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Dear Readers,
A gold mine of Albedos including the Grail = #2 is now available via eBay in near mint condtion and all doubles!

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZklaatu452QQhtZ-1

Klaatu barada nikto or something like that ( you can't get these at S-Mart!)
Best wishes to all!
go

go wrote:Dear Readers,
A gold mine of Albedos including the Grail = #2 is now available via eBay in near mint condtion and all doubles!

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZklaatu452QQhtZ-1


Best wishes to all!
go

Hello UY Collectors,

I didn't see in the auction (at least for #2) where it says condition is Near mint. So I've emailed the buyer. We'll see if he responds.

I wonder if dutch auctions are a more rewarding (meaning profitable) way to sell collectables. They seemed to work in my favor when selling lower priced ($2 - 5 a card) magic: the gathering cards, but I've always attributed that to people wanting a complete set of 4 to add to their playing deck. Any card worth over 20 bucks, I would sell individually.

I do think the seller was wise to list them individually verse as a set. Once I sold a complete set of Miracle Man comics (Both Moore/Gaiman series and the 3 anthology comics + 3-D issue). I only got about $130 for the set. If i would have sold them individually I think I would have made over $200.

I wonder if all bidders understand the how dutch auctions work (the first bidder who retracted his bid didn't).

It will be interesting to see what this dutch auction final price is.

Peace,

maka

Wow, the grail is up to $250 already...looks like a lot of bidding going on...

Maka wrote:
Hello UY Collectors,

I didn't see in the auction (at least for #2) where it says condition is Near mint. So I've emailed the buyer. We'll see if he responds.

maka

His reply:

<b>I do not have the slightest idea, I am not a dealer, just a person selling some comics I bought a while ago. The comics are not worn on the spine the page edges are not frayed, nor are they discolored, covers are not damaged. I would grade it on the comic grading as DB327 or TK421 or CSM101. Check my rating with eBay that's all I can say.
John</b>

Good luck to all.

Peace,

maka

Ebay seller klaatu452 (John) wrote:I do not have the slightest idea, I am not a dealer, just a person selling some comics I bought a while ago. The comics are not worn on the spine the page edges are not frayed, nor are they discolored, covers are not damaged. I would grade it on the comic grading as DB327 or TK421 or CSM101. Check my rating with eBay that's all I can say.
John

"I would grade it on the comic grading as DB327 or TK421 or CSM101"
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Personnally, I do not have any idea what these description indicator "codes" are supposed to represent. What ever happened to good, fine, very fine, and near mint?

These are the terms I have always heard associated with comic condition: http://www.nostomania.com/servlets/com. ... radingMain

On an somewhat unrelated topic:
A strange thing I've heard is, an autograph in a comic supposedly lowers the condition and possibly the value. Probably depends on whose autograph and how rare it might be, compared to the rarity of the item signed?

Abayo...

( I really like this picture )

Steve Hubbell wrote: "I would grade it on the comic grading as DB327 or TK421 or CSM101"
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Personnally, I do not have any idea what these description indicator "codes" are supposed to represent. What ever happened to good, fine, very fine, and near mint?

On an somewhat unrelated topic:
A strange thing I've heard is, an autograph in a comic supposedly lowers the condition and possibly the value. Probably depends on whose autograph and how rare it might be, compared to the rarity of the item signed?

I find it hard to believe that someone has these comics and doesn't have any idea how to grade them. It's not like these comics were sold at Toys' R Us or the local 7/11. In fact how were these distributed? Via Dimond and conventions?

And to pick up two of each is pretty smart/lucky.

On the signature effect on value of the comic - I don't know. I've heard the same thing, signatures decrease the condition (I know when Grant Morrison signed my Animal man comics after eating his Fritos - those fingerprints / transfat oils didn't increase the value - but hey, I got his Morrison's finger prints. ).

I think with modern comics today have such huge print runs and availability, signatures (of a hot artist or writer) increase the value. After all, not everyone has access to their favorite creator.

Autographs on older stuff probaby does decrease the value. But for fans, wouldn't you love to have your Thor signed by Kirby, your The Spirit signed by Eisner, and your Albedo #2 signed by Sakai?

Peace,

maka

Maka wrote: I think with modern comics today have such huge print runs and availability, signatures (of a hot artist or writer) increase the value. After all, not everyone has access to their favorite creator.

Autographs on older stuff probaby does decrease the value. But for fans, wouldn't you love to have your Thor signed by Kirby, your The Spirit signed by Eisner, and your Albedo #2 signed by Sakai?

Peace,

maka

I am not positive, but I thought that the print-runs on today's "Hot" comics were just a fraction of what used to be printed back in the old days before direct distribution allowed publishers to estimate how many copies were needed based on the amount of pre-orders made for each title.

Back when comics were sold in every bookstore, newsstand, drug store, and grocery store, the print runs for most comics were up into the hundreds of thousands, if not higher.

I can't claim to know first hand about comic fandom in those days, but I also think that there are both more comic conventions in the present which are larger, being held more frequently, and in a wider range of locations than in previous comic eras. I could be wrong, they might have peaked in the 80's or 90's...

With the frequency of conventions, and with the wide-spread use of the internet (and ebay in particular), and the ease of spreading information concerning appearences and signings, I believe it has become somewhat easier to obtain autographs from comic professionals, whether in person at a convention or signing, or purchased second hand from a dealer.

Back when I was still in elementary or grade school, I read and collected comics, but I have no recollection of having seen, and definitely never owned an autographed comic. If I had seen one, I'm sure there was no way I could have afforded to buy it. At the same time, I was totally oblivious to the presence of conventions or comic fandom. I know it was around back then, but as a kid I was completely ignorant of it's existence.

As far as autographed comics, I had my favorate issue of Usagi Yojimbo autographed by Stan years ago (1994). That was Fantagraphics Books issue #11, with the story "The Tea Cup".

Eleven years later, it is still my favorite story and still the only autographed issue of Usagi Yojimbo I own. (I do have a few other items autographed)

Abayo

( I still really like this picture )