THE official Valiant bound volumes - Layton - SOLD!

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:11 pm

Bob Layton sent me an email and a photo today...
I thought one of you might be interested.

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Hi,
I’ve been out in Hollywood for the last two months working on the
preliminaries to my upcoming film based on one of my Future Comics
properties.
Things have really taken off on the movie in the last month and the
situation has forced me to bounce back-and-forth between Los Angeles and
my home base of Tampa, Florida.
Fortunately, all is going extremely well and it looks like I'm going to
be moving out to LA, probably before the Christmas holiday.
Anyway, I'm getting rid of anything that isn't essential to my existence
before I relocate--which includes these bound Valiant volumes.
These are the official reference books that we kept in the office during
my tenure at the company. Massarsky gave them to me when I was leaving
the company as a parting gift.
Although I've enjoyed having them, they are pretty much excess baggage
in a move, considering that my days of working for Valiant are done.
Anyway, I have no idea how to go about selling them or which Valiant
fans to contact.
I'd want a minimum of $2,000.00 for the lot--since they _are_ a part of
Valiant history.
Let me know if you have any ideas on how I can unload these at a fair
price.

Best wishes,
Bob Layton

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> Greg Holland wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> Is the photo you provided the complete set? I noticed that they appear
>> to be in 12 issue volumes, with Magnus as the only one showing up to #36.
>> Are there more books?
>>
>> I'm sure there would be interest from the guys on the messageboard,
>> but the first questions would probably be... "How many books? Which
>> issues?"
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Greg

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> The photo is the total set, except for the one book that was stolen out
> of the office (Harbinger 1-12 naturally).
> Those volumes were made at the point where Magnus #36 was the latest
> issue. No other bound volumes were compiled during my tenure.
> There are sixteen bound volumes.
> Hard Corps 1-12
> Bloodshot 1-12
> Archer & Armstrong (3 Books) 1-12(2), 13-24 (there is an extra set of A&
> A because the Bookbinder forgot issue #0 the first time around)
> X-O (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Rai 0-12 (this is the original Rai series and was mis-labled)
> E.W (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Magnus(3 Books)0-12,13-24,24-36
> Harbinger 13-24 (volume 1-12 was stolen from the Valiant office)
> Rai 12-23 (is actually Rai and the F.F)
> Turok 1-12
>
> That's pretty much all I can tell you. I'd appreciate anything you can
> do to help me get a decent price for them.
> Thanks,
> Bob
>

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If anyone is interested, I would suggest contacting Bob directly at bob@boblayton.com

UPDATE: Books are sold

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:16 pm

HOLY CRAP.....

Is it possible to sell $2000 worth of blood or plasma in the next few hours???

-slym (changing his underwear)

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:20 pm

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:28 pm

No Solars?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:30 pm

Tim wrote:No Solars?

Bob Layton wrote:> The photo is the total set, except for the one book that was stolen out
> of the office (Harbinger 1-12 naturally).
> Those volumes were made at the point where Magnus #36 was the latest
> issue. No other bound volumes were compiled during my tenure.
> There are sixteen bound volumes.
> Hard Corps 1-12
> Bloodshot 1-12
> Archer & Armstrong (3 Books) 1-12(2), 13-24 (there is an extra set of A&
> A because the Bookbinder forgot issue #0 the first time around)
> X-O (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Rai 0-12 (this is the original Rai series and was mis-labled)
> E.W (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Magnus(3 Books)0-12,13-24,24-36
> Harbinger 13-24 (volume 1-12 was stolen from the Valiant office)
> Rai 12-23 (is actually Rai and the F.F)
> Turok 1-12
>
> That's pretty much all I can tell you.

Emphasis mine.

-slym

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:32 pm

pretty cool stuff.....waaaaayyyyy outta my league

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:35 pm

slym2none wrote:
Tim wrote:No Solars?

Bob Layton wrote:> The photo is the total set, except for the one book that was stolen out
> of the office (Harbinger 1-12 naturally).
> Those volumes were made at the point where Magnus #36 was the latest
> issue. No other bound volumes were compiled during my tenure.
> There are sixteen bound volumes.
> Hard Corps 1-12
> Bloodshot 1-12
> Archer & Armstrong (3 Books) 1-12(2), 13-24 (there is an extra set of A&
> A because the Bookbinder forgot issue #0 the first time around)
> X-O (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Rai 0-12 (this is the original Rai series and was mis-labled)
> E.W (2 Books)1-12, 13-24
> Magnus(3 Books)0-12,13-24,24-36
> Harbinger 13-24 (volume 1-12 was stolen from the Valiant office)
> Rai 12-23 (is actually Rai and the F.F)
> Turok 1-12
>
> That's pretty much all I can tell you.
Emphasis mine.

I read that too. Just seems odd.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:44 pm

Squirrel wrote:pretty cool stuff.....waaaaayyyyy outta my league

I'm waiting for VEI Reborn to see it... if anyone is gonna pull the trigger quickly, it may very well be him.

-slym

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:51 pm

slym2none wrote:
Squirrel wrote:pretty cool stuff.....waaaaayyyyy outta my league
I'm waiting for VEI Reborn to see it... if anyone is gonna pull the trigger quickly, it may very well be him.

-slym

funny, i thought the same thing of our local 'daddy warbucks'

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:51 pm

Coll but not worth 2K

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:51 pm

Bob Layton wrote:my days of working for Valiant are done.

Very cool books but WAY out of my price range.

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:04 pm

Interesting, and I forget some of the other board members that have bound their own . . . but I like the board members' creations much better.

I know, it's a piece of history . . . but that Rai numbering would drive me through the roof. I like my collection nice and organized.

- Mike

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:08 pm

mjm00014 wrote:Interesting, and I forget some of the other board members that have bound their own . . . but I like the board members' creations much better.

I know, it's a piece of history . . . but that Rai numbering would drive me through the roof. I like my collection nice and organized.

- Mike

Yep, and way overpriced.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:14 pm

mjm00014 wrote:Interesting, and I forget some of the other board members that have bound their own . . . but I like the board members' creations much better.

I know, it's a piece of history . . . but that Rai numbering would drive me through the roof. I like my collection nice and organized.

- Mike

Steve Topper has AMAZING bound books. If Bob Layton's are worth $2,000 then Steve's Valiant and Acclaim books should be $10k+.

VEI Reborn · Post by **VEI Reborn** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:21 pm

slym2none wrote:
Squirrel wrote:pretty cool stuff.....waaaaayyyyy outta my league
I'm waiting for VEI Reborn to see it... if anyone is gonna pull the trigger quickly, it may very well be him.

-slym

It would be awesome to own this collection, but honestly I wouldnt pay anywhere near 2k for it.

To the person who doesn end up with this.... Congrats!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:23 pm

iggy101us wrote:
Very cool books but WAY out of my price range.

Same here.

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:26 pm

I personally think it's worth it given the provinance and pedigree, but it's WAY outta my range.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:28 pm

I think Dino should buy them.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:38 pm

iggy101us wrote:
mjm00014 wrote:Interesting, and I forget some of the other board members that have bound their own . . . but I like the board members' creations much better.

I know, it's a piece of history . . . but that Rai numbering would drive me through the roof. I like my collection nice and organized.

- Mike
Steve Topper has AMAZING bound books. If Bob Layton's are worth $2,000 then Steve's Valiant and Acclaim books should be $10k+.

whovianone wrote:I personally think it's worth it given the provinance and pedigree, but it's WAY outta my range.

That's how I see it as well...

It's not that these are "bound volumes"... it's that they are "THE bound volumes".

Any of us could have our books bound... for $20 or $40 or however much we wanted to spend,
but we wouldn't have THE copies that sat as the official Valiant reference set.

$2,000 by 16 books is $125 each.

That's barely more expensive than having your own copies bound... all things considered.

It's the set price that's overwhelming.
Individually, I think it's probably a "Valiant history bargain".

h-comics · Post by **h-comics** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:40 pm

Too much for me to spend...but they do look nice

.

Jesse

chainnball · Post by **chainnball** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:57 pm

Tell Bob at that price he is gonna need a bigger book case in the new house

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:07 pm

still wishing i had the green

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:10 pm

VEI Reborn wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Squirrel wrote:pretty cool stuff.....waaaaayyyyy outta my league
I'm waiting for VEI Reborn to see it... if anyone is gonna pull the trigger quickly, it may very well be him.

-slym

It would be awesome to own this collection, but honestly I wouldnt pay anywhere near 2k for it.

To the person who doesn end up with this.... Congrats!

I did say "may"...

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:23 pm

superman-prime wrote:still wishing i had the green

Hahaha...we all do.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:25 pm

It's a very cool piece of valiant history. But all i can do is admire it from a distance.

Hopefully somebody here can pick it up.

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