For the price range, I think that's a good bump. My bets are still on the 2nd print, though it already had a higher buy-in the past month or so.
I agree. Seems to be 2 different camps when it comes to collecting. Guys like me who want the originals (1st print) only and a new generation of collector who want the shorter printing even if that version is 2nd or later printing. The first group seems to spend the majority of their big $ on older books while 2nd group seems to concentrate their dollars on modern books. I think it all works out very nicely together. Both books will see success due to different groups of people collecting. Based on the fact that this is a modern, the 2nd print will most likely win out in the end.
I'm usually a first print guy too. I think the main reason (besides the print run) that the 2nd print is going for more is because Negan is on the cover. Also, a ton of first print variants don't help, I don't think.