HaydenTO

the only time I'd be a heavy hitter would be in a girl's softball league

 

 

I didn't see any of the HA books either, though now I'm curious. I've been avoiding the auction scene to try to remove myself from temptation. What books went, and for what prices?

Oh just look up the Sunday night Comic auctions from yesterday and they should all be there

ahhh crepe I haven't even been watching heritage lately. Better run online and see what I missed

Really, I was certain that you would be one of the heavy hitters that drove some of the 7.5 PH books into the mid $600s range.

OK let me see em

Let me see who won some of those nice PHs from tonights HA auctions and kicked my butt!

PS: Congratz btw

maybe we'll bring more PH collectors and enthusiasts into the fold.

That can only be a good thing (thumbs u

They have no idea what they are missing

I worship the ground these books walk on

I agree some of those look way better than the grade they got. You should resub them just to see what happens.

Beautiful Beautiful books

You've made everyone reading this thread jealous

OMG!!

Where the heck are you actually finding these Raws that are in such awesome condition!!

Tortoise congratz on those TTA pickups

I scored a couple more tonight. One a slight upgrade and the other brings me down to only needing 5 more TTAs to go

Replacement for a 9.2 ow copy that I owned for almost 25 years and sold. Really glad to have another. One of my favorite books/stories/characters.

 

 

 

Ditto! My favorite superhero, favorite cover and all time favorite book! Thats a REALLY sweet copy also. Nice and bright unlike most copies. congrats!

Goes for me too. I pray every night to Stan Lee that Pym eventually shows up on the big screen... which will lead to Ultron... which will of course bring us to his royal awesomeness!!!

And I have a 9.2 Stan signed on it's way back to me

This one was perfect as is - no need for a sig

... and it all began here

Oh BTW did I mention that I <3 The Vision (maybe too much ) If anyone is looking for a graded 57 in the 4.0 - 8.5 range drop me a ring (thumbs u

Sorry to hear that Bronty... I was routing for ya!

That is other than on the lower grade books I was after

Tried to win a few but only ended up with these (but very happy with prices I snagged them at )

Now only 6 books away from completing my TTA Pre Hero set

I can't wait to see what Bronty posts as the spoils from this recent CLink Focused Auctions... I know you kicked my butt on some of them sweet PHs. Now let me see that at least they are going to a nice home

43 very soon

Here's my opinion...

 

Seems like Wednesday's prices were pretty strong, but last night's not as strong. I wouldn't read too much into one night's results... I would have bid $1500+ on the WM 9.4 if I thought I had any chance at all to win it at that. That's what a credit card is for, right? Last night's books ended earlier than the previous nights and I wasn't able to make it home in time to bid. I had written off winning any of the TOS and TTA books figuring they'd go very high like usual, but ended up winning one book with my tracking bid, and almost won a second with a tracking bid. It is very possible that other collectors assumed the prices would be astronomical and didn't make the effort to bid either, and are kicking themselves this morning...

 

And if there was a bit of a correction to scare some speculators out of the market, that wouldn't be that bad of a thing for long-time/long-term collectors, right? I think, that a night like that can be really good for the hobbie if it let's some people who don't normally win super-nice books to pick up some gems for their collections. In the long term it helps build their desire to add to their collections. When they flip through their books and see a 9.0+ prehero, they will most likely want more.

 

I think most people here agree that there seems to have been a bit of a less-than-super-tight grading period from CGC last year. It is very possible that a lot of books that normally would have gotten 8.0s came back as 8.5s and 9.0s. It is possible that a bunch of 8.0s were cracked, possibly pressed, and came back as 8.5s (and 8.5's up to 9.0s, and 9.0s up to 9.2s). That could account for a bit of a flood of the higher grades to the market, over the normal trickle of books that have been dug out of collections. Plus when people see books going for as much as 8X guide, especially with a weak economic recovery (as mentioned above), that can also lead to an increased pace of books surfacing from long term or original owner collections.

 

Finally, we're nearing tax time (both Q1 and FY2011)... Some of the heavy hitters may have dipped into their Tax Savings to buy some books in the January/February auctions... and could have sat last night out per the advice of their accountants.

 

As statisticians like to say, one point does not make a trend.

 

Just my .

+1

Very well put. I did not manage to make any bids for two reasons:

1) Saw the way things were headed for the pre-hero books and had to hold back from many of the books I knew would hit the $1000+ range... Especially since I need to find funding for my second mid-grade AF 15 purchase recently.

AND

2) Cause I friggin passed out watching TV after dinner due to work exhaustion and missed the whole final night of auctions. Woke up late evening drooling wondering what I was supposed to be doing that night Maybe it was my subconsious saving my from myself

Anyway congratz again to all the winners. And yes there were some great deals had.... so you are welcome I could not partake in the fun ... this time

Sweet

Nothing sad nor little about them at all. Congrats! (thumbs u

 

 

+1 I would be thrilled with either. That JIM is smoking!

I agree

congratz

/drool

Yeah, eventually a nice book will fall through the cracks. I bought the #90 maybe 4 years ago or so, just after moving into my current house. I think I paid $30 so it was worth the gamble, which obviously paid off! It's nice to get the occasional winner to make up for all the losers from the Bay.

Awesome win indeed!

Congratz

Fresh from CGC in today's mail, originally an eBay purchase raw.

 

Good to see there are still some treasures to be found in the Bay

Cool theme Rich...here's the opposite..."Don't send me OUT there!..."

 

Hey Tom... Looks like you did "Send me out there!" tonight on HA and I am this baby's new owner. Come ta pappa!

It was the last of that Strange Worlds 58-59 set that I needed.

And there is this one. Not quite the exact wording but similar theme...

Hey Rich, how'd you miss this one?

ST #1

PS: Someone needs a manicure

A little something to help me get over the clink auction. I guess I should slow down a bit but its fun adding books.

(thumbs u

 

I would agree with you, but it only takes two bidders to get into territory others would consider crazyland.

Perfectly said... (thumbs u

Nice, I was just about to check where that one landed... Looks like that's another one I will have to get in lower grade.

Congratz to seller and buyer - super nice copy