Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:00 am

Draco wrote:
Phantom.. wrote:choas effect gold £1

I thought that might be you.

You didn't bid? I bid only £1.50?

cplsimon · Post by **cplsimon** » Thu May 19, 2011 6:57 pm

I just scored a shadowman 0 VVSS for $11.90 after shipping, off eBay. The seller did not list it as a VVSS, just as autographed. He did have a pic of the coa. In NM, man I love the thrill of the hunt.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:44 pm

cplsimon wrote:I just scored a shadowman 0 VVSS for $11.90 after shipping, off eBay. The seller did not list it as a VVSS, just as autographed. He did have a pic of the coa. In NM, man I love the thrill of the hunt.

Very cool. Love to win auctions like that.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:21 pm

very nice

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Fri May 20, 2011 11:58 am

good stuff

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:01 am

Turok Evolution for $2.59 (including tax).

Not a horrible deal.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:01 pm

It's not a Valiant, but I was super-stoked to get this in the mail today.

<img src=http://www.gregholland.com/images/1983UNC.jpg height=500></img>

(Does anyone already know what it is, just by seeing the picture?)

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:29 pm

greg wrote:(Does anyone already know what it is, just by seeing the picture?)

Some sort of yearbook?

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:32 pm

Chiclo wrote:Some sort of yearbook?

Yep. The photo's a little blurry, so I'll help out... 1983.
It's not from around here, so it's got nothing to do with me or Arkansas, etc.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:34 pm

greg wrote:
Chiclo wrote:Some sort of yearbook?
Yep. The photo's a little blurry, so I'll help out... 1983.
It's not from around here, so it's got nothing to do with me or Arkansas, etc.

Are you wanting us to guess some person of note that would be featured in the pages of this annual?

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:48 pm

Chiclo wrote:
greg wrote:
Chiclo wrote:Some sort of yearbook?
Yep. The photo's a little blurry, so I'll help out... 1983.
It's not from around here, so it's got nothing to do with me or Arkansas, etc.
Are you wanting us to guess some person of note that would be featured in the pages of this annual?

That's right. Someone of note, 1983, a yearbook that I'm excited to add to my non-Valiant (and I should say, non-comic) collection.

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:53 pm

Just a guess not sure it there a pic of Michael Jordan in it?

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:57 pm

comicsyte95 wrote:Just a guess not sure it there a pic of Michael Jordan in it?

That's the one.

About a dozen photos of Michael Jordan...
the 1983 college yearbook for Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

<img src=http://www.gregholland.com/images/1983UNC_spine.jpg height=450></img>

I got it for $60 shipped.
I found another one online for $600...
and there's one for $1,500 that's signed.

$60!

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:04 pm

Sounds like you got a smoking deal,i got a few of the UNC cards from that year at a flea market years ago and sold them for a big profit.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:16 pm

comicsyte95 wrote:Sounds like you got a smoking deal,i got a few of the UNC cards from that year at a flea market years ago and sold them for a big profit.

You did a great job, if those are what I think they are.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/3703806170 ... r&_lwgsi=y
They're actually from 1988-1989 and they're really common.
(They definitely look like UNC 1983 originals, but they were made after-the-fact and in large numbers.)

Congrats on cashing out.

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:31 pm

Yep those are them! Glad i sold them and bought some good comics with the money.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:38 pm

Nice Jordan yearbook!

Either I got a couple of good deals or the price of certain Batman back issues have dropped...

Batman #608 2nd print: $12.95
Batman: Harley Quinn (Harley’s first DC appearance with the Ross Cover): $7.95

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:50 pm

that 2nd print is a great deal

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:30 pm

This year at Heroescon I bought the first comics I have gotten at a convention in years! I usually just go for commissions, sketches and signatures, but this year I ran across two dealer; one with a huge table of 2-for-a-quarter boxes and another with about six tables of 5-for-a-dollar and ten-cent comics. I got the following:

Magnus: Robot Fighter #1
Marvels: Eye of the Camera complete series
Avengers the Initiative #1-20
Most recent Red Tornado miniseries
Superman #593 through 645 (that's a 52 issue run!)
Action Comics #800-832
Superman: The Man of Steel #110-141
New Avengers #1-38
Grendel #1-4
The Order #1-10
Captain America #20-44
Darkhawk #30-50
A ton of Archie's from the late 70's through early 90's

All for around ten-cents a book!

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:33 pm

Tim wrote:This year at Heroescon I bought the first comics I have gotten at a convention in years! I usually just go for commissions, sketches and signatures, but this year I ran across two dealer; one with a huge table of 2-for-a-quarter boxes and another with about six tables of 5-for-a-dollar and ten-cent comics. I got the following:

Magnus: Robot Fighter #1
Marvels: Eye of the Camera complete series
Avengers the Initiative #1-20
Most recent Red Tornado miniseries
Superman #593 through 645 (that's a 52 issue run!)
Action Comics #800-832
Superman: The Man of Steel #110-141
New Avengers #1-38
Grendel #1-4
The Order #1-10
Captain America #20-44
Darkhawk #30-50
A ton of Archie's from the late 70's through early 90's

All for around ten-cents a book!

Nice!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:40 pm

very sweet

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:00 am

Cool finds, Tim.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:43 pm

9 different Valiant Era II Thank You promo cards for $12.25 shipped. These normally go for $3-$5 each. And I need each one of these - not that hard since after getting these, I still need 22.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8236140175

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:25 am

iggy101us wrote:9 different Valiant Era II Thank You promo cards for $12.25 shipped. These normally go for $3-$5 each. And I need each one of these - not that hard since after getting these, I still need 22.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8236140175

/Magnus

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:29 pm

magnusr wrote:
iggy101us wrote:9 different Valiant Era II Thank You promo cards for $12.25 shipped. These normally go for $3-$5 each. And I need each one of these - not that hard since after getting these, I still need 22.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8236140175

/Magnus