Is This For Real?!

[Ron_Nasty]

Check out this Bronze key!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2220334217&category=12589

[HighVoltage]

wow. Heckuva price!

 

And there's only, like, $800 of "zero feedback bidding" in there too.

[rob_react]

The winning bidder is legit. He's a collector of oddball/ scarce books, including whitman variants. That book in particular is one of the "pre-pack only" books that go for a significant premium. It guides for $150 so $1500 isn't that much of a stretch as there aren't a lot of them. Uncle Scrooge #179 is the prime "pre-pack" only book. They were only distributed in the Whitman "pre packs" and not in very significant numbers, so they're basically impossible to find.

[aardvark88]

Some completists love all Gold Key/Disney variants even Little Lulu. Hot potato of the week.

[143ksk]

Yup! That's a really important book for Lulu and Whitman collectors. I've seen VG copies sell in the $200 range. Very nice book, IMO.

[HighVoltage]

The winning bidder is legit. He's a collector of oddball/ scarce books, including whitman variants.

 

Rob,

 

I don't dispute the winner or the under-bidder... just saw the 200-something incremental bids by 'mr. zero-feedback' in there, that's all. And - it makes me wonder what the book *might* have gone for without those.

 

I'm aware of & collect the Whitmans. They are tough! I finally found my copy of US 179 recently and am *very* happy to have it, as I wondered if it was an issue I'd just have to leave out of the US run.

 

If the winning bidder felt the same way I did, he was probably happy to get it! And, I'd guess that an US 179 slabbed in plastic, at a 9.2, would do very, very well indeed on the open market.

[kryptonitecomics]

Is there any value in the Superman Whitman's? I have a couple of issues in NM condition that I did not have to pay a premium for, I just knew they were different so I grabbed them right out of the dealers box.

[aardvark88]

I have 2 DC Comics Presents Whitmans but I think they're only worth $1.

[rob_react]

Is there any value in the Superman Whitman's? I have a couple of issues in NM condition that I did not have to pay a premium for, I just knew they were different so I grabbed them right out of the dealers box.

 

Not really much of a value. Many of the DC Whitmans guide for slightly more, but they don't really sell all that well. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they just sit. I don't think I've ever sold truly NM copies though so those might do a little better than the standard VG-VF books.

[rob_react]

The winning bidder is legit. He's a collector of oddball/ scarce books, including whitman variants.

 

Rob,

 

I don't dispute the winner or the under-bidder... just saw the 200-something incremental bids by 'mr. zero-feedback' in there, that's all. And - it makes me wonder what the book *might* have gone for without those.

 

I'm aware of & collect the Whitmans. They are tough! I finally found my copy of US 179 recently and am *very* happy to have it, as I wondered if it was an issue I'd just have to leave out of the US run.

 

If the winning bidder felt the same way I did, he was probably happy to get it! And, I'd guess that an US 179 slabbed in plastic, at a 9.2, would do very, very well indeed on the open market.

 

I was just responding in general, not to you in particular. On top of that, I got ahead of myself- I didn't actually look at the bid history.

 

I just know there's some confusion over those books on occasion and I know that buyer from a few auctions I was following a couple of months ago (out of the blue he started buying 35 cent variants for very competitive prices), so I just started typing. I was like a runaway train

 

Congrats on the US 179. What a tough book.

[FlyingDonut]

The Little Lulu 260 is the Holy Grail for Lulu collectors, and I'm surprised it went for that low - I'd bet that a CGC graded 9.2 would have cracked two grand.

[murph0]

Why is a book from 1980 the holy grail for Little Lulu collectors?

 

Brian

[FlyingDonut]

It was only available in the Whitman 3-pack, much like Uncle Scrooge 179, and had VERY low distribution. At one point there was a census of it done, and people could only find 5 of them. Obviously there are more than that now, but I'd believe its a very low number.

[murph0]

Interesting and why did they only make those 2 issues available in the 3-packs?

 

Brian

[FlyingDonut]

I'm not entirely sure - there was something with Whitman distribution. There was an article about it in CBM somewhere. There are several books with the same issue - Uncle Scrooge 179, Donald Duck 222, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 480, Huey, Dewey and Louie 65, Super Goof 61 and others, that have the same scarcity factor. At one point there was a thought that they were only distributed in Canada, but that I don't think is the case anymore.

[murph0]

Interesting, never knew that. Thx

 

Brian

[ScarFace-migration]

I don't dispute the winner or the under-bidder... just saw the 200-something incremental bids by 'mr. zero-feedback' in there, that's all. And - it makes me wonder what the book *might* have gone for without those.

 

Look at da sellers name for that CGG graded book.

 

It's da same guy that bought Greggy's CGC 9.0 restored Avengers #4...had his "buds" at CGG (who happen to be located in the same city as him) regrade it with a 9.2 unrestored World Grade...and then listed it for sale as a pristine "original owner" copy.

 

It doesn't suprise me a bit that some zero feedback bidder with a name strangely similar to da sellers is spazzing out in one of his auctions.

[comicmankev]

I think that guy must work for CGG! He only ever sells them, and some of them look to be very 'interesting' grading.

 

Not to mention the amount of restored books that become 'comic-keyed'!

[comicmankev]

After all that though, doesnt anyone think this should have graded higher? What makes it a 9.2?

[Rip]

Its a steal compared to some of the earlier prices. Ive seen low grade copies go for around $4-600. I think theres a rare Porky Pig or something also.