Harby Pink or Unity Red

Shakespeare · Post by **Shakespeare** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:51 am

In 9.8? Harbinger Pink, because almost all copies have a printers indentation on the back, but not 9.8s

In any other grade? Unity Red.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:55 am

Shakespeare wrote:In 9.8? Harbinger Pink, because almost all copies have a printers indentation on the back, but not 9.8s

In any other grade? Unity Red.

Weird... I was about to make the opposite statement about 9.8s.

Unity 0 Red - 4 in 9.8 out of 31 copies graded (13%)
Harbinger 0 Pink - 25 in 9.8 out of 80 copies graded (31%)

Shakespeare · Post by **Shakespeare** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:58 pm

Weird... I was about to make the opposite statement about 9.8s.

Unity 0 Red - 4 in 9.8 out of 31 copies graded (13%)
Harbinger 0 Pink - 25 in 9.8 out of 80 copies graded (31%)

Well sure, you can prove anything with facts!

Now opinionated uncheckable rants that can't be verified...that's when you come to me.

S

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:05 pm

harby pink cuz its what i gots.

BrettC · Post by **BrettC** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:31 pm

You're probably watching, but here's your chance to know what eBay users think of Harbinger 0 in 9.8:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2256113569

Brett

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:41 pm

BrettC wrote:You're probably watching, but here's your chance to know what eBay users think of Harbinger 0 in 9.8:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2256113569

Brett

Ebay users have never paid more than $350 before.
...and at one point (Nov 2002), a 9.8 went for $67.95.

http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/cg ... te.asp?s=n

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:51 pm

greg wrote:
BrettC wrote:You're probably watching, but here's your chance to know what eBay users think of Harbinger 0 in 9.8:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2256113569

Brett
Ebay users have never paid more than $350 before.
...and at one point (Nov 2002), a 9.8 went for $67.95. http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/cg ... te.asp?s=n

Greg isnt there an XO 0 10.0 that you have? I didnt see that issue listed on the cgc sales list..or am I making up the second 10.0 valiant?

BrettC · Post by **BrettC** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:51 pm

greg wrote: Ebay users have never paid more than $350 before.
...and at one point (Nov 2002), a 9.8 went for $67.95. http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/cg ... te.asp?s=n

After the past few weeks of auctions, maybe this is the week to break the record! I guess we'll see.

Brett

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:25 pm

DawgPhan wrote:Greg isnt there an XO 0 10.0 that you have? I didnt see that issue listed on the cgc sales list..or am I making up the second 10.0 valiant?

Except for the Comiclink sales by our own "CKB",
all of the sales listed are from Ebay.

I bought X-O #0 10.0 from Reynold Jay.
For the record, he wanted $99.95... so I paid him.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:35 pm

greg wrote:
DawgPhan wrote:Greg isnt there an XO 0 10.0 that you have? I didnt see that issue listed on the cgc sales list..or am I making up the second 10.0 valiant?
Except for the Comiclink sales by our own "CKB",
all of the sales listed are from Ebay.

I bought X-O #0 10.0 from Reynold Jay.
For the record, he wanted $99.95... so I paid him.

Ahh that explains it...so for right around $330 or so including shipping and everything, you have all of the 10.0 valiants...I would say that is a collection in and of itself...of course I dare say that the next ones will not come so cheap.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:41 pm

DawgPhan wrote:Ahh that explains it...so for right around $330 or so including shipping and everything, you have all of the 10.0 valiants...I would say that is a collection in and of itself...of course I dare say that the next ones will not come so cheap.

That's the truth.
I haven't bid enough to win any of Bob Layton's trinkets.

Since we're putting things "on the record",
my 'proxy bid' for the Rai 0 was $333.33...
but luckily the second highest bidder only went to about $202.

Honestly, there's nothing much that's super-special about the books
that a 9.8 doesn't have... it was just something else for me to do at the time.

Valiant needs to be revived... and soon...
I've got all the books, and now I'm just out there looking
for the exact same books in pretty plastic holders!

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:53 pm

Valiant needs to be revived... and soon...
I've got all the books, and now I'm just out there looking
for the exact same books in pretty plastic holders!

original art is pretty

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:59 pm

dino wrote:original art is pretty

Yep, good point.

Unfortunately, original art is one-of-a-kind, so my obsessive-compulsive
nature could never survive if I actually began collecting art seriously.

If I can't have it all, why bother?

(Actually, this explains why I collect Valiant comics instead of
Superman comics, even though he was my first childhood hero.)

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:04 pm

greg wrote:
dino wrote:original art is pretty

Yep, good point.

Unfortunately, original art is one-of-a-kind, so my obsessive-compulsive
nature could never survive if I actually began collecting art seriously.

If I can't have it all, why bother?

(Actually, this explains why I collect Valiant comics instead of
Superman comics, even though he was my first childhood hero.)

I've noticed what alot of orignal art collectors do, and what I'm thinking about starting is collecting one nice piece from each artist you like on a character you like them on. So you do a bws on solar piece, bws on archer, sears on xo, layton on magnus, hall on shadowman, lapham on harbinger etc.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:12 pm

Go pink!

Getting closer as the day goes on.

You guys talking about pretty things sound like Carl from Slingblade. "Flowers is pretty. I've always thought that."

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:39 pm

depluto wrote:You guys talking about pretty things sound like Carl from Slingblade. "Flowers is pretty. I've always thought that."

"I reckon I could use some more of them potted meats if ya got any extry."

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:17 pm

i can't vote on this topic-because i don't have either.
someone send me a copy of each-and i'll compare them.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:26 pm

dave wrote:i can't vote on this topic-because i don't have either.
someone send me a copy of each-and i'll compare them.

Assume that you can only have one sent to you...
Vote for whichever one you want first.

dbest4u · Post by **dbest4u** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:36 pm

The red is my Fab.. much harder to het in higher grade!

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:00 pm

dbest4u wrote:The red is my Fab.. much harder to het in higher grade!

The Red is thin and damages easier but the pink has the stiff cover that has its own problems. Its a toss up concerning the 9.8 grade but.... I vote for RED!

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:23 pm

RED..... Unity was a crazy event in comic history, & this baby has it between the covers.

Boda

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:47 pm

i'm really torn-but i think i would want the red.

i base this mostly on the cover itself. pretty sweet-all those characters...the $100 price tag doesn't hurt either!
but i don't want to base my decision on $. i have PLENTY of valiant books that are "worth" alot of money that i wouldn't sell...there are also some that i paid an amount that even here on the boards i couldn't get!
(bloodshot #1-$6.50 for example!)

so this is my long way of saying i vote red

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Harby Pink or Unity Red

Which do you prefer?