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Nineteen advertisements, none of which is the fascicle, seven verified copies: an empty box is more honest than an approximate figure.
Read article →124 unverified advertisements, zero copies certified on the same day: what reveals a market where verification costs more than the object.
Read article →“1941” compared to “#41”: caution is reversed, and a perfectly normal-looking median describes a completely different issue.
Read article →Five entirely different arguments for the same price level: the market has already aggregated these reasons, none explains it alone.
Read article →When two segments do not overlap at any point, they do not describe the same object.
Read article →Same author, same house, median $7.16 compared to $9.99 to $23.00 for the previous work. What audience loyalty really means.
Read article →Four recognizable examples between $38.75 and $70.00 for an overall median of $150.00: reading the median requires having inspected what we are measuring.
Read article →Alternative covers printed in 500 copies, sold in opaque sleeves: a decided rarity in production, stored under an old issue.
Read article →A past which exists in fascicles but is no longer considered true, with nothing indicating where the border passes.
Read article →A fourth print claimed $8.95 and an original print $11.00: the first print premium assumes rarity, it does not form without it.
Read article →A character without power in a world that has power. Published by the house of a self-published colleague, median at $7.99 as of August 29, 2026.
Read article →Disappear, be replaced, or emancipate yourself, and why the third outcome is the rarest.
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