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[ADAMANTIUM]

Odd that I went after these... bought the X-Men #25 ss off of eBay (9.4) to go with this that I'm sending off to cgc this Thursday. Odd that I'm doing all this for "distorted hologram", now that I bought the #25 off eBay, I know that is all that it says.... I guess the "blue" moniker comes from the way the distorted ones look. I'm flying by the seat of my pants here

 

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM

[fastballspecial]

You have a good blue one there as deep as mine I think.

Sadly in better grade probably.

 

[fastballspecial]

Found this in a big pile today.

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My Copy 

[Michael Browning]

18 minutes ago, fastballspecial said:

Found this in a big pile today.

Normal

My Copy 

Are the blues going for much for any of these, or are they just cool to find?

[ADAMANTIUM]

1 hour ago, fastballspecial said:

You have a good blue one there as deep as mine I think.

Sadly in better grade probably.

 

We'll you at least have the X-Men 25

I got the wolverine 75 first, and I had to go back and get the X-Men 25, as it is the key of the 5 holograms. 

I like that now I have the wolverine covers that are the same subject matter...

We both just need to get the Nabisco variant where he gets his ADAMANTIUM back...

[fastballspecial]

22 minutes ago, Michael Browning said:

Are the blues going for much for any of these, or are they just cool to find?

I sell them depending on grade for $20-35. NM or better is tough so I have never slabbed one.

This is the first Web of Spider-man I have found so I have no idea what they will sell for, but
I am sure it will sell for somewhere around $10-20 depending on grade. ASM fans love this stuff.

And yes they are cool to find. I find maybe 2 to 5 a year and I look pretty hard for them for fun 
mostly and a little profit.

 

[Michael Browning]

3 minutes ago, fastballspecial said:

I sell them depending on grade for $20-35. NM or better is tough so I have never slabbed one.

This is the first Web of Spider-man I have found so I have no idea what they will sell for, but
I am sure it will sell for somewhere around $10-20 depending on grade. ASM fans love this stuff.

And yes they are cool to find. I find maybe 2 to 5 a year and I look pretty hard for them for fun 
mostly and a little profit.

 

Well, huh. I found a few of them recently and left them in the box because they don't seem that rare (I find them frequently). This will make me buy whatever I find now.

[letsgrumble]

Yes, you can find a few copies on eBay, and pay about $30-$50 bucks for it raw, but I could not find this book in the wild, anywhere, since the day it came out in April 2016...

Mockingbird #2 Nen Chang 1:25 variant.

Just wound up buying a graded copy on eBay a few months ago.

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 8/4/2018 at 9:47 PM, Lonzilla said:

Ditto. Just found my 2nd copy in only the last 3+ years. They are tough!

Whoever comes up with a 9.8 of this is going to have a couple thousand dollar book in their possession.

 

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

17 hours ago, letsgrumble said:

Yes, you can find a few copies on eBay, and pay about $30-$50 bucks for it raw, but I could not find this book in the wild, anywhere, since the day it came out in April 2016...

Mockingbird #2 Nen Chang 1:25 variant.

Just wound up buying a graded copy on eBay a few months ago.

 

Variants don't count

[jsilverjanet]

13 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Whoever comes up with a 9.8 of this is going to have a couple thousand dollar book in their possession.

 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

3 minutes ago, jsilverjanet said:

13 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Whoever comes up with a 9.8 of this is going to have a couple thousand dollar book in their possession.

 

 

 

[KolmarAvenue]

Another one of the UXM 302 "Logo" Variant, again from the Chicago area...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-Xmen-302-Pressman-Variant-Fine-No-Barcode-No-Price-Extremely-Rare-Cover/123295520394?hash=item1cb4fc568a%3Ag%3AHQYAAOSw6tNbaHI0&_sop=10&_sacat=0&_nkw=x-men+302&_from=R40&rt=nc

Edited August 7, 2018 by KolmarAvenue
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[WolverineX]

5 hours ago, KolmarAvenue said:

Another one of the UXM 302 "Logo" Variant, again from the Chicago area...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-Xmen-302-Pressman-Variant-Fine-No-Barcode-No-Price-Extremely-Rare-Cover/123295520394?hash=item1cb4fc568a%3Ag%3AHQYAAOSw6tNbaHI0&_sop=10&_sacat=0&_nkw=x-men+302&_from=R40&rt=nc

Wow, nice!!  DId u find that?

[Michael Browning]

5 hours ago, KolmarAvenue said:

Another one of the UXM 302 "Logo" Variant, again from the Chicago area...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-Xmen-302-Pressman-Variant-Fine-No-Barcode-No-Price-Extremely-Rare-Cover/123295520394?hash=item1cb4fc568a%3Ag%3AHQYAAOSw6tNbaHI0&_sop=10&_sacat=0&_nkw=x-men+302&_from=R40&rt=nc

Wow, whoever graded that at a 6.0 is a terrible grader. That's NOT a Fine. It's a ragged copy.

[fastballspecial]

6 hours ago, KolmarAvenue said:

Another one of the UXM 302 "Logo" Variant, again from the Chicago area...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uncanny-Xmen-302-Pressman-Variant-Fine-No-Barcode-No-Price-Extremely-Rare-Cover/123295520394?hash=item1cb4fc568a%3Ag%3AHQYAAOSw6tNbaHI0&_sop=10&_sacat=0&_nkw=x-men+302&_from=R40&rt=nc

So is that finally the answer? It was another option in the mail away book? Id like that to be the answer because I have wondered about this book for years.
It is exceptionally rare.

[KolmarAvenue]

3 hours ago, fastballspecial said:

So is that finally the answer? It was another option in the mail away book? Id like that to be the answer because I have wondered about this book for years.
It is exceptionally rare.

This is not my listing and I don't believe that's the answer (mail away) but if someone has documentation of course I'd accept it. I haven't seen any provenance or proof on the history of the book. I uncovered it maybe 8 years ago while looking for pressman x-men (297,303,307) and noticed it due to seeing so many 302's that the lack of price jumped out at me. I've found 3 copies in the Chicago area and 0 elsewhere. Almost every copy that I'm aware of have been sourced from Chicagoland.

Edited August 8, 2018 by KolmarAvenue
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[fastballspecial]

22 hours ago, KolmarAvenue said:

On ‎8‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 6:08 PM, fastballspecial said:

So is that finally the answer? It was another option in the mail away book? Id like that to be the answer because I have wondered about this book for years.
It is exceptionally rare.

This is not my listing and I don't believe that's the answer (mail away) but if someone has documentation of course I'd accept it. I haven't seen any provenance or proof on the history of the book. I uncovered it maybe 8 years ago while looking for pressman x-men (297,303,307) and noticed it due to seeing so many 302's that the lack of price jumped out at me. I've found 3 copies in the Chicago area and 0 elsewhere. Almost every copy that I'm aware of have been sourced from Chicagoland.

Whats great is they came from Chicago and Hector hasn't found one. 

[Brock]

On 8/7/2018 at 10:06 PM, KolmarAvenue said:

I've found 3 copies in the Chicago area and 0 elsewhere. Almost every copy that I'm aware of have been sourced from Chicagoland.

Is it possible that’s just sampling bias? If you live in the Chicagoland area, it seems to me that that’s the place you’re most likely to find them...

Kind of like automobile accidents- you’re more likely to have an accident within 5 miles of your home, because - of all the many, many places you may Drive - that’s the one place you drive in most frequently.

 

 

[jsilverjanet]

12 hours ago, Brock said:

Is it possible that’s just sampling bias? If you live in the Chicagoland area, it seems to me that that’s the place you’re most likely to find them...

Kind of like automobile accidents- you’re more likely to have an accident within 5 miles of your home, because - of all the many, many places you may Drive - that’s the one place you drive in most frequently.

 

 

there are some books that are "more local" to me here in Chicago than in other areas. Same for other books like price variants etc