Bragging rights - your best Dead Universe deal of late?

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:44:55 am

Draco wrote:Chiclo i will need some of your doubles on the Teksheel and Triumphant my good sir.

I keep meaning to send Knightt a box of stuff to piggyback on the next load of stuff he sends to England. I've got several premium Lightning comics to send as well.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:04:41 pm

WOW!

Great score on those 99 books. I've sold many of them for $10-25 each in the past.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:33:57 pm

Chiclo wrote:
Draco wrote:Chiclo i will need some of your doubles on the Teksheel and Triumphant my good sir.

I keep meaning to send Knightt a box of stuff to piggyback on the next load of stuff he sends to England. I've got several premium Lightning comics to send as well.

Awesome dude.
Im about to post up my entire DU lists so feel free to go crazy when i do.
Happy to pay my way.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:53:11 pm

Scored a Fatale HC today:

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:56:07 pm

vikingspawn wrote:Scored a Fatale HC today:

Nice. Always liked that book. Great artwork and interesting characters.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:56:15 pm

vikingspawn wrote:Scored a Fatale HC today:

NICE. How much?

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:16:15 pm

Congrats on the pick-up!Was it signed or unsigned and how much did you give for the HC,im curious as well?

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:48:59 pm

cool

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:32:58 pm

comicsyte95 wrote:Congrats on the pick-up!Was it signed or unsigned and how much did you give for the HC,im curious as well?

This one's the signed version.....she cost me about $150 smackers....

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:05:40 pm

You got a great deal!

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:59:33 pm

Chiclo wrote:A 75 Triumphant book lot for $9 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

I got my lot in today. Lots of Riot Gear 1 Ashcans. The really cool thing about this lot was that I got quite a few consecutively serial numbered pairs and even one consecutively serial numbered hextuple. Some of the serial numbers are in the mid two digits. Neat stuff.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:05:08 pm

VERY cool.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:09:26 pm

I received the lots listed below today. I am being entirely accurate when I say this was the worst packed large group of comics I have ever received in the mail. The box was used, reused and reused again as a shipping container. There were tears along two edges and the only thing that kept the contents together was the tape. What's worse, I think that somewhere along the line, someone used the box to pattern their shotgun. The comics did not come close to filling the entire box and he didn't even bother filling the box with loose paper. The comics were grouped together in groups of about 10 in folders (they looked like the kind of folders they give you at work with details about insurance plans) stapled shut. There were a couple of loose folders in the box but nowhere near enough.

Anyway, the 99 issues were even better than I had hoped. I think they are international editions. They are magazine sized with 11 different cover prices for countries from Kuwait to Morocco. I was thinking I had just found a third cover variant. I do already have an arabic language copy of an AK Comic but it is smaller than comic size. This is fascinating stuff.

Chiclo wrote:And then I won several lots of a seller including the following:

A 26 book lot for a penny including a new the 99 Origins variant with a white cover

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

A 16 book lot of Epic books for a penny

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

A 5 book lot of !mpact (and one Image) for a quarter

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

Two lots of Wildstorm books, a combined 30 book lot for 50 cents

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

And Spawn #s 8 and 10 (two of the only issues that I care about from the Spawn run) for a quarter

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:38:01 am

Chiclo wrote:I received the lots listed below today. I am being entirely accurate when I say this was the worst packed large group of comics I have ever received in the mail. The box was used, reused and reused again as a shipping container. There were tears along two edges and the only thing that kept the contents together was the tape. What's worse, I think that somewhere along the line, someone used the box to pattern their shotgun. The comics did not come close to filling the entire box and he didn't even bother filling the box with loose paper. The comics were grouped together in groups of about 10 in folders (they looked like the kind of folders they give you at work with details about insurance plans) stapled shut. There were a couple of loose folders in the box but nowhere near enough.

Anyway, the 99 issues were even better than I had hoped. I think they are international editions. They are magazine sized with 11 different cover prices for countries from Kuwait to Morocco. I was thinking I had just found a third cover variant. I do already have an arabic language copy of an AK Comic but it is smaller than comic size. This is fascinating stuff.

Chiclo wrote:And then I won several lots of a seller including the following:

A 26 book lot for a penny including a new the 99 Origins variant with a white cover

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

A 16 book lot of Epic books for a penny

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

A 5 book lot of !mpact (and one Image) for a quarter

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

Two lots of Wildstorm books, a combined 30 book lot for 50 cents

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT

And Spawn #s 8 and 10 (two of the only issues that I care about from the Spawn run) for a quarter

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

Awesome.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:57:38 am

good stuff, too bad about the shipping. Did it look like anything was damaged during shipping?

I once bought a huge lot of Valiant books, the guy threw them unbagged in a too big box, so all the book's pages shuffled together like a deck of cards. A ton of the stuff was damaged. I'm sure I gave the guy a neg, don't recall as it was a while ago. I still got a decent deal, though as the price was cheap enough.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:52:00 am

For the moment, I am thinking I will withhold feedback, give neither a negative nor a positive. I sent the guy a message last night and he sent a response basically saying he wasn't expecting anyone to buy up nearly 100 issues and that was the only box that he could find. He said he was trying to keep costs down. This probably could have fit very easily in two priority boxes and maybe even one. It doesn't look like too much was damaged in shipping but this books were obviously not NM when he put them in the box either.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:19:18 pm

Picked up another one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

Continum Comics 1, first appearance of Dawn and very, very early Linsner work. I paid $11 shipped and this is normally a $40+ book.

I guess now I can start going after the rest of Continum now that I got the big dog out of the way.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:16:52 am

nice one

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:18:19 am

Chiclo wrote:Picked up another one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

Continum Comics 1, first appearance of Dawn and very, very early Linsner work. I paid $11 shipped and this is normally a $40+ book.

I guess now I can start going after the rest of Continum now that I got the big dog out of the way.

mid-grade, but much cheaper than the other copies on eBay are listed for.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:34:49 pm

There's an Inherit the Earth HC on ebay now starting at $199:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Inherit-Earth-Hardc ... 462wt_1324

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:03:18 pm

vikingspawn wrote:There's an Inherit the Earth HC on ebay now starting at $199:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Inherit-Earth-Hardc ... 462wt_1324

Not sure that one is worthy of an eyeroll, many people know it's a tough book and if someone wants it bad enough, that price might be fair. Here's one to really roll your eyes about, a copy of the trade paperback with a $189 Buy It Now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0685010038

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:17:18 pm

Brother J wrote:
vikingspawn wrote:There's an Inherit the Earth HC on ebay now starting at $199:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Inherit-Earth-Hardc ... 462wt_1324

Not sure that one is worthy of an eyeroll, many people know it's a tough book and if someone wants it bad enough, that price might be fair. Here's one to really roll your eyes about, a copy of the trade paperback with a $189 Buy It Now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0685010038

I would have thrown in a bid if I didn't find mine last month.

That $189 auction for the trade is too funny.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:58:05 pm

Picked up a couple CBG issues with some Broadway covers:

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:20:42 am

vikingspawn wrote:There's an Inherit the Earth HC on ebay now starting at $199:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Inherit-Earth-Hardc ... 462wt_1324

As much as I am dying to have this book so that I can finally be at 100% on Broadway (yes men, I have a 'Miracle on Broadway'), I would have a hard time pulling the trigger on this one.

Very tempting but eh, not this month.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:28:21 pm

Doorman wrote:
Brother J wrote: I came across two large size books at a local show from Piranha, Epicurus the Sage. I almost bought them, because it was Sam Kieth stuff, but the cheap *SQUEE* in me won out. Seller wanted $3 a book and I was focusing on .50 bins.
You were at the Lehigh Valley Con? Didn't see you!

... I ended up snagging those Epicurus books.

Amusing addendum to this, the same seller who had the Epicurus the Sage books at this show was at the Philly show today. Doorman bought a set from him in Allentown...well, he had another copy of #1 and I again asked him how much, this time he said $10.

I said "no thanks" and walked away. The funny thing was his second copy of #1 was even more beat up than the ones I passed on for $3.