PRICING COMICS AND ANNUALS

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I'm trying to find a good price guide for British comics and annuals. I believe there used to be one that went tits up a few years back. There's also one being auctioned on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... gory=16135). I would assume as there is no longer a large UK comic market, there would no longer be a need for an up to date price guide, so would I be okay buying one that's a couple years old and extrapolating the price...? Anyone ever used Hamer and is it any good?

Originally posted by Anonymous on the old forum on 03/02/2003

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Hi there. There's a GREAT little price guide for British Annuals available. Quite a few pics and covers pretty much everything produced in the UK: Bond, Gerry Anderson, TV annuals, Beano, Dandy, IPC, Fleetway, Marvel, Battle, Lion and on and on. 1950-2001. Bought a copy last year... WELL WORTH SEEKING OUT. Greens Guide to collecting TV, MUSIC & COMIC BOOK ANNUALS ISBN 0 9538768 0 2 Price 14.95 Features UK and US prices. As far as UK comics go, hmmmmm, not sure. There was a really nice little guide available late 70's early 80's by Alan Austin. Then the UK Comic Book Price guide came out, but Duncan McAlpine stopped producing this publication a while back. Not sure why (work commitments if I remember correctly).... I'll try and remember to ask him why it stopped next time I speak to him. I too would be keen to purchase such a book if you manage to find a new publication. Anyway, think you'll be more than happy with the little annual book. Hope this helps. Andy

Originally posted by Andy J on the old forum on 03/02/2003

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Thanks, Andy J. Any idea where I might get a copy of that book? Amazon only has "Greens Guide to Environmental Law in Scotland", which, as interesting as it sounds, isn't really what I'm looking for ;)

I live in Ireland, so I'd be surprised if any of our stupid bookshops over here would stock it, so I think online is my only way to go.

Originally posted by Anonymous on the old forum on 03/02/2003

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Hi again. Just managed to find the book on Amazon.co.uk and it's only 11.99, which must be a bargain. Anyway, here's the address:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0953876802
Shouldn't be a prob getting it to Ireland, although might be a wee bit more on postage.
Cheers. Andy

Originally posted by Andy on the old forum on 03/02/2003

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Woah, thanks. Strange it didn't show on the search for the title, but since you went to the trouble of getting the ISBN for me, I really should have used that. Thanks for your help. It's in my basket...

Originally posted by Anonymous on the old forum on 04/02/2003

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ComicsPriceGuide.com provides listings for most British Comics. Pricing is on the conservative side in most cases.

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