dbartman wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Whether most big ticket collectors have a copy or not, which I doubt, it will sell for a very good amount.  I don't think this module is more speculative.  This is a well-known item and they are incredibly rare.  To find one for sale in decent condition, is becoming much more difficult.

To put it in perspective, there have been 35 recorded sales on The Acaeum since 2003.  Here's a plot of the number sold each year.  I've added an additional one for 2023, assuming that this one sells this year.

Based purely on the sales per year, the forecast is for only one , maybe two, to come up for sale per year until 2036, then the number drops below one.

Obviously this can change, based on a number of factors, but it's fair to say that there will likely not be a lot of these coming up for sale, unless and until some of the big-ticket collectors collections are sold off.

FoulFoot wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:The last one that sold on eBay went for $1500, but it was trashed and incomplete.  The one before that (May 2021), in Fine condition, went for $6666.  A NM condition one sold for $10,100 in Dec 2020.  The eBay link has long since expired, but an archived copy should be available in our Rares Formerly thread.

The most recent copy (on ComicLink), which we recorded in VG condition, did go for $6600.  The trend line is Up, which is reinforced by the historical value graph on the Indexes.  stratochamp is correct in his estimation that this one, if complete and in as-stated condition, should clear $10,000.  The market is fickle however, so it's just an informed guess.


The last sale price does not dictate the next one.  But more recent sales have a larger impact on our valuations than older sales do.  Our valuations-revamp this past February, which you seem to allude to, was not your brainchild and that's why you were not credited.  We've been doing weighted averages since the creation of the Valuation Board, almost twenty years ago.  In collaboration with dbartman, in Februrary we simply altered the formulas to better reflect market realities, which involved a lot of math and careful application of that math.

I think I do a pretty good job of giving credit where credit is due, but a shouted comment from the peanut gallery of "hey, your values seem off!  You should probably do a weighted average!" doesn't meet the threshold.

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FoulFoot wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:And it seems you have a habit of shooting your mouth off without doing any research.  Since you're clearly the smartest person in the room, I'm sure you can spot the elements of your last post I'm referring to.

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OK so in other words the last comparable sale was indeed $6,600 and it was for a VG condition if I recall, just like this one. So you were representing that I was wrong and saying the last sale was 10k but then when asked for the facts, it turns out those back me up. I accept your apologies