 (Store thought it was a regular edition)

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:04 pm

$12 for the regular edition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

You should have talked him down!!!

jasont230 wrote:Two X-O Manowar Golds $5.00 each
Bloodshot 6 VVSS $5.00
Spiderman 1 Platinum $12.00 (Store thought it was a regular edition)

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:08 pm

jasont230 wrote:Two X-O Manowar Golds $5.00 each

oo.. wanna double your money real quick on one of them?

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:16 pm

Remember that set of Unity Diamond tpb's on ebay last month? the one with no picture/scan and a non-responsive seller? the one that I bid on anyway and won for $129.50?

Okay, they arrived in the mail yesterday (he sent them media mail as per the listing description, but he also purchased insurance for me at no extra charge, nice of him).

You may recall that volume 1 was described as having a vertical crease running the length of the front cover. It sure does

, but it doesn't really bother me too much since it doesn't really break color on the cover. It is a major defect, however, but one I was ready for given the auction description.

Overall, I'm happy

. The volume 2 is beautiful NM and the 1 is tolerable. Considering the tiny print run of these Diamond Unity trades, I think I did fantastic with this purchase.

Who wants to see a scan of the vol.1?

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:21 pm

i'd like to see it

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:34 pm

Here's the Unity Vol 1 scan

the Vol 2 too!

Hope this works...

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:46 pm

tutu??? it's a TUNIC...you guys never give magnus a break...

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:21 pm

Nothing like a good garage sale to turn up some gems!

Magnus 1, 3, 5-7 all with coupons
Magnus 9-12
X-O 1, 2, 6, 9
Solar 3-6, 10 (1st print)
Unity 1 two gold, one platinum
X-O retribution tpb regular edition x2

All NM and better, all bagged and boarded (except the trades).

The guy had a TON of post-unity too, I didn't take nary a one though. Guy said he used to sell at a flea market about ten years ago. These books (along with an enormous amount of sports cards and autographed sports items) were his old stock, just collecting dust in the garage.

Here's a kick: old time price tags! The Magnus 12 has a sticker on the bag that says 'book value $90, my price $70', and the Solar 10 has a yellow sticker that says '1st Eternal Warrior $53.00'!

Price tag on this bonanza? 23 x .20 = $4.60!

sd2416 · Post by **sd2416** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:03 pm

where was this at again?

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:50 am

I got about 200 different Valiants, all commons, for 6 cents each. OK, so that's not a great deal, but I'm working on a second run the old-fashioned way.

Not Valiant-related but the sweetheart of the deal was 90 percent of an 8-year run on Uncanny X-Men, most of the first 10 of the new Daredevil and several McFarlane Spideys, all for 6 cents each, too. And about 100 other comics.

They'd all been in a warehouse for a while, so they hadn't been picked through. Good stuff.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:11 pm

My girl helped me pick up a copy of Harbinger #1 with coupon for $3.

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:31 am

Time to resurrect the most viewed thread at vc.com.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2268596869
$21 for a complete run of Harbinger....COMPLETE

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2268620085
$7 for a full run of A&A 1-26

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Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

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