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Of some comics there are more than 10 different variants listed. There are 13 of the Red Knight uncolored No. 1.
Now I wonder: are there really people who take that into account? I just think: it's a first edition, or no first edition. But all those other variants?
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PeterMotte What is the chance that you can get this album in the 1st edition?
Consequently, you buy another edition and keep looking.
But of course this has an 'repercussion' on the values/ selling prices of 2nd, 3rd printing, etc...
Compare the catalog values.
Difference between the 1st edition from 1959 and the album from 1961 and between the 2 albums from 1960.
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PeterMotte 
There are collectors who want every print of a certain series/hero.
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I had that with science fiction, but I soon stopped, otherwise I would need a second home for only books
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The problem for me is that of all those non-first editions of RR I can't possibly check which edition it is. If you're selling those things (I like to pack them away, by the way), you can't ask for enough to spend all the time you put into them. That is why I wonder whether collectors really attach importance to this.
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PeterMotte 

The idea behind the catalog is that every collector can include his or her copy in the catalog. So if you have the 12th edition of an RR issue, you can look it up in the catalog and if you can't find it, include it in the catalog.

Is this important? Maybe not, but nobody can stop you from adding the 11th edition to your collection when you actually have the 12th edition.
A possible problem arises if you want to put your RR collection for sale via Lastdodo.
Then tref you may be a collector who is interested in this particular edition and will be disappointed if he gets the 12th instead of the 11th.

The conclusion is therefore that the Last dodo site is not suitable for the bulk sale of unselected albums .




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rikMooren  Yes, I understand the reason for the system. But figuring out everything from 32 non-first editions... I'm dreading that. Hence my problem: would buyers mind if they put a 10th instead of a 10th? eg get a 5th edition?
The problem is also there with Tintins, but I think I've already sorted that out.

Morits  I know someone who also goes that far with sf, and a other acquaintance probably does it with Tolkien. But it seems a bit easier with books than with comics: the cover often differs.


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Yes, I understand the reason for the system. But find out everything from 32 non-first editions

Here lies the difference in perception Peter; Last Dodo is a collector's site with the possibility of selling and not vice versa.
The consequence of this is that you indeed have to find out everything before you put it up for sale.

For me personally it doesn't matter which reprint I have because the price difference between a 4th and 14th edition will be nil.
But there are also collectors for whom this does play a role and so we have to respect the principles of the collectors site even if this is not useful for sales.



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There are certainly quite a few collectors of prints when it comes to comic books. As an example Suske en Wiske, Roodbaard, Tanguy Laverdure, etc., which many collectors have invested time in, to properly describe the dozens of editions and provide the important backs. And indeed for a seller you have to look for which reprint it is, then for 2 to 4 euros if that is too much then don't offer it via LD. Although a late reprint of a beautiful Suske is not expensive, with postage it will be. And if you, as a buyer, get that other reprint that you already have or are not looking for, that's a shame. Although you could ask a buyer the question "is it really this print as it says in the catalog"? There is nothing wrong with combination offers, as long as they are the right items, bulk bookings that are for example for marktplaats. But there too a seller is expected to describe what it is.
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For me, only the first print counts. Searching alone is a fun 'sport'. Also 'misprints' don't interest me at all.
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So you can see again how tastes differ and also collecting hobby. I had so much fun going to fairs to get my hands on variant prints of the early Tintins ... or with books Bob Evers ...  Given your comment about misprints I am curious if there are collectors of these, my feeling is that these are at most enthusiasts from the point of view of "by-catch"  .... 
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Harry56 A well-known example: Peekaboo album 3 and 4: Fanny has black hair on the back cover. People pay hundreds of euros for it.
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I was not aware of that development in fairly recent comics. I do know that a certain shopkeeper in my collecting period always tried to sell "special" Tintins with bizarre prices, with the story that some reprints would have a small circulation. Whether the man himself was the printer .... Well and with misprints it becomes a kind of rare stamp or banknote.
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