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On 4/20/2021 at 2:06 PM, Jimmyj1 said:
I know I'm way late to see this, but first, congrats dude... good looking books.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the number on that Blue #1 - looks like it's written in the top left corner, but the angle of the photo makes it disappear. Also, what's the grade on that Blue #3?
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8 hours ago, IkewithMike said:
Pandama is actually the late Lebowskis mother in law. Those released books were his.
Oh no. I didn’t realize. Sad either way. Just didn’t realize it was a boardie.
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On 1/10/2021 at 1:42 PM, Jimmyj1 said:
I found a blue #2 and a red #1 got them both for $225 the ones on ebay are ridiculous. I understand that they are rare but not a single one has sold in months. Maybe the high prices are not justified since it seems there is a very low demand for these. Anyone who wants them I would recommend going to flea markets and comicbook shops. I found mine at a local flea market.
If you don't mind saying, what are the marked numbers on the ashcans you found? awesome you were able to score those at a flea market!
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On 11/24/2020 at 11:49 AM, Jimmyj1 said:
I am looking to complete a whole set of the 12 maxx aschan. I have the blue #1 & #3 . So I have 2 of 12. Wish me luck and if anyone has any tips or leads ( other than the insane people trying to sell them for 3k on ebay) please let me know. Thanks.
1) Good Luck.
2) Some more free advice: I've been picking up ashcans since 2004 but didn't start seriously hawking down a set until 2010. I finally finished Dec 2019 when I bought out a boardie's full set in order to secure the Black #3 and finish it. Not to mention explaining to my wife why I was putting thousands of dollars into some comic books. FWIW, I was able to sell off most of the doubles and makeup what I spent on the set. Do your research to know what a good price is (I kept a spreadsheet tracking every book I've seen - book #, CGC grade, date, price, seller, buyer if possible, location, and any other notes). And know that you'll probably have to buy/sell a lot of doubles in order to get the books you need/want. But in my experience, it works out. By my count, I'm only in $1020 net on the full set purely bc I've been able to sell the doubles and makeup the cost. If you only ever buy the books you need for the set, you're going to be in for quite a bit more.
On 11/29/2020 at 8:37 PM, IkewithMike said:You're going to spend 3 to 5k just getting a black 1 or 3. Like someone said, the yellows are rare, but they pop up. The Black 1 there are 8 i think and 3s there are only 5. There were 6 to 12 Black 2s I think. I'm saying this all second hand and what I've read. Someone complied a list awhile ago
By my count, there have been 9 Black #1 sightings (3 APs), and 6 Black #3s. Someone by the handle Pandama(Ebay)/Panda17(board) introduced a raw copy of each (#1 was an AP, #3 was numbered 9) in early 2019 when they were tasked with selling off their late brother-in-law's collection. But nobody's proudly shown them off since then, so I don't know who ended up with them or if that #3 completed anyone's set.
Edit: I looked again and saw Pandama introduced 2 Black #1s - one was an AP and the other was numbered 27... as well as the Black #3
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On 11/25/2020 at 7:42 PM, ibeforej1 said:
Was shocked to see a full set up here for sale!
FWIW, that was listed 3 years ago and I bought it Dec 2019 in order to obtain the #3 black and complete my set. I've since sold most of the doubles and completely made up what I paid for the set.
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Interesting. I've not heard of nor seen a silver foil Maxx 1/2. There was that one with no foil title, but you already linked to it. Weird for it to show up on the census with nobody showing it off even. I imagine it'd be even weirder if the person who had it graded just hoarded it too. My dollar says it'll come up for sale soon enough if it's legit. Thanks for tagging me and putting this on my radar.
Also, what happened to RMA? I'm not super active, but didn't realize he disappeared. He's still got books for sale on eBay...
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On 3/14/2020 at 6:30 PM, iszisz said:
@baslug I stumbled across this thread and your brilliant spreadsheet while Googling for some old Sam Keith artwork. I have a couple of things you can add to your spreadsheet - notably a Black no.2 Ashcan. It’s #12.
Sam Keith was one of my favourite artists back then and I loved The Maxx so I picked up as much rare stuff as I could (and could afford) at the time. Among which were a no.1 Blue ashcan (number 859) and a no.2 black ashcan. Pic below:
Dude. How wonderfully thoughtful of you. Thanks for sharing! #humansbeingbros
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1 hour ago, Crispin said:
Try finding a Red #2
Found one!
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5 hours ago, IkewithMike said:
All I know is that they are too rich for my blood. Looking into the history, the reds and blues are way out of proportion. Seems the yellows are seen much more infrequently and price seems to reflect that.
With that being said, I wouldnt mind picking up all 3 reds, if 80 bucks is reasonable
I’ll tell ya, for all the attention the blacks and yellows get, there haven’t been a whole lot of sightings of the #2 red. I listed a CGC 7.0 in a no reserve eBay auction and it went for $260 last year.
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55 minutes ago, Crispin said:
For anyone interested, I have copies of all except the blacks after today. I am really surprised by the attention theses are getting. Is it because of the movie prospect or is there some other reason I'm not seeing?
It seems to wax and wane over the years. Hard for me to say if the movie prospect has anything to do with it. But from my experience, if one of the rarer books pops up on ebay, especially a black, *and sells*, others suddenly become available. My guess is that the folks holding on to them see what someone is willing to pay for it and it loosens their grip. I'd even venture to say that the grip loosens more if there's actual bidding and not a BIN, because that means there's another potential buyer out there.
But that's merely my guess. These books are so stinkin' rare, it's hard to say for sure.
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On 2/15/2020 at 3:02 PM, ygogolak said:
nope.
This one:
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On 2/7/2020 at 8:44 PM, IkewithMike said:
Curious to know if she has the full set? Had black #3 and now a #1
https://www.ebay.com/sch/pandama/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
That’s the second #1 she’s sold - had a raw AP go for ~$1600 before the #3 listed.
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1 hour ago, RockMyAmadeus said:
It's not an actual sale. Someone on eBay was having fun, and "bought" all my books because they were pissy that I returned a book to them. I've since rectified that, but all the sales data from that date is, unfortunately, invalid. One of the pitfalls of GPA.
it's not my chart, it's GPA's,
Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like a mess. Only reason I called it “your chart” is bc it’s the one you posted as evidence of a sale I called rumored...even though it also included a “sale” that you know is invalid, but the rest of GPA membership doesn’t know the pissy backstory.
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2 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:
That chart only shows BLACK sales. I have no doubt that the $243 sale is a yellow. But otherwise, that just shows black ashcan slabs sold. Are you saying there are some black ashcan slabs that aren't showing up there? I only have the two recorded slabs sales.
I'm saying that chart can't be showing just black ashcan slabs... because there's a yellow sale on there.
The only other black #3 slab sale I saw was in 2014 when spreads sold his set of all three black ashcans on ebay for $2800... and that's not showing up on your chart.
Also, is the one on your chart dated 02/2013 an actual sale? I know you listed yours around then for $2099.95, but if it sold in 2013, how could the same book sell again in 2015 for $1750?
I don't trust your chart.
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1 hour ago, RockMyAmadeus said:
Claimed...? Claimed??
You can confirm slabbed sales through GPA. No need to take my word for it.
yeah... that's a subscription service I don't have access to. So all I have to go off of is what I come across and what folks type in a forum. Did I miss a few along the way? yeah, probably. But even that chart you're showing has some discrepancies. It looks like the one it shows selling on 5/3/15 was a Yellow #3 by my findings... and I've got record of a couple sales on ebay between 2013 and 2015 which aren't recorded there.
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11 hours ago, baslug said:
I might. Let me clean it up some and make sure it’s clear of any PPI. I’ve got a pretty busy week, so I may not get to it soon, but I’ll try.
Well, here you go. I managed to work on it here and there throughout the work day. I tried to eliminate any personal identifying information (sorry if I missed any). I also decided to remove sales price data since I still have several books to sell. Also, don't hang me... it's a Word document... I never got around to transferring it to Excel... whatever... I'm the only one who's been using it the past 10+ years
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=77278855636627643222
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24 minutes ago, Oddball said:
No, this is definitely not the one I saw. This ones cleaner. Its been a few years and I don’t even remember the number of the other one. I recall some silver smearing of the ink and that’s about it.
Well, then. Awesome. So, we’re up one more then.
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On 1/25/2020 at 10:37 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:
You sure...?
Pretty sure. I think this is the one Grails said he knew of but we never got a photo of. My spreadsheet has the number listed, but has a note that it’s only hearsay - I’ve never seen a photo of it. Four are slabbed and on the census and there’s one more raw copy that Diogenes showed us in 10/2018.
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FWIW, I finally finished my set (and upgraded a few of the others).
- WolverineX, ADAMANTIUM, ▫️ and 1 other
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On 12/20/2019 at 8:51 PM, IkewithMike said:
Can anyone help me?
I'm curious as to how many black ashcan #3 there are recorded and how many blue and red darker image test prints.
As far as I am able to ascertain there are 2 reds out there in the wild, 6 blues and 5 black #3.... is this correct? Does the census here actually reflect properly on what people collecting these have in inventory? I've tried to reach out to the #1 census holder here, but no response
I can't speak to the DI test prints since it was never my cup of tea, but I think you're right about the Black #3 - 5 recorded copies. I've kept a spreadsheet to log every time I've seen a unique Maxx ashcan (all colors) over the last 10 years or so and that's the count I have. The numbers (and CGC grades) are: 2 (9.2), 7 (9.4), 10 (7.5), 13 (8.5) and 16 (ungraded - not on the census).
There's a rumored sixth one - Grails here on the forum, in another dead thread, swore up and down he knew a guy in Nevada who had one, but was denied requests for a photo or scan, so there's no proof.
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On 6/23/2018 at 3:46 PM, TXReplicant said:
Maxx Ashcan #1 Black AP still available, dropping to $995 shipped. Thank you.
Actually came here to contact you and see if it was still for sale since you took it off ebay a month or so ago. I'll send you a PM
The Maxx Aschan Received Universal Grade - 10 Others Received Qualified Grades
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Thanks for sharing these. Congrats on landing all three Blacks. Do you have the full set of 12 ashcans? I imagine you have to be pretty close. Would love to see them all together once you get that green label on the yellow sorted out.