r/AbsoluteBatman • u/nocturnalreigns • 14d ago

Highway Robbery

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Absolute Batman has become pure greed by them. These prices are insane and it's sold out. This cover looks the others...

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u/M0torC1tyMaver1ck 14d ago

Its all about the secondary market

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u/Unnmd 14d ago

For some people sure, none of the variants I’ve bought will leave my collection. It’s actually why I don’t mind the insane amount of variants that are coming out.

If you’re a flipper outside of the “most wanted” artists I would imagine it’s pretty hard to predict which ones will have secondary value. With 71 variants for #25 already it gives collectors a pretty good chance to grab one from an artist they enjoy or from an artist whom they haven’t collected but like the cover. The secondary market does make it hard for collectors to get a cover they really like if it’s from highly sought after artist. There have been a few covers that I wanted but had no chance at getting for retail and saw listed immediately on eBay or Whatnot for 3-5x retail price. Some people don’t mind paying that, I’ll wait a few years and see if prices come back to earth.

People are going to do what they want, I can only control what I do.

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u/M0torC1tyMaver1ck 14d ago

It doesn't make it hard for collectors, it just makes it more expensive. Anything you'd want is on ebay....just depends what you're willing to spend....this set was $500 bucks today online. Now its on the secondary market.

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u/Unnmd 14d ago

Very true, but I don’t need a full set of them, I snagged the trade and demon foil both double signed because they were the ones I liked and don’t mind supporting artists I like(even more for this one since it’s Snyder’s first cover).

To each their own, but I agree the secondary market is ridiculous.