ASM #179 Whitman variant19188
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MrNotSoNice private msg quote post Address this user | |
I was rummaging through my drek pile and I came across this ASM #179 Whitman variant. Looks like an 8.0 to maybe 9.0 to me. I've not paid attention to Whitman variants before. Are Whitman's a thing? What's the value? Grade it? Your counsel please, gentlemen. |
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| If it helps; “whitman” copies as an early Direct Market variation make up less than 5% of the total copies produced. If the misconceptions of both newsstands and directs are ever widely cleared then it has potential. | ||
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| Some Whitman variants are genuinely scarce and go for big dough- most are not slammers but do get a premium- but not as a rule of thumb. My advice is to check eBay, sold and active listings. If no other copies are available, it’s probably worth a premium. |
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I have not set up at a con since 2029.
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PolarisNuclearSS2020 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by HulkSmash If you have a link that substantiates the bolded statement, please post it up. I'd be curious to see some info on this. |
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| Hmmmmm | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by ComicHoarderreally more of a deduction. The Direct Market was roughly 6% by 1979. This includes Comic shops, department stores, mail order, etc that did not see Newsstand magazines and had there own distributors. Whitman was a subsidiary of Western Publishing hence the moniker of Whitman though not actually having anything to do with Whitman. There are known “Whitman” ASM as early as #165 in 1977. If Western Publishing was producing a Direct Market “variant” 2 years before the Direct Market reached 6% it would stand to reason that the percentage would be lower. Edit: that would assume Whitmans in question are not later prints or reprints like Star Wars #1 which had a Whitman style Diamond price box on later prints/reprints included in multi packs. of course a later print and reprint should be notated in the indicia and on the cover for a particular print in the case of SW1. ASM predates those, but ASM issues could have been a part of multi packs. clickable text clickable text  |
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Cover, 8 pages before the staples, 8 pages after, back cover.
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| Looks like maybe a $20 book. Nothing to get too excited about. Thanks for your insight, gentlemen. | ||
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Cover, 8 pages before the staples, 8 pages after, back cover.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Zombie_Head Errr…huh? |
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