Hi Mollie,
I've come to plead the case for adjustments to registry points allocated to Detective 34.
For that I gathered data points of all public sales for 2018 (Jan - Aug) across several venues. Some have likely reported their sales to GPA, others haven't. We are talking about a book from 1939 so not that many sales to report
They are as follows:
(2018) Tec 34 5.5 $7300* eBay -> registry points for a 5.5 (4140)
(2018) Tec 34 5.0 $6100* Comiclink -> registry points for a 5.0 (3450)
(2018) Tec 34 2.5 $2900* Hakes -> registry points for a 2.5 (1380)
(2018) Tec 34 7.0 (R) EP $1900* Heritage -> registry points for a 7.0 EP (1087)
*rounded values
There is a noticeable upward swing from sales results of 2017.
There are no 34s in the next round of auctions of the BIG 3 ( Heritage, ComicConnect and ComicLink ) so I don't expect many more data points until the end of the year. As there are a Total of only 70 copies (42 Universal + 28Restored) on the census, it is only natural they don't come up all that often.
I think a 2.0-2.5 multiplier should correctly adjust most registry points across Universal and Restored grades for Detective 34 to today's FMVs.
Thanks for your consideration and have a nice day.
- Peter