Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

TLC55555 · Post by **TLC55555** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:48 am

Visited a LCS today. Picked up RAI #33. 2 copies of Harbinger #41 and a copy of Solar #60 for .33 each.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:52 am

dino wrote:Time to resurrect the most viewed thread at vc.com.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2268596869
$21 for a complete run of Harbinger....COMPLETE

You are lucky my snipe had a server error and my bid wasn't placed.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:58 am

I picked this up last month.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT

2 Rai 0
2 Rai 1
2 Rai 2
1 Rai 3
3 Rai 4
2 Rai 6
1 Rai 7
1 Rai 8

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:00 am

x-omatic wrote:I picked this up last month.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT

2 Rai 0
2 Rai 1
2 Rai 2
1 Rai 3
3 Rai 4
2 Rai 6
1 Rai 7
1 Rai 8

bloody hell

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:04 am

dino wrote:
x-omatic wrote:I picked this up last month.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT

2 Rai 0
2 Rai 1
2 Rai 2
1 Rai 3
3 Rai 4
2 Rai 6
1 Rai 7
1 Rai 8
bloody hell

I almost forgot that I emailed him and asked why there was only one Rai 3 as the auction said "MULTIPLE COPIES OF EACH". He agreed to refund 12.00 back to me. so the whole lot was only 39.00 plus 5.50 shipping. Some of the books got damaged in shipping as well but luckly Rai 1-4 were ok.

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:09 am

x-omatic wrote:
dino wrote:
x-omatic wrote:I picked this up last month.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT

2 Rai 0
2 Rai 1
2 Rai 2
1 Rai 3
3 Rai 4
2 Rai 6
1 Rai 7
1 Rai 8
bloody hell
I almost forgot that I emailed him and asked why there was only one Rai 3 as the auction said "MULTIPLE COPIES OF EACH". He agreed to refund 12.00 back to me. so the whole lot was only 39.00 plus 5.50 shipping. Some of the books got damaged in shipping as well but luckly Rai 1-4 were ok.

That's classic man. I bet people bring this one up for ages

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:40 pm

dino wrote:Time to resurrect the most viewed thread at vc.com.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2268596869
$21 for a complete run of Harbinger....COMPLETE

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... 2268620085
$7 for a full run of A&A 1-26

<yawwwwwwwn>

I passed on the A&A.

As for the Harb, my snipe bid was $20.69.

4-6 having coupons isn't worth $20+ who knows what shipping for the lot. I woulda told him to send 4-7 and 35-41, and toss the rest.

Check out the Next Men lot.

Yes, it includes #21.

You know, that book that was selling for $100 six months ago.

Heh.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:47 pm

What is the big deal with Next Men #21?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:53 pm

Will wrote:What is the big deal with Next Men #21?

First appearance of Hellboy.

TLC55555 · Post by **TLC55555** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:24 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Will wrote:What is the big deal with Next Men #21?
First appearance of Hellboy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2268853583

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:27 pm

Came upon a nice late-issue haul today. After going through about 100 longboxes, I scraped up the following:

Bloodshot 47 x4
48 x4
49 x5
50 x4
51 x4

Bloodshot Vol.2 16 x1

Dr.Mirage 18 x4

Armorines 12 x3

Secret Weapons 21 x3

Turok 45 x2
46 x1
0 x2

Magnus 57 ERROR x4
63 x2

Shadowman 43 x8

X-O 63 x1
65 x1
66 x1
67 x1

X-O Vol. 2 21 x1

Rai 33 x3

Ninjak 26 x4

Flex Mentallo 3 x2

Doom Patrol 42 x3 (42-44 are Flex Mentallo's origin issues)
43 x3
44 x1

68 books for the modest price of.............$21!!!

Not a bad days work.

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:27 pm

Ah. See, get me away from Valiant and I'm a fish outta water...

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:40 pm

Will wrote:Ah. See, get me away from Valiant and I'm a fish outta water...

Yeah, well, it's absurd the crap I know about comics. <shrug> Had I only devoted that mental energy to, say, the law, or medicine....

...well.

I'd prolly be making a lot more money.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:43 pm

Not a bad haul V. So how long did it take you to go through 100 boxes?

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:59 pm

depluto wrote:Not a bad haul V. So how long did it take you to go through 100 boxes?

Exactly what I was thinking!

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:09 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Will wrote:What is the big deal with Next Men #21?
First appearance of Hellboy.

I had that item in my watch list and forgot why. I really need to use the note function more. I am usually watching close to the 100 auction limit so I sometimes forget to put my snipe in.

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:21 am

depluto wrote:Not a bad haul V. So how long did it take you to go through 100 boxes?

Well, from start to finish, it took about 2.5 hours. I had originally stopped by this store 6 months ago, but was only able to look through their normal stock of back issue boxes. The employee was kind enough to let me sift through the rest of their backstock today. They still have 50-60 more boxes in their back room I will try and get to the next time I visit. No pre-unity, but I'll take all the last issues I can get for $.25 each, it's a no brainer.

V

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:22 am

Seeing how these have been selling on eBay this was a good deal.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2267751870

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:45 am

The last one sold for $38.00 so you got a bargain sir!

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:43 pm

I went to a not so local show today in Madison WI. I'm in Milwaukee so it's a good hour and a half drive. Very small show which was organized by one of the guys who usually does the other local shows I go to. I was surprised to see Valiants on someone's display board. CGC'ed Valiants, too. He had 9.8's of X-O #1, Rai #1, and some others, all over $100. I passed on all of them (nothing key, just pre Unity first issues mainly). He also had two copies of Chaos Effect Omega Gold (not CGC'ed) for $3.00 each. I also came across a few minor pre-Unity books in another dealer's .50 boxes, including Solar #2, and Magnus #11, 13, and 14. My best find of the day was not Valiant related, I picked up a sweet NM copy of I, Lusiphur #1 for $45 (black cover, so it's more than likely tough in this condition).

After the show I visited a couple of local Madison shops, one was almost more like a head shop, it was in a run down building on the second floor. They specialized in undergrounds, but unfortunately didn't have any older 1st prints that I'm looking for. The next shop was better, but still not a great back issue place. They DID have a copy of the Predator vs. Magnus TPB, which I was happy to snap up at cover price. A very fun day!

myron · Post by **myron** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:02 pm

Brother J wrote:I went to a not so local show today in Madison WI. I'm in Milwaukee so it's a good hour and a half drive. Very small show which was organized by one of the guys who usually does the other local shows I go to. I was surprised to see Valiants on someone's display board. CGC'ed Valiants, too. He had 9.8's of X-O #1, Rai #1, and some others, all over $100. I passed on all of them (nothing key, just pre Unity first issues mainly). He also had two copies of Chaos Effect Omega Gold (not CGC'ed) for $3.00 each. I also came across a few minor pre-Unity books in another dealer's .50 boxes, including Solar #2, and Magnus #11, 13, and 14. My best find of the day was not Valiant related, I picked up a sweet NM copy of I, Lusiphur #1 for $45 (black cover, so it's more than likely tough in this condition).

After the show I visited a couple of local Madison shops, one was almost more like a head shop, it was in a run down building on the second floor.
They specialized in undergrounds, but unfortunately didn't have any older 1st prints that I'm looking for. The next shop was better, but still not a great back issue place. They DID have a copy of the Predator vs. Magnus TPB, which I was happy to snap up at cover price. A very fun day!

Hey...was the second floor shop on Park???...I picked up 2 vvss mag 25's and some pre-unity solars at a shop on park last may...where did you find the tpb though???thought I had looked everywhere in mad town.,,

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:03 pm

Brother J wrote:...which I was happy to snap up at cover price. A very fun day!

I've always wondered about the use of the word 'snap' as it refers to 'buying something very quickly, to prevent others from doing same'...

....do you make a sort of *SNAP!* sound when you grab it?

...or do you snap and snarl at anyone else who may want to look at it?

....or do your shoes snap, snap, snap as you run out the door before anyone notices what you've done?

...or is it because the first person to do this had hand bones so brittle from arthritis, they SNAPPED like twigs....?

<smirk>

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:02 pm

Hey...was the second floor shop on Park???...I picked up 2 vvss mag 25's and some pre-unity solars at a shop on park last may..

yes, it was. How the heck did you find anything in there? I looked around and saw some comic boxes in what looked like a back room, but it didn't appear whatever back issues they had were available to be looked at so I didn't bother them. They had more underground type comics there than they had Marvels and DC's, it seemed like, which isn't a bad thing, but is pretty unusual. They had some early issues of Liberty Meadows which were first prints at cover price so I picked those up and that was about it.

The Pred vs. Magnus trade was at Westfield Comics on a spinner rack of bookshelf format books and smaller trades, they were partly in alphabetical order so I was shocked when I saw it next to another Predator trade. I didn't do a lot of rooting through their other back issues, I didn't care for the little boxes they kept their backstock in. My wife found 10 or so beat up copies of Unity #0 Blue in their 25 cent boxes but I passed on those. I was told by the people at the show that Capital Comics was closed on Sunday, so I didn't try to go there. They weren't happy with the guy from Capital Comics because he refused to pass out flyers for the show.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:07 pm

my "snapping" refers to the sound barrier being broken by the speed of my hand reaching for that Predator vs. Magnus book as soon as I saw it on that spinner rack!

That was actually one of my bigger Valiant finds as I've never seen one in a store or a comic show before.

I also got another book there which I thought was kind of neat, a double cover copy of Identity Crisis #4. I had no idea it had two covers until I got home. That was the first double cover book I ever pulled off the shelf. Probably not worth any kind of premium, but it looks cool!

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:26 pm

Brother J wrote:my "snapping" refers to the sound barrier being broken by the speed of my hand reaching for that Predator vs. Magnus book as soon as I saw it on that spinner rack!

That was actually one of my bigger Valiant finds as I've never seen one in a store or a comic show before.

I understand your excitement as I always look through the racks for these whenever I am in a LCS and have never found one.