Spiderturtle

Just don’t expect to flip it in a year. Hold and enjoy and if when it does go up then revisit. If it doesn’t then hopefully it isn’t a big loss. Pretty simple really

Af15s have been good to me. Net effect is in the positive margin for me. buy low, sell high. That being said, everyone come over to the smurfs club spirou 1071. It’s a silver age book thats still low. One can apply the buy low theory still. Smurfs a big pop culture phenomenon similar to spidey but of course on a lower scale

CGC has now started separating the Spirou 1071 either as Belgian or French edition. I guess the first 24 graded were not classified therefore their clumped into 24 graded without specifying if they are the French or Belgian edition

CGC Census - Search Results Title Spirou Issue No. 1071 Issue Date October 23, 1958 Year 1958 Publisher Editions Dupuis Country Franco-Belgian Key Comments First full appearance of Peyo's "The Smurfs" Art Comments Andre Franquin, Eddy Paape, Maurice Tillieux,, Victor Hubinon & Pierre "Peyo" Culliford art Country/Variant Franco-Belgian - Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored See Detail Total Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1 Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1 Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 Very Fine + 8.5 1 0 0 0 1 Very Fine 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 Very Fine - 7.5 3 0 0 0 3 Fine/Very Fine 7.0 1 0 0 0 1 Fine + 6.5 1 0 0 0 1 Fine 6.0 4 0 0 0 4 Fine - 5.5 1 1 0 0 2 Very Good/Fine 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 Very Good + 4.5 2 0 0 0 2 Very Good 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good/Very Good 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Total 23 1 0 0 24 Country/Variant Franco-Belgian - Belgian Edition Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored See Detail Total Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine - 7.5 1 0 0 0 1 Fine/Very Fine 7.0 1 0 0 0 1 Fine + 6.5 1 0 0 0 1 Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Total 3 0 0 0 3 Country/Variant Franco-Belgian - French Edition Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored See Detail Total Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0 Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0 Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 Fine + 6.5 1 0 0 0 1 Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 1

Thanks for your input. I know you have a lot of experience with these so it’s cool that you chimed in

I won the action 1 pages from heritage a few years ago. Had them graded separately. The pages were brittle so I WAS SWEATING BULLETS separating the staples from the pages and bagging and boarding them to send to CGC. The pages had already separated so the staples were not original. Eventually sold all 7 pages of the super man pages. I even offered it here on the boards, on the Sales forum. no interest at all initially. Page 5 seemed to be the most popular. Didn't realize that page 1 had the capability of beating page 5. The moral of the lesson is ask for the Moon and you might get it. Theres not that many action 1s available. I guess its really in the eye of the beholder on which page is more/less desireable

Curious what board members view of the top 3 pages of action 1 are. Price wise page 1 and pg 5(car lift) are number 1 and 2. Which one is #3?

3 cap 1s ranging from richest, richer, rich

Batman vs Superman coverles and single pages at its best!!! Maybe if its listed at $15,000 buy it now price, it might fetch closer to $15,000?

Looks good to me Uhhhhh cgc quality control out of whack. I had the same problem with my cap 1 pages only reasonable if they pay your postage and free postage back. Should be walk through speed with re enclapsalation

Bright colors!

Nice, copies look sharp!

How about holding on? I’ve had grades in the 5-7.0 in the last 10 years. Always sold them quickly whenever I needed to

It's on its way to you

Congrats, 9.0 would be the 3rd highest graded, only 1 other 9.0 on the census

Good one

To any of the board members out there. When I think of cartoons and comics, I think of scooby doo 1 from 1971 and spirou 1071. Got tmnt 1 but that’s a different crowd I believe. Any other books that come to mind?

So do you have another copy of 1071 that might eclipse your 9.0 that was graded

Ends this evening

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?sid=st1977d&isRefine=true&_pgn=1

It sure affects my max bid. 10 percent less for me on whichever venue that charges sales tax.

I could definitely see an increase in price since the last recorded sales were more than 1 year ago. I've been buying and selling TMNT 1 in the 7-9.0 range for the last 10 years. I never paid attention to the Turtlemania gold; It didn't affect my demand for the book.

what's the mindset of collector's that chase top of the census major/minor keys/grails. What if you obtain the top census copy at top dollar but eventually another top census comes out. do you want to chase the new top guy? Or are you okay with your copy cause you had already spent top dollar. This assumes that you're copy is #2 with no other #2 available(1 and only copy). Also assuming that you have the funds available to purchase this new top census (1 and only copy on the census) 1. Try to get the top census and keep your undercopy? 2. Get the top guy and then sell the undercopy 3. Happy that you are least a silver medal and it's close enough to the gold medal

what's the mindset of collector's that chase top of the census major/minor keys/grails. What if you obtain the top census copy at top dollar but eventually another top census comes out. do you want to chase the new top guy? Or are you okay with your copy cause you had already spent top dollar. This assumes that you're copy is #2 with no other #2 available. Also assuming that you have the fund available to purchase this new top census 1. Try to get the top census and keep your undercopy? 2. Get the top guy and then sell the undercopy 3. Happy that you are least a silver medal and it's close enough to the gold medal moving over to the General section

Is that actually good packaging? I double box the books in addition to bubble wrapping