Framed Uncut Valiant Era II First Appearances Sheet

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:42 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0569829383

I won the retailer incentive framed uncut Valiant Era II First Appearances sheet. It was given out the retailers in 1994 and measures about 22” x 28”. It reads “Pyramid by the Upper Deck Company commemorates the 1994 Retailer Seminar. Thank You Diamond Comic Retailers for your support.”

I have not seen this item before either here or at sonicdan’s site. It is similar to the uncut X-O Manowar hologram sheet in that it was given out to retailers. The difference is that the uncut X-O Manowar hologram sheet was given to Capital City retailers and this uncut First Appearances sheet was given to Diamond retailers. Also I don’t think the uncut X-O Manowar hologram sheet was framed like this one.

Has anyone seen this before or has a copy? Any idea how many were given out?

Here are some pictures from the auction. I can’t wait to get this and I will examine it more closely and take more pictures.

kevinbastos · Post by **kevinbastos** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:03 am

Wow. That's amazing. $61. Pretty good. Do you know which cards are on it? 20. That's a weird number for a nine-card set.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:11 am

kevinbastos wrote:Wow. That's amazing. $61. Pretty good. Do you know which cards are on it? 20. That's a weird number for a nine-card set.

Not sure exactly which cards are included. Looking at the pics, it looks like each of the 9 cards is there and each is printed either 2 or 3 times.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:14 am

Congrats on the win (you beat me)! I'm glad you got it though. I've never seen one either.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:17 am

Quite the find, Iggy. I've never seen one but then again I don't go out and look like you do.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:27 am

geocarr wrote:Congrats on the win (you beat me)! I'm glad you got it though. I've never seen one either.

Ahhh, so it was you.

Thanks.

When I was researching about this, I was surprised sonicdan doesn't have it on his site. Now I just need to track down the matching uncut X-O sheet.

I'm just nervous about the shipping of this. Hopefully it makes it here safely.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:57 am

Very unique item, Iggy. I don't recall seeing one before.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:18 pm

Very cool item--congrats!

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:29 pm

iggy101us wrote:
geocarr wrote:Congrats on the win (you beat me)! I'm glad you got it though. I've never seen one either.
Ahhh, so it was you. Thanks.

When I was researching about this, I was surprised sonicdan doesn't have it on his site. Now I just need to track down the matching uncut X-O sheet.

I'm just nervous about the shipping of this. Hopefully it makes it here safely.

I would be nervous about the shipping too. I am crossing my fingers for you.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:53 pm

If you want to double your money, send me a PM.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:19 pm

ckb wrote:If you want to double your money, send me a PM.

Thanks for the offer but I will hang on to this since it's such a unique item.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:58 pm

iggy101us wrote:
ckb wrote:If you want to double your money, send me a PM.
Thanks for the offer but I will hang on to this since it's such a unique item.

Shows how effort and dedication can give good deals. Cool item.

/Magnus

dbest4u · Post by **dbest4u** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:24 pm

Thats a sweet price, I like the way the framed it. I might have to do something like that in the future.

JS

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:48 pm

very cool item

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:23 pm

Sweet stuff, Its the rare Vol. II set too!

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:58 pm

VERY, very cool. So how much did it cost you ?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:32 am

Knightt wrote:VERY, very cool. So how much did it cost you ?

$80 shipped.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:25 am

I had heard this existed but never found one. Or even seen one. nice find.

I kind of stopped actively looking for the ultra rare stuff for a bit (or else i would have given you a run for your money;) )

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:32 am

Dude . . that is a steal . . . a few years ago I would have also given you a run for your money on this . . . Nice piece for your collection . . .

Congrats man . . .

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:40 pm

geocarr wrote:
iggy101us wrote: I'm just nervous about the shipping of this. Hopefully it makes it here safely.
I would be nervous about the shipping too. I am crossing my fingers for you.

This arrived today but the rear glass pane broke.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:34 pm

iggy101us wrote:
geocarr wrote:
iggy101us wrote: I'm just nervous about the shipping of this. Hopefully it makes it here safely.
I would be nervous about the shipping too. I am crossing my fingers for you.
This arrived today but the rear glass pane broke.

Well sh!t and d,a,m,n! I was afraid of that and sure hate it happened to you. I thought about suggesting you contact the seller and ask him the remove any glass and then ship it and you just put the glass in yourself. I'm sorry for you dude.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:04 am

iggy101us wrote:
geocarr wrote:
iggy101us wrote: I'm just nervous about the shipping of this. Hopefully it makes it here safely.
I would be nervous about the shipping too. I am crossing my fingers for you.
This arrived today but the rear glass pane broke.

Any damage to the sheet?

/Magnus

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:39 am

Luckily there's no damage to the sheet. I can replace the glass and it should be as good as before though it may cost quite a bit for such a large piece of glass (22" x 28").

I couldn't tell on the shipping label whether the seller bought insurance. It doesn't look like it though. I am waiting to hear back from the seller.

Phantom.. · Post by **Phantom..** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:49 am

cut glass from a shop / framing shop can be exspensive.

go to trade and its 1/3 the price. Its exactly the same stuff.

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:53 am

Ah, bummer! Great find though. Really glad the sheet itself wasn't damaged, that would have been awful.