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On 1/23/2023 at 10:57 PM, jaybuck43 said:

Yea, the lavines sold one last month in like 2 seconds, they very rarely come up.

Mine also originated from the Lavignes in another stash from 2016. I’ve never seen it “in the wild” other than these two. Extremely rare indeed. 

On 1/13/2023 at 6:12 PM, spracknetch23 said:

I think it was a strong price ($78k). I’ve never seen a cover go that high , but I’m not sure I’ve seen a cover on the open market. 
 

im curious to see what this iron-on art goes for, as I’ve never seen any of the iron-on OA on the market. Not sure if it would count as “published” if it was only used for the iron-on though 

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/peter-laird-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-illustration-original-art-undated-/a/7338-95206.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Open-AlsoViewed-081514&tab=BrowseAlsoViewed-012417

Wow, that piece went much higher than I expected.. $4,080. I thought it might go lower since the description didn't mention the year (1984). Strong price. 

On 1/13/2023 at 4:30 PM, Bronty said:

what did everyone think of the auction for the cover of #8

I think it was a strong price ($78k). I’ve never seen a cover go that high , but I’m not sure I’ve seen a cover on the open market. 
 

im curious to see what this iron-on art goes for, as I’ve never seen any of the iron-on OA on the market. Not sure if it would count as “published” if it was only used for the iron-on though 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/peter-laird-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-illustration-original-art-undated-/a/7338-95206.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Open-AlsoViewed-081514&tab=BrowseAlsoViewed-012417

On 1/12/2023 at 6:55 AM, sorrenmj said:

You owned four! I assume that these copies are so rare to find that nobody would really have a preference one way or the other? I love that my copy is signed on the inside and am very lucky to own it. Do you reckon anybody would trade a #1 first print for a #3 cover variant in say a 9.8 grade?

I normally prefer things unsigned, but these being signed at the convention in 1985 adds an extra cool factor. I'd rather have it signed, but the collector in me would probably want one signed and one unsigned copy in my collection. 

Yeah, I've owned four...but unfortunately, now I own Zero. 

I think at best, someone might be willing to consider it as part of a partial trade/cash deal. Or you could just sell it and put that money toward a #1 first print. 

On 1/11/2023 at 4:19 PM, sorrenmj said:

Thanks for the insight. I was starting to think that people are generally preferring the verified signature series nowadays, with signatures over the cover. It does seem like it is much harder to find non signed books, raw or slabbed these days. For me personally I don't mind the interior signed books with signatures from back in the day. I have a #1 and #3 Laird photo variant both signed on the inside by K Eastman and P Laird and I kinda like that they are there. It's their signature from 1984/1985, before who they went on to become - for me it doesn't get better than that!

I'm under the assumption that most of the Laird's photo variants are signed on the inside front cover, since it was primarily sold at a convention where both artists were signing. Of the four copies I've owned, only one of them was unsigned. 

On 12/28/2022 at 7:53 PM, Ryan. said:

I was flipping through a December 1996 issue of Combo Magazine, which was a Wizard competitor at the time, and found this in their price guide for that month.

  I remember passing up a first printing for $200 at a con in '93. But I was a teenager and that was a lot of money.  

I once purchased an extra Uncanny X-men #294 just to leave it in the polybag. 

On 12/21/2022 at 9:57 PM, comiconxion said:

It is very cool.  I always wondered what happened to this cover.  The #5 color cover that sold on Hake's a year or two ago was colored on top of a photocopy of the original B&W art (therefore there were two "originals," but this one seems to be 100% original.  The only thing is that the colors looks somewhat faded vs. the published cover.  It could be because it was hanging for years at Corben's house and was exposed to light.  But, it still looks great.  Best of luck to whoever decides to go for this one.  Unlikely to see another original cover from the early part of the run come up for sale again anytime soon.  

I've seen a few early covers out there, but not many. #1 (1st printing) and (4th printing), #5's painted cover, and #11. #4 (2nd printing) is said to be owned by Laird. And now #8 is here. I'm guessing Eastman and Laird still own some of the other early covers. This one's already out of my price range (as expected).Good luck to everyone.

Cool to see an early cover coming up on Heritage, and that it was part of Corben's estate. 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/kevin-eastman-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-8-cover-original-art-mirage-studios-1986-/p/7338-190007.s

On 12/15/2022 at 9:22 PM, jaybuck43 said:

Which Iron ons are you looking for Steve Lavigne has some for sale.

Wow.. thanks for the heads up! 

On 12/13/2022 at 1:33 PM, Micah S. said:

ComicConnect is auctioning off the collection of Kevin Eastman's uncle Quentin, ending tonight, December 13th starting at 7:00 PM Eastern. The collection includes comics (many singed by Kevin Eastman), original 1980s toys, rare memorabilia, and more. The auction includes many very rare items from the early days of the turtles, including proof copies of the 2 issues of Eastman and Laird's Gobbledygook that featured the 1st appearance of the Turtles in print, 2 copies of 1st prints of #1, many other early issues of the comic books,  the original press release from issue #1, poster proofs (likely 1 of a kind), tickets to the Northampton, MA premiere of the movie, and much more. 

You can read about the collection here.

All of the items up for bidding can be found here.

 

Really cool to see all of these super rare items offered for sale. I'm really blown away by the selling price of the two Mirage News issues ($1,335!). Kinda sad that most of these rare items were signed. I'm one of those weirdos who likes their ultra rare items unsigned. I wish there were some original iron-ons offered as I still need a couple. Oh well, the search continues... 

On 11/19/2022 at 12:28 PM, Turtle said:

Those are super cool!  I don't say this much about TMNT stuff, but I've never seen these before!  I'm going to have to keep my eyes open for them.  Thanks for posting!

Keep an eye out for issue 3 as well. The cover art is Raph carving a pumpkin sitting in front of some monsters. Does anyone know if there was an issue 4 and beyond? 

In all my years of collecting, I've only ever caused two. Nothing of high value, thankfully.

Bringing this sales thread back to offer some deals:

Take 25% off of remaining individual books. 

Take all 6 remaining books for $165 plus shipping (50% discount). 

Thanks!

I'm usually not a fan of signatures unless I obtained it myself and have a story or memory to go along with it. But this one does look very nice. 

However, if I were to buy it, I'd probably want an unsigned copy in my collection as well. 

Another tell is the 10 or 12 cent cover price is missing on the GRRs

On 6/18/2022 at 7:53 PM, R Colvin said:

 Have you run into the TMNT Authorized Training Manual Michaelangelo #2 with the ink error? I picked this up a while back. I will put the error copy and original side-by-side. I was excited to add this to my collection.  

Very nice. This is one error cover I never picked up during my time collecting. I think it's pretty rare to find. Nice pickup. 

Yeah, I think I preordered all of my Spidey hologram covers in one go from an American Entertainment catalog. Man, I was excited for those. 

Looks legit to me. For comparison's sake, here are a few authentic raw ones from my collection. I witnessed Stan sign these in 1994 in Philly. I'd guess that yours was signed around the same time period, maybe between 1990-2005.