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Any idea what Brad was asking for the Seven Seas 4 which he was holding in his hands there?

Lmk. Always interested in upgrading ! Any idea what kind of condition Berk's copy would be in, since I am assuming that he should have one in his collection? Although I know that Jon also likes the Centaurs, I am actually not sure if he has anywhere close to a complete collection of them or not. I guess we'll find out very soon.

Am I reading a 2010 thread ? This can't be right. I believe you are reading an April 1st thread.

Arty; I believe you've nailed it on the head with your 6 point here. Somebody should send this up to David Gabriel, instead of having him make a sad and incorrect attempt at blaming the customers and fan base for their falling sales.

Hmmm.....definitely something I will keep in mind then and will give it some thought. It's been so long that I can't even remember what type of condition the book is in.

Eye appeal has been the number one factor for me and many since the beginning of collecting. Doubt anyone is arguing against that. That typically is a major component that drives price ( though if that 5.0 copy had brittle as the page quality designation I do believe it would've sold for less, so even then you cannot say definitively that the price was entirely based on Eye appeal, but i believe that absolutely was the driving force in that copy's realized price ...as most would agree). That's because you are always ahead of the curve and most of the general populace in the marketplace follows along behind by a few steps. Personally, I believe eye appeal has always been a factor when buying a book, it's just that it is a lot more noticeable now with the large amounts of monies being paid for these books nowadays. Where is CVA when we need them?

the 1st time anyone has ever said they want to put that run together? lol. In that case they should be dirt cheap haha. Really though, #61 is the only one that seems to be hiked up 6x above Overstreet. There is one "VG" copy on eBay right now for $100 I think? I guess that might be somewhat reasonable for the book. Like all other speculative runs, it's always only about the keys as issue #61 features his first appearance. You should probably take a run at the "VG" copy on eBay since it's listed as a BIN at $99.99, but he is willing to take offers.

I have, sitting inside my collection. Probably the first ever Centaur I brought way back in the day. Came from Harley who had it at one of his Seattle conventions at the time. Have very few Centaurs in my collection, but virtually all of them came from Harley as he seem to be one of the only dealers to have them at the time. I believe my copy is the Larson which I didn't know anything about back then and I also don't believe Harley charged any kind of premium for the pedigree at the time.

With this particular copy of AF 15, I believe you are 100% correct. I was just a bit surprised that the bidders didn't bother to pay more attention to the "lack of eye appeal" with respect to the stains on the back cover of this copy.

Yes, but I don't believe it would have sold for more if it had white pages. The collectors who wanted this book wanted it for the front cover. That is Jaydog's point exactly since he believes if your copy had white pages instead of CR/OW, it would have sold for LESS money than the $57K you managed to get, not for more money. Better PQ serves only to decrease the value of a book from Jaydog's point of view.

That sounds like a decent price. What are they putting into your drinks if you think they are selling Action 7's for only $10K?

The print run for NM 98 was very large around 300k, the reported run of NYX 3 was about 45k. Well, there goes my plan as I was hoping for a much lower print run than that. With a print run of about 45K copies out there,there must be absolute thousands of raw uber HG copies still out there just waiting to be graded and slabbed.

I believe we need to ask Boston Corbett and check to see how he is doing with his CGC 9.9 graded copy of NM 98. It looks like he now has lots of other copies in similar or higher grade to keep him company.

Does anybody have an idea as to what percentage the print run for NYX 3 would be in relationship to the print run for NM 98? Just asking since I believe I might just have an uber HG copy of NYX 3 in my collection somewhere, if I remember correctly.

Any pictures of wall books or other books of interest from this con as it seems pretty quiet here on the boards with what is supposed to be the first major con of the year on the West Coast?

Keep on posting some more of those nicely presenting pickups of yours and you'll be sure to hit the next 4,000 in less than 4 years from now, especially since learning curve is out of the way by now.

Just trying to compare them from a grading point of view is all. Don't believe there is an actual spine split on the 'Tec 29, just a lot of spine wear, though less spine ticks/stress than what is showing up on the AF 15. Main issue appears to be the subscription crease. As for the 'Tec 38, there is a spine split, but only a small one at just the top of the spine, with possible small cracks in a couple of other spots along the spine as opposed to a full split that has gone right through to the interior pages. Either way, I am sure the bidders must have purchased the Grading Notes for these kinds of books or seen them in person when it comes to these bigger dollar purchases

Here is a link to some pics http://www.selena.com.fr/Site/Site/Part_1/MultiverseWithConnections/Elflord_Universe_1/ElflordUniverse1.htm#EL From the link to the pictures of the various covers, it looks like I might actually have a copy of Nightwynd #1 in my collection. Any idea as to its print run and estimated current value in the marketplace in high grade?

It's graded VG. Seems about right to me, so long as there are no significant tears in the cover. Well, these 2 books were graded only as G/VG copies back in the summer of 2016 and clearly looks superior with a lot less wear on the cover as compared to Dolgoff's 4.0 graded copy of AF 15, although they do also appear to have a tape issue: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?referral=EAlist&id=684452&title=DETECTIVECOMICS http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?referral=EAlist&id=676931&title=DETECTIVECOMICS Looks like both of these books ended up selling for more than double their current market value on a price per point basis. Wonder if this was due in large part to the fact that both of them appear to present much better than their assigned grades from a strict visual eye appeal point of view. Well, there's no tape on this copy and it was graded as a CGC 4.5 back in 2002, but sure appears much nicer than the CGC 4.0 copy from Dolgoff: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?referral=EAlist&id=689896&title=AMAZINGFANTASY I guess maybe that's why it sold for $20K+ more than what Dolgoff is asking for his 4.0 graded copy.

Wow, that really is! Am I missing something or has CGC's grading changed significantly from how they were grading books back in the summer and fall of 2016? Sure looks like a ton of wear along the spine and the upper edge from what I am looking at.

Yup. The current widespread unaffordability is making it a very cheap hobby for me at present. Well, if you wait a few years until all of the movie hype has passed, I am sure you can pick up a copy for less than half that price. Especially since there are already 59 copies CGC graded at 9.8 and counting. And on top of that, there would also be the 9.8's that's been graded by the other company. far too many copies of an otherwise common book to maintain that kind of pricing level long term.

Or early/mid summer of 2016 From the serial number on the TOS 52, looks like that book was graded on February 2 of 2017. Looks like he got the ST 1 and the TOS 57 plus a few other books graded on the same day. Not sure about books from other ages such as the ones listed here, but it would appear that GA books graded in the early part of 2017 appears to be graded a bit looser than the extreme tight grading which they endured in the summer and fall months of 2016.

Lou, you have it backwards, only the Daredevil was pressed prior to submission to CGC = pressing was not a factor. Yes, I was confused by his later statement that it was the presser at CGC that cracked out the books for him. I guess somebody at CGC has to do it for the client, so I guess the presser would have more expertise than anybody else.

I have everything pressed now. Of the old CBCS books, only the Daredevil was pressed. Well, if none of the old books, except for the Daredevil 158 were originally pressed, maybe it's the pressing that accounts in large part for the increase in the grades as it sounds like the rest of them were pressed prior to grading by CGC. Or am I missing something in the timeline here?

Swamp Thing #1 - 8.0 to 8.5 Tales of Suspense #52 - 5.0 to 5.5 Tales of Suspense #57 - 5.0 to 5.5 Daredevil #158 - 9.0 to 9.6 (This one was pressed, so bit of a skew here) Amazing Spider-Man #238 - 9.2 to 9.6 Marvel Super-Heroes #13 - 7.0 to 7.5 These aren't exactly mind-blowing differences in grades, but they signal to me that the grades are very close in general and likely within the margin of error. I don't know what happened with ASM 238, but I'm not complaining. May I ask the time period these were graded by CGC, as they kind of have a reputation for swinging between tight and loose grading time periods, almost like a pendulum sometimes? Was it the early part of 2017?