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Well, it looks like the consignor of the Action 13 must have lost money on Yes, this book finished a lot lower than where I was expecting it to end up at by quite a wide margin. I imagine the consignor must not be very happy right now as it appears they would have lost money on this copy of the book here:

Well, it looks like a few of the big books that are scheduled to end in a few hours from now are finally starting to make a move. From the current prices though, it looks like there's still a long ways to go on some of them as I imagine some bidders are waiting for the 3-minute extended bidding bell to sound before throwing in their bids. I guess only time will tell how much more room to go there is on some of these books here.

Some CC scans don't load for me on Firefox, but they do load on Chrome. Yes, I used to run one computer with Firefox and it didn't load, while my laptop with Chrome and my cellphone always loaded the images without any problems at all. Not sure why, but the problem seem to occur ONLY with the Adventure titles for some odd reason, as I believe pretty much everything else worked with Firefox.

Besides comics, Robert has one of best original 78RPM Jazz record collections still. My understanding is that possibly Robert will travel to France and bring some of his collection there for a second trade. Well, it's quite obvious that Beerbaum is not satisfied with trading some old 78's for Stoned Agin which netted him $690K in the end. Word in the art world is that he's now bringing a few more of his prized 78's from his private collection to France in hopes of trading it for the Mona Lisa.

Yes indeed, fond memories of the latter part of the 80's when we were all locking away our treasured B&W indies to fund our future retirement.

Anybody that actually does this must have either a real serious case of OCD beahvior or a ton of extra cash which they don't need. Especially since I am sure that ongoing label changes is going to be a new buisness strategy for CGC to generate additional revenues going forward.

I think Suspense 8 is far superior to both the Masks, though they're all 3 classics. To each their own. I'd take you up on that bet with Startling Terror Tales 11 … that's the one not in the same class as the other 3. It looks like LB Cole took a day off and lazily swiped Suspense 8...and according to the census its far more common, especially in grade. +1 I definitely agree with you that all 3 covers are classic and would be a jewel in anybody's collection. I also believe the solid black colors on the front covers are what has made it still impossible to find a true HG unrestored copy of any of these 3 books after 20 long years. Personally, I prefer the Suspense 8 for the simple reason that I can clearly see it in my mind whenever I think about the book. With the 2 Mask books, I can't seem to picture them individually in my mind because I find them both to be so similar and still need to actually refer to the PhotoJournal to see which is which. As for the Startling Terror Tales 11, you are definitely corrrrect in stating that it is clearly not in the same league as the other 3 books. Considering the price point which you would have to pay in today's marketplace for a copy of STT 11 , I would much rather go for a book like Witches Tales 12 at a fraction (hopefully ) of the price: I imagine the only problem would be trying to find a nice copy since the CGC census population report indicates only 11 graded copies to date as compared to 76 unrestored (plus another 9 restored copies) for the Startling Terror Tales 11. In fact, the one pictured above is the only graded copy showing in the HA archives and that was from way back in 2006.

As you have correctly stated, it would indeed be good to have both a Mask 1 and a Suspense 8 in your personal collection. Since you are referring to future price appreciation though, based upon how much wider you would have to open your wallet to acquire a Mask 1 in today's red hot marketplace relative to a Suspense 8, I think your percentage gains going forward for the Suspense 8 might win out in the long run. Especially if you are talking about acquiring a copy in grade since there are no copies of Suspense 8 currently graded above a CGC 7.5, while there are already quite a few copies of Mask 1 in relatively higher grade although they are all restored copies.

Is this the Batman book with the 15 cents cover price?

Mona Lisa was trimmed Not only that..........it's also been restored multiple times in the past.

Well, since it seems that you aren't getting much of a response to your questions here, let me answer based upon my somewhat fading memory. If I remember correctly, SA books started to wake up from their almost decades long slumber as the 80's was coming to a close and the dawning of the 90's was approaching. This was then quickly followed by the red hot rise of the MA newsstand books as both Image and Valiant came onto the scene in the early part of the 90's. After a few years of meteoric rises in the SA books and the eventual collaspe of the overprinted Valiant and Image books, the GA books probably looked cheap by comparison. As a result, there was a short 2+ year time period from somewhere in 1994 to 1996 whereby the GA books just took off like a rocket and did a fast catch up to what had taken place in the other sectors of the comic book marketplace. This was a time period which was highlighted by the release of books from the massive Overstreet Collection in January/February of '95 and seem to start to wind it self down by the time Bill Ponseti's newly discovered More Fun Collection of books started to come to market. As we all know by now, Overstreet is proned to being very conservative when it comes to price increases in his guide as clearly evident by his standard of single digit percentage price increases in his Top 100 GA listing, even in today's hot marketplace. Yet, a check of his 1995 edition of the price shows the average percentage price increase in his Top 100 GA listing was over 25% YOY, with only 6 books having single digit percentage gains. This was followed the next year with his 1996 edition which had an average percentage price increase of over 30% YOY in his Top 100 GA listing, with only 3 books this time having single digit percentage gains. Looks like the range ran from 5% for Comics Magazine #1 right up to 305% for Mystery Men #1 as it went from $2,100 the previous year all the way up to $8,500. Needless to say, very un-Overstreet like and basically killed the then red hot marketplace for Mystery Men and Fox related titles as all of a sudden, they were no longer seen as being undervalued. As we all know, people love to buy things when they perceive them to be undervalued, and not so much when they perceive them to be either fairly valued or possibly even overvalued. Definitely a super hot time period for GA books for that short 2 year time period as I clearly remember some dealers offering multiples of guide for certain GA books which was definitely out of the norm as compared to the past.

Personally, I feel that any collector would be lucky to have any of these 4 classic cover books in their personal collection. Thinking about this reminds me of the time when I was in Geppi's library during the Diamond Int'L Galleries grand opening and saw though the glass the perfect pairing of the Church copies of Mask 1 and Suspense 8 sitting on the top shelf of the mahogany armoire. Needless to say, they looked absolutely stunning in vibrant black with their usual Church eye-popping colors. Only problem was that both of them were apparently already spoken for or previously set aside for other client(s), similar to what supposedly happened with the Allentown copy of Wonderworld 7. Looks like they went for what would be considered bargain prices today as the CBM magazine indicates the Suspense 8 sold for $2,400 while the Mask 1 went for $2,800; with the Wonderworld 7 lagging far behind at a "steal me" price of only $1,400, or at the exact same price point as all of the other surrounding Allentown copies of Wonderworld #6 - #10.

Just one of many reasons I no longer bid in Heritage auctions. Apparently, shill bidding is legal in TX. Just doesn’t seem right or fair. Then you should be fine to go with bidding on CC's auction since I heard through the grapevine that their platform locks the consignor out from bidding on their own books. Of course, that doesn't mean they can't get a friend or someone else to bid and run the book up anyways, which any auction platform would not be able to prevent.

Let's hope so... but something tells me the certificate may be long gone. The book you bought is part of an effort to recover ~$9M in embezzled funds. The backstory is a rather sordid tale of a corrupt lawyer and dirty cops. Well, let's hope Tadano made out a whole lot better with the sale of this All-Star 2 as compared to the huge loss they had to take on the key All-Star 3 sale. Looks like the original purchaser of the Billy Wright copy back in February of 2012 made out like a bandit when he was able to flip it out to Anthony Chiafolo for $200K less than a week later through the Make Offer to Owner after picking it up for only $49,293.75: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-star-comics-3-billy-wright-pedigree-dc-1940-cgc-vf-85-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7054-91043.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ArchiveSearchResults-012417&lotPosition=0|2 Unfortunately for Tadano America, it looks like Heritage was able to fetch only $72K for the book in the August 2019 Heritage Auction after getting it regraded for the same equivalent grade in June of this year.

Well, you can never go wrong with the first issue and first appearance of a long-running eventual Marvel series, especially when it looks like you managed to scoop it up at a very reasonable price.

Flipping through the CC auction catalogue which FedEx dropped off yesterday and noticed the full page spotlight they had for this book here: https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=857054 Supposedly a non-existent but now one of a kind book. Too bad the blue Universal label doesn't tell me much about the grade at all, as it appears to be based upon the clipped coupon more than anything else. Makes me wonder why CGC didn't give it a Green Qualified label whch would have provided bidders with more relevant information as to the actual grade of the book?

He might. Any long time dealer should have some nice stuff tucked away. Yes, this is most definitely the case and I would expect to see a lot more new to market uber HG SA Marvel collections to come into the marketplace going forward. Yes, back around the latter part of the 70's and the early to mid parts of the 80's or thereabouts, restoration was seen as an activity that added value to the existing condition of a comic book. The exact same type of thinking in today's marketplace whereby pressing is not considered to be a big deal and actually an activity that maximizes the potential of a book and brings out the hidden value in it. Sometimes, it makes me wonder if collectors will also feel the same way about pressed books in say 20 years with advancing cost effective detection technology, similar to how they feel about restored books today.

So essentially, sell high value comics (over $500) on comic link or connect even though they charge more fees.. Are you sure about this since I thought the standard eBay fee was 10% plus another 3% to cover PayPal, along with the fact that you have to do all of the work yourself when you use eBay? If you use either CC or CL, I believe it's generally just the 10% fee and they have to do all of the work for you.

Interesting to note that the last 2 sessions of the CL Fall Featured Auction encroaches onto the first 2 days of the CC Event Auction. Not the first time this has happened, which makes me wonder if CL is doing this on purpose. Although if I was a consignor, I would definitely not be very happy at all.

Only if it happens to set a record price for this grade, otherwise, the doom and gloom just might go on a bit longer. Not sure if this particular copy will be able to set a record price though, considering the visual appearance of the book, especially along the top edge and upper portion of the spine, does not seem to line up with the assigned grade.

Any truth to the rumours that those were supposedly Joe's undercopies as he's got a complete set of uber HG Marvel SA books for his own personal collection?

Yeah, it takes a while but it works Yes, 6 months..............isn't this the standard turnaround time for CCS when you send your books in for pressing?

Nothing for CL on this particular go round, it would appears as it looks like a 50:50 split between HA and CC. Based upon your past experiences with selling, are the results from both HA and CC pretty much the same after you factor back out all of the relevant fees? Or is it really more on an individual book by book basis? BTW: Congrats on that huge $500K Nintendo games sale and best of luck to you on your upcoming CC consignments.

Not sure if this bidder conciously has his Make An Offer button turned on or is this as per usual, automatically done by HA and he simply hasn't turned it off: https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/mega-man-dr-wright-first-release-carolina-collection-wata-94-a-sealed-nes-capcom-1987-usa/a/7212-93030.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 You could go on and try to make him an offer since it says "This item's Owner is proactively entertaining Offers".

Well, hopefully Crumb was wise enough to have held onto some of his OA, instead of selling them all off or trading them away ack in the day: Apparently Bob Beerbohm traded some old 78's to Crumb for this OA which he was able to sell through HA for $690K just last week. If this is true, it was definitely a wise and astute trade on Beerbohm's part.