high-grade collector of the European variants and
accept only 9.2 and higher for my collection.
Liam: To be honest, it’s a relief to hear that your
work doesn’t spawn strictly from a desire for financial gain, but rather work to enable the growth of
your own collection of books you love. I hope readers can be inspired by your actions and purpose.
What are your initial thoughts on the foreign comic
market as it stands now, and as it’s changed since
you started dealing in these books?
Mario: When I compare the current foreign comic
market in the US with the way it was when I started
to deal with these books, there’s a visible difference. When it began sellers were mainly offering
modern French and German reprints of popular
Bronze Age Marvel key issues such as Amazing
Spider-Man #129 and Incredible Hulk #181. Occasionally there would be a professionally graded
Euro variant available. The next phase of the market showed an increase in foreign editions of independent US properties (e.g. Witchblade, Spawn,
Lady Death, Simpsons), but it was primarily still
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the aforementioned German
Europeancomixforyou: A sampling of some of his auctions online...
I thought it would be neat to take a market snapshot using one of the most experienced, consistent and
reasonable foreign dealers on American Ebay. Mario usually has a very quality selection of foreigns at any
given time in his store. Join us in checking out some of the cooler offerings as of October 30th, 2014.
Define999
French Iron
Man #1
$199.99
UK Hulk
#181
$129.99
or Best
Offer
or Best
Offer
German
Batman #251
$129.99
or Best
Offer
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German
Vampi #1
$299.99
or Best
Offer
Check out Europeancomixforyou and his online store
here.... www.http://www.ebay.com/sch/europeancomix4you/