entalmighty1

What books would have excited you?

The Catman 32 looks like it would be of better use in a fireplace, to be completely honest. I'll bid on it, just so Heritage has something to give the poor consignor of that particular atrocity.

Good call.

First 9.6 I can remember with rusty staples on the back cover too.

The only thing I know for sure is it will go for more than I could afford.

He already bought half of them I think. Working on the rest now.

Didn't I read somewhere that Heritage owns a stake in CGC or something to that effect? I could be misremembering it. Consistent grading is the biggest oxymoron in our hobby.

Highest graded blue copy of Mask 1 maybe. The Mile High was a 9.6.

Expensive is relative. I'd honestly just pick an artist at random, and search for their work. Once you find something you like, your budget will adjust as to how much you want the book.

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I sent my check in the mail Saturday, so I'm expecting a nasty email any day demanding payment.

Until the next one, for sure.

You picked probably the 2 biggest pedigrees there. Thousands of them in each collection, probably.

Also @Robot Man, don't get me wrong. I absolutely adore both Mask 1 and 2, and have copies of both (restored, thus more affordable). I'm not trying to downplay the value at all. Just stating they aren't as rare as the perception was initially.

My two wins. That Jumbo 17 was a dogfight, but it looks so. dang. good. The Flash is one of the tougher underwater books to get, from my experience anyway.

For sure. I think part of the problem with some tough GA books is the supply is so low, it keeps demand in check simply because people are unaware they even exist. That said, even with the brief time period I've really been paying attention to Golden Age books (under 10 years), there's very few books that I would consider super tough to find. Super tough to own is a different story. Still waiting on my chance at a Prize 18.

You can tell how hard they juke the scans just from how electric the blue is on the CGC label. I've never seen a CGC label look like that in hand.

The narrative is always the same with stuff like this. People confuse scarcity and availability pretty often. Turns out there's not much that's truly rare AND desirable in the world of comics. Copies that exist and copies that are for sale are two entirely different things. I suspect that's kind of what happened with the Mask books, but I could be wrong. Somebody started piling up copies as they came to market, then tried to release them back into the market a short time later, only to find out the demand wasn't as high as they initially thought.

I'd be lying if I wasn't leading down that thought path myself. It's the pessimist in us I guess.

I noticed the scan of the "conserved" book was taken down for a few days. Seems like a pretty high profile book for a mistake like that, but I guess it happens.

They changed the conserved All Select 1 to restored, as it should have been.

Because they think they've found an edge, or are somehow better at the games than everybody else, or are naturally lucky, or a million other reason why statistics and mathematics don't apply to them. Like I said, brain damage. You throw $20 bucks at a 1k book 5 times, that's $100. Do it 20 times and you could have just bought the book from the start. That's Andy's point, eventually the math catches up and you spent more on raffles than you would have just buying the thing outright.

Talking about sustainability of the market in a thread trying to sell a book is probably not the best look. Just sayin'. Good luck with the sale Pablo.

Brain. Damage. I guess I get the explanation that people are "getting a mega-key for a fraction of the cost," but they're also going to get exactly nothing most of the time they participate. Imagine reducing your collecting experience to nothing but luck. Just go to the casino. At least you get free alcohol while you're gambling.