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[Corona smith]

4 minutes ago, valiantman said:

That's a nice blend of direct editions and newsstands.  Are you working on replacing the direct editions with newsstands or is this group "complete" as is?

Just some lots I picked up this morning specifically for the newsstands. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

17 minutes ago, Corona smith said:

Just some lots I picked up this morning specifically for the newsstands. 

That's quite the spread  I have the endangered with colossus on the front  uno, one, it's the loneliest # of the bunch ha. and it is only a 6.0

Congrats!

[the blob]

I hate you people. It is bad enough I look at a box of 90s drek and ask myself "why?", now I am disappointed and disgusted when they're all directs. I went through a packed long box of 90s x-men and there were 2 newsies out of like 250 books. Blech!! A mixed box of 80s through 2000s x-men and other than a few of the 80s books, zilch. I did find some late conan newsies in the 250s and 260s though.

[the blob]

On 2/10/2021 at 6:33 PM, Corona smith said:

That’s my main collecting focus. I want to say I have 8 longboxes full and adding them here and there. 

What year is your cut off for keeping them separate? I feel silly segregating 80s newsies although late 80s they're probably getting tougher.

[Corona smith]

4 hours ago, the blob said:

What year is your cut off for keeping them separate? I feel silly segregating 80s newsies although late 80s they're probably getting tougher.

Funny you should ask as I’m in the process of alphabetizing them. I start at 1994 but try and focus on post 2000. 

[ThothAmon]

6 hours ago, the blob said:

80s newsies

Seems to me even the early 80’s newsstands are selling for a premium. Even from that time period the vast majority of books that make their way to the market are direct editions. 

[the blob]

7 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

Seems to me even the early 80’s newsstands are selling for a premium. Even from that time period the vast majority of books that make their way to the market are direct editions. 

Outside of the context of 9.8 copies of some books that actually doesn't make sense. Pick a random early 80s book .. ASM 214, Avengers 227.. seems to be a pretty even mix. Where you see the directs way outnumber is where a book had extras ordered due to speculation and what not. Avengers Annual 10 comes to mind, and even then I see plenty of newsies, Even Thor 339, "the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age" (TM), has a pretty even mix of direct vs. newsstand copies. Indeed, an even number of newsies vs. direct 9.8s have sold in the last 3 months and the # for sale is about the same (that actually surprises me, my local shop might have been one of the few to order an extra case or 4 of Thor 339s)

Edited February 12, 2021 by the blob

[THE_BEYONDER]

3 minutes ago, the blob said:

 Even Thor 339, the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age, 

Really? 1st Stormbreaker is the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age?

[the blob]

1 minute ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Really? 1st Stormbreaker is the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age?

It is until my 50 copies are gone. Then it is just another book.

[THE_BEYONDER]

6 minutes ago, the blob said:

It is until my 50 copies are gone. Then it is just another book.

Figured you were trying to pump n’ dump 

[the blob]

8 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Figured you were trying to pump n’ dump 

Did my trademark symbol after  "the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age" give it away? [Come on man, you're Canadian, the homeland of half of our comedians, is your sarcasm detector frozen??) But in all seriousness, "pump and dump" would be "Gosh, I wish I could find a copy of Thor 339, they are so rare and awesome, especially the direct market version. I would really like to buy a lot of them because I think it will be the next Batman 227, too bad I don't have any."

Edited February 12, 2021 by the blob

[the blob]

OK, the newsstand version, raw, is $99.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/THOR-339-1-84-1-STORMBREAKER-3rd-BETA-RAY-BILL-SIMONSON-9-8-CGC-IT-NEWSSTAND/392913225562?hash=item5b7b74075a:g:d5gAAOSwKUhc5Idp

the direct is $79.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-THOR-339-1-84-1st-STORMBREAKER-3rd-BETA-RAY-BILL-SIMONSON-NM-MT-9-8-CGC-IT/154051365423?hash=item23de2d4a2f:g:TlAAAOSwuJlcjt0e

Clearly this guy has some inside information we do not.

 

[ThothAmon]

4 minutes ago, the blob said:

frozen

Lol. I tried to test your hypothesis on the ratio of Thor 339’s on the bay but started to get a headache looking at all the 337’s attached to the search. Suffice it to say plenty of direct and newsstand copies are available. Sold prices are a little inconclusive as 9 out of 10 sellers have no clue about the distinction. 

[Lazyboy]

21 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Really? 1st Stormbreaker is the most important key of the late bronze/early copper age?

It's a long-running joke. Of course, the joke should have ended when the book was actually hot and the blob should have sold all his copies, but...

[the blob]

7 minutes ago, Lazyboy said:

It's a long-running joke. Of course, the joke should have ended when the book was actually hot and the blob should have sold all his copies, but...

that happened during a hiatus from selling. with that said, it still seems to go for $15 or so. Not sure why the one I have up has not sold. The picture is a little crappy.

[delt569]

Always loved the JG Jones covers from this series.  Saw this at a shop recently and had to have

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

1 hour ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Figured you were trying to pump n’ dump 

[OA Variant]

I'm still chasing Clone Wars 1 and Ultimate Fallout 4 in high grade.  When the hype first hit in full force, these were much easier to find, but it seems they have somewhat dried up and fallen into collections. 

[BishopT]

Picked up a handful of neat newsstands from the dollar boxes today:

 

[mrwoogieman]

Picked about 250 post-2000 Marvel newsies out of the dollar bins at a junk shop today. I only made it halfway through the store stock, no reason to think there aren't another 200 or more for the picking tomorrow!