Originally posted by VertigoXX@Apr 21, 2003 @ 04:10 PM
Major comic geek here. Most of the books listed in that auction are worthless. Anything with 2099 in the title, really anything published in the 80's or later listed there can be found in quarter boxes. A few of them are even mis-listed. SENSATIONAL Spider-Man came out in the late 90's, not 1979, and is worthless. Which New Warriors #1? Both are worthless, but the reader would want to know. Indiana Jones comics in 1980? Ummm... no.
The only books listed there that would interest me are Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #27, Detective Comics #1, and X-men #1 (1963). HOWEVER, looking at the pictures... Action Comics #1 is the most valuable comic ever, easily fetching over $1 Million in the condition you see there. BUT, the one he has pictured has the title in a WHITE box. The first print of Action #1 had a YELLOW box for the title. The one you see there is a REPRINT that came out in 1993, and is only worth, at most, $10. Detective #27 is likely a reprint that came out in the same year. Detective #1 is likely the reprint that came out three years ago, and is worth $4. Notice how he doesn't have it pictured, even though if a first print it would be worth several hundred thousand dollars. Probably to hide the DC MILLENIUM EDITION logo gracing the cover. That leaves X-men #1, which is also not pictured anywhere. It was reprinted in 2000 with a foil cover, easily distinguishable from the original. But it was a limited edition that fetches a whopping... ten bucks. There have also been a handfull of giveaway reprints that aren't listed in the price guides due to being worthless.
This guy has had an eBay account since 2000, but no feedback. There is a chance that he honestly does not know anything about the books. He probably inherited them or something, looked in a price guide, saw the listings for the Action and Detecitve issues as first prints, and decided to put them on eBay not knowing he had reprints: Not even knowing how to tell if they were reprints. On the other hand, the books that have easily distinguishable reprint markings on them are not shown, indicating that he knows what they truly are. Either way, nobody would bid that much money without knowing what they were bidding on, and knowing enough about comics to recognize the reprints as I just did.