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Thanks 'dre! (Lady Mechanika books, Oz books, Valiant flip books, )

Looking forwards to the newest Beachbum exclusive and whatever else I buy in the future, keep gettin' the rare goods man...

Wow, I'm glad I picked up one in an undervalued lot a few months ago, when my target price was $35 bucks for a #33 2nd print and they were mostly going for up to and around $50, when they did come up, which was not all that often.

#34 second print has never really been as hard to find listed, or as expensive, so there you go, I guess.

What is this, The Walking Dead again?

The variant cover looks to be well done although I can't find any better pics than that tiny thumbnail, and while I am a sucker for snow scenes and women in uniform, this title kind of feels like it will be an also-ran in the glutted market of zombie stuff. I'll get one anyway because I like the cover. =)

Yes and with today's tech, it's generally easier to eventually make informed decisions, unlike before the intarwebs and cell phones. And cellphones with the intarwebs.

But, back to walking dead. The Ottley sketch, anyone know what's up with that one?

You should keep something, man, I would regret selling everything-everything. I was just wondering how many people were getting tired yet. The line between valuable collectibles and worthless memorabellia (sorry, spelling?) has been dividing a vast quantity of junk from a small amount of stuff that you might be able to make money on in the next few months, and I will not be surprised if there will be an even smaller category of stuff that will be considered collectible in a year or beyond. I see stuff like the boxed set and think memoriabellia (sp.), not going to bother.

I would buy them at cover and not think twice about it if they are in any form of decent saleable condition.

Not 40 copies, but you know what I'm saying...

What't the skinny on that Ottley sketch? I'm thinking that I want one of those bad boys...

I though that this was a lot while it was sitting at $675 for a few days, but dayumm!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110906151748?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649&autorefresh=true#ht_1935wt_958

I'm liking the Ottley cover and sketch, and grannie zombie the best so far in terms of coolest looking artwork out of the bunch so far....

I'm thinking that the escape cover is kind of lame for the money right now...

I wonder what 'dre found out about? Hopefully we will know soon!

At the show this weekend I did decide to get one Walking Dead comic signed by Jeffrey DeMunn, I went with the Dale's Death issue #66. Turned out really nicely with how DeMunn signed it.

 

 

 

 

 

Ha! Is that you with the hair, bro? \m/

Nice placement on the #66 sig, right where it should be!

(Re: Rachel Rising #1 (x2), new x-men 128, fatale #1-b )

Thanks Mike!! Books got here fast, packed safe, condition as described!!

I think that the #88 Expo variant is a pretty sweet cover, but I bought just because I liked the art, even though it has a space in the middle of the cover for sigs or sketches. (The back might be blank in addition, I'm not sure.) I probably paid whatever the FMV was whenever I bought it.

At the very least, I feel that some of these varineants ( =P ) can be used to bolster an auction to add interest or perceived value if you add it in there.

Just to clarify I'm not including the special "verients" ("varnients?") or any of the weeklys with my guess at print run on that #2 second print.

"Reprint" or not, you have a hot title no matter what with really low numbers up to about I think issue 6 or 7 compared to the first few.

Also I see that these days companies have to go with low first print runs on new titles and if they sell, they will order subsequent additional printings on a rapid basis, whereas back in the heyday fifteen or twenty years ago, it seemed like (from the bigger guys anyway) you would see big runs of a first print, probably even with new titles, and then maybe another big second print a year later on certain issues, which collectors back then would eschew anyway just due to the mass quantity of originals out there.

Yeah, I like #2 second print too. It's not more valuable than the first print, but Isn't the #2 second printing the least printed issue or something?

 

But seriously, it pains me to see people paying that much for them, that just means that's what the going rate will be now.

For tonight at least....

I think that the $160 BIN currently available "pre-order" is overpriced or I would have already bought it.

...Tony Moore print...

I know that #1 through #6 are out there, have any more of these authentic Moore cover prints been released?

Still waitin' on the postal carrier for my copy, maybe tomorrow!

By their logic they should buy them from you at your prices and then sell them for what they see fit. Cash talks and BS walks last time I checked.

Try not to smile until after you pay them. =)

what's the vig?

I just sold 3 sets on ebay for $25 + $5 shipping. one still listed for $30 free shipping. For some reason people think the $25 + $5 shipping is cheaper or something because I've had the $30 free shipping listed for 4 hours and the $25 + $5 ones sold within 30 minutes of posting.

I'd probably automatically look at the $30 + free first, because, you know, free is great. then the $25 one to compare the shipping cost if my original search did not reveal it. Then assuming I saw no other problems between the two listings that would make me go on to another one, I would just buy the second one since I see it costs the same as the other listing and nothing is cheaper at the time.

I read #3 finally and I'm glad that the story is carrying along very well, looking forwards to #4!

Nice sale on the slabbed RRP, the market just flew right past any shady-looking bidders on that one for sure...

Depending on what you paid and their condition, you might be ok just keeping them. It seems that it takes much more patience and wheelin'-dealin' to go out and find and buy one of each second print of 7 and 8 at a reasonable price vs. fairly-valued multiples of #7 or #8 first prints. I'm not saying that they are more expensive, but they generally hold good value so if you wrangled a good price you might hold.

Thanks for the fine packing and communication good buddy! Nice doing business with you!

It hasn't had the crazy early action that Thief of Thieves had right after the AMC news ... I imagine that it'll have a lot of action at the end b/c of the multitude of bidders.

 

Lead bidder right now has 97% positive feedback on 33 transactions and 3 retractions over the last six months....looks like he/she ticked off three ebayers after jumping ship on previous steers...ahem, "wins"...

 

Eh...the bidder has one negative from a selling transaction and contacted me prior to bidding. Seems legit to me.

Well, you have plenty of action so lots of second chance offerings if necessary. You might consider that some people who look at those details may not want to go up against questionable competition though, and you have to admit, those are questionable numbers.