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comicnoir

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This just appeared.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255855433001?hash=item3b922c1529:g:jhoAAOSwATdjiABK&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoE%2FII7P1EuQ5UI6i1EtNQuefMitbcthLZtQrImRp7yaFZ4WpjuZjXqOQpRau1oNIY4UB4cggcO%2BPyNfcWG2GjiEE%2FKemgs09t0bEjJQ03pLdUtkbX1tk8UYY3%2Bl3F4WsMIPlav%2BhCjF3LZNaL3t0c%2BCSmNyPZGpzzCZZWTQfJoo6s%2FjK2xwC8WLI6a7VqytyUgXc3vRYp8KRGZvMcv%2BuIA4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8D-lceZYQ

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On 11/30/2022 at 10:52 PM, comicnoir said:

This just appeared.

There's a strange appeal to me for a book that shows it's age but still presents the cover image nicely.  Maybe not five digits nice....

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On 12/1/2022 at 3:44 PM, szav said:

I wonder if this is that completely chewed up and destroyed copy we saw a few months back that sold twice fast.  Pretty aggressive ask for a book that's conserved and still looks so rough.  Wonder why they'd bother to do the leaf casting but not go all out and just have it professionally CTed.  Granted I have no idea how much professional resto costs, but for what they're asking and what it looks like now you'd think it might be worth 1k or more to do that.

I hope it sells. Not that it deserves to, but for other obvious reasons.

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Since CL25 was mentioned above, I thought I would point out that there is a 4.0 white page copy that went up for sale on Instagram today. Dealer is asking 18k. I’m not sure how much room if any he has but let me know if you want the Instagram handle. I haven’t bought from him before but he does a lot of live sales and is pretty well known in the community.

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On 12/1/2022 at 7:04 PM, C. Spaulding said:

Since CL25 was mentioned above, I thought I would point out that there is a 4.0 white page copy that went up for sale on Instagram today. Dealer is asking 18k. I’m not sure how much room if any he has but let me know if you want the Instagram handle. I haven’t bought from him before but he does a lot of live sales and is pretty well known in the community.

Send me the handle please.

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On 12/1/2022 at 6:04 PM, C. Spaulding said:

Since CL25 was mentioned above, I thought I would point out that there is a 4.0 white page copy that went up for sale on Instagram today. Dealer is asking 18k. I’m not sure how much room if any he has but let me know if you want the Instagram handle. I haven’t bought from him before but he does a lot of live sales and is pretty well known in the community.

I saw that as well. Seems like a better deal than the Conserved one -- if you have that type of money, of course.

I do love, however, the common IG theme of "OMG guys, I just got my most prized grail comic ever! I've been waiting my lifetime to get a copy. Let me make a video and talk about the hotness and get those likes and comments."

Cut to 2 days later: Grail is for sale, with a price bump, of course.

And this is not just the little guys, either.

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On 12/2/2022 at 8:56 AM, manetteska said:

I saw that as well. Seems like a better deal than the Conserved one -- if you have that type of money, of course.

I do love, however, the common IG theme of "OMG guys, I just got my most prized grail comic ever! I've been waiting my lifetime to get a copy. Let me make a video and talk about the hotness and get those likes and comments."

Cut to 2 days later: Grail is for sale, with a price bump, of course.

And this is not just the little guys, either.

I think I would find that “hucksterism” depressing, and this is a good reminder why I avoid IG

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On 12/2/2022 at 9:00 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:
On 12/2/2022 at 8:56 AM, manetteska said:

I saw that as well. Seems like a better deal than the Conserved one -- if you have that type of money, of course.

I do love, however, the common IG theme of "OMG guys, I just got my most prized grail comic ever! I've been waiting my lifetime to get a copy. Let me make a video and talk about the hotness and get those likes and comments."

Cut to 2 days later: Grail is for sale, with a price bump, of course.

And this is not just the little guys, either.

I think I would find that “hucksterism” depressing, and this is a good reminder why I avoid IG

While it may pay off in some sales for the IG account, it leads me to specifically avoid buying from them -- on IG or at shows.

However, I am but a small fish.

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On 12/2/2022 at 10:12 AM, manetteska said:

While it may pay off in some sales for the IG account, it leads me to specifically avoid buying from them -- on IG or at shows.

However, I am but a small fish.

I find Instagram more tolerable with the volume off. If I never hear the phrase ‘minty fresh’ again it will be too soon. I’m not exactly sure what that even means but I know it means I’m not buying it.

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I recently saw a book I was interested in on IG. Had one hand held cocked photo in a bag with reflections. With “make offer”.  I sent the seller a DM asking for a grade. I got back “pretty nice but it has no back cover”. So I sent him an offer and never heard back…

Who actually spends their money this way? Not me. 

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On 12/2/2022 at 9:12 AM, manetteska said:

While it may pay off in some sales for the IG account, it leads me to specifically avoid buying from them -- on IG or at shows.

However, I am but a small fish.

I was confused by the influx of unofficial sellers operating out of their briefcases at the recent Collectors Summit here in dallas, and was told they were IG sellers

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