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Yes, my bad as this is the Germstone publication with the extensive Overstreet interview and not the Overstreet Guide #1 Facsimilie which I had incorrectly pointed out earlier in a previous post above.

I saw that book in person long ago it is a thing of beauty with that jet black cover I actually remember being offered this Church copy of Mask 1 to be set aside for me by John Snyder if I would attend the Diamond Int'l Galleries grand opening way back in '95. Ended up diddle doddling around so much that I didn't make up my mind to actually go until the night before and by then, the book was no longer available and I assumed had already been set aside for some other collector. Just checked my copy of CBM and it looks like the book was sold for $2,800 which was probably a pretty stiff price at the time. Especially if you consider the fact that it was sold for only $3,910 some 8 years later in 2003 in a Heritage Auction as a CGC Apparent 9.4 SA copy and then once again a further 8 years later in 2011 for a slightly lower amount as a CGC Apparent 9.6 SA copy. Looks like somebody very astute who's now holding onto the book here got themselves a real steal of a deal. Yes indeed, it was an absolute thing of beauty with that jet black cover and when I saw it at the Diamond Galleries opening, what made it really stood out was that it was staged as part of a matching twin set in combination with the jet black Church copy of Suspense Comics 8. Both of them were sitting up there so majestic on the top shelf inside the glass mahogany cabinet within the dark exquisite Library Room of the Diamond Galleries. An absolute sight to behold for any true comic book collector with 2 perfectly preserved black classic cover books to feast your eyes upon. If I remember correctly although my eyes were glazing over by then, the Church copy of Suspense 8 was equally as nice if not possibly even nicer than the Church copy of Mask 1 sitting there right next to each other. Looks like whoever the lucky purchaser(s) of these 2 books decided to eventually sell the Mask 1, but not the Suspense 8 as we have yet to see it hit the marketplace to this current point in time.

No worries as this was only a facsimilie copy anyways. Why not try for the original instead and go after a copy like this one here: https://comics.ha.com/itm/books/overstreet-comic-book-price-guide-1-first-print-robert-overstreet-1970-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7192-92312.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Not sure though if I would really want to pay anywhere close to the $9K price that this copy actually managed to sell for.

9.6 white slight CT, Church. All I can say is that it is certainly nice and long overdue to finally see some of the stigma being removed from these once much dreaded PLOD restored books. This is clearly evident through the fact that many of these more in demand and relatively harder to find restored copies of certain GA books are now also fetching once unheard of top dollars in terms of huge multiples to universal unrestored condition guide prices.

Aren't they supposed to be actual File Copies from the files of a comic book publisher, although I do believe there are so many Harvey File Copies of the same books that these might actually be nothing more than copies from the Harvey warehouse? Similar to the Random House File Copies which I believe must also be coming from the publisher's warehouse since there are once again multiple copies of the exact same issues out there. The only real Files Copies which I would tend to pay a premium for would be the Poughkeepsie File Copies from the late 30's and early 40's, especially the ones with written notes or a big "X" slashed on the covers. These ones all appear to be in HG condition and most likely did sit in an actual filing cabinet at the publisher's office. Kind of reminds me of the Camp copies of the Okajima pedigree books which do carry a premium over the unmarked copies.

And yet sometimes it's really nothing more than a simple pressed job.

Speaking of Mask #2, does anyboy here know if there are really 2 different editions of this book here or is this one of those intentional errors placed into the guide by Overstreet for copyright purposes? Just wondering since every copy that I have seen slabbed says that it is the Fall 1945 Edition of the book and have yet to remember seeing the regular #2 scarce and supposedly First edition of the book that's listed in the Overstreet Guide.

Not sure about the BB 105 catching up so soon which I personally think is an absolutely gorgeous si-fi cover, but I would really expect the Suspense 8 with the classic L.B. Cole spider cover to have a much better shot at getting there first.

As I was scrolling down the image, I was thinking "nice, nice, nice, d-oh!" Exactly what I was thinking and would have no problem at all if it was graded as a 6.5, but then what do I really know without having the actual book in hand as the rest of the front cover here certainly looks absolutely gorgeous for a 'Tec 27.

The only problem with trying to sell these books on an auction website is that they pretty much have to be slabbed and graded if you want them to sell for a fair price. Considering the current grading regime at CGC, if you want to get a book graded without receiving punishment grades, you pretty much have to get the books pressed before submitting them for grading. So, you are really looking at throwing in a minumum of something like $60 to $100 per book (including ancillary costs) in order to prep them for an auction sale and then you've got the auction consignment fees after that. So, the guys making the guaranteed money here would be the pressing and grading companies along with the auction houses, and whatever is left in the end if you are lucky would then be yours. Any guesses as to what percentage of this collection here would even truly be slab worthy?

You're likely right that demand is pretty low, but a raw copy of #1 sold for $32.11 last month on ebay, 4 bidders. Exactly, and that's for a more in demand #1 issue. So, what would the rest fo the run go fr and how long would he have to hold onto them for.

Sure presents nicely for a 'Tec 27, but wouldn't that amount of wear along the bottom portion of the spine generally result in a grade below CGC 7.0?

I don't understand your question. My reply was based off Wolverine comparing two books and how they're "currently" selling. His implication was that a Cerebus 1 sale was more impressive due to selling for more than an Albedo 2 in same grade. So, as seen with other books, when rarity plays an element in the top grades I felt that played a factor as to why Cerebus 1 in 9.4 "currently" outsold an Albedo 2 in 9.4. Both are immensely popular Copper Keys and due to Cerebus only having 2 top graded blue label 9.4's, while Albedo has 30 9.4's, 16 9.6's and 10 9.8's, I find the Albedo sale to be more impressive despite selling for less and considering it's supremely more available in those grades. I would surmise that if Albedo 2 was similarly super rare in high grade like Cerebus is, that Albedo 2 9.4 that sold for roughly $2K less likely would have went for more. That's because I was not just referring to the 2 books only in CGC 9.4 grades, as I was referring more to your general comment below with respect to all comparable grades: Especially since there appears to be even no recorded sales for Cerebus 1 in CGC 9.2, the last reported sale in CGC 9.0 was all the way back in 2013, etc. which kind of makes it hard to do comparables in equivalent grades from my point of view.

Do you mean this book is out already? I was under the obvious mistaken impression it was not due out until a couple of months after the release of the Annual Overstreet Guide which was just a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was only sold out at the distributor level at this current point in time. Did you pick up your copy from your LCS or did you order it online from somewhere direct like Gemstone or such?

Wasn't Crestohl the now rather infamous dealer that was notorious for performing hidden and undisclosed restoration on most of his books back then?

... but most of the hardcover books in video #2 do not have dust-jackets so 'retail' price plummets 90%? I was specifically referring to the Gone With The Wind grey hardcover version of the book which he pulled out and not to any of the other books. Now, I certainly know zippo when it comes to rare books, but it appears that some of these grey versions with no dust jacket still goes for thousands of dollars: https://www.biblio.com/gone-with-the-wind-by-mitchell-margaret/work/14590#:~:text=These inaccurate first printings%2C and,the book's condition%2C of course. Of course it's also possible that it could be the one that listed for only $95 as opposed to all of the other copies asking for thousands of dollars.

Well, all I will say if it's a Western collection like this one here and you can get them for $1 a piece, it's best to go ahead and grab them as fast as you can: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/475388-recent-collection-from-canada/#comments Richard is correct here and you'll notice that all of those in the video above were 10 cent cover price books only.

Yes, he really does need to check out that supposedly First Edition, Second Print of Gone With The Wind as this grey edition of the book alone could be worth thousands of dollars if it is indeed one of the the more valuable editions of the book.

Yes, when I heard this it kind of reminded me of Chuck's story with respect to the Edgar Church pedigree collection find as the family had also contacted several dealers and none of them were even willing to go out to the house to take a peek at the books. No doubt, the extreme lack of interest and the fact that it was 4 months later probably made it very easy for the current buyer to get the price right down from the original $25K asking price. Especially when they probably thought this might be their last chance to get some sucker or loser to take the books off their hands before they would have to pay somebody to haul the contents of the storage locker away to the dump. Mods & Humpers: Although this post here will defnitely be viewed like an extremely political post to your super overly sensitive eyes and ears, believe me it is not. So, bottom line: Do not banish me to the CGC sin bin for another week as I am SINCERELY using the suckers and losers phraseology here in the traditional sense of the word it is meant to be and not in the way you see it being used in today's news.

Yes, especially when you hardly ever see the Number 1's in high grade since they were used for 2 years as it took them that long before Overstreet got around to issuing a second edition of his price guide. Except for the little smudge mark around the ME logo on the front cover and the coffee cup imprint stain on the back cover, this looks to be a pretty HG and virtually unused copy of the first Overstreet Guide which in it self is normally worth quite a bit of money.

Boy, I guess I must have been really lazy as I stopped at about the 10-second mark and kind of jumped right near to the end. Noticed that he was talking about having the collection pedigreed, but I guess only somebody like PGX or whatever they are now called would go for that. When he started talking about the ComicBookRealm website, it looks like somebody really needs to direct him to the CGC Census Population Report.

Nothing new at all here, as this is probably applicable for half of the Modern Age books that gets sent into CGC for grading. Especially if you have to factor in any additional ancillary charges like shipping, packing materials, etc.

Too lazy to watch the whole video again after watching the first one as posted on Page 1 of this thread. He did mentioned the original asking price of $25K, but is there a specific point in this video here where he states or hints that he actually got the books for $1 a piece?

$10k Canadian is about $6,500 US greenback. Just feel sad for the estate that dumped the entire contents of the storage unit so they would no longer need to pay the monthly lease. I would tend to agree with this sentiment here since I am quite sure there would be some pleasant surprising gems in there like the much in demand Rifleman 10 which by itself would already pay for a substantial portion of the cost for the entire collection. Any idea if the triple digit price tags that I am seeing on the books around the 17-minute mark were the prices the original owner had paid for the books or are these the prices which the buyer of this collection is hoping to sell the books for? Either way, I definitely feel sad and sorry for the original owner with the heirs dumping off his treasure collection like they were garbage to be disposed of. Certainly a lesson for all of the long time collectors here in terms of having a solid plan in place to sell off or dispose of your collection in a smart way before you go to that big comic shop up in the sky.

Boy, did he ever get taken for a ride around the block in terms of buying this collection in terms of a whole dollar per comic. He should have called up Chuck and he would have given him some pointers on how to pick up GA comics for a dime a piece from his personal experience with obtaining the Mile High collection from the Church family.