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On 2/8/2024 at 12:38 PM, gumbydarnit said:

 

 

Click on the Original Art category on the left side menu, that takes you the the auction's OA.

OA category link

 

I'm on a computer it may be a mobile issue.

 

Got it, I track all items not just OA.  For these auctions total count is usually 1200 to 1400 all inclusive by auction day.  I have no idea what the typical OA artwork is.

On 2/8/2024 at 6:47 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

925 lots?

I think that’s the sum total of all items in this auction: comics, books, Mags, OA, etc.

Presently, there are ‘only’ 478 OA lots listed.

When I select the auction I get this

On 2/5/2024 at 12:59 PM, fantastic_four said:

Here's some posing I did of most of the figures from these lists while deciding which were the best.

I love the Ironman

On 2/8/2024 at 2:12 AM, makis said:

Hello,  im a new collector from Greece.

I really like golden age era...

Im starting this topic, to share with you my comic collection journey.

my first ever pick up is a Detective comics 118. loved this cover!

 

 

That’s a great first start and welcome to the boards !

On 2/7/2024 at 4:15 AM, Gotham Kid said:

love me some 5.x grades

Thing I am most surprised about this auction so far is not a single Charles Schulz piece yet.  Now that could change but with ~925 lots so far would have thought there would be 2 to 4 listed.

On 2/3/2024 at 1:20 PM, EastEnd1 said:

I'm still scratching my head as to how this guy thought he could just keep stealing other peoples comics in the grading process and then sell them publicly and get away with it.  It's so obvious you're eventually going to raise suspicions and get caught.  Not exactly a criminal mastermind we're dealing with here.

As far as why pursue litigation... in the case of CGC it makes sense to me.  Their entire business is centered around the certification of valuable collectibles.  Seems to me one of the internal controls you'd want is to make sure all other current and future employees understand that if you break the law, you will wind up with serious civil and/or criminal consequences.  Just burying it does not give you the deterrent effect.  Frankly, it may even inspire other would-be criminals as word is very likely to get out that previous situations had barely gotten a slap on the wrist.

Yeah I would think when the 1st book went missing you would be concerned about its where abouts

On 2/2/2024 at 5:06 PM, CitrusZ28 said:

If CGC were a cartel they could require all of their employees to work in the nude.

On 2/2/2024 at 11:57 AM, szav said:

I came here thinking to post something like this but you beat me to it.  Okajima all day long over the Denver and most other pedigrees.

If I’m going for condition or high grade, which I often do, then I care basically zero about the pedigree and even prefer a less expensive non pedigree book if grade and PQ are equal.

The story behind the Okajima books is the most compelling of any of the pedigree origins/tales to me.  The only pedigrees I ever felt I ‘needed’ to have a copy of something from are the Church and the Okajima.  I can live without anything from the rest.

1000% agree about the back story on the Okajima.  I don't own one but keep watching for the right one to show up.  I want one with the writing.  Same with a Larson.

On 2/1/2024 at 12:13 PM, action1kid said:

I believe this was the first comic book to break 1 million when sold?

 

so this was the special surprise I was being alerted to about by Herotage.

 

prediction. 5.7 to 6.3 million.

I’m basing that off of the 3.4 million 6.0 sale

 

I will take the under on your low side estimate

On 2/1/2024 at 11:37 AM, Professor K said:

Hey Bat, yeah I couldn't find a good picture yet either. Is that a screenshot of the fancy little video? 

So the last real high grade AC 1 was the other 8.5 in 2018. Then there was the rocket stamp 6.0 two years back. 

 

Yeah, screen shot the spinning image

On 2/1/2024 at 11:24 AM, Professor K said:

Action Comics 1 8.5 Kansas City pedigree. https://www.instagram.com/p/C20GHvCRd3m/

https://www.facebook.com/reel/878368844026317

On 1/30/2024 at 3:42 PM, buttock said:

Greg, grab a bottle of Hidden Barn series 1 or 2 next time you're out.  It's only available in KY and CO and it's top notch.  

Putting it on my list

On 1/30/2024 at 2:28 PM, Telegan said:

Nonsense.  It's what I have, too.  I hear it's actually still pretty popular (after talking to a guy in the kitchen countertop business).

Anyhoo... I've derailed enough.  Let's get back to more of the poopy comics so I can live vicariously through you guys.

Quartz with matched panel walnut

On 1/29/2024 at 10:13 PM, Telegan said:

To make up for the poopy book, at least you have some sexy granite.  What is that?  Ubatuba? lol.

I believe you are correct.  It is a bit dated these days.

On 1/28/2024 at 10:03 PM, Microchip said:

Gary was doing the home enterprise on these early modules?

No, these came out post D&D going mainstream so mass manufactured.

On 1/28/2024 at 7:46 PM, Microchip said:

Thats a score!

And thats definitely era appropriate seal alright!   Even doing it by hand these days you'd have had a better finish 

Fact check: true but in their defense the lighting in the garage wasn't that good

I snagged this off an Ebay auction, missed the D3 sealed.

I think this is coming up as well

On 1/19/2024 at 7:19 AM, Bronty said:

That's where my head went to when  I first saw it as well.    Its an appealing image.

I’ll take the over