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The Tec 29 went for $66k and I was personally hoping for more, mostly bc I own a 2.5 copy. The last 3.5 went for $64,501 in 2018. This book hasn't really broken out yet which surprises me, as I think it has so much going for it.

oh man, great pickup!

Have you tried them for books and recommend? Thanks

I wouldn't be coming to this forum if I wasn't a long term boardie, and desperate for options. In short, I no longer have space to store my books in my residence due to growing family needs. Is anyone aware of any luxury storage places that can vault high end books anywhere in the US? The only place I am familiar with is UOVO Art, and after touring their facility in San Francisco, I was not impressed. They simply cater to an art audience and do not have an adequate facility for collectibles. Outside of luxury car storage options, I am not finding any facilities that cater to high value collectibles and the like. Any suggestions welcome and greatly appreciated. Basically need a space that can accommodate the equivalent of 10 long boxes under the highest security. If I could put a safe in my residence I would but I simply can't. Thanks

That's a great looking book at a terrific price. If I wasn't holding a 9.4 I would be all over this copy. Nothing but upside on the book, good luck

Curious to see where this copy ends up. The consigner bought this off cc for $6300 on 6/8/23 and now the book is offered in the current Goldin Jan Elite auction which closes in five days. It's interesting that the consigner chose to go with Goldin on the sale, as I think that platform is a bit less established for comics and presents a bit more risk than putting the book on HA or clink. I wouldn't have flipped the book on Goldin, but maybe it will be a good call. I'm curious to see where this book ends up as it's a great but one that really speaks to a certain type of buyer. Prior sale: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/940624?tzf=1

nice to meet you, bro

I like Swagglehouse and maybe he's on the boards, I don't know. That video though was a real reach. There are easier ways to launder money then to get involved in niche golden age books. Maybe there are some nerdy crooks out there, but that video was a bit much. If you want to launder the cash, you don't have to overpay for a book. Just buy an expensive book at fair market value. The whole premise is flawed.

As someone that regularly consigns to HA, money is money and I don't care who the buyer is

Any ideas why this book sold wildly way above recent comps?

Comics didn't go to zero in this auction. It's going to be a good year for us.

I think that is a correlation that will be hard to make. In the HA Sig, the Hulk 9.2 is already at a record breaking price if it sold today at 360k (w/BP). Prices overall will be all over the map on these numerous lots. I would hope CGC is not making business decisions that impact customer security based on ebbs and flows of major auction house prices, and I don't think they are.

May I ask why the name isn't shared?

7mins into this video and this youtuber still hasn't said a damn thing about anything, but glad to hear all the shout outs to people I don't know or care about

Great to see another boardie with a youtube channel, there's not many of us. I just subscribed

I don't get the folks that are obsessed with pointing out that the Promise books were over-graded, a bubble or responsible for world hunger. It's a good pedigree, the books are great, and it helps everyone that collects when a new pedigree is announced. Sure the prices were higher for those books a year or two ago, so were a lot of books across many genres and eras. Every time there is a big HA sale, there are a least a couple gleeful posts pointing out how Promise books have dipped. It's just morbid and depressing and I don't get it.

One book folks, here are the terms. US buyers only Books ships from San Francisco, CA No returns Ships USPS medium flat rate box priority mail, shipping included in price Payment types accepted: PP, Venmo, Bitcoin or ETH (to wallet address) First take gets book, or marked in thread prior as sold through PM $480 Now $425

Take. Keep 'em coming, I need to finish my run.

Agree. I personally think I've outgrown his channel but several years ago, I got a lot out of it.

So I had to replace a few sleeves on my books and ordered this product and it wasn't what I was looking for. Anyone know where to get those old school sleeves that used to be on slabbed books? Those really thick plastic ones. The product I ordered looks like it will suffer from the same issues the non-old school sleeves have, tearing, ripping etc. I need that rugged thick plastic that will survive a nuclear winter. Are those no longer available? Thanks

It's a decent video and I watch his channel. That said, long term I think fundamentally he does not believe in comics as a valid collectible vehicle and he's made that point on several occasions fairly clearly. He's just too pessimistic for my liking as a comic collector. I don't need hype but I also don't need sober talk after sober talk about why it's actually better to put your money into an Index Fund, which he repeatedly drops as a great investment vehicle. If I was interested in stock and bonds, I wouldn't be on these boards or collecting.

very solid price realized on this copy

I showed my recent PCH purchases in this video I just uploaded. The Mantle talk is later in the video, first part is PCH comics

The problem has been Disney's disastrous handling of the MCU over the last 2-3 years. The Marvels upcoming film will add to that heap of failure, as it's projected to severely underperform. Until they right the ship at the cinema and with Disney Plus, we will continue to see softness with most keys. The economy is always up and down. This is about Disney failing in every way imaginable post Avengers. No one cares about these projects, except the last Guardians film.