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36 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

You're both wrong. All Scotch tastes like grandma's purse.

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?

18 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

Wow... what is going on in this thread... 

A pirate felt the need to squat on the poop deck

58 minutes ago, valiantman said:

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New Mutants (1990) #87**

 

** Indicates that the most recent prices have been below $250 in CGC 9.6, but there are multiple sales recorded above $250.

NOTE: The year of the comic is included because several of these titles also have later series of the same name which do not qualify for the list (most often for #1 issues).

NM 87 prices have tanked lately right across the board

39 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Interesting question. I eliminated the CGC 9.8 qualification because books like CGC 9.8 Wolverine #35 sell for thirty times the CGC 9.6 price. I don't think I've seen a CGC 9.6 that is more than half of a CGC 9.8, unless it has been a long time since a CGC 9.8 sold.  CGC 9.6 "right now" might be more than half of a CGC 9.8 "back then".

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?

1 minute ago, valiantman said:

Only in a topic called "Valiant"-something should anyone expect people to post that they don't like Valiant and deserve all the resulting snark responses. 

Valiant clearly deserves the trolling.

On 2/14/2019 at 11:41 PM, Parabellum said:

The illusive second print.

I very much need one of these!

On 2/20/2019 at 6:21 AM, Jimbo749 said:

Found a few books in the 50-cent bin this weekend, can't say no. I can usually find the #1 of this series in the wild, but I rarely see the rest of the run. Did this series never catch on?

 

 

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

On 3/9/2019 at 7:34 AM, spreads said:

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....

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

On 3/8/2019 at 11:31 PM, kimik said:

You paid more for a lot of the incentive issues though, thanks to Aug002. 

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

1 hour ago, spreads said:

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? 

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

3 hours ago, kimik said:

My wife buys garbage bags there every so often since they fit our main household garbage can the best. 

 

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

8 minutes ago, kimik said:

I bought five this morning.........

 

 

 

Just kidding. I looked for them when we hit Walmart for work Christmas exchange gifts and was told none of the Canadian stores carry them.

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

12 hours ago, Jimmy Linguini said:

US walmart exclusive. Walmart of Canada tweeted that when DC first launched the 100 page giants.

Thanks, good to know.

On 1/21/2019 at 8:15 PM, fastballspecial said:

Keep in mind some Walmarts just don't carry those 100 Page Giants. Of the 7 locally only 4 of them
carry those books in my area. All of them had them at the beginning and some still have them while
others dropped order them.

 

Has anyone seen these at Canadian locations yet?

21 hours ago, fastballspecial said:

All prints of Hulk 377 are selling very well currently.

 

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

On ‎9‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 12:30 PM, LikeEmScanned said:

So just curious whether anyone else has had this happen with CCS pressing or is there some way to get fingerprints on a book that can't be pressed out?

 

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...

4 hours ago, whisp said:

Curious what a 9.4 or 9.6 cgc graded #21 75c Canadian one would go for.  I have been contemplating getting mine graded and think at the very least its a 9.4 but could get a 9.6.  That is to be conservative.  Its a pretty decent copy.

 

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

49 minutes ago, comiconxion said:

Interesting that none of the copies you have are newsstand editions.  Is there a difference in pricing for newsstand editions these days?

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

2 hours ago, pubmonkey said:

Is there a story behind why and how you have a horde of these?

 

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.

15 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

No wonder I can never find one.... let me know if you ever plan to sell 1.  I just want 1.  

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!