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Wow! I can't comment on that, I did a quick press on the my first batch and it didn't take that long (I wonder if they did anything at all but still charged me :P)

Scheduled for grading can still be a weeks away until they're graded.....

That and our friend ExNilo above sending books one invoice at a time!

I don't understand the comparison at all. Every time we hear a story of someone buying a copper or bronze stack of a key or semi key in the past for X dollars, no one ever compares that book to its modern successor....?

Print runs compared to today is completely irrelevant....You guys said you were grabbing copies in the $5-10 range, I want to know how many? Are we talking 3,8 or 40? It makes a big difference....

Okay, but how many are we talking about here...about 44,000+ Harby 1s with coupon made, this isn't a book with a large print run....

Back of the line you three! My modern prescreen books were received on 2/21, still at SFG.

Was that an outlier sale(s) in 2005? I just got back into collecting then and don't remember the big Preunity keys like Harby 1 ever being that cheap?

Man this will be a photo finish, I have two batches at CGC...the first I sent to CCS, CGC received them (charged my CC on Feb. 22nd). I was hoping they would be graded this week to get back to me in Canada before the end of the month.....the second batch is still stuck in prescreen...

You should have bought it for the cover alone! EDIT: the prices have dipped on this recently, but it's still a solid book and quite rare.

Even well into the 2000s....I flushed an absolute gem of an Armorines #4 from a LCS back issue bin many years after it came out - just sitting there ignored. Around that time I grabbed a sharp Mag/Pred TPB for $5 at a show and the guys selling it were so happy they acted like I was doing them the favor! Many books like that went ignored for so long....

I'm in group C, this demographic is a lot larger than what most people who are not in groups a-c don't realize. There is a small group of people that are new to Valiant after VE1 launched that have gone after VH1 books. It is nice to have a small and relatively affordable set that can be completed...

I had to check GPA, it was in 2014, right before the launch which is what I thought it was....there was a thread with many participants watching and commenting on the prices of Harbinger 1. If you go to the VF boards it's pretty enjoyable to read over now and see people's insight.

We can always count on you Greg for clarity and detail!

There are MANY books that have hit over $300-500 in 9.8s...check GPA I'm not doing all your homework for you.

It was a high point, but leading up to the sale harbinger 1 was notoriously impossible to get in 9.8s. It's been widely regarded that CGC might have loosened up grading a bit (either in general or for that book) so gradually a few joined the census. I agree with you that Harby dropped down to the low point of almost all Valiant/Acclaim back issues, but this was more than a few years ago. Myself and several others were watching those auctions like hawks, I was thinking about getting a book for my collection but I have several high grade raws (albeit most likely not a 9.8) that I didn't bother....

Harbinger #1 hit $2500 ten years ago.....

You should keep a run of those books, the best storyline of that era (Harbinger especially)….

Dollar-wise nothing spectacular by Valiant standards....

I'm not sure what you're referring to with Rai 0, but it's been a significant book and has had value for over two decades. It's gone up a lot recently in the 9.8s, but what book that sees heat doesn't?

I called CGC to get clarity on my two submissions, they'll be able to tell who what the status is....

Fixed that for you....

You get first crack on every collection I pass up!

I think EW 4 has taken off quite a bit in the last year or so, raws going for more than what Rai 0 was up until the last few weeks?

Haha ya! He's got two weeks to buy an equivalent amount of stuff before she gets back to fill a second shelving unit. And then when she questions the space, turn the tables on her! I always had this stuff, when's the last time you were down here??