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On 2/26/2024 at 4:45 PM, szav said:

This looks like it could be intentional CT trimming with the holes punched in it right?  ... will be very curious to see how the collectors in this range feel about that aspect of it too.   Does this book match any old purple label copies?

This is criminal. Seriously... This is an iconic piece of history. I cannot believe CGC is promoting this.

Curious as to what that Tec 27 with "slightly" brittle pages and "minor" amount of glue going to go for.. I have no idea.

I predict $5M hammer. So $6M w BP

On 1/10/2024 at 9:45 AM, szav said:

In my mind there is no difference between scraping off part of the book and trimming it.  You are physically removing part of the book to improve, in the minds of some, the grade, desirability, or perceived value of the book.  CT removal is itself restoration, it's absurd.

I say this every time the topic comes up, but it's really the worst of all practices that CGC not only allows, but incentivizes.  It's a really bad policy.   A happy medium that CGC could adopt and still rake in more money would be to announce that books that are currently in purple holders for color touch alone could be regraded and given a blue label grade, if the owner so desires, that is the effective 'blue label grade if we were to scrape off the CT affected areas' without actually doing the harm to the book.  Think of how many resubs they'd get and all the $$$.

Send in your purple 7.0 small amount of CT book, and get back a 5.5 blue label, or whatever it should be. that lists the CT in the graders notes and treats it more or less like a stain from a grading perspective.  Win win.

I presented this idea on the boards years ago. CGC could give two grades: The current grade, (even if in a blue label) and the "potential grade" if pressing were done or resto removal. The potential grade would be an estimate, but all grading is subjective anyways. There is a market for this.

Where is the price these days?

Is that Terry Toons the biggest percentage drop?

In another 10-20 years, will the census for rare HG material be double? Triple?

What are the chances top census GA (or Atomic Age)  books will stand as top in 10-20 years from now?

Interested in opinions..

Is $80K really the market now for a cover?? A complete 1.5 just sold at CC for $132k...

Hello CGC,

How do I request a correction to the census? A Superman #12 9.2 was graded and sold last year as seen in the Heritage archives. However, shortly after it's sale, it was regraded and actually went down in grade to an 8.5. So the current 9.2 on the census no longer exists as a 9.2. I can post pics of the book and you can see it is the same exact book. You can compare the scans on the HA auction archives. Can you please remove the 9.2 on the census to reflect the correct iteration as an 8.5? Thanks.

Clark

Hmm I'd much rather buy a book that was recently downgraded than recently upgraded!

Perhaps nothing was done besides the dust shade removal, and it was graded more strictly?

(Assuming it hopefully wasn't damaged) at least we know it probably wasn't graded more leniently.

Almost every main stream superhero Promise book has now returned to HA within less than 2 years.

Surely this was one buyer. I have a hard time believing two or more buyers would follow this same pattern of reselling these books.

So, the question still remains: Was the "sale" really an unrealized sale? Or just a quick flip?

Yes. It's like double amateur resto really...

This is really a shame... A Sup1 is an iconic piece of history..

"Gotta love this hobby" ...who says that?

Was this book previously restored with paper fill or color touch? The paper loss looks too methodical..

Hmm .. So not to be a contrarian, but I believe a collection of this value will have a hard time staying "in the family." We are talking about 10s of millions for the entire collection. Right?

What happened to the many Promises initially listed in the March auction??

Does Harrari still own both of these copies?

On 2/7/2023 at 8:52 AM, tabcom said:

Is it equally reasonable to suspect that the highest bidder declined to pay on the purchase?

Uh.. yeah was thinking that also.

I just discovered this thread. What a great bunch of books, and nice to see a few familiar collectors on here! 

Two 300s 9.8 W closed at CL last night for $4033, and $4105. Is that a 52 week low? Do you think these will dip more?

I've literally been watching this book for years thinking it will go back down below $2500. Wondering if it is finally a good time to buy...

I bet we see a bunch of Promise books coming back out in the next couple sig auctions...