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Just now, thpike said:

I have a few of the Realm Covers already... 1A, 1B, and the Castlevania Variant from the UK. I like the other ones but not enough to buy them at those prices. They are fantastic art though. I also just bought some Dark Ark variants, mainly because I love the cover art. Being one with an Art History background is bad for my wallet... lol

Alright, now you have me searching for the Castlevania variant haha. I haven't seen that one.

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47 minutes ago, kevhtx said:

Alright, now you have me searching for the Castlevania variant haha. I haven't seen that one.

The secret variant is cool too... I only know what it looks like because a seller included a picture of it in his ebay listing. Despite the whole point of the variant to be "secret" and not show anyone lol. Lots of cool old "D&D" like covers with it. I enjoyed the first issue so I'm happy to read it.

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6 hours ago, thpike said:

The secret variant is cool too... I only know what it looks like because a seller included a picture of it in his ebay listing. Despite the whole point of the variant to be "secret" and not show anyone lol. Lots of cool old "D&D" like covers with it. I enjoyed the first issue so I'm happy to read it.

I got one but I don’t know if I should open the bag to see if mine has the golden ticket lol  

I’m personally loving all of the covers.

 

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2 hours ago, Ralph Snart said:

Anyone else having a hard time finding Black Magick #8?  Few sellers on Ebay at ridiculous prices, but none moving.

Really? I found some on eBay for under $5. There were a couple variants, but they were in between $20 to $30. And those were in Canadian prices.  

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10 hours ago, Spawn1709 said:

Really? I found some on eBay for under $5. There were a couple variants, but they were in between $20 to $30. And those were in Canadian prices.  

Should have been more specific, the Black Magick #8 Frison Cover.  Bunch of listings in the teens now.

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Heads up, the Rick and Morty #1 1:50 Roiland variant is under a shill attack by bidder "4***y" (3). That user has "won" numerous past auctions for this book and if I'm not mistaken the majority of them, if not all of them, have been relisted. 

I went ahead and reported every 1:50 auction they are bidding on. A few of these listings are repeat listings, some of which have auctioned off the same exact copy as many as five times. 

If you have a moment please report them. I suspect one or two of those sellers are involved in this book being shilled, especially seller pumgarl_0481 who appears to be dirty in all of this. 

Here's a recent one from pumgarl_0481 

If you look at the books sales history you'll quickly see the same copy being "sold" by pumgarl_0481 several times. 

RICK AND MORTY #1 FIRST PRINT - Legit 9.8 candidate! JUSTIN ROILAND 1:50 VARIANT https://www.ebay.com/i/122723560326

Here are the active ones currently being shilled by bidder "4***y"...

Rick and Morty #1 Justin Roiland Variant Cover Single Issue - Hyper Rare https://www.ebay.com/i/322791645824

Rick and Morty #1 Justin Roiland 1:50 Variant Cover - Very Rare!! - Holy Grail!! https://www.ebay.com/i/192322500915

Rick and Morty #1 1:50 variant (2015, Oni Press) https://www.ebay.com/i/272871140380

Rick and Morty #1 Roiland Variant - Oni Press 1:50 VARIANT https://www.ebay.com/i/263238957764

I'm having a hard time finding out exactly where the smoking gun is coming from. Hopefully any additional reports will get eBay to take a closer look at these bidders and sellers.

Thanks all. 

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I wonder if they have them all or the majority of them. I haven't seen them anywhere else for sale really. If so, I wonder how many they have. They are trying to create their own demand/market price it seems.

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2 minutes ago, kevhtx said:

I wonder if they have them all or the majority of them. I haven't seen them anywhere else for sale really. If so, I wonder how many they have. They are trying to create their own demand/market price it seems.

If you look closely you'll notice pumgarl_0481's listings have all used the same exact book. Whoever it is did change locations where they were based out of, and the images used, but it's still the same exact book. 

I really don't have a clue who's dirty and who isn't but this is just absurd that it just continues to happen. Escpecially by the same bidder after several reports. It's to the point now that if you are not blocking that bidder before relisting the book, then I'm leaning towards them being dirty as well.  

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5 hours ago, IntoAnother said:

Heads up, the Rick and Morty #1 1:50 Roiland variant is under a shill attack by bidder "4***y" (3). That user has "won" numerous past auctions for this book and if I'm not mistaken the majority of them, if not all of them, have been relisted. 

I went ahead and reported every 1:50 auction they are bidding on. A few of these listings are repeat listings, some of which have auctioned off the same exact copy as many as five times. 

If you have a moment please report them. I suspect one or two of those sellers are involved in this book being shilled, especially seller pumgarl_0481 who appears to be dirty in all of this. 

Here's a recent one from pumgarl_0481 

If you look at the books sales history you'll quickly see the same copy being "sold" by pumgarl_0481 several times. 

RICK AND MORTY #1 FIRST PRINT - Legit 9.8 candidate! JUSTIN ROILAND 1:50 VARIANT https://www.ebay.com/i/122723560326

Here are the active ones currently being shilled by bidder "4***y"...

Rick and Morty #1 Justin Roiland Variant Cover Single Issue - Hyper Rare https://www.ebay.com/i/322791645824

Rick and Morty #1 Justin Roiland 1:50 Variant Cover - Very Rare!! - Holy Grail!! https://www.ebay.com/i/192322500915

Rick and Morty #1 1:50 variant (2015, Oni Press) https://www.ebay.com/i/272871140380

Rick and Morty #1 Roiland Variant - Oni Press 1:50 VARIANT https://www.ebay.com/i/263238957764

I'm having a hard time finding out exactly where the smoking gun is coming from. Hopefully any additional reports will get eBay to take a closer look at these bidders and sellers.

Thanks all. 

I completely agree with you I sent this seller a message a while back and I reported it. The second and third picture is their response which is pretty shaky. 

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4 hours ago, kevhtx said:

I wonder if they have them all or the majority of them. I haven't seen them anywhere else for sale really. If so, I wonder how many they have. They are trying to create their own demand/market price it seems.

It seems that they have multiples copies. The seller sent me this message with a picture of some of the copies they have. 

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They are just getting greedy though. Those books would do well right now without the market manipulation. They may not go for as high as they want, but they would go for around $1k at least. They could do fixed price or buy it now and probably sell them. They could make $800-1000 quick on each. Even better, they could take them to a con, get them signed/witnessed and graded then sell them. But, they don't seem to know what they are doing.

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