Quite a few HCs, quite pricey

[Thomas Froehling]

Hello,
while hunting down a HC for furystrom, I came across a German seller who gave me his list of HCs for sale; even if they are a bit expensive, there are some gems on that list:

Usagi Yojimbo Hardcover:

All prices are in Euro!
1. Space Usagi First Edition December 1998 with Sketch, signed,
# 177 of 500 125,- €

2. Book 6 Circles First Edition July 1994 with Sketch, signed,
# 66 of 750 150,- € *

(3. Book 8 Shades Of Death First Edition February 1998 with Sketch,
signed, # 107 of 500 110,- €)
Accounted for Furystorm

4. Book 9 Daisho First Edition February 1998 with Sketch, signed,
# 333 of 500 100,- €

5. Book 11 Seasons First Edition March 1999 with Sketch, signed,
# 429 of 500 90,- €

(6. Book 12 Grasscutter First Edition August 1999 with Sketch, signed,
# 82 of 350 100,- €)
Accounted for Furystorm

7. Book 13 Grey Shadows First Edition March 2000with Sketch,
signed, # 64 of 400 90,- €

8. Book 14 Demon Mask First Edition March 2001 with Sketch,
signed, # 105 of 400 90,- €

9. Book 15 Grasscutter II First Edition February 2002 with Sketch,
signed, # 312 of 400 90,- €

10. Book 16 The Shrouded Moon First Edition January 2003 with
Sketch, signed, # 118 of 400 90,- €

11. Book 17 Duel At Kitanoji First Edition September 2003 with Sketch,
signed, # 68 of 400 90,- €

12. Book 18 Travels With Jotaro First Edition June 2004 with Sketch,
signed, # 73 of 300 125,- €

13. Book 19 Fathers And Sons First Edition July 2005 with Sketch,
signed, # 92 of 300 125,- €

14. Book 20 Glimpses Of Death First Edition July 2006 with Sketch,
signed, # 5 of 300 125,- €

15. Book 21 The Mother Of Mountains First Edition July 2007 with
Sketch, signed, # 264 of 300 75,- € **

16. Book 23 Bridge Of Tears First Edition July 2009 with Sketch,
signed, # 131 of 350 100,- €

* Fantagraphics Books, all others Dark Horse.

** There is a little tear (0,5 cm) on the Dust jacket and the cover. All other books are Mint.


If someone here is interested, please PM me and I'll organize the purchase.

[furystorm]

You are awesome Thomas. I need some of those listed and may be interested if I can secure the funds for them. I'll check back with you by pm later today to let you know. Where did you find this seller? Is he the same one that we bought Brink of Life and Death from?

Thanks...

[furystorm]

Dibs on Grasscutter!

[Steve Hubbell]

No fair! I've been stuck at work for the past thirteen and a half hours and just now managed to get on the internet, just to find out that someone else has nabbed a nice inexpensive copy of Grasscutter before me....

I am surprised that he is selling Grasscutter for less than Space Usagi, the only other one on the list which I don't have.

Since I have been having internet access problems at home, I will get back with you Wednesday evening (after working an early shift), I am probably interested in the copy of Space Usagi.

[Stan Sakai]

Since I have been having internet access problems at home, I will get back with you Wednesday evening (after working an early shift), I am probably interested in the copy of Space Usagi.

If you can wait until Motor City in May, I can bring you a copy of Space Usagi for much less than this seller is asking for. I can't help you with Grasscutter, though.

[Steve Hubbell]

Since I have been having internet access problems at home, I will get back with you Wednesday evening (after working an early shift), I am probably interested in the copy of Space Usagi.

If you can wait until Motor City in May, I can bring you a copy of Space Usagi for much less than this seller is asking for. I can't help you with Grasscutter, though.

Sounds great! I will see you at Motor City about a space faring samurai rabbit.....

[Groosagi]

I am also interested very much in the Space Usagi Hardcover, and Travels with Jotaro, but they are a bit pricey.

With those two I would complete my UY HC collection volumes 1 thru 23
Is there any way to negotiate a lower price?

[Stan Sakai]

I am also interested very much in the Space Usagi Hardcover, and Travels with Jotaro, but they are a bit pricey.

With those two I would complete my UY HC collection volumes 1 thru 23
Is there any way to negotiate a lower price?

Are you going to be at Motor City or any of my upcoming conventions? As you may know, I do not work through the mails.

At current conversion rates, this seller is asking for about $166 US each for the two books you are looking for. And that is for prime customers. You or I, who have to go through a credit card company or money exchangers would pay much more. I can come up with a much better price, but only if you or your agent is at one of my signings.

[Thomas Froehling]

Hello Groosagi,
I'm only the in-between (at no extra cost); there just might be room for negotiation, the seller offered about 15% off for two books I've bought for another Dojo member, but I can't promise anything.

So, I highly recommend taking Sensei up on his offer and looking for a way to get an agent to pick up the books directly from him [they may be sketched, by the way; it's always a nice surprise ]

I am also interested very much in the Space Usagi Hardcover, and Travels with Jotaro, but they are a bit pricey.

With those two I would complete my UY HC collection volumes 1 thru 23
Is there any way to negotiate a lower price?

[furystorm]

A great big thank you to Thomas for helping fill out my hardcover collection. The first one arrived and it was like a brand new totally mint book. I'm so pleased to have added Brink of Life and Death to my collection. Now I'm just waiting on the deal for Grasscutter and Shades of Death.

After those, I will only need three more editions for a complete set of DH releases!

I hope to be able to obtain those last three from Sensei sometime in the near future.

Thanks again Thomas!!!

[Hans]

Congrats, I think you made a good deal! As far as I remember, I paid a lot more for certain volumes (for example the Grasscutter issues). But that was a looong time ago and the some books were really hard to find back then

[Thomas Froehling]

Seems like the seller is trying to auction off his collection on ebay:

ebay list

[Hans]

Seems that none of the books was auctioned for the suggested price - so keep your eyes open for the re-listing

[furystorm]

He's not listing the two that are supposed to be on their way to me, is he?

[joergwesti]

No, he wasn't. Calm down.