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I was also thinking the exact same thing when I saw all of these runs here. Yes, get out or at least take some off the table when the market is at a high is never a bad idea. Unless of course, it's still got further to go.

+1 Yes, no worries about my wallet here as those extended runs don't really set off any alarms for me also.

yes, and I know from years of watching these auctions, that the Batman books are to be ignored. I actually ignore all of the Marvel books without any exception plus most of the DC books save for the early pre-Robin 'Tec books, early Action's, plus a few others. Definitely makes it a whole lot faster and easier to go through the various auctions then. Maybe it's just me, but there sure does seem to be more than the usual extensive runs in there from what I am seeing. Perfect example being what seems to be a complete HG X-Men run from X-Men 1 through to X-Men 544 with virtually almost all of them in CGC 9.8 graded condition, save for the first handful of issues which are in CGC 9.4 graded condition. Besides the HG Batman #138 to #242 run, you've also got the sporadic uber HG Church run of Captain Marvel Jr from issue #1 through #57, a virtually complete mid-grade GA Flash #3 - #103 run, plus several more recent HG DC runs such as 80-Page Giants and the likes.

Exactly my thinking too although I haven't worked out the exact math for the value of those 30+ Church copies of More Fun's. Not so sure about switching Church More Fun's for Timely's, though I imagine it depends upon which Timely's you are talking about. Probably a good move on your part though since many of the GA DC titles have cooled off quite a bit over the years, save for certain issues.

yes, and I know from years of watching these auctions, that the Batman books are to be ignored. Sorry............my bad as you guys are indeed correct here!!! Looks like it's a virtual complete run of only Batman #138 through Bats #242 and only in CGC 9.2 to CGC 9.6 graded condition, with the bulk of them being CGC 9.4 and up. Yep, not worth looking at since there's only the odd one in CGC 9.8 with none that appears higher than that based upon a quick glance.

Yes, which means the sweet little wifey knew the exact value of the books before she went and did the nasty deed.

Well, if it's absolute dollars you are talking about then for a comic book, I would probably go for this one here: Unfortunately, I was not the purchaser of this copy here as I am way too poor to ever send anywhere close to the kind of dough it would take to acquire a book like this. Anyways, if we are to believe the Heritage archives, it looks like this copy was purchased for $49,293.75 in late February of 2012 and then resold through their Make An Offer feature for $200K less than a week after that: 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?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Wonder if the original buyer at $49K+ was ever able to get all of the money from Heritage before they carted the subsequent buyer off to jail.

Yes, I remember this story here when it hit the news wire on what must have been a slow newsday a few years ago.

Well, looks like they are starting to get close to my forecast of 2,500 books as they are now at 2,470 and still counting. I am wondering if there are a couple of long time collectors of HG books unloading at this point as there are quite a few runs in here from the entensive SA Batman run right through to the eormous 500+ X-Men Key Comics Collection run?

Oh wow, so it was his widow. Jeese, I hope she got a fair amount!!! Considering what they're about to make. Well I'm sure she got a lot of money. On the other hand, she could have been like Edgar's wife who probably figured Chuck was just a know nothing hippie kid when he agreed to pay the full 10 cents cover price for those 20,000 old used books sitting in his hubby's closet.

Any idea if this book is currently listed for sale on his site? If so, at what price or is this just hype and promotion before he sends it to one of the big auction sites or to auction off on his own site?

Then you would be dead by now.

yes Just wondering since I caught the tail portion of that auction and noticed that the majority of the books tendedto be towards the lower end of the condition scale. Nevertheless, still seems like some pretty strong prices there with the Suzie 51, Young Men 24, and the relatively low grade run of Wonder Comics.

Wow looks like you are a high roller secretary leather chair files in the back ground and your holding that CGC case in one hand 3 feet high with a smile Wow, now that's the way to take a classic photo. BIG BIG everything in this picture here from the BIG man himself right through to the Big book itself.

Does anyone here keep track of CL's auctions as I was trying to figure out what their so-called Focus Auction is as compared to their Feature Auction? Am I correct in assuming that their Focus Auction is for their lesser and lower quality books while their Feature Auction is for their bigger and more expensive books?

Definitely didn't mean to offend anybody here as it's really to each, their own. Whatever makes one happy is good to go and should be of no concern to anybody else. As for myself, what I meant is that when I buy a slabbed book I like to really pay for the underlying book itself, with as little premium as possible for the actual number on the label. I find that when collectors or speculators have to pay a huge premium for the "CGC highest graded" copy or even any uber HG copy of a book, they don't want to see another equivalent graded copy come into the marketplace for fear that it might actually lower the value of their copy. In this kind of scenario, the purchaser is really paying a stiff premium for the CGC label and as a result, if another copy of the same book comes out in either equivalent or higher grade, then the value of the purchaser's book would drop accordingly. I prefer to find myself in a situation whereby when I purchase a book, I want it to be at a price point whereby there is as little premium as possible attached to the label itself. As a result, if I was the purchaser of the book, I would then certainly be looking forward with anticipation to similarly graded copies (i.e. slightly lower, equivalent, or even slightly higher) to come to market so that it would not only reinforce the original price which I had paid for the book, but also at the same time serve to continue the upward trajectory in the price of the book. The only problem is that it's tough to find these books at reasonable prices and when you are lucky enough to do so, often you have to wait quite awhile for other copies of the same book to come to market again.

Well, I don't think it'll have any problem at all beating the almost $50K that this Billy Wright copy managed to fetch in the Heritage Auction back near the end of February 2012: 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?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 However, I don't think it'll get anywhere close to the $200K mark that it was apparently resold for less than a week later after the Heritage Auction.

These are perfect examples of the flaws with following GPA numbers far too closely. In particular, the case of the eBay so-called "auctions" (which BIN's clearly are not) for the more common latest hot books. Especially since they take into account only the few actual sales that does take place and yet does not take into account the tens or possibly even hundreds of other sales that fails to find a buyer at virtually the same price. As a result, I generally think that GPA prices for the more common speclative books are skewed to the upside.

Upgraded or let go? Stolen!!!

If you are referring to the PLOD label, it was a definite killer for these books since it served only to lump even the slightly restored books in all together with the extensively and much heavily restored books. This was CGC's way of giving some much deserved life back to these books in terms of counteracting the unintended consequences of the very negative stigmatism that became associated with the PLOD label when they implemented them.

It is but I’m still glad CGC does it. All Star #1 may not be as important but it’s still a notable book. Who says All-Star #1 is a much lesser book than all those run of the mill johnny come lately super hero books. It's just a matter of being patient and all of these so much tougher to find pre-hero books will eventually have their day in the sun one of these centuries.

Well, I definitely love the colors on this copy here as pink is really not that common on comic books:

Wouldn't say that as you don't see AA 16 all that often but this is a good time for whomever is looking for a copy. Additionally there is one for all budgets. Gee, and I went all the way to my back yard garden to dig up a big pile of dirt just now. You mean it's not going to get me one of those AA 16's, not even the restored one? Maybe I should try for one of those common as dirt Cap 1's then. Especially since I got my low quality compost for free from the landfill last month when they were giving it away on the weekends. Hmm.................free compost for GA books. Sounds like a good deal to me.

In one fell swoop, you have a Universal (ComicLink), Conserved (HA) and Restored (HA) copy all being offered at the same time. Well, I guess it's as common as dirt like Cap 1 which apparently also has quite a few copies coming up in this next set of major auctions.

Hey, one of those used to be my copy before I decided to turf it out as a sample test of CGC's grading system when they first opened their doors almost 20 years ago. Big big mistake as Allentown's simply don't come along too often!!! Maybe if I agree to pay Richard some small token storage fee for holding it, he'll be willing to give the book back to me.