CBT

First? (saga?) Thief of Thieves? +1 for that vote Fatale is fun too

I have some out being subbed I'll post the picks when they get back....dont hold your breathe

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18K seems like the natural fit to me as well. Yet, Larry runs a store and thinks 30. That makes me think about how REVIVAL was 18K and retails couldnt get enough. If retailers are ordering more than REVIVAL, than maybe 30K is in fact in play?

AND, DF is sold out of pre-sale 9.8s again.

was it ever special with moderns? I think at $39.99 to guarantee it, for the costs of a non-dealer, its tough to beat.

He might not have a full run cgc'd, just a full run. EDIT: He also might be 55 seconds faster than me in pointing it out

Checked again, only 1 left. (unless they limited it to 1 per person, but i dont think so)

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Just to test, i ran through numbers to see what the stock on it is. They have 3 left currently and its now number 1 on their selling chart.

arguing....

Proof? ebay cuts off searching after 3 months. I am sure there are lots of people here who got their full run for COVER x Number of Books too.

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i wasnt being sarcastic, i meant nice link as in, "thanks I used it" yah, when i used it, the item was 6th on their top selling list, its moved up to 3rd by the time it sold out now.

(thumbs u nice link

http://www.recalledcomics.com/TheWalkingDead35Error.php

so if the 9.6 would out sell raw, why wouldnt original owners (stores) all sub them, regardless of condition? Obviously I understand the strong desire to get a 9.8. If you are paying markup to get someone else's raw to sub and sell, be picky. But the guys that couldnt sell it raw, should still be able to make money subbing the book since they didnt pay anything close to what they sell for. (werent they giveaways based on number of 100s sold --to top stores? )

. From what BeachBum said, its by choice (of not bothering to sub them). With a book that is such a low print run anyway, shouldnt ALL of them be worth subbing? Or would that have been "locking in" its lack of 9.8ishness? Can the raw with unknown grade really outsell a 9.6? I'm not a walking dead collector, but I would think, number of people interested in the book >>>> copies out there. All should be good subbing candidates to their original owners? Just not to someone who already had to buy it raw from someone else?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revival-1-Craig-Thompson-Variant-Sketch-Cover-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Seeley-Norton-/230853784571 same guy has a 9.8 sketch closing out in a few hours. Eh all this talk about that auction and now I can't win it...haha 182.50 for the 9.8 sketch? that's a bargain compared to all the other 9.8s sold earlier on.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revival-1-Craig-Thompson-Variant-Sketch-Cover-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Seeley-Norton-/230853784571 same guy has a 9.8 sketch closing out in a few hours.

no obvious color breaking defects in the pictures to my eyes. but, even the enlarged pics are a little bit low res and blurred. PM him, tell him you are interested in making a big time bid, but that you want high res photos to check out first. Most sellers never mind emailing pics, though not much time left in the auction.

ERM, his auction has the same font and text from the $1000 one linked here, and the way he quotes the CGC census looks like how i posted it. if not a boardie, maybe a lurker who saw it was time to sell?? I agree 100% with him going for it though. Might as well try while the $1000 sale is still in the time window Ebay lets you see. Obviously he wont get his asking price, but I am sure he'll get some huge Best Offers. , please post once you sell it >

Specks and smudges will unaffect the grade most of the time. Some others can tell you more, but I cant think of a book that I have seen that was downgraded for something like that. Maybe Mike or Beach Bum can tell you more. I always like to use the Wolverine Origins 10 White Cover as an example. The book's coloration looks like due to poor printing, but it will still grade 9.8 or higher if its physical perfect. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the printing defects won't affect the grade, but at the same time, will prevent it from getting a 10, is that right? I'm under the assumption that getting a 10 also requires the book to have a perfect printing job. +1 I'm curious about that too. My original post was a question, and i appreciate the feedback. Wolverine origins is a great example. I have a copy of that and pulled it out to look at, it too has similar kinds of printing artifacts/smudges on the white.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASM-Spider-man-678-Venom-Variant-1-50-RARE-NM-/160887650985 two raw ones have sold since that big sale, so he probably meant this one plus those two, for three. With the $1000 sale i wouldnt expect any to hang around long

PP#1 has a show coming, so its likely to keep rising. Variant covers tend to have a hot period, and then cool. I'd say sell shadowman and hang on to PP. if they are 9.8 slab worthy, both would benefit big time in price.