ding ding ding…I wouldn’t use the word ‘winning’, as they are not Charlie Sheen.
However, they have done quite well in this launch, imo, as far as publicity goes. And given the covid circumstances, I think it makes it that much more successful than it first appears. M2c.
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Seeing some of the original Facebook threads where the store was also doing claims for above cover price, it seemed like they knew they were breaking the rules but already had planned to never order any Bad Idea comics again because of the allocations based on what the shop was saying to people. Whether or not there were any discussions after the fact to make it more “dramatic” of an event for both sides to benefit who knows.
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So what’s everyone doing with their copies of Eniac 1 first prints? I got 2 copies of the first print and think I’m going to list one. They seem to be going for $150.
I’m listing mine as soon as it arrives… in April… from TFAW.
Hey, last week’s Diamond shipment comes in today, so it should be going out sometime this week. At that point it’s up to the post office!
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Heh, I mean it should have been (in a perfect world) on the shipment that is processing now (based on the timing of when everything was scheduled to release) but it got bumped to the next one and I am set on 4 weeks, so it’ll be a while yet.
I was hoping my TFAW copy would come sooner but I’m in the same boat there unless I change my shipping from monthly.
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I have sold two copies of the first print. One at $130 and one at $144. I have a third copy I am holding until tfaw ships mine (hopefully first print since I ordered March of 2020). I also sold two copies of the Not A First Print covers at $30 each.
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Did you check the not first printing to see what the extra was? Or were they referring to the extra word in “Not First Printing”?
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I watched an Instagram live auction where the guy was auctioning a first print for eniac 1. Final bid ended up being $270
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Damn.
I listed mine at $170 and it just sold within 20-30 minutes.
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And your pre-order shipping preferences…
Dude nice work! My 3 copies are all 9.8 for sure. I’m still on the fence. Want to get them graded but afraid spec will fizzle out before getting them back. Was yours a 9.8 contender?
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I just packaged mine up to got to CGC, It’s 9.8 for sure.
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How much you think you’ll get for it once it’s back??
I have no idea. CGC turn around time right now is 48 working days which is 2.5 months plus 2 weeks shipping there and back. In general though a graded 9.8 sells for about 3-4 times the price of a raw copy, so I would hope for $500 plus if things pan out right.
Lots of factors in play here though.
Yeah it was Near Mint/Mint.
Why the inflated pricing on the “not a first print”? They’ll just keep printing more, right?
Golden Apple has pre-orders for it open again… $3.99.
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FOMO and people not understanding how they’ll work/listing them as 2nd printings.
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