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Very nice.

Omg Tyreese surrounded by zombies....but we just got him last season!

Boom goes the bubble!

Kirkman mentioned webisodes on the 10th anniversary panel, so maybe?

Did anyone see this teaser? Do you think this is about the TV show, the comic, or unrelated to WD? http://www.skybound.com/skybound/2013/7/18/dead.html

Did anyone see this teaser? Do you think this is about the TV show, the comic, or unrelated to WD? http://www.skybound.com/skybound/2013/7/18/dead.html

Heck no, I'm not doing a mystery sale. When I complete one thru 27, I'm keeping me. Just musing. But yeah, it wouldn't be fair if you paid $300 and got #26. I forgot mystery boxes are meant to be worth at least what you pay. My premise was more of an eBay mystery buy.

How would this grab ya: As a mystery box sale, sell Walking Dead 1-27, all graded 9.8. Each box would contain one slab, and the price you would pay would be $300 (which is the rounded up average of the sum of the highest of the 12 mth/90 day GPA average for all 27 slabs). If you pulled 1-6,19, or 27 you would break even or come out way ahead. It'd be an interesting way to move a slabbed collection.

Nice, Jim!

I don't think there any WD SDCC this year . . . I guess they realized all the Wizard World covers were enough. Wheh!

Sure if every box has Dead Blue Slabs and is cheap enough, that would be cool! Yeah, that's a great idea! Sure to garner a lot of attention. I bet that would be completely doable.

I followed them last year on twitter, and that is how I got my WD HC Compendium.

That would probably garner a lot of interest...but like Garf, my luck is only bad in games of chance.

I noticed it, Tim. I just thought you were referring to the one that ended today.

Looks like galehaut got some 9.8s back

That's not how it works... $12,100 - "fair value" = amount you can claim as a charitable donation. We discussed this a few pages ago. What determines FMV? Here is the defenition from IRS Publication 561: You would have to argue that the FMV of the Adlard cover was less then what it sold for. That seems tough to me. That's why I say you would need to prove that it's FMV is more than what it ended for. $$ - $12,100 = deduction. Either way you want to look at it, consult a competent tax preparer. I don't think the recipient of the artwork can claim ANY write-off because they are receiving the artwork that was sold on the open market. Regardless that the money is going toward charity - the fact is, it sold on the open market and the fact that it sold with the proceeds going to charity does not change the value of the item received. The person getting the write-off here would be the artist IF the artist donated the piece and did not get anything in return. Oh, and never to post here and not take a shot on WD prices. No offense, but 12 grand on that WD cover :insane: :insane: :insane: The IRS has a whole damn page dedicated to Charity auctions and write-offs. HI will not give you a receipt that says this comic is worth X but you actually donated Y. If you push them for something in writing it will say exactly what you got being a book in an open auction format that ended at Y being what you paid. Then when you get audited and the IRS contacts HI and they say why yes this is an original one of a kind piece of artwork, of which the market for it was set in the open auction we held on eBay hence it is worth that amount in our eyes and we can't claim it to be worth a lesser amount, then said auditor will have their way with you and your records. Until that Adlard either pops on the open market or HI confirms the person paid for it I don't believe that price is legit. +1

That's not how it works... $12,100 - "fair value" = amount you can claim as a charitable donation. We discussed this a few pages ago. What determines FMV? Here is the defenition from IRS Publication 561: You would have to argue that the FMV of the Adlard cover was less then what it sold for. That seems tough to me. That's why I say you would need to prove that it's FMV is more than what it ended for. $$ - $12,100 = deduction. Either way you want to look at it, consult a competent tax preparer.

We've discussed the tax writeoff ability of these before. In for a major IRS headache if you think you are going to deduct these. Without the paperwork yes, but HI should supply a receipt with total amount spent and an estimate of value (if requested) for the item received. I'm on a board of a local charity and we do this all the time, especially when someone donates art for an auction. How much would it cost to recreate the item specifically for HI? If there is no comp available, then it could be Adlard's commission rate + all other associated fees = fair value. The burden of fair value should be placed on HI to create, that way the buyer can claim the excess. If they want bigger donations then HI should be offering this. Specifically for the Adlard, I doubt anyone is getting a deduction on that. You would basically have to prove that it is worth more than the $12,100 it ended for. I don't believe his commission rates are that high, and maybe the OA collectors can chime in, but his pages don't go for that much, do they? Commissions and actual OA pages from the book are probably reasonable equivalents for determining valuation.

Well, the Rafael Albuquerque was resold and went $110 higher than the original price and was "only" a 9.4. If yours came back a 9.8, there are some registry junkies that I am sure would love to buy it from you.

Uh oh...why? What happened?

It has not been listed yet.

It'll tell you what happened...awesomeness for HI!!

WOW!!! $12,100 for Adlard's!!

Fair enough. You get the 9.9. I'll get the 10.0.

It can. If Suydam has an account CGC, he can submit it under his own account and it would receive SS.