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Yikes - 10x increase from a 9.6 to a 9.8. The other 17 people holding on to their 9.8 just got very happy As would the 72 other people holding onto 9.6 graded copies who think they can now give their copies a little more tender loving care and hug squeeze them tightly until they turn into 9.8 graded copies. Totally price for a book with so many uber HG copies out there. But then, to each their own.

For the extremely patient bidders, it looks like Tommy's copy of 'Tec 38 is finally coming to a close next week. It looks like this one can still be yours as the current bid is just a shade over $41K right now.

Would this happen to be your own personal copy here? If so, you would definitely be in the money as this particular book in this kind of grade would be singing a nice tune on the cash register in today's marketplace.

Beautiful Cookville "SN" copy here. I might have missed it, but does anybody here know what the "SN" stand for?

As I stated in my post to Rick, this is what I feel that CGC should do with all unauthenticated signed books. I object to the new practice of placing these books in Qualified labels which sell for less. +1 Totally agree with your point here. Unfortunately, when it comes to CCG and their business model, it seems their services are always designed to try squeeze every last dollar out of a book. Allowing unauthenticated signed books to be treated the same as Universal books could end up hurting their top and bottom line by eliminating the need for submittors to spend the extra dollars for their Signature Series. What could make matters worse though is the possibility that CGC might even treat the unauthenticated "Frazetta" signature as a defect and downgrade for it accordingly. Now, that would be a double whammy from a grading point of view on books with unauthenticated signatures.

Thx so very, very much. Yes, I used to own this one for many, many years. It hung in front of my computer desk. I bought it from Bob Selvig when he used to be at ACBC. I sold it to Ferd in Canada many years ago. I will keep an eye on that piece for sure. Anybody else surprised that this beautiful Matt baker cover manged to fetched only $45,600 by the time it was all said and done:

Looks like you got a steal of a deal since the Heritage archives indicated that it sold for only $179.25 back in 2006: I guess the consignor thought it wasn't worth slabbing at the time since Heritage sold it as a raw NM- copy, with an Overstreet top of guide valuation of only $55 at the time. Needless to say, definitely worth a whole ton more than that in today's ultra hot GGA marketplace.

In a roundabout way, that’s where I was going. Archie 50 in comparison...in high grade (8.0 or better) with its demand, should be on equal terms price wise. Not half. +1 Yes, it's just a matter of being patient. After all, the Archie 50 has just become popular and hot over the past few years, while books like PL 17 and Brenda Starr 14 have been in demand as far back as the late 70's when they were part of the first wave of highly sought after GGA cover books. An even newer inductee into the hot GGA cover books appears to be Seven Seas 4, especially when a CGC 8.5 graded copy was able to fetch close to $15K in a Heritage Auction back in the beginning of 2017. You are definitely going to have to dig deep into your pocket if you want to snag one of these recently hot GGA cover books like a Cindy 37 or an Archie 50. The only way you are going to get ahead of the curve now is to take a flyer and go after some of the prospective GGA cover books which are now bubbling under the surface and have the potential to break out in a big way going forward.

Thanks. Feel free to bid on them all What SuperBird said here!!! I guess a lot of the more serious bidders must be waiting for the CL Auction to be over before they throw in a bid on the CC Auction. Especially since I am surprisingly still leading on several of these Centaur lots here which is definitely not the norm for me. In fact, if you look at some of the non-Centaur GA books right now, current high bids are still sitting in single digits around where the price of a newsstand comic book would sell for nowadays and these are for 70+ years old books. I guess with the CC auction format though, it often comes down to the closing bell and what happens in the 3-minute extended bidding time periods. As long as they remember when their wanna be lot ends and don't end up missing it when it comes up.

Looks like there are a ton of obscure GA books that have very few copies that's been slabbed so far. Sometimes, it makes me wonder if this is a true supply rarity issue or really one of perceived low demand and value from a dollars point of view. If it's the latter, then this might explain the low census count in some cases as collectors simply don't think it's worthwhile or not even cost effective to slab in the first place. Personally, I think it's probably a combination of both of these economic factors when it comes to low census books and probably needs to be looked at on a more individual book by book basis.

Wow, definitely a good one to start with and it looks like you managed to picked it up at a pretty reasonable price to boot. I remember picking my copy up back in the day when it was still deemed to be a Lou Fine cover. All I can say is that this must be one of the best covers that George Tuska has ever done. If I remember correctly, this particular issue for awhile there had a higher valuation in the Overstreet as compared to its surrounding issues. Definitely not the case anymore. I actually love the use and combination of colors on this particular cover. Reminds me a bit of Seven Seas 6 and Funny Pages 40 which is the absolute creme de la creme when it comes to use of a range of varying colors on a cover. Congrats again on an absolutely gorgeous pickup here.

Well, big congrats on picking up a beautiful copy at an absolutely amazingly low price.

Well, when is your collection or Theo's collection coming to the market? Seriously though, the collection which I think would be one of the biggest is Bangzoom's collection, which would be an absolute monster if it ever came to market.

I see people bet on HA undergrading far too often, but that was ridiculous. There has to be something else going on. And there's a third copy coming up. Let's see if a raw 1.8 beats a CGC 7.5. Anyway, congratulations on the win. Well it all makes perfect sense if you have been following this thread here: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/447709-your-preferred-grade/ After all, who cares about a little number on an ugly label when it's all about how the comic book itself looks. Seriously though, I've seen raw low grade books go for much higher multiples to guide as opposed to much higher grade raw copies quite often. I guess it really depends if you are a label chaser or a comic book collector.

Around 1984 he signed one for a friend. He even inscribed it. It said something to the effect of- here is a fake autograph for a fake book, Thanks , John Byrne. Back in those days, he was fun. So was his wife. Well, looks like he came up with a clever way to ensure that everybody would know that the book in question was actually a counterfeit copy. Unfortunately, I heard he became rather bitter in the end, especially after the not so harmonious split with his wife.

I've always made the assumption that Dave Sim could tell the difference between the fake copies from the real ones and that he would not be willing to knowingly autograph a fake copy of Cerebus #1. Not sure if this is actually true or not though?

+1 Yep, it's definitely much more about the eye appeal of the book itself, as opposed to the technical grade which often involves a lot of near invisible defects which you can barely see on a book. Then again, I am the type of collector who would never ever think of paying a dollar more for a so-called"CGC highest graded copy" of a book if it didn't have the eye appeal in the first place. To each their own, I would have to say.

Anybody lucky enough to win this nice looking copy of Fantastic #1 in the CL Auction last night?

Thanks Billy Sorry all Well, you won't get any complaints from me as I have always love these covers near the end of the Planet run. Congrats on the beautiful pick up as this particular issue is definitely one of my favorites out of the entire Planet run.

Looks like they are still desirable in less than White pages as CL just auctioned off 5 of them in this evening's auction for what appears to be relatively strong prices, and I believe only 2 of them had the much "dreaded" White pages.

Richard; Since I always tend to hold your opinions in high value, I am willing to bite the bullet and take this low demand book off your hands. Especially since it is a Dell photo cover Western and as you have correctly stated above, must be worthless in today's marketplace.

Was this a warehouse dealer from north Langley? He picked up that collection of SA GL's and mixed copper, modern long boxes about 6 weeks ago. Not sure as he was on the opposite wall down near the end from where your table was. If I remember correctly, he had glasses and was wearing some kind of red t-shirt.

Yes, I heard him telling a dealer that they should be removing some of the books from his display table as he was convinced they were his stolen copies. The dealer did not remove the books, but did asked him to contact the police to report the books since he had an opened file case on the stolen books. I believe the ones he pointed out were Fine to VF copies of SA Green Lantern's in the 30's and 40's. Looks like they were all still there when I left later that afternoon as I guess the dealer did not have much luck selling them.

Not sure, but it would appear that their GA selection on this go round appears to be a bit lacking in comparison to their past few auctions?

Not exactly right as I am sure that the shipping companies and CCG are making money on these slabs, especially if the submittor also had them pressed first. As for the consignor, definitely left with a big hole in his pocket after paying for the slabbing fees and shipping charges. I guess none of them turned out like an Iron Man 30 whereby he could find an astute buyer to fork over $15K for a copy.