US copies VS. Foreign Copies

[3319comics]

Is there a huge price difference between comic books with say for example 25 cents on the cover vs. ones with 6d ?? If the content and covers are identical just the currency is different. If so is it a huge fall off in price.?

[awe4one]

Is there a huge price difference between comic books with say for example 25 cents on the cover vs. ones with 6d ?? If the content and covers are identical just the currency is different. If so is it a huge fall off in price.?

 

Yep...it's the mindset of collectors, right or wrong, that foreign editions aren't as "original" as their US counterparts. As a result, the prices paid reflect this...

 

Jim

[Annihilus]

There is less of a 'huge' falloff for major keys (like FF1, ASM1, AF15). There have been several good threads and articles posted here in the past on this topic.

[Silver Surfer]

I'm selling a bunch in the forum sales thread as we speak. Make me an offer that I can't refuse.

[3319comics]

I will give you four shiny american quarters for everything you have left ;;

[Silver Surfer]

I will give you four shiny american quarters for everything you have left ;;

 

I'm Canadian so US quarters are on the decline, might have to pass.

[3319comics]

Okay 8 shiny quarters....but free shipping cause gas is too expensive

[thehumantorch]

Pence issues are definately cheaper than U.S.$ issues. I think about 2/3

[gilbertotorres]

i thought it was 1/3

[gaz973]

I would say about 2/3 in my experience. (thumbs u

[thehumantorch]

Depends on the demand. The rare stuff probably closer to guide. The price really should be the same as the only difference is the price on the cover.

[Flaming_Telepath]

Pence issues are definately cheaper than U.S.$ issues. I think about 2/3

 

As a general rule of thumb, that's about spot on. (thumbs u

 

However, the lower the grade, or the bigger the key, and the closer the two will be...also as a general rule.

 

Last year, I actually sold a Thor #193 pence copy here for full Guide...it was so ing sweet, as well as being a tough book in any currency.

[Silver Surfer]

Pence issues are definately cheaper than U.S.$ issues. I think about 2/3

 

As a general rule of thumb, that's about spot on. (thumbs u

 

However, the lower the grade, or the bigger the key, and the closer the two will be...also as a general rule.

 

Last year, I actually sold a Thor #193 pence copy here for full Guide...it was so ing sweet, as well as being a tough book in any currency.

 

Can you find me another Thor #193?

[Flaming_Telepath]

Pence issues are definately cheaper than U.S.$ issues. I think about 2/3

 

As a general rule of thumb, that's about spot on. (thumbs u

 

However, the lower the grade, or the bigger the key, and the closer the two will be...also as a general rule.

 

Last year, I actually sold a Thor #193 pence copy here for full Guide...it was so ing sweet, as well as being a tough book in any currency.

 

Can you find me another Thor #193?

 

Not sure I'll be able to.

 

However, you can share in the sweetness of the one I sold.

 

 

[Silver Surfer]

Aside from what appears to be a stain that is probably the nicest copy I have ever seen. One of the best reads of that era too, love it. Now tell me who you sold it too.

[AussieRuss]

Pence issues are definately cheaper than U.S.$ issues. I think about 2/3

 

Its an intersting topic. Generally I would agree.

 

I collect the Black & White Australian Blackhawk comic reprints.

 

These often sell for a lot more than the original US version. There are exceptions arount the key issues that sell for nowhere near as much but generally they are now selling for more.

 

Russ...

[Silver Surfer]

How about Australian Batman books?

[AussieRuss]

How about Australian Batman books?

 

Like these?

 

Australian Batman comics

 

Or this type of book

 

Another one

[Silver Surfer]

Hey those are cool but I was thinking like these (I believe these are Australian copies)

Link

 

[He11blazer]

Whaddya mean "US copies vs foreign copies"? US copies ARE foreign copies!

 

And I much prefer them to my native pence copies, when it comes to American comics. That '12c', '15c' or whatever looks so much more exotic than '6d' or '10p'. For some reason I didn't have access to pence copies growing up. An odd little bookshop sold cents copies and that's how I first discovered Marvel/DC. Pence copies just look wrong to me as a result.