Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

dbest4u · Post by **dbest4u** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:22 pm

Escaflown4 wrote:Just really wanted to share with you the Valiant books I received today from several different sellers.

Those are really nice,, I love getting Last Stands 4 cheap,, they are so underrated. Solars #60 are hard to get in NM

JS

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:38 am

Neither one of the those books HAVE a cover price!

Jaknife wrote:well, my buying has slowed WWAAAAAYYYYY down, but i did manage to find a A&A0 gold and an EW #1 gold for coverprice. i also am only one book away from a full bloodshot run.(enter Homer drool) mmmm...bloodshot.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:40 am

Escaflown4 wrote:Just really wanted to share with you the Valiant books I received today from several different sellers.

I'm still not convinced that you don't buy these comics seperately and place them together for the pictures. But man I love your pictures.

DROOL

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:44 am

Well I did say I got them from several different sellers. To be precise, three different sellers (2 dealers and 1 member on this board). They all arrived on the same day so that's why I decided to take a snapshot of them.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:44 pm

Neither one of the those books HAVE a cover price!

They don't?

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:03 pm

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:40 pm

uh-oh...the ones i've had didn't....

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:44 pm

ok-the ew gold embossed has no cover price, while the flat gold does have one.

dino · Post by **dino** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:48 pm

They're so purtty.

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:50 pm

I'm normally not one to post my discoveries, but I felt proud of my latest haul. KTF boys and girls, there are still deals to be had.

All a deer skin,

Magnus 0, no card
Chaos Effect Gold x3
X-O 1
Solar 59
Bloodshot 47,48
Magnus 64 x2
EW #50

For a total of 11 deer skins.

Shadowman V3 # 2 (good ,bad,ugly variant)5,6 $2.00 each
Magnus 0, no card $7.00

Maybe I'm crazy, but, to me, everything after the thrill of finding treasured books is a bit of a let down. I get all giddy when I find them, then after I buy them, they get boarded and filed away in a box.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:00 pm

I'll double your investment on the Good-Bad-Ugly variant! Tonight!

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:52 pm

GJB wrote:I'm normally not one to post my discoveries, but I felt proud of my latest haul. KTF boys and girls, there are still deals to be had.

All a deer skin,

Magnus 0, no card
Chaos Effect Gold x3
X-O 1
Solar 59
Bloodshot 47,48
Magnus 64 x2
EW #50

For a total of 11 deer skins.

Shadowman V3 # 2 (good ,bad,ugly variant)5,6 $2.00 each
Magnus 0, no card $7.00

Maybe I'm crazy, but everything after the thrill of finding these books is a bit of a let down.

It's not crazy. It's a rather natural thing. I've heard a lot of people who said that they enjoyed the thrill of the hunt more than the acquisition.

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:11 pm

The Spider wrote:
It's not crazy. It's a rather natural thing. I've heard a lot of people who said that they enjoyed the thrill of the hunt more than the acquisition.

YES! That is exactly how I feel Spider! I edited my last post to make a little more sense, but the joy is definitely in the hunt for me.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:59 am

My bad, I guess I forgot these early golds didn't have the cover price removed.

Brother J wrote:
Neither one of the those books HAVE a cover price!
They don't?

OneArmedBandit · Post by **OneArmedBandit** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:08 pm

I took a little trip east (Ohio) and found Unity 2000 1 & 2, Armorines Vol2 1-3 S.M. Vol3 1 & 4 and N.I.O. #1 for $7.00. Me thinks that not be too bad. Was more excited just to dig them out of the boxes than seeing the price. It IS all about the thrill of the chase, not the kill. (Not that the kill ain'y too shabby either

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whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:11 am

nice work!

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:45 am

OneArmedBandit wrote:I took a little trip east (Ohio) and found Unity 2000 1 & 2, Armorines Vol2 1-3 S.M. Vol3 1 & 4 and N.I.O. #1 for $7.00. Me thinks that not be too bad. Was more excited just to dig them out of the boxes than seeing the price. It IS all about the thrill of the chase, not the kill. (Not that the kill ain'y too shabby either )

Cool! I love finding VH2 nuggets. I pick up NIOs whenever I see them (not sure why), although I've never seen one anywhere for more than a couple of bucks.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:21 pm

I pick up NIOs whenever I see them (not sure why), although I've never seen one anywhere for more than a couple of bucks.

I think it has a lot to do with the print run numbers that Greg has listed here. If they are absolutely correct, then the NIO books are actually rarer than the gold books from the VH1 run. Sure, they'll likely never be as much in demand, but the miniscule print runs should mean these books aren't found laying around all the time in bargain boxes, so when you do find them, the urge is to snap them up. I'm not actively collecting the Acclaim/VH2 stuff, but I often find myself snatching up the harder to find issues when I can find them cheaply.

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:18 pm

OneArmedBandit wrote:I took a little trip east (Ohio) and found Unity 2000 1 & 2, Armorines Vol2 1-3 S.M. Vol3 1 & 4 and N.I.O. #1 for $7.00. Me thinks that not be too bad. Was more excited just to dig them out of the boxes than seeing the price. It IS all about the thrill of the chase, not the kill. (Not that the kill ain'y too shabby either )

Very nice indeed!

soundoftheuniverse · Post by **soundoftheuniverse** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:42 pm

Well it's been a few days now and I'm able to write this without being too excited and sounding a bit too bragadocious.

We had our annual convention

(http://www.seattlecomicardconvention.com/)

which I arrived late too around 2:30. I wasn't expecting to find anything good at that hour so I took the whole family along to experience their first convention.

Wearing my chronic hat (handmade Tanzania) and my brand spankin new Valiant Polo I hit the first bin to see what Valiant finds where waiting. It turned out the first table was run by an old convention acquaintance who was all to happy to inform me he'd pulled all his Valiant and clued me in on how HOT they now were! So, I wished him luck and clued him in that he's about 2 years late on his discovery.

So on to the next booth, only a few feet from the first. I ask the guys if they have any Valiant. Now I *SQUEE* you not, at the exact moment I asked him if he had any Valiant, his partner says to me "Yea, I'm donating some to charity right here." Amazed, I asked them if it would be ok if I browsed the box to see if they had anything I needed. After promising the charity they'd still get the bulk of the books they handed em over to me. 25 cents each. If I had been even another minute late all of the books would have been donatated to kids!!! OMG NOOO, hahaha! I feel good they still got the good reads, I just spared them the Variants =)

I think the pic speaks for it's self. The first booth saw exactly what I pulled. Nothing better than rubbing it in their face when they're being greedy.

In all I got:

Unity Red NM
A&A Gold VF+
Mag 21 Gold NM
Mag 12 NM
Solar 1 NM
XO 57-68 NM
half dozen Unity Chapters NM
EW 49,50 Wings of Justice NM
(few other misc books)

Total $6

The only other booth with anything had Harbie 1-5 NM w/coupons for $30 which I couldn't pass up.

I left the convention very pleased.

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:17 pm

yow!, certainly some nice grabs.. Still amazes me some people don't see the value of these yet. At least the value to me

unity reds are always good to pick up.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:55 pm

Dood! That's a huge score! And the picture makes me feel like I was a part of it. So therefore, you owe me half the find. Right?

justin · Post by **justin** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:57 pm

Nice score indeed. Trade yeah some smoke for that red!!!

-Just kidding
~A

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:01 pm

Is it just me or is soundoftheuniverse's teeth ultra white? I think he did some photo shop editing there. Since your so tall, I bet you get asked if you play basketball all the time. Lord, I must hear that 2 times a month from complete strangers myself.

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:14 pm

Nice grab SOTU, the picture makes it even better. There's a toy and comic show in Pittsburgh next month, It would be nice to score a Unity Red for cheap. I know, good luck. That's the one book I haven't even gotten a whiff of in this area. Chaos Red is another one.

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