Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:18 pm

my expensive but good deal of late
cry for dawn 1
spawn 1-15
magnus 1-6 and 12
solar 1-10
shadowman1-3
x-0 1
harby 1-7
rai 1-4
unity cgc 9.8
18 signed (not certifyed) valiant comics Bob L. , Quasada, and a few Shooters
ill post a scan when i get the signed to see if they look authentic
total 85.50
there went my budget (the magnus 12 and solar 10 are going off to cgc best copies ive ever seen) does rai 3 get dinged for being off center anyone submitted one ??
thanks all
mike

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:58 pm

I'm not sure it was a good deal, but dang if it didn't make me happy. I can't wait to get this one framed!

All right, so I went to the convention this past weekend and was disappointed becuase that clown from Neatstuff beat me to all the books I wanted. Sad, but it worked out for the better. If he headn't done that, I wouldn't have been able to afford the art shown in the picture below. I'm the fat bald guy in the picture, Herb Trimpe is standing next to me. And I'm holding my latest artwork acquisition.

It's a re-creation, but dang if it ain't sweeeeeet!
All of the lettering is stat, he said that's how it was done back in the day.

It just makes me want to dance!

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:50 pm

superman-prime wrote:my expensive but good deal of late
cry for dawn 1
spawn 1-15
magnus 1-6 and 12
solar 1-10
shadowman1-3
x-0 1
harby 1-7
rai 1-4
unity cgc 9.8
18 signed (not certifyed) VALIANT comics Bob L. , Quasada, and a few Shooters
ill post a scan when i get the signed to see if they look authentic
total 85.50
there went my budget (the magnus 12 and solar 10 are going off to cgc best copies ive ever seen) does rai 3 get dinged for being off center anyone submitted one ??
thanks all
mike

That's a nice group of books there! Good job.

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:01 pm

MagnusRF wrote:I'm not sure it was a good deal, but dang if it didn't make me happy. I can't wait to get this one framed!

All right, so I went to the convention this past weekend and was disappointed becuase that clown from Neatstuff beat me to all the books I wanted. Sad, but it worked out for the better. If he headn't done that, I wouldn't have been able to afford the art shown in the picture below. I'm the fat bald guy in the picture, Herb Trimpe is standing next to me. And I'm holding my latest artwork acquisition.

It's a re-creation, but dang if it ain't sweeeeeet!
All of the lettering is stat, he said that's how it was done back in the day.

It just makes me want to dance!

Looks like a good re-creation though! Congratz!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:01 pm

superman-prime wrote:my expensive but good deal of late
cry for dawn 1
spawn 1-15
magnus 1-6 and 12
solar 1-10
shadowman1-3
x-0 1
harby 1-7
rai 1-4
unity cgc 9.8
18 signed (not certifyed) VALIANT comics Bob L. , Quasada, and a few Shooters
ill post a scan when i get the signed to see if they look authentic
total 85.50
there went my budget (the magnus 12 and solar 10 are going off to cgc best copies ive ever seen) does rai 3 get dinged for being off center anyone submitted one ??
thanks all
mike

Good question. I don't think so. Pretty sure I've seen off-centered 9.8s before. Might want to ask this question in the Professional Graded section. And that's an outstanding price for all that swag.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:46 pm

thanks
just got this in the mail
the rai 3 was nice and cntered
Item number: 190108645208 ebay

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:51 pm

Picked up Magnus 12, Harby 1, Magnus 0 (No cards), Solar 14, Rai 2 and Rai 4 for $15 the other day!

Also got a Daniel Boone #7 (GD), and Twilight Zone #4 (VG) for $5 in trade at the flea market today. Both are Gold Key books!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:34 pm

smoking deal for 15 bones

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:05 am

superman-prime wrote:thanks
just got this in the mail
the rai 3 was nice and cntered
Item number: 190108645208 ebay

That was a good lot. I saw the Rai3 listed but couldn't tell in the picture if it was actually Rai 3 or the Magnus flip book. So I didn't bid. Glad it worked out for you.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:42 pm

I went to a convention today. Spent a little over 100. My best buys were as follows: Magnus 12, for 18(he gave me 7 bucks off because of the others I bought,)which were: XO 5, Rai 8, Magnus 4, 9, 11, Archer and Armstrong 0, Harbinger 5 & 6...5 buck a piece. All were in NM. I also got a load of Bloodshot, Magnus, later Rai, some secret weapons, a full trio of Secrets of VU, a Rai Companion, some Solar, some XO...it was great. Nothing was in less than fine. I mostly buy for the read, but I also like knowing that the investment is there from the start. I had a great time, met Lou Ferrigno, Louis Gosset Jr, Peter Mayhew. No Valiant Artists-in fact, no artists I really cared about, for the most part-although I met one guy who said he was talking to Acclaim but it never came to anything and then they went bellyup. So, was that a good score, my pile? Thoughts? I'm very pleased. I now have very few holes in Pre-Unity...Vintage Magnus and Magnus 0, Rai 1-5 in regular form(I have the TBP), XO 2-4 in regular form and that is that. I am very pleased, lol

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:51 am

I spent 5 min looking at the pic and seen teh spine of rai 3 lol
but now i got like 20 a&a 0
cnat i get extras of like harbinger 1 or something i got 3 sets of pre unity minus that book i only got 1 ugggggggg and i just got it
peaple want a arm and a leg for it grrr

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:05 am

xodacia81 wrote:I went to a convention today. Spent a little over 100. My best buys were as follows: Magnus 12, for 18(he gave me 7 bucks off because of the others I bought,)which were: XO 5, Rai 8, Magnus 4, 9, 11, Archer and Armstrong 0, Harbinger 5 & 6...5 buck a piece.

Thoughts?

Does that mean you paid $5 each for those books? If so..... well, you are happy and that's all that matters, but you can get most of what you listed there (including the Magnus 12 for $18) for a lot less either through this site or ebay.

Not trying to rain on your parade. Just trying to save you some $ in the future.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:00 pm

rain on a parade? nah, lol. it's ok. They are actually in better condit than I thought. There was a grading booth, and they were doing single lots,10 books or more, and I gave them a stack of 20 to do "onsite" qualification, to see if they'd be worth grading. The guy said they were at least NM, but he would pay mint prices for them. Oh, and yes, they have the coupons. I know I took a little bath on the Magnus 12, but, I don't deal with E-Bay too much-especially since my card is at the limit now, due to school books for upper division courses-but I've had a heck ofa time finding it. I didn't know the next time I would find a copy. I went back, and the same dealer saw me, called me over and said he wanted to give me something, but to come back later. I did, and I actually bumped into someone who turned out to be Squirrel buying books at the same table. The dealer as it turns out, had found the XO 1/2 I was looking for. I bought the last two issues of XO and he threw in the 1/2 free. "I think I added it up wrong yesterday" he said. So, I don't have any hard feelings. The guy was a decent seller, and though his stuff was priced a little high, I think he made up for it by giving me a freebie.

Hey Squirrel, if you read this, did you get any of the books -ie, PUNX-you were looking for? I looked around for those as well, both days, and I had advance tix yesterday. I didn't find any of them. I wish I'd had the $ for those Rai, Harbingers, XO's, but I'd blown it all on getting books I didn't have in regular or trade form.

It's sad, folks, but as big and XO fan as I am, I've only got XO 1 in regular edition, of those three series first 4 issues. I went cheap and TBP'd my way through reading them. I'll catch up one day. I did manage to snag enough Dr. Mirage's-at 50 cents a book-to finish up that series. I mostly did the 50 cent bins last two days. It really does add up, man oh man oh man. This was just a great last two days. I am almost done with Secret Weapons, Eternal warrior, Magnus, XO, Eternal Warrior, Solar, H.A.R.D Corps. Indeed, most of the series. I can finally read A&A in one sitting, ditto Mirage. Bloodshot is about 80% complete. Only have a few Harbinger to get. I even got some Timewalker and Geomancer. Oddly, I couldn't find Armorines or PSi-Lords at a decent price-one place had bad copies for 1.25 and up-and as for Visitor...nonexistent. Unless I was looking in the wrong places, and I spent 4 hours each of the last two days scouring all the boxes I could. All in all, these last two days were great for my collection, although ye old wallet is going to need a rest for a while.

iccarus · Post by **iccarus** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:59 am

Not amazing by any means, but I picked up a "story pack" of HARD Corps 1-12 for $2 and the #5 was the Comic Defense issue I needed.

I'm finding it very hard to score any of the amazing deals some of you guys manage to find.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:13 am

iccarus wrote:Not amazing by any means, but I picked up a "story pack" of HARD Corps 1-12 for $2 and the #5 was the Comic Defense issue I needed.

I'm finding it very hard to score any of the amazing deals some of you guys manage to find.

I think the best at it here is Jedi.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:11 am

Chiclo wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:OK, the thread has officially turned gay.....
Berries and Cream! Berries and Cream!

OK that is the single most disturbing thing I have seen in over 20 years of military service. God, where is a counselor.... ?

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:18 am

I know it is not Valiant related but here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

One of 24 auctions where I won DNAgents (vol 1) 1-24 for $.05 cents a piece. Thats the entire 24 issue run for $1.20 and when they arrived they were all in PRISTINE condition.

worldsbestcomics · Post by **worldsbestcomics** » Sun May 20, 2007 7:59 pm

I think I got a good price on these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:16 pm

worldsbestcomics wrote:I think I got a good price on these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Eh....I guess......

Yeah, you actually got a heck of a deal! Sweet!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:36 pm

worldsbestcomics wrote:I think I got a good price on these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Please no bidders with negative feedback or i will cancel your bid.

Yeah, that's realistic. Maybe he should change that bit now that he has a negative himself. Not a bad price if you needed the books though.

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:42 pm

worldsbestcomics wrote:I think I got a good price on these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

That's a good deal, but the seller has 10 bucks shipping (what it really cost you, which is still good).

The seller is shipping via US media mail

for ten bucks

(I guess that's how he'll make money; less the actual shipping cost, the rest of the shipping charge is milk money).

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:52 pm

Chuck wrote:The seller is shipping via US media mail for ten bucks (I guess that's how he'll make money; less the actual shipping cost, the rest of the shipping charge is milk money).

Yeah, but you can "neg" him on shipping charges with the new feedback system.

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Sun May 20, 2007 9:56 pm

MagnusRF wrote: Yeah, but you can "neg" him on shipping charges with the new feedback system.

Yup

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:50 pm

I would request this buyer send the comics in a box.

I bought a Solar run from him and it showed up as a stack with a backing board on either end taped together and then thrown in an envelope. Very poorly packed.

When I complained to him he sent me the difference between what he charged for shipping and what the actual shipping cost was ($2.50). He full well knows he is ripping people off for shipping, and he flat out told me he was doing it to milk more money from the auction.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:51 pm

Dr. Solar wrote:I would request this buyer send the comics in a box.

I bought a Solar run from him and it showed up as a stack with a backing board on either end taped together and then thrown in an envelope. Very poorly packed.

When I complained to him he sent me the difference between what he charged for shipping and what the actual shipping cost was ($2.50). He full well knows he is ripping people off for shipping, and he flat out told me he was doing it to milk more money from the auction.

I've bought from sellers like that before and the books are usually garbage when they arrive because of their cheapness and stupidity. I just demand my money back from time wasters like that.

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