Jaydogrules

$10417. So it looks like after commissions and grading fees someone ruined a perfectly good bound volume for no reason. +1 Kinda been my point all along. -J.

no I got you. Though interestingly enough I notice after my last post we got teleported to the bronze section after all. -J.

Nope, there were no inserts NDS or MJ in the silver age. This thread should be moved or merged with the one that's already in the bronze age section. -J.

Does anyone know the final hammer on this one? $7222 An ok result on the number one. But a bit of a whiff on the others that were torn from the same bound volume. -J.

Can I presume that it will be a cold day in hell before someone pries one of those SC 4's in your massive, aneurysm inducing sig line from your hands ? -J.

I rarely venture in to CG for sanity reasons.... what is the issue? Comic books are not (or are simply bad) investments. But yes I get your drift. -J.

Obviously the seller of the 4.0 on the exchange knows he will get his price sooner rather than later, and considering how rare the book is, 7500 for it will probably look like a deal in six months, and even at that price is the lowest priced publicly available blue label that I can find right now. The one at the auction may not fetch that but I can easily envision a final sales price range of 6600-7200, with a very real and likely chance that it will crack 7k, for the reasons stated above. As for the back cover scans doesn't comic link provide upon request ? -J. -J. Pulled the trigger on it Actually I did not . I went all the way up to 7k on it though. My whistle guy was because the book went for just slightly over my early price prediction. I do hope another boardie did get it though. -J.

Hey gator we sure could use you over there in that "comic books as investment" thread in comics general. Care to slum it a little for a post or two with your input ? -J.

Obviously the seller of the 4.0 on the exchange knows he will get his price sooner rather than later, and considering how rare the book is, 7500 for it will probably look like a deal in six months, and even at that price is the lowest priced publicly available blue label that I can find right now. The one at the auction may not fetch that but I can easily envision a final sales price range of 6600-7200, with a very real and likely chance that it will crack 7k, for the reasons stated above. As for the back cover scans doesn't comic link provide upon request ? -J. -J.

Whether it be to for the purpose of sale or for the purpose of separating the copy of Batman #1 from the rest of the pack, I can see a number of reasons for doing so. While bound-volumes are cool, and often a cool piece of history, you can't enjoy them the same way you could a slabbed book. Frequent handling (flipping through pages) is not "good" for paper aged over seven decades. But even beyond the preservation factors, slabbing the book individually is great for presentation. From a content standpoint, Batman #1 is very different from subsequent issues. The psychological depth and darkness of the Joker is greatly reduced by the time of Batman #2 -- let alone following issues. So beyond the obvious appeal of it being a "No. 1" with historical first appearances, Batman #1 is simply different in both tone and content from the rest of the run. Hence, there is good reason to remove it from a bound-volume to appreciate it individually. (thumbs u Content wise you are correct but considering that every issue from that bound volume is in that auction I don't believe the seller's intention in butchering a perfectly fine and well preserved bound volume was quite so well intentioned . And to make matters worse, the books don't even present nicely in slab. Yech. -J.

It is not an easy book to find... Has anyone tried approaching the seller of that 3.0 that's on ebay right now about working a deal for an off ebay transaction ? -J. hit or miss on deals with eBay. Do you know the seller, are they reasonable? If not, I don't want to go through the headache. That place is full of crazies. It's a solid seller and he has the same copy on comic connect right now. His 8k asking price with no make offer option is somewhat disconcerting but who knows at the rate things are going, this time in 8-12 months it may not be. -J.

It is not an easy book to find... Has anyone tried approaching the seller of that 3.0 that's on ebay right now about working a deal for an off ebay transaction ? -J.

I can't believe somebody bought the bound edition and ripped it apart to create this monstrosity just to try to make a couple bucks. Wait, maybe I can actually. -J.

Looks like ebay has already torpedoed the listing. GPA should catch it eventually. -J.

.....and this is why I take GPA with a grain of salt. -J.

I was thinking you meant a blue label with an un witnessed signature on the interior. -J.

What are your thoughts on total supply of this book? Are there a lot of copies sitting out there unslabbed? Is this the toughest of the big SA keys? This is easily the toughest SA key. No one can know how many are out there raw, but based on how many restored copies relative to unrestored that are on the census one could extrapolate that a lot of those copies still in the wild are also restored. Some of the more seasoned collectors may correct me if I'm wrong but I believe showcase 4 was the most valuable SA comic for many years until AF 15 overtook it some years back. And we all know plentiful those are in relation to SC 4. -J.

Looks like joey d was spot on with his pricing after all for an un restored 4.0 after that restored one on heritage closed at 5k+ a couple weeks back. -J.

Does this mean you're giving up on the auction ? -J.

I know for a fact that a 9.0 recently sold for $14k in a private sale. Right, I honestly don't see the next publicly available one going for less that 15k. -J.

I can only imagine. It's certainly one of the best books being offered in this rather thin auction. -J.

Obviously the seller of the 4.0 on the exchange knows he will get his price sooner rather than later, and considering how rare the book is, 7500 for it will probably look like a deal in six months, and even at that price is the lowest priced publicly available blue label that I can find right now. The one at the auction may not fetch that but I can easily envision a final sales price range of 6600-7200, with a very real and likely chance that it will crack 7k, for the reasons stated above. As for the back cover scans doesn't comic link provide upon request ? -J.

It will go for more than $6k. The 4.0 on the exchange already has an offer for 6.6k. I'm thinking it will likely end up somewhere between 6.6-7.5k, especially with that restored 4.0 going for over $5k on heritage recently. There figures to be several bidders who recognize this is their last chance to get a nice presenting mid grade copy for anything less than $8k with the new show and all the movie talk heating up in advance of SDCC. And they would probably be right. -J.

Still a full week to go though.... -J.

My prediction is that we will see no more bids on this (although I hope I'm proven wrong). GPA shows a 7.5 sold at $4063 this month and a 7.0 sold at $3227 this month so $3999 for a 7.0 seems a little suspicious to me. Now, if they make a big Dr Strange announcement at SDCC then I can see the next jump in price. One does get the sense that Marvel has fast tracked development of the project somewhat. -J.