More Valiant in the News

[whetteon]

Scoop's Auction Report = http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop ... 860&si=123

CBG #1587 has the 4 Valiant tites listed as well:
Harbinger (Pink) 9.8 $345
Solar #1 9.8 $264
X-O Manowar #2 9.8 $153
X-O Manowar (Gold) 9.8 $189

Also, I'm going to add a Valiant section to my website were we can view price changes and future predictions very soon (next 3 months). Is there anyone keeping track of the CGC graded Valiant copies being sold online?

[greg]

Is there anyone keeping track of the CGC graded Valiant copies being sold online?

I've been following the CGC graded Valiant books on Ebay since 2001.
http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/cgcsalesdate.asp

The list is updated each time the price guide is updated.

[whetteon]

Apparently ComicKings auctions are making headlines with Kevin Smith's website in a negative way. I'm not above paying $50 for a 9.8 X-O Manowar #1

http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/cgc/6.html

[greg]

Apparently ComicKings auctions are making headlines with Kevin Smith's website in a negative way. I'm not above paying $50 for a 9.8 X-O Manowar #1

http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/cgc/6.html

That's from August 2003.

The author wants to belittle X-O Manowar #1 by talking about
the print runs on books like X-O Manowar #0. Interesting concept.

That's like saying, "I don't like Action Comics #1 because I've got
tons of Action Comics #689 that I can't sell for a dime each."

Needless to say... I don't agree with bad logic.

[kryptonitecomics]

Apparently ComicKings auctions are making headlines with Kevin Smith's website in a negative way. I'm not above paying $50 for a 9.8 X-O Manowar #1

http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/cgc/6.html

That's from August 2003.

The author wants to belittle X-O Manowar #1 by talking about
the print runs on books like X-O Manowar #0. Interesting concept.

That's like saying, "I don't like Action Comics #1 because I've got
tons of Action Comics #689 that I can't sell for a dime each."

Needless to say... I don't agree with bad logic.

Yes, but I do agree that books like that selling for hundreds of dollars signals that people are again speculating on Valiant's, which in my honest opinion can only hurt their long term value once again. It should be a buyers market again on Valiants once some of the hoppla dies down. I can't see the current CGC Valiant prices continuing like they are for the next year since there are so many high grade copies out there.

Lest we forget that these books were jumping up to $10-50 dollars in some cases only months after being released so a large population of these books went straight into Mylar.

In looking at my own collection I would say that 80% to 90% of my Pre Unity and Unity Valiant's are in 9.6 or high condition. This isn't a knock on Comickings, heck I think he is smart striking while the iron is hot. If I was looking to make money I'd slab a bunch of low print run Valiant's and throw them on Ebay as well.

[whetteon]

Good point KyrptoniteComics. The industry is indeed heating up and I'm at a cross-road to pay $100 for a comic that's ten years old or $100 for some bronze and silver age keys. I think I'll start picking the silver and bronze age keys and wait till the 1,000's of "rare" issues surface because of recent price hikes and get them for bottom bucket prices!

Now back to news and article reporting for valiants on the web

[greg]

I guess I'm disagreeing with the example used, not the point being made.

CGC 9.8 X-O Manowar #1 selling for $83 is not exactly criminal.
The book is about $10, the CGC grading (and shipping to/from) is $20...
So if you submit the book yourself,
it's going to be $30 for CGC 9.4, $30 for CGC 9.6, and $30 for CGC 9.8.

If you're buying the book from someone else, already graded...
why wouldn't the CGC 9.8's sell for significantly more than $30?

I don't believe exorbitant prices will be sustained...
but this particular example isn't exorbitant, if you ask me.
(But $300 for CGC 9.8 Solar #11 WOULD be, if you're wondering.)