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8 minutes ago, the blob said:
it is a nice book, but are newsstands from 1981 really selling for a premium? most of my books from 1981 are newsstands
From what I have seen, yes. But others could chime in...
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Latest catch... at a very nice price for a newsstand copy
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5 hours ago, ThothAmon said:
Nice. Where’d you find them?
I got them from a collector in Belgium. He was selling other Spirou from the 50s, I asked if he had those... and got lucky (did cost a pretty penny because he knew what he was selling!)
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Super happy with this pair of Spirou 1071 (First Smurfs appearance) & 1072 (First Smurfs cover) from 1958 ! Certainly the best copies I have found in the last four years... and I used to own a CGC 9.2 copy of Spirou 1071. Hope the CGC gods will be in a good mood when they grade these
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Giant-size X-Men 1... German version from the early 80s
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27 minutes ago, piper said:Back to the original post, I have steered away from UK pence editions much like I've stayed away from restored SA books. I assumed that the buying pool would be smaller if I ever went to sell them.
Is that stigma still there or are collectors changing their tune now that prices have gone parabolic?
What factor would you apply to a UK variant?
When I buy: 30-40% discount
When I sell: On par with US original!
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24 minutes ago, WernerVonDoom said:
So hypothetically, if a book was printed in the U.S. but the language was changed to Spanish and the price changed to pesos, it would be a "Variant", but if the same book was printed in Mexico, it's a "Mexican Edition"? No.
Don't get me wrong, I think pence copies and other foreign books are very collectible and should be worth more than the US versions due to their rarity. But they are not "variants".
Throwing the towel on this one... Foreign editions usually come from a different publishing company than the originator (ex. Panini in France, Editions Heritage for French Canada, Interpresse in Belgium, etc.) In the case of the Silver Age comic books discussed they were printed and published by Marvel, only difference being the cover price, so they are not foreign editions but price variants.
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24 minutes ago, WernerVonDoom said:
I love UK/foreign versions, but "UK Price Variants", "Canadian Price Variants", "<fill in Country> Price Variants" are complete B.S .
Those SA Marvel comic books are price variants, not UK edition... as they were printed by Marvel in the US at the same time than their US counterparts before being shipped to the UK.
They have nothing to do with UK magazines with Marvel reprinted stories...
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Think that the switch from "UK Edition" to "UK Price Variant" had an impact... and when you look at the census, mid to high grade UK copies of many early SA Marvel are scarce.
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Eclectic mix from a seller in Paris, France... Marvel Premiere 52 & 53 and Astonishing Tales 3 are Mile High II copies.
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Two new raw books:
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New UK Price Variant incoming (from Paris, no less)!
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On 3/1/2021 at 11:15 AM, Frederic9494 said:Got a great deal on those so I picked up all three copies...
One copy was included today in a trade. Very happy with the upgrade + newsstand copy!
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34 minutes ago, RickSp said:
Great book! I feel like I was looking at this very comic for sale recently, did you get this from Comicana?
I've been looking up a few Sub Mariner appearances, he seems to have popped up quite a few times in the early silver age days on some cool battle covers.
Yes I did! Same for the ST 103 CGC 7.5 UK price variant
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Got my hands on a very hard to find book: Spirou 1130 with the "Smurfnapper" uncut supplement that has the very first appearance of arch-nemesis Gargamel and Azrael !
In superb condition for a 1959 magazine...
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Couldn't resist... one of my favourite SA cover! And highest UK Price variant copy on census
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Picked this one for $800 a couple of months ago. It was sitting on a dealer's website.
At the same time other copies were selling for $1000+... now $1200 in that grade on Go Collect.
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Bronze age comics that are heating up on eBay...
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True... personally I just hate that Spider-man face at the lower left corner (too distracting from the cover image).