DanCooper

Pulled out a Howard Rogofsky catalog from May 1980. Listed were the following: Adventure 247 in Near Mint - $350 Amazing Fantasy 15 - $200 Amazing Spiderman 1 - $340 Avengers 1 - $115 Daredevil 1 in MINT - $90 Detective 31 - $400 Detective 225 in Near Mint - $350 Fantastic Four 1 - $535 Tales of Suspense 39 - $100 X-Men 1 - $70 Take it for a what it is, since it is coming from Howard (highest prices in the market plus erratic conditions). Interesting that by 1980, Howard was breaking out and stating some conditions on the higher end like the Daredevil 1, Adventure 247 and Tec 225. Times were catching up to him! (most likely those were more Fines to VFs) But, Howard knew the market he was dealing in (in any era) and these give an idea of what other dealers were asking for in price around the 1980-1981 time frame on the high end.

Anderson/ Verzyl dynasties stronger than House of Saud/Alibaba. NO SALE! Windy City Cap 1 is an 8.5 (Allentown is 9.8)

That first sentence must be missing some words Fred Ray supposedly sent a listing of all of his comic book credits to Jack Burnley in 2003, and part of the list was published in Alter-Ego #25. Although GCD may be incorrect with the Alter-Ego issue number reference since Alter-Ego #19 featured Fred Ray and the list may have been in that issue

But maybe...just maybe...he DOES indeed have EVERYTHING for everyone's exact NEEDFUL THINGS!

It was a good price for a buy, especially if it was a dealer with a resale number and saved the tax (add another grand+ if not) DC keys not getting the respect that their Marvel counterparts garner. Page quality and chip on front cover in lower corner may have hindered some bidding. Heritage sold a 4.5 back in September for $15,600 (see the following below) so price may not be far off in the current market. Still, a nice buy price for a Show 4 The 4.5 that sold at Heritage in September for $15,600:

It's the old "cart before the horse". The buyer is probably using the scans from the Heritage auction and posting it fast on Comiclink, before they actually have the book in hand. I think Comiclink's policy for listing books for a Featured or Focus event auction, is Comiclink needs to have the book in their hands, but for an Exchange listing (like this one for the Showcase 4), the seller can post without having to physically send the book to Comiclink. If someone wants to buy the book immediately, they should probably send a note to the seller to just have Heritage mail the book to them (new Comiclink buyer) direct! A Flipper's paradise out there now - possession is NOT 9/10 of the law!

why ? took a whole of 1 sec to find the name by hovering over the image posted Thanks! I did not know that! But, how come when I hover over this guy's picture: This pops up:

When I ran the picture through two of the websites out there that do face image recognition searches, one result from site PimEyes produced the proper result: But site PicTriev came up with CLORIS LEACHMAN as one of the top results! HA!

In December, there was a discussion over in the Original Art forum here (CGC boards) mentioning it is the consignor who can request a buyer's premium be added to an auction at ComicConnect. It seems the consignor can get part or all of that premium (or reduce their seller's premium amount, if any). Don't know if this was confirmed.

From the second Sotheby's Comic auction - September 1992 I lost my original catalog with the prices realized notes. A few years later, I was at Sotheby's and Jerry Weist saw me with a Radio Shack magnifying scope/light and traded me a replacement catalog for the scope! (Sorry for the quality of the following catalog shots)

It looks like Joe & Nadia Mannarino may have been prior owners of the Human Torch 16 Schomburg cover or, at least, it was consigned through their former auction site (All-Star Auctions) pre-Heritage (not shocking since most quality original art has passed through them over the years) Here is a snapshot showing the cover on their former All-Star site: http://allstarauc.com/items.html

So, Heritage had this in an auction back in 2003 with a reserve ($167,500?) and it didn't sell? (eventually ended up with Jim H.)

In this previous CGC thread, a couple of board members discuss some Mile Highs ruined in the flood. One member reached out to Bill Hughes, but Bill could not provide details on which issues were affected:

I think Carl Burgos

Both books on the newsstands in July 1966. Green Lantern 47 and Worlds Finest 160

In the Spring of 2001, I remember venturing out to Greg Manning's for an auction at their facility in New Jersey. CGC was in their infancy (and still based in New Jersey) and was starting to pick up a lot of steam in the hobby. It was at this time that a big coin guy, Jay Parrino, was starting to pour money into the comic hobby. Jay was present, in person, at this particular auction. This auction featured a huge amount of high grade CGC pre-code horror books (notably from the Bethlehem collection. Marnin Rosenberg may have been the consignor). Jay was basically buying EVERY high grade CGC book in the auction and at nosebleed prices at the time! Within a short period (months) after this auction, Jay put out his first comic catalog from "The Mint" and the books were even at higher nosebleed prices! (but, would be bargains today!) Jay, like other "Whales" before him, had the right idea when entering the hobby - buying the best quality material but, like others before him, did not have the patience to ride out the wave in the hobby and stick around. He ended up selling all the comics and went back to coins. If he just had some patience......

"Hollywood Treasure" on the SyFy network about a decade ago. Comic art collector Jon Mankuta was part of Joe's team also and appeared on the series. Here is a clip involving the original art for Fantastic Four #12:

The two seem closer in the CGC databases. In the CGC Census, when you type "Jungle" in the title with "11" in the issue # searches the following comes up (see below)

It may possibly be a CGC label error and should have been for Jungle Action #11 (1972) instead (Black Panther seen in picture) and the wrong book info was chosen when the label was assigned. When you look up the certification number in the CGC system, it does show the Golden Age Jungle info though:

Looks like Joe goes by "Math Teacher" now:

The Pennyworth copy was in this past November's Heritage auction and, surprisingly, was only a mid-grade copy (5.0). It sold for $4,080:

I guess technically Atomic Age, since it is pre-Showcase 4 (although J'onn J'onzz's affiliation is Silver Age) BTW, it looks like Heritage will be auctioning off an 8.0 Tec 225 in the April auction: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/detective-comics-225-dc-1955-cgc-vf-80-off-white-pages/p/7242-74002.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Heritage past sales seem to indicate a value range between $260-$480:

Hopefully, a fellow boardie @David Stone sees this thread and can shed some insight on the current value. David wrote the Heritage articles and even mentions purchasing a hard cover #3 off ebay in the following thread: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/437370-2nd-edition-overstreet-price-guide-hardcover/?tab=comments#comment-10554602