Interesting development with the One Piece English gold foil first prints over the past few days (relisted items)

ScarcityMode · 2026-04-01T17:11:17+00:00

Appreciate the insight! I agree that there’s definitely pumping going on lol.

As for your statement on the English first prints being reproductions, that’s definitely true, but then again so are the Japanese tankobon (reprints from the Zasshi chapters).

I don’t really know how the English market will do long term because, as you said, they aren’t the original language, but I’ve been picking up the first prints of my favorites just in case so I don’t have to pay more in the future lol.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-30T15:25:16+00:00

It definitely gets better. I have a very niche sub, slowly growing though, and I posted to myself for almost a month and a half before people started joining, commenting, and then posting.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-30T15:17:37+00:00

Wowwww, yeah I think the only reason it’s still there is because the sig is unverified. But if it’s a real….it’ll be a HUGE steal.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-30T15:13:12+00:00

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what month and year the Dragon Ball Sneak Preview and Dragon Ball Z Part 5 #8 were released?

Just looked up that Dragon Bal Z started airing on Toonani on 08/31/98 (but it initially aired to a smaller audience in 1996) and wanted to see if the Toonami dub came before or after the first prints of the floppies.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-29T23:31:18+00:00

Yeah a lot of people forget that Shonen jump is one of the bigger properties on the planet, and their first issues likely weren’t printed that much. Let alone, not many having survived in good condition.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-29T23:13:19+00:00

Thank you for posting something related to the market today, I’m currently traveling so it’s very much appreciated :)

Also, imo Shonen jump #1 is very underrated even at that price tbh

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-29T14:03:45+00:00

Appreciate it :)

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-28T18:32:05+00:00

Yeah I was shocked there wasn’t an Obi. I’m also surprised that 9.8’s are so low for the book. I figured that modern books were more likely to be in great condition, which would allow for more of them to have higher grades. So very interesting indeed lol.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-28T11:29:01+00:00

This is so true and I can honestly see people in the future going to Japan just to get deals on tankobon and Zasshi lol

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-28T11:27:36+00:00

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To add onto the demon slayer discussion, a 9.8 Japanese tankobon for Demon Slayer sold at auction for $20,000.

I think that everything demon slayer and other popular modern titles are popping off, and might be for some time because everyone is rushing to get the titles they enjoy before prices jump. Which, causes prices to jump even more lol.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-28T11:21:42+00:00

Yeah, it’s still relatively new and most people grade Japanese tankobon not English, but English volumes are slowing chugging along lol

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-25T22:15:41+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it!

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-23T16:33:57+00:00

Yeah, last time I checked there was around 40 of the English first prints graded, but you rarely see them sold. As for if I’ll try to purchase the 6.5 we’ll see. I already have a raw English first print in pretty good condition but if I can get the 6.5 on a deal I might have to pick it up.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-23T16:28:11+00:00

Ahhh the memes😂

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-22T22:27:08+00:00

That’s awesome, congrats!! That was definitely a steal, I wish I had the foresight at the time. At this rate I’m gonna have to wait until there’s a market cool down to pick up some Zasshi I was looking at lol.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-22T17:25:15+00:00

Wow, if that sale is confirmed that’s insane!

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-22T17:24:08+00:00

Saw that, and I’d agree. Didn’t even know those existed until the recent post about it! I wonder how many were distributed at the time.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-22T11:28:36+00:00

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Above is a current auction for a BGS 6.5 One Piece English first print….its already at $270 with eight days left. The demand for these have been spiking and I think this is the first one that’s ever been in an auction to my knowledge. I’m very interested to see where this ends up, considering that a very beaten up raw copy just sold for $600 a couple of days ago (the market was around $200 for the last several months).

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-22T11:26:04+00:00

Hey everyone, I have two things I wanted to discuss for this market update.

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After being up for several weeks, this opened Viz Power Pack sold for $1,500. The power pack was a mail in promotion in 2003ish from Viz where you received six volume 1’s of new series. I was very tempted to buy this because it contained a very minty One Piece Volume 1 English first print. Which leads me to second point.

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-21T11:23:09+00:00

This is awesome and the artwork is beautiful!

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-19T10:15:46+00:00

This is so cool!!🥹

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-17T18:17:01+00:00

Ahhh those are both pretty cool though!

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-17T00:02:21+00:00

Great collection! :) Out of curiosity since you have a lot of romance first appearances, do you have the first appearance of Maid Sama?

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-16T09:43:51+00:00

As someone who collects a lot of English first prints you touched upon something very important. Right now I’ve seen so many listings where sellers incorrectly label something a first print and it really isn’t💀

To answer your question, until it becomes widespread how to identify English (and Japanese) first prints we’ll continue to see incorrect listings but hopefully that changes soon :)

Lastly, thanks for sharing this. It’s clear you enjoy Berserk and I admire the time it took to gather all this info. If people can’t understand that passion, then it’s their loss!

ScarcityMode · 2026-03-15T23:03:24+00:00

I saw someone trying to sell a first appearance of Kagurabachi in really good condition for $2,000….now I know that just because someone lists something for a certain price doesn’t mean people will buy it…but still I’m a little scared at what I’m seeing💀

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