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Chewbacca?

In the meantime, the original owner has already flipped the book for a partial interest in an Orange Julius location, as well as a shipment of bamboo for his pet panda.

The buyer is too busy to respond, as you can see, due to his participation in a truffle carpaccio tasting in the Internation Festival of Food taking place today in Orlando. Very exciting stuff!

Roman Abramovich has had a rough go of it lately, having lost about 5 billion in past year, as of the last Forbes report on him. His net worth of 8.5 bill for a guy in his 30's, a college drop out yet, is not too shabby I think.

So, yeah, dropping 40 or 50 k on a businss lunch, is relatively speaking, like one of us mere mortals spending $5 at Wendy's. I imagine if he wants to impress at a family brunch it would entail Chef Wolfgang whiping up some Beluga and lobster omelettes on his private mountain. Do not worry about directions, as the helicopter will bring you mere steps to the gazebo, while the real life Elvis sings a private ditty to the attendees.

I would say, getting back to thread, that buying this book for 12k may seem high. But someone wanted the only 9.9, and he now has it, if another 9.9 never shows up, then maybe it is not a bad buy. In any case, do not think the buyer is sweating it, just chuckling to himself at the peanut gallery who are so shocked th this buy.

That restaurant bill is hard to relate to.... The 20% mandatory tip of $7300, then to throw an extra 5k on top, just because the waiter made sure the breadsticks were warm. I need to get a job at this restaurant.

See, the CGC 9.9 NM 98 is a freaken bloody bargain!

Similar to coin craze years back, when an NGC MS70 would sell for 20 times what an NGC MS 69 would sell for, yet they were IDENTICAL coins. The trade was about the holder.

This book is a $40 to $50 book. It is being dressed by plastic with a grading label on it, but it is a common book, with no unusual printing defect flaws in run, no great warehouse fire story to eliminate 95% of the population. Virtually any and every comic collector, like the 12 year old who spends his paper route money on it, have a copy of this book in as issued condition. It is a ultra common.

But so what, if someone wanted the best graded example right now, then there is a premium, to land the only 9.9 Maybe this purchase price represents 1 hour of the buyers time. Maybe he would have gambled it away at the blackjack or craps table (as many people do all the time) but chose to spend money more wisely than that and have something to show for it. Buyer seems thrilled with purchase, price is reasonable as of today.

This is straight forward to me at least. Seller had book sold via pm prior to the public ill take it on thread. If a buyer posted i take it, but in same email asks if a 2 week payment window is cool, but he will take it regardless, then what you have is a sold book, the time table is somewhere between now and 2 weeks for payment, but book sold regardless.

No way should there be any kind of probabtion issue here, unless the seller is completely fabricating a buyer in order to avoid honoring a sale, which I do not think at all is the case.

If a seller takes an hour, or 3, to update his thread, it may be frowned upon, but that is also not a probation issue.

Marc Wolfe, the artist, is on the prob list? I love that guys work. How he got on the list is a story I missed. You know artists are notorious for missing deadlines, but I guess it is more than that.

Conan,

Impressed with your professional response. Your site looks great too. Plus with a name like Conan you have to be good. I just sent out a large lot for trade credit to Lone Star, look forward to dealing with you.

Geez it appears that damsel in distress in screwed no matter what Conan does. Holding her over a spiked pit of fire, this is one piece you do not feel for the monster, or for Conan, but the poor woman caught in the grips.

hygroscopic

Made me take out my dictionary. Who says this board isn't educational?

Crazy kudos for Mschmidt, I ordered a bunch of Sandman stuff. I was nervous because 1 of the things was a CGC and I have been having bad luck with getting slabs cracked in transit.

Everything was packed really well, and Michael sent a complete mini series of something "Sandman like" as a throw in!

As a by the way, great issue you have to read, is the What If issue dropping Conan in 20th century. Would he be a criminal or superhero type. How would the Cimmerians moral compass mesh within the framework of modern day laws? Classic stuff, with his besting of Cap America, and the shot at the end, of will call that number to join Avengers.

Good to see a monster thread on my all time favorite character, Conan.

The paperbacks with the Frazetta covers, is their some price guide for these? I have tons of this material as I have been a reader since I was just a wee battle axe wielding lad.

I did not appreciate the tie in influence Conan has had on me in being the Uber nerd I am today. My formative years were described perfectly in a prior post on this thread right down to the DnD, order in pizza, and filling in my all things Conan but especially my Savage Sword of Conan run. Maybe my problems with workplace authority can be traced back to the Cimmerian approach to problem solving?

And to hear Bill wax poetic on Frazetta influence on this REH creation lends weight to why I like this board.