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Real Elijah Snow

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    So this "Kane" Batman piece on Ebay....

    in Original Comic Art

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    https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/132696350878?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l10137

     

    I stared at it for a while. It seems kind of legit, buuuuut a 0 feedback seller...I just...I DON'T KNOW, OK? I couldn't bring myself to bid because I already have the nice "Batman and Me" sketch that I know is legit. I'm curious what others think here. Obviously some bidders thought enough of this to push it to a G+, but the whole thing just seemed too good to be true. 

    Should I start an authenticity opinion poll? 

    p.s. Got a little toasty tonight, and I'm glad(or maybe not) that this ended before I got home. 

    Moderns that are heating up on ebay!

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    5 hours ago, wikked said:

    X-Men #4 (vol.2) is selling pretty well since:

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    the announcement of Omega Red in the uncut release of Deadpool 2.

     

    I could have sworn I saw a guy in the background of the prison scene that could have definitely been Omega Red. I figured I would see something about it on the internet, but didn't see anything afterwards. 

    The Official The Walking Dead Discussion Thread

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, ygogolak said:

    See above, it was not an error at DCBS.

    I'm not saying they are responsible for the original error. If they had an error from Diamond/skybound whomever  they should have sent me a message BEFORE they couldn't do anything about it. I wasn't implying who was responsible for the error, but that they had one. I responded to the cancellation message right away, and just now got a message saying they couldn't order the book that had an error. There's way too many days between them realizing that there was an error and when they decided to make it known, and way too long to respond to my last message too. DCBS may not have been responsible for the error, but they definitely didn't do anything to help the situation. 

    The Official The Walking Dead Discussion Thread

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, bigclutch said:

    There was an error and 138 was listed, when it was supposed to be 132. We had to cancel the code and reissue. Did DCBS have 132 listed on their site?

    Not when I made the order. I made sure to get 15 of each, so I could open some and still have some for show boxes. Just got the notice today, and I never went back to the site after making that order so I'm honestly not sure if it was corrected or not. 

    PROBATION DISCUSSIONS

    in Marketplace Probations

    Posted

    That would be nice. It's nothing personal obviously. He just needs to pay. There were a couple of others that were interested in the book, and as said, he's just been ignoring my messages. 

    I'll give it until Monday; then message/thread/nomination.

    2018 Heroes Convention Report

    in Comics General

    Posted

    51 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

    I love Bob's list of people he sells to and I have a list of dealers at almost any Con and how I deal with them.

    Big National Dealers - I stay far, far away from these guys unless I think I have a hot tip they may have not heard of yet.  I rarely even look at most board members booths since they have their books priced at market value and by the time a Con rolls around they usually have a hot book like Eternals 1 or FF 48 priced accordingly and I'm way too small a fish to throw out a big enough offer for the 20-30% discounts necessary for me to squeak out a buck or two.  I sometimes stop in to gawk at a booth like Gator or Dale but I can not think of one time I didn't make more then a small priced impulse buy from them.  They are not my seller and I'm not their buyer - no hard feelings either direction so I leave them be.

    Small local dealers - these guys are hit or miss and I do stop in and check out guys like Nick and Hey Kids Comics since even though I know they are knowledgeable they some times are just looking to clear out books and may have multiples that I do well with and they give a good deal on.  In my area there is a ton of these guys and I know them all and they treat me well since I bring more cash them most local buyers so we do well together.  The problem now is those guys start scrutinizing what books I grab and start picking my brain and nit picking each purchase since they think I'm making a mint off them.  Like I said - I'm always friendly to them since they are my bread and butter.

    Knowledgeable Up-to-date Collector - Don't mind these guys and always check out their booths but i usually spend more time talking comics then buying books.  They want to dissect each book's grade or talk about a books history and although that is interesting it's keeping me from a possible home run at the next booth so I tend to be nice and avoid them until last the next time.  These guys have a good chance of missing a few minor keys that they have not heard of since it's outside their collecting focus (ie that Alf and the seal cover) but their core collection they tend to over price big time.  They paid $70 for a X-Men 140 from a dealer 5 years ago since they needed it in NM and they won't take less then $75.  I don't see knowledgeable collector back again very often time since they find they do poorly and don't bother going thru the headache again.

    Out of Touch Old Dealer or Selling Off Collection Collector - Everyone loves these guys and there is always a ton of dealers grabbing books during set up.  They have books priced at 10 year ago prices or maybe what they paid for it 5 years ago.  They may even have a 5 year old guide and price stuff by that and they get picked clean of almost all keys before you know it.  If you see a mass of people around a booth early during set up it's either a new high grade collection coming to market or a new guy getting eaten alive.  Those guys of course leave very happy with a stack of cash so I don't feel badly for them but they of course don't come back because they are one and done.

    $1 or $2 blow out dealers - These guys are the best!  You can never have enough of these guys at a Con.  I'm not talking about the 90s drek guys who sell books for a $1.  I'm talking about guys who get whole collections in and it's their business model is to skim off the upper 10% of the keys and blow out the rest at bulk prices.  Great way to grab books like Moon Knight 1 or a New Mutant 1 for $2.  There was a great selection of these guys at Motor City and Baltimore last year and Heroes was lacking these guys.  Heck - even C2E2 last year had a couple of these guys with pretty nice stuff.  Rare to see them at a Wizard show since the booth fees are so high. 

     

    You're leaving out the parking lot dealers, and the guys set up at the local Waffle House. Rookie. 

    65 slabs!! Keys/variants etc

    in Copper / Modern Age Only

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

    And I thought I was Mr 9.6 - I shall follow you around at the next show and learn from the apparent master! 

    Oh, just forget about the 100+ 9.8's for this month that I'm going to ask too much for to bother selling here why dontcha. I'm just trying to diversify!!