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On 4/30/2024 at 1:15 PM, Thomask. said:

Sure.

I have a picture of the book in Ian's collection he sent me 20 years ago from the UK.

On 4/30/2024 at 10:32 AM, Captain Canuck said:

On 4/30/2024 at 10:22 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

You’ve had high quality responses but still have questions. This is an art, not a science. You want black and white in a world filled with grey

I agree that I have had high quality responses and that this an art and not a science, but correct me if I am wrong, but there should be a rough reasonable estimate of what a centerfold should retail for. If you were to go out and buy one today, what would you pay and expect it to be selling for?

If I had a Superman 1 2.0 missing centerfold it would be worth twice as much to me as it would be if I only wanted to buy a centerfold. 

I have a Marvel comics 1 coverless missing last page and bid 1k and lost 15 years ago and have never seen another for sale.

10k is a reasonable deal if you wanted the centerfold only. I would pay more if I wanted it for a complete book common sense thing here.

I would say find another centerfold besides the one from Blizzard and post it here .

What is a reasonable amount of time for you to find one?.

Time is money what is your time worth to find one.

On 4/30/2024 at 5:36 AM, Captain Canuck said:

Are you saying it is for sale for $10k or that is what a centerfold goes for? The link provided says $25k?

My question is what is a reasonable price for a Superman 1 centerfold? Anyone can ask for any price, doesn’t mean that is what it truly worth. 

You post says what is a reasonable price.

I replied 10k is a reasonable price.

There is a Make offer on that link.

Superman #1 (CENTERFOLD ONLY) Classic Vintage DC Superhero Comic 1939 CGC PG | eBay

still for sale. 10k would be nice price more if that's all you need.

On 4/27/2024 at 7:35 PM, Sauce Dog said:

You assume most ebay bidders buying raw KNOW how to grade correctly  No need to bring emotion into it when lack of skill will suffice. I'm sure some of em were thinking that was an easy 7.0.

7.5 and I know how to grade when I have my glasses on

On 4/25/2024 at 7:26 AM, Crowzilla said:

Both the foot and the 10cent thing don't seem very reliable. I think it's easiest to tell by the overall canary yellow brightness of the cover, but if you want an easy thing to look at, check out the white streaks of the block letters in the logo "Superman" - specifically the "uper" part.  On the reprint, they are very wide, long white streaks, on the original they are much thinner and don't go all the way to the end.

 This goes to the end. I do see the original on the U-P- E in superman they have 3 white lines the reprint has 1 big white line.

On 4/22/2024 at 8:55 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Based on your historical posts, I assume that you are referring to More Fun #31?

On 4/22/2024 at 8:07 PM, ChillMan said:

It's not a Benny Hill comic.

I LOVED BENNY HILL AND THE OLD MAN GROWING UP.

On 4/22/2024 at 8:05 PM, ChillMan said:

...and that's also a general question.

Advertising is good.  But mentioning something controversial here isn't a good idea, right?

On 4/22/2024 at 8:03 PM, ChillMan said:

I'd like to post something here about a comic in the upcoming ComicConnect auction.  It's related to Action #1 in a way...it's not a normal book...the price could be anything.

But it's better to not say anything here, right?

To ruin the mystique of it...by getting strong opinions going here.  Correct?

On 4/21/2024 at 2:54 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Thanks for posting these.  What CBM issues were these articles from?

could be this if it is order me 1

Comic Book Marketplace / Issue #15 | Other Products Details | Four Color Comics

On 4/19/2024 at 9:24 AM, Gotham Kid said:

Anybody have any info on the AC1 that was sent to Metro (raw) for the upcoming auction ?

Video is on IG. Looks like a very nice copy ! 

Link would be nice Peter 

Have couple of nice pictures Ian sent me the Tecs look great as a run.

@RareHighGrade you or anyone have the link to your pre Batman Tecs ?

On 4/11/2024 at 9:05 AM, RareHighGrade said:

Issue #28 is another very tough book, with only 8 Universal copies in the census.  It has a great cover depicting armed pirates taking over a vessel.  The captain’s distressed look is understandable, given that his undersized billy club is likely to prove ineffective against his assailants’ swords and guns.  If you look closely, you can see Flessel’s signature subtly hidden along the ropes. 

This non-pedigree CGC 9.0 copy tops the census.  No one has seen a Church copy.

 

8.0 

From a Facebook post nice ECs

In 1950, Bill Gaines (left) joined with Al Feldstein (right) as managing editor of EC Comics, and the two helped produce some of the best comic books ever printed. Previously the letters "EC" had stood for "Educational Comics", but from then on, the letters would stand for "Entertaining Comics", which they certainly were. The new line of comics would include horror, science fiction, crime, war, humor, and would make Gaines and Feldstein famous, if not infamous. Here, they're seen posing with their new line, all of which should grade "10

On 4/7/2024 at 3:09 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Oh wow, so this was the rusty staple copy, but now with better page quality.

Who knew rust makes paper better page quality.

On 4/7/2024 at 2:42 PM, Dark Knight said:

Not sure how this was freshly graded.  The book was graded in 2017.  I'm guessing it was just simply re-holdered?

ComicConnect - ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #1 - CGC VF+: 8.5

On 4/4/2024 at 9:11 AM, lhcomics said:

My goal this year is to complete my Batman 2-10 run. I wish my goal for this was last September when this #2 sold for $15,600. I just bid $20,040 and got immediately shot down. 

Batman 2 CGC 6.5

Batman #2 (DC, 1940) CGC Conserved FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white | LotID #100001 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

On 4/5/2024 at 6:31 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Dont disagree, but due to Caps lucky birth into the Timely/Marvel world, he’s got better friends that resonate more with the youngsters. Spider-man, anyone? Heck, even Daredevil and Iron Man too. That alone will maintain some parity for our beleaguered Cap

Glad you sold your Batman 1 when you did going to take a bit before that book gets that price again.

If memory serves me right, I think you have a Cap 1 

On 3/28/2024 at 4:05 PM, BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES said:

This ad appeared before the book was on the stands, but it was not necessarily printed before the cover itself had been printed.  House ads were not always created with a stat of the actual, final cover, very many of them show differences between the ad and the published cover, especially in the logos and blurbs.  Sometimes the differences are huge: a house ad prior to Captain America #1 release shows him without wings on his head.  And a house ad for an early Timely comic had Stalin partnered with Hitler, while the published book removed Uncle Joe because in the small window between ad and publication, Russia had become our ally.  There may have been copies printed with the original cover, but destroyed.

And this ad for Batman 1 has the number and date in blue, whereas in all published copies (dot or no dot) the number and date were clearly part of the red plate.  So it's definitely not a version of the cover that was published.  

  

well Detective 1 add looked like this at first.  December 1936 From More fun 16 But Detective 1 has a different date.

On 3/28/2024 at 2:20 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Sorry you missed it woo woo.
 

Is Ian the consignor? I’m sorry for my ignorance, but I don’t know the backstory 

No. He had a deal that when he passed the books would go to this person but got pressured to give them up early.

I would have loved to get the Detective 3 back for 6k

The Detective 1 went crazy

DETECTIVE COMICS No. 1 (pbagalleries.com)

On 3/28/2024 at 2:10 PM, sfcityduck said:

I thought there were a LOT of strong prices.  But there were a few deals to be had, and I'm glad I got one. 

I sold Ian my Detective comics 3 for 11k in 2004 and I was going to bid but had to finish a break job just got home and it sold for 6k 

I just got in touch with Ian, earlier and he said they all went for far less than he paid.