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The few samples auctions to date have had pretty strong prices like the Hakes graded box set and the CLINK ungraded group. I long for the days when you could get a batch of modules for $40 off eBay. Hakes result attached. I didn’t win it but helped push the price up.

Given recent sales of classic covers, only price that would surprise me would be one below $150k.

If the cover got Donnellized with logo, etc. it would be the over $250k for sure

I think I am tracking over 30 items. A ton of stuff I am interested in but it will come down to price.

Thanks for the background on your decision to pass your beauties to a new round of collectors. Hopefully you stay active on the boards and let us know when you open your cocktail bar. Me and my son may take a road trip for a visit !

I won this one last night. Tried to get the #2 also but too much for my blood but I made who ever won it pay quite a bit more. I thought the eye appeal was pretty decent.

Shocked by the Sal hammer. I thought the floor for a Sal piece of work was $5k

Who doesn’t

Makes absolutely no sense to me

I have started submitting some books in preparation for selling post retirement. I purchased these from either a comic book shop or a bookstore (Books-A-Go-Go) in Laramie, WY while in college.

I wonder who was the lucky winner of this book

I can't remember the exact hammer last time it was auctioned but I thought it was around $60k and it wasn't that long ago.

I really wanted the Lucy/Snoopy piece from 1958 but it was pretty strong The 1956 Sunday went for a lot more than the last time it auctioned I am now thinking I should have bid more on the 1953 Snoopy one. Price seems cheap in retrospect

Peanuts was all over the map from weak to strong

Romita Kingpin page at $216k

Looks like they underestimated the time to get through the 1st round of lots. I got b-slapped. Tried for the Jack Davis ad but had to tap out and let the real bidders close it out.

Stuff is going way higher on the live but pre-live prices were pretty low so you knew they would go higher just didn’t expect 5 to 10x

Watching the live bidding is not comforting.

A truer meme has never been posted !

Stuff has moved up but still within reach. Live bidding is going to be crazy ! Thank god my meetings are light today !

What I meant is I actually thought I could have a complete collection of comics disregarding how much stuff cost back then. Once reality set in I knew I had to pick and choice what I spent my money on.

I have definitely changed my focus over the years. When I first started collecting I wanted everything (very young and very dumb). As I go older I focused on Batman, Detective, and Spiderman with a few smaller runs (Nova, Jungle Action, Demon, etc) and classic covers (Lou Fine, etc). After several years of collecting I gave up on Detective and focused on Batman and Spiderman. Finally finished my Batman run and slowly getting my Spiderman run done (post retirement task in the near future). Once I retire I plan to sell off about 10,000 books, a couple of hundred toys, and several thousand gum cards. Money will be put into hobbies (including comics and OA). I am only keeping higher value stuff that will be easy for my wife and/or son to liquidate. Traveling is in the plan but that expense was allocated in the retirement budget.

Someone mentioned that earlier in the thread.

Hopefully there are some light bids tomorrow on the stuff I am watching

That one seemed strong but not sure what others have sold for recently (assuming others have sold recently)