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Hellboy The Fury #3 Second Printing Variant 2011 Dark Horse Comic Book 2nd PrintOpens in a new window or tab

$299.95

I went to list my set of 1-3 and didn’t realize the #3 was a second print so looked it up…is this a really low print book or something? I know nothing about this one and the sold prices are all over the place. This is the only listing besides a slab I’ve found.

Hellboy was a great read every series. A lot of those books have low print runs so I imagine that 2nd print is pretty low. idk about $300 tho… thats a wee bit high.

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Never read something Hellboy that I didn’t fully enjoy, great world and characters all around. I knew there was some value to the older books but honestly didn’t know there was 2nd printings much less ppl were asking wild prices for them. Might throw mine up for $200 and see if someone with disposable income takes the bait haha. P.S. thank you forum for reminding me to check the barcodes on books :+1:

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31 days in January
28 days in February
4 days in March

And day 5 I am less than an hour away from the streak ending. Sent out a ton of best offers trying to get something to sell but no luck.

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If it ended, it was a damn good run! Hopefully you got one sold to keep it going!

That’s wild. Good for you on that streak, hope it ended up continuing after all! Think the longest I’ve had is 3 weeks, maybe a month tops but I’m just selling off my collection and not the new FOMO books every week either so I’m sure that limits my views, sales etc.

I think he’s in mourning….or maybe he’s deep diving trying to find an argument that the streak is still alive…using that clock @agentpoyo likes…

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Clock I like using? You mean, the same standard clock that the world uses but different timezone? Pfftt…

The streak might be over… he came down and whipped me and took my bucket away without explaining why… :sob:

It is over. I am sad but it’s ok. I had listed 250 items last month and sold a lot of them. I literally ran through and cashed out most of my newer stock. Need to reload.

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All good things, my friend.

I think I may have the longest active streak now. 7 days.

Should make a thread. See if anyone can beat the record.

Have not sold a book today….But I have a few to post and prices to lower to current market sales.

That was a great run! Congrats on all those sales

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@D-Rog had the meme waiting for it to end. lol.
No sales yesterday or today.

It was a good run and I did learn a lot.
I think the ebay algorithm rewards those that lost more with increased visibility and placement.

Those that sell more actual items may get bumped even more.

Saw things sell that hadn’t gotten a view in a long time sell during that period.

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I believe this, too.

This might be old news, but doing this seems to help:

  • Refreshing listings after 30 or more days – end listing, then “Sell Similar” so it gets a whole new item number. It’ll dump all your watchers, but even if you keep the same photos, the algo thinks it’s a new listing and it likes those.

  • Promoted listings – giving up even more % to eBay sucks, and their suggested ad rates are awful… usually double digits. But you can set it at the minimum 2% and even that seems to help sometimes. Some books still get no eyeballs (hello Ironheart), but I have sold some dormant things.

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I’ve been staring at my 1st Riri/IronHeart listing and I think it’s causing me to have cataracts. That’s how damn long it’s been up for sale. :hot_face:

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So glad I offloaded those Riri firsts as soon as they heated up…

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Same. Marvel ruined her onscreen so.

Congrats on the streak, @Anthony! Many good things do have to end. Just start planning the next streak!