Ok. So here are the details of why I collect Tecs. I am more into cover art and history of comics than I am favorite charcters. I love GA books alot, but mainly DC. So I got to looking more and more at all these great runs, and decided I needed one title that could really keep me busy. Not just busy, but a truly difficult goal. I have already collected X-Men, Avengers, and ASM so needed a bigger challenge.
Cue Arex Crook. He posted all of these great detective covers, and I loved the art! So we have every single thing that would meet my criteria. Great covers, great story lines, plenty of keys, a character who spans from the GA to MA with no breaks, and amazing history within the character. So i decided this (I like even amounts) to collect all Detective between 50-850 CGC'd. This was a little over 1 year ago, and while I have lost a few auctions I have been rather solid. I currently have 106 slabs, and another 100-200 raw books waiting to be slabbed.
Here is my personal criteria for the books. With no books allowed with tan pages or below.
50-100 CGC 3.5-6.0
100-200 CGC 3.5-8.0
200-300 CGC 6.0-9.0
300-400 CGC 8.5-9.4
400-500 CGC 9.0-9.8
500-600 9.6 or better
600-850 9.8 or better.
I will allow point drops for a few reasons. Key issue, scarcity, or pedigree status.
This year my 600-850 took first in the registry.
My 501-600 took second place being 64 points behind Manny.
And my other sets are almost all top ten or better.