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GGSAE wrote:
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lorddunlow wrote:Whoa.

I really need to get some of those. They were a holy grail item when I was first collecting.
I'll sell you a set of silvers plus the ultraforce gold for $45 shipped if you want....
I should find out how much my bonus is this week. I'll definitely take you up on that if I get what I should be getting.
Sure let me know, I'm shipping from Canada so the cost is probably gonna run me 15-20 alone. I'm willing to give a boardie a deal, just lightening up on some books.

If anyone wants one of the golds I'll do $50 shipped for a gold Mantra - limit one per customer. I think I have about 6 or 7 extras left, and one extra Free-X.
Even a Canadian-hating boardie like myself? :P
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depluto wrote:You mean like this?

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Dang Depluto! :o I still need a few golds for my set, I have some extras of Mantra and Free-X if you're up for a trade? I've also noticed these have sold quick briskly recently, and X-O's 9.8s are pretty cheap considering how hard these are to find in 9.8.

I have been surprised that they didn't sell faster.
I have my Mantra one up still.
I had the only ones graded 9.8. Not sure if anyone else has had them graded since.

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There are some auctions on eBay right now featuring gold holos including the Prime and Strangers gold. That Strangers book will test my theory that this stuff is on the verge of making a move. I bet it goes for more than $100.

To me, that $150 starting bid for a 9.8 gold Mantra is a great price. I also think GGSAE will eventually make a really good return from that batch of gold Mantras he bought.

Nobody has been really looking for this stuff since the Ultraverse is pretty much beyond dead, but some collectors are starting to go after the hard-to-find books.

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depluto wrote:There are some auctions on eBay right now featuring gold holos including the Prime and Strangers gold. That Strangers book will test my theory that this stuff is on the verge of making a move. I bet it goes for more than $100.

To me, that $150 starting bid for a 9.8 gold Mantra is a great price. I also think GGSAE will eventually make a really good return from that batch of gold Mantras he bought.

Nobody has been really looking for this stuff since the Ultraverse is pretty much beyond dead, but some collectors are starting to go after the hard-to-find books.
I've already sold about 2-3 of the extras in the $40-50 range to offset my cost. I still think the market is very, very limited, and just on value alone that Mantra 9.8 is an absolute steal at that price. I don't know about you depluto, but I would expect only a handful of 9.8s are out there.

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lorddunlow wrote:
GGSAE wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
GGSAE wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:Whoa.

I really need to get some of those. They were a holy grail item when I was first collecting.
I'll sell you a set of silvers plus the ultraforce gold for $45 shipped if you want....
I should find out how much my bonus is this week. I'll definitely take you up on that if I get what I should be getting.
Sure let me know, I'm shipping from Canada so the cost is probably gonna run me 15-20 alone. I'm willing to give a boardie a deal, just lightening up on some books.

If anyone wants one of the golds I'll do $50 shipped for a gold Mantra - limit one per customer. I think I have about 6 or 7 extras left, and one extra Free-X.
Even a Canadian-hating boardie like myself? :P
Huh, didn't know that....new price - $75.

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Sweet jumping baby Jesus ... those golds are starting to sell for quite a bit.

Somebody bought xomatic's 9.8 Mantra for $150.

Five other auctions just ended:

Mantra: $26 (meant to slip in a $30 snipe and forgot to do it ... gar!)
Prototype: $74.58
Exiles: $74.58
Strangers: $113.50
Prime: $128.43

There is a Hardcase that ends in a couple of days ... it's at $48 for now.

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depluto wrote:Sweet jumping baby Jesus ... those golds are starting to sell for quite a bit.

Somebody bought xomatic's 9.8 Mantra for $150.

Five other auctions just ended:

Mantra: $26 (meant to slip in a $30 snipe and forgot to do it ... gar!)
Prototype: $74.58
Exiles: $74.58
Strangers: $113.50
Prime: $128.43

There is a Hardcase that ends in a couple of days ... it's at $48 for now.
Ya, crazy eh!? I was watching a number of these and had a snipe for the Prime, but it was too low. I'm surprised how high these are, seems like some buyers have stepped up to the plate. I might have to list a couple of my spares soon....did anyone here win any of these?

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That Hardcase is already over $100 with a day to go.

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depluto wrote:That Hardcase is already over $100 with a day to go.
I saw that today, wtf? Man I gotta list some of my extras....I'm really happy I managed to get some of the ones I needed not included in the bulk lot off ebay in the last year change for pretty cheap. Do you have a full run depluto?

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GGSAE wrote:
depluto wrote:That Hardcase is already over $100 with a day to go.
I saw that today, wtf? Man I gotta list some of my extras....I'm really happy I managed to get some of the ones I needed not included in the bulk lot off ebay in the last year change for pretty cheap. Do you have a full run depluto?
I have every Ultraverse book and variant except one ... the Firearm Ultra 5000 book. I figure somebody somewhere has a box of those sitting in their garage.

This guy selling golds now might have a pretty good supply of books. He's already relisted some dupes of Ultra 5000 books that he sold a couple of days ago.

I also think that those gold holograms breaking $100 should shake free a few more from other collections.

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Dayum! The Hardcase just closed at $178.52. And somebody just bought the Prototype gold that was listed for a $120 BIN with a "best offer."

There is still a Freex starting at $30 and an Exiles with a $90 BIN.

I can only remember one month where more of these were listed and most of those sold for $5 to $15 back then. That was about 8-9 years ago.

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Now the same guy is listing more golds ... starting bids closer to what his last ones sold for.

:hm:

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Alright, I'm gonna list a Mantra or two, I'll keep you guys posted....

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depluto wrote:Now the same guy is listing more golds ... starting bids closer to what his last ones sold for.

:hm:
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Just search for "ultraverse holographic" and that will turn up a bunch of interesting (to me) stuff.

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So, there's a chance this has value? Sweet! :)

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So you're the one who got that?

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They have some value for sure. I think if Marvel ever does anything with the Ultraverse (and there is a logjam hidden behind NDAs that seems to be preventing that from happening, although you can read between the internet's lines to figure it out) then this stuff will be real gold. There were only 200 of each of the gold holograms made, paid for out of the Malibu publisher's pocket (he said this at a 2012 panel at SDCC). Nobody knows for sure what happened to them, but there were a ton of Ultraverse incentive books that were tossed in the trash when Marvel shut down the Ultraverse offices.
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depluto wrote:Just search for "ultraverse holographic" and that will turn up a bunch of interesting (to me) stuff.
Thanks. Can't remember what I was searching for, but the stuff you were describing wasn't coming up. :oops:
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Man I got a set of those silvers + the ultraforce gold with a BIN for $39.99 and no action....ebay is so funny sometimes.

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How hard is it to find these in 9.8 raw? I bet they look great slabbed, rare or not.

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I know my Unity 3D books look fantastic slabbed.

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nycjadie wrote:How hard is it to find these in 9.8 raw? I bet they look great slabbed, rare or not.
Because of the foil type cover they show creases very easily.
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