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Looks like it is getting close to a good time to start venturing into the market again.

I agree. Looks more like a 9.2 to me as well. All kidding aside, good luck with the sale, Tim. Here's hoping it hits someplace around $100K for you.

Still here, but since I sold off my last copy a couple of months back I have not been as active in this thread.

The assigned grade will be for the inner cover, but they used to include a note on the label saying something like "Outer cover X.X, inner cover X.X" if I recall correctly. I have not subbed a double cover for a long time now.

Wow. The prices on this book in mid grade continue to amaze me. Just send it in to CGC and see what the result is. Who knows, you might end up with a higher grade on the interior cover.

Do you have any udercopies for sale?

Was the eBay 3.0 from Greg one of the books that Martin sold here a week or so ago?

I acquired and flipped multiple copies of SC #22 in the 3.0 - 5.0 range last year and did very well. (thumbs u Prices have pulled back on it now so I am hoping that a nice 6.0+ copy will be more affordable later this year or even next year after the movie hype dies down (especially if it flops at the box office) WRT to the regular GL series, I think that there is definitely some room for the non-keys to move up but after #10 they are not difficult to find in HG and there is not huge demand for them (great Gil Kane artwork, but crummy 60s DC stories). Look at the 9.4 GL #11, as a good example. The only issues that continue to hold up relatively well are the keys and hard to find in HG issues like #18. GL #7 has always been in a class of its own since it is so tough to find in any grade, and prices have now started to adjust to reflect this. However, I think that the Mound City prices might stay as highs for a while now since most of the books (excluding the #7 that a boardie snagged) were snapped up by a determined/overzealous GL collector that went there specifically for that run. As far as this year goes, I think we may be starting to see another plateau and correction in the market across the board (except for GA and other uber keys). Prices have been going up for HG books for a long time now, and with the current economic conditions I would not be surprised if we see a bit of a pull back in prices like we did in 2002. The only question will be how fast the speculative money exits once the first hint of price drops starts.

There is a limited group of HG SA DC collectors to start with, and when one of us sells off their books that is one fewer bidders to drive up the prices. However, I think it is more due to the current economic situation than anything. Last fall we had a lot of great books come up for sale in the numerous auctions and with collectors likely tightening their belts this had to happen sooner or later. I am just going to stick with my GL #7 for now, and add a replacement copy of SC #22 and GL #1 later this year. No need to get any non-key books from the looks of things.

Well, the GL books in tonight's Clink auction, including four of mine, did not do very well at all (reposted here from Comics General): Wowsers. other than the adams issues- GL looked deader than a doornail Unfortunately, they were. I sold my 8.0 copy of GL #8 for $450 in December within 2 days of posting it on Clink, but my 9.0 (soft 9.0 in my opinion - should have been 8.5 at best) only fetched $593. I should have just listed it on the site instead. I also had the 9.0 #15 (lost money on it), 9.0 #18 (made money) and 8.0 #20 (break even but bought it as a higher grade originally). Looks like the demand for GL is primarily with SC #22, GL #1, GL #7, GL #16, GL #18 and GL #76 right now. Looks like some of the froth is off of the market for now.

The CC copy was crm/ow, so you can say it's the highest price ever paid for a 5.0. must have had some "potential" It did not look like it from the scans (soft 5.0 to start with if I recall correctly), but depending on who bought it there might have been an upgrade.

maybe at about half that price , imo Maybe even less now after the result for that 4.5 is the current market barometer.

Paging Tim - the speculators are back swimming in the tank!

Hmm......might be time to pick a couple of copies up again.

I think Hollywood's ability to change an actress' hair color is the least of the concerns. True enough, but when you are used to seeing an actress/celebrity with one hair color and they change it for a role something seems out of place. That being said, weren't there any hot brunette actresses that could have played the role instead?

That is who they chose for Carol Ferris? Wow, I am out of the loop on that I guess. She is sort of an it girl right now, and not bad looking, but isn't being a brunette a pre-requisite for that role?

Here is one that I finally took a pic of. Got this from Ethan a couple of years ago for a pretty decent price:

According to GPA a 3.0 copy of GL #7 sold for $325 in November 2009! Anyone have a link to the auction or know what venue it was sold on?

Then Mark can cover the legal fees and buy that 8.0 Tec #27 next month.

Some of the GLs I have cobbled together for my run are in the Clink auction starting today as well. However, I think it would be easier to market an Action #1 or Tec #27 than all other books, AF #15 included.

Oh, I am already pretty much out of the hobby as a pure collector and am just a collector-flipper now. The only two books I would ever hold onto are Action #1 and Tec #27 (and maybe a nice Tec #31), but anything else seems to leave my hands shortly after it is acquired.

Thanks Ryan. I'd say it's a continuation of my exit from the hobby, although it hasn't been a smooth exit since I keep buying more stuff! Old habits die hard! Maybe more like exiting from collecting mainstream books. That's too bad, but I guess it will give some of the other HG SA DC collectors a chance at some great books. You aren't chasing that CGC 8.0 Tec #27, are you?

Congrats on the sale, Tim. Are you putting the funds towards a bigger book, or is this a sign that you are exiting the hobby?

Keep up the good work, Andrew, in bringing new collections out of the woodworks and onto the market. In fact, you might want to try posting some books here next time first to test the waters before taking the books to Heritage.

I'm not sure a lot of collectors would agree with that assessment. I can back Tim up on that. Clink is far better at grading raw books based on my experience than Heritage.