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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley I saw some comics with this format of pricing at a show and I almost bought them because they were different. I talked myself out of it based upon condition and whatever title it was. I'm trying to narrow my focus on what I buy. So far, my focus is so narrow that I'm not buying much of anything. Dealers aren't bringing the books I want to buy at a price I'll pay. |
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| @Studley_Dudley - Come on Mike, I am trying to be good, and this is not helping. Boy are you killing it! | ||
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| I'm trying to be good. This was one of my last big buys from an across the street member. I need to sell more stuff, because I got a speeding ticket on the way home from work. Apparently saying that I was in a hurry to take a dump wasn't good enough for just a warning. |
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| @Studley_Dudley May that officer know extreme personal duress at some point during his on duty time. If forum had poop emoji I would insert here.... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley Oh, no! Sorry that happened. It's a crap feeling, n.p.i. That's a nice looking Avengers 24. I especially like the color. Only thing I don't like about silver age Marvels is the page quality, in general. But that one really pops! I can't tell from here how tight the cover is ... is that top staple a bit loose? Do you reckon it's about a 7.5 or 8.0? Love the color. I find I'm particularly interested in comics that I've bought and graded and sold before. I've never read those early Avengers, but seeing the #24 I really sit up and notice. I wonder why that is? Some sort of affinity for comics I've owned before... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid Thanks! The cover is still tightly attached, and the pages are off white, along with the back cover. There is enough wear on it to make me think it would be in the 7.0-7.5 range. A proper press wouldn't hurt it either. The colors are sharp, even on the interiors. I've found the pence copies of SA and even BA Marvels take on a little more wear than their cents counterparts. Part of it, in my opinion, is the pence copies weren't as desirable, even to UK collectors. I've been lucky enough to find some in nice condition. |
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| @Studley_Dudley correct. I'm from Australia and everyone turned up their nose to a pence copy. Rather the u.s. cover price copy. Even to go as far as including the Australian cover price copies in early 90s as less desirable then U.S. cover price books |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley I wondered how they'd react to that excuse. Now I'm wondering how they react if you said that you were in the process of taking it because he stopped you. |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| My brother had the opposite happen. He stated a cop pulled him over, and then said forget it. I have to go to bathroom. Brother counted himself lucky. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 Cop: "You could have an accident going that fast." Studley_Dudley: "I could have an accident if I don't!" |
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| I shoulda showed a little skin. Maybe csll him handsome. Just try to make it uncomfortable for him. Oh well. | ||
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A NM freebie from the LCS today. Another one off the list. |
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| You have an LCS that gives you free NM pence comics???? What did you do?? Did you save his dog in a fire, rescue his kid from drowning or stop the Joker from robbing his store??? WOW!!! Nice owner!!! | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jesse_OIf only. He gets the occasional pence book in due to the Air Force base being down the road. He gets collections from service members rotating in and out from overseas. Gets the mark jeweler variants in too. Anyways, he told me that I spend enough there and could just have it. I look at it as a way of maintaining positive LCS-customer relations. |
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| @Studley_Dudley - Mike, he should roll out a red carpet when you show up for how many comics you post here each week! | ||
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Picked up my mail after my business trip. I got in the way of the light, sorry.      |
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@Studley_Dudley very nice  |
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| I just got back from London. I did not make it to 30th Century comics as it was pretty far out of the way. I did make it to Orbital comics as it is pretty close to where we were staying. They did not have many pence copies. They did have a pence copy of Strange Tales 180 - 1st appearance of Gamora - for 150 pounds. The copy was VF at best so I passed. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Hcanes There's no way I want to lift a comic that heavy. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 lol!!!!  |
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So stoked about the new Moon Knight announcement! All the UK (pence) editions of all his early appearances (sans Moon Knight 1) |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Odins_Raven Kudos to your 9.4. High grade pence copies are not easy to come by. |
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@Hcanes Thank you  At the time I bought it, was the lone 9.4. |
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| So what are values like on Pence books? I bought an X-men 129 Pence by accident one late night on Ebay. Say it's a 9.0, any idea of value? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbaySellerThe values are where it can get tricky. At one point, a pence copy was about 15-30% less than its cents counterpart. However, I have been seeing some pence books being listed at an equal price compared to a cents copy. The gap is a little more narrow on the key books. Maybe about 10% less. The thing to understand is that the pence price variants are still first prints. Generally speaking, they have the same indicia, advertisements, and were printed at the same time. The only thing was that a few plates were swapped out to put the UK price on there. Additionally, pence priced books only constituted 5% + or - of a given issue when it was made. And even less survived because even the Brits turned their noses up at them. Finding them in especially high grade (9.2 or higher) is difficult. I have an X-Men 129 as well, and I paid the FMV for a 9.2 raw copy. If I had to compare it to anything else, I would say the market is like the newsstand editions. There may not be many, but the ones who go out looking for these books will pay premiums for higher grade copies. It's a niche market, so if you were looking to sell the 129, it could take time, but it will sell. It took me quite a few months to sell a Captain America 241 pence copy. Trust me, the buyers are there. UK Price Variant Resource, this is a good site with a fairly comprehensive list of books that have pence price variants for Marvel and DC.  |
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@EbaySeller - What @Studley_Dudley said (he’s the Pence King!). Plus, they are cool and “ALL-COLOUR.” |
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