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Well sophistication and class isn't suitable for everyone. JW Blue label IS overpriced for the record. Give me almost anything from Springbank or Highland Park for much less $$$

Stoked to see this on CLink tonight but... Uhmmm isn't this book a 2nd or 3rd print? Not labeled correctly by CGC?

A pirate felt the need to squat on the poop deck

NM 87 prices have tanked lately right across the board

I only ask because it seems to me that any random 9.6 only seems to sell at only 50% or lower of the 9.8 price. Prices on modern keys make this very apparent where 9.6s seem to be undervalued in comparison to the 9.8 but this has been an observation around for many years echoed by others.

Any of these selling at a price point more than half of what its 9.8 counterpart would sell for?

Valiant clearly deserves the trolling.

I very much need one of these!

I remember buying it from the get-go. I'm pretty sure I have the whole run sitting some where... time to dig them out for some CGC pre-screening

Not large print but not hard to find on the cheap 10-15 years ago.

True, but for every gold, platinum, red cover I paid a premium for I eventually got another 5-10 (and more) copies way below 'market' price

Nope, I was buying raw Harb #1s for $10-15 shipped for a few years. Sometimes for under $5

If one stops shopping at Walmart then one has much less worry about garbage accumulating in their household.

Walmart is just not in my wheelhouse for buying.... anything!

Thanks, good to know.

Has anyone seen these at Canadian locations yet?

Something happening with 377 in general? I see a lot of interest in the HTF 3rd print for sure.

Hello I've quietly re-opened my ebay store 6 monthes ago now and list mostly high grade CGC slabs. All my current listings are BINs but I'll be putting up 99 cent auctions on an occasional basis starting next week. I'm in Canada so maybe your ebay searches have missed me? Please have a look! https://www.ebay.com/usr/canadashipper

Lucky you got a 9.4 for light finger prints! I had a recent submission on a (seemingly) sure fire 9.8 modern book that got knocked down to a 9.0 for "light fingerprints on cover". They were very faint on a black portion of the cover that were probably missed by myself in my pre-screen but I was still surprised by the grade hit.

I've bailed on the Calgary/ Edmonton Expos as a vendor years ago The smaller local shows are getting saturated and poorly coordinated as well. What to do, what to do...

Do it, get it graded. You won't have to wait long to sell

Newsstands in high grade would definitely carry a higher premium to the right buyer. Personally, for myself, I would still buy a nice 75 cent Canadian price "variant" because the very first copy I bought of #21 was brand new off the rack at a local pharmacy in Canada

Yeah, if you know history of this book it wasn't too long ago that there was no 9.8s on the census. When the first 9.8 copies got graded they were selling well north of $2000 and let's just say I got my first copy for a pretty penny. There were maybe 5-6 copies available at the time. Since then, the census saw a small steady flow of 9.8s grow to over 80 books and prices dropped fairly dramatically up until maybe 2-4 years ago. So the remaining the 11 books that I got were purchased in the $300-$500 range but I doubt I'll ever buy another as current prices are above $1200. It's just one of those books for me that every collector has that you just can't help yourself at buying when the price is right no matter how many copies you have hoarded already.

Maybe. This is one book I'm having trouble parting with, it's a childhood grail for me. Thought the least I could do is share a pic for others to appreciate!

12 9.8s and a lone 9.6 Stan Lee SS. Yes, all 1st prints.