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£31.54 actually, after eBay & Paypal fees and assuming £3 for recorded large letter postage (it had free shipping). That's my point Avi, as I know you know. What does he gain from this if it's a deliberate attempt at deception? Aside of thirty quid, possible ebay suspension and internet ridicule that is?

How did we miss that Reggie!

You may be right Jay, but I just don't see it. I don't see why a seller of their standing and longevity would do that and jeopardise their account for such a trifling sum. Either way, an interesting event to debate.

It's a dangerous game, trying to contribute to a discussion about comics on a comic discussion forum Number 6. But don't let anyone push, file, stamp, index, brief, debrief or number you will you. Your comments are your own.

Got that, but what is your theory on what has transpired then Jay? What do you think he was trying to do by selling the book for £40?

Fortunately, both items were for the in-laws (I've been doing their shopping for 3 flippin months now). I'm a cheese and tomato man myself

That's my reading of it, yes.

That's a thing of beauty There's a thread about them here: Personally, I would pay a premium for a book like this if I collected the title. Most wouldn't though I find. And I've given up trying to get a consistent answer out of CGC as to how they would treat books with printing / registration errors. They change their minds a lot in this area, alas. Lovely book Bart, lovely book.

Now you're taking Ken! Look what I got this morning That's 70p mate!

Thanks - I'm not on FB - what was the consensus of opinion over there Obsidian?

Yes, as with most things in life, you can find reasons to support both possibilities I suppose Jay. Only the seller and / or buyer knows for sure here. It's an interesting scenario to speculate on though, as it touches on a key element of the collecting dream - the finding of something precious for a pittance. That dream being a nightmare of course, if you're the seller. Jay, indulge me, what do you think was going on here then if you don't think it was genuine? What does a seller of some 20 years with 100% feedback x 1141 have to gain from faking a sale of this book at £40?

Add in the 300 Nectar points worth £1.50 and it's the sale of the century

Out of interest, a search just now on ebay UK of 667 brings up ten sold results and the only Dell Otto is the sellers. Even the US sales further down don't show any. Maybe the seller based his price on the Montreal variant sales?

I'd be inclined to agree with you if the book was sitting amongst a load of drek Jay but the seller is (was) clearly an ASM variant collector as they have so many other books that are priced about right, e.g. the 654 second print for £80. It is possible to just collect them as they come out, not keep track of price rises and then get a surprise if and when you come to sell years later. When I sold my brothers Hulks I had only some idea of which ones might be worth something as that wasn't a title I kept track of. Having searched ebay sold for about 50 of them and found nothing notable I almost got fed up looking and considered listing them for flat prices. Hulk variants don't seem to be worth anything I thought. Then I spotted one sale (this is ebay UK by the way which has less results than the US) of the 635 Granov variant going for well over a hundred. That made me search every single copy without fail from that point. So it is possible I think for this to happen. It's possible that the seller found no results on ebay UK and took an ill fated guess. Take another look at the other books they have up, sold and avaialble, and see what you think.

That's some deal though isn't it. Not exactly in the snagging a low value 35cv for the regular newsstand price category is it. Still, we don't know the people do we. As William Munny once said, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it"

Oh no, really? Was that a thread here? How awful for the seller. It's one thing selling it cheap a way back, and then watching it escalate, quite another to sell it now for a song at current prices. Not sure I'd ever feel happy for the buyer. I wouldn't be able to live with that myself. But, as the wife said, I'd never make a living as a dealer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amazing-Spider-Man-667-NM-Dell-Otto-Variant/283891348809?hash=item42193e3549:g:daIAAOSwj19ezDt5 Looking at their other listings, this looks legit. I can't fathom how they would have not known the value though. They have other rare variants priced reasonably accurately. If this is legit, and the buyer received a genuine 667, well, that's devastating for the seller. You'd have to hope someone tipped them off prior to posting.

Oh for the days of $12 flat rate envelopes, packed with 8 comics and two sheets of card...

US $22.38 GSP = Gigantic Shipping Prices

I like the chap at the bottom with the hair Ken. The look on his face has a 'what the focaccia is going on here' look to it.