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On 7/10/2023 at 10:58 PM, mwotka said:

  Any idea where the Marvel Comics #2 Subby cover is?  That thing is incredible. 

It was purchased by Marvel.

So how long until we see this book offered fractionally at Rally?

On 5/30/2023 at 5:34 PM, nearmint said:

Any idea what Sotheby's ask was?

The original ask was $10 million.

On 3/26/2023 at 9:25 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

I made a tepid run at the 6.5 Ibis #4 tonight but bowed out. It's a tougher book than the others in the run, but my interest was lukewarm. It sold for the same price that the Promise 4.0 copy sold for. It was actually the highest-graded copy; I think the cover stock on that issue was crummy.

 

You went for that even though he's practically groping that woman on the cover? gross.

As a side note, I wonder how much glue you have to scrape off the spine to go from an 8.0 PLOD to a 5.0 Blue (while keeping a
"very minor amount of glue on spine of cover" notation). This is a very key threshold to know for all the flippers.

And I just assume that the page upgrade from Cream to Off-White to straight Off-White is the reward CGC gives you for paying all the resub fees.

On 3/22/2023 at 12:16 AM, Black Bat said:

Total side note, but can anyone tell me why are most of  Blisssrds eBay books are so dry and oxidized looking?  Been curious about this for years now. Thanks. 

Lots of desiccants in his long boxes

On 3/19/2023 at 1:46 PM, Gotham Kid said:

Incorrect.

Great catch.

I guess removing glue really takes a toll, as it went from "Spine Wear, Top Staple Front Cover Detached" to: "Bottom Staple Cover Detached, Right Bottom Back Cover Wear, Right Top Back Cover Wear, Top Staple Front Cover Detached, Whole Book Multiple Bend, Whole Book Small Wear All Edges, Whole Book Wear All Corners"  (and lost a Pedigree).

But it stays consistent with being the only copy out of every one Heritage has offered that doesn't have grader notes of a spine split

On 3/18/2023 at 8:09 PM, lou_fine said:

If the spine is split all the way to the staples at both the top and bottom, would this then not be exceeding CGC's definition of Slight?    

If you are referring to the Hawkeye copy, the slight is the amount of glue, not the amount of spine split. You only need a slight amount to hold it together. CGC notes on the Hawkeye copy also say "Top Staple Front Cover Detached".

I just looked up the grader notes to 20 different copies from Heritage auctions, and on 18 of the 20 there are notes of some sort of spine split. This includes the 4.0, 4.5, and the 5.0 being offered now. On the other 5.0 the notes include "Top Staple Front Cover Detached" and "Bottom Staple Cover Detached" and in looking at the scan you can see the spine starting to split at the staple. The other 5.0 and the Hawkeye are the only two with no notes of spine split, but they both possess them to some degree.

The cover on this book is just horrible. I can't recall ever seeing a copy without some degree of splitting, and I would suggest that this book overall is not a candidate for pressing as there is a strong chance you will split the spine entirely. The copy being offered now has been the highest graded since being certified 16 years ago and I suspect it will remain so for quite some time. Despite what Robotman has proclaimed, on this particular book - a 5.0 will be difficult to beat.

If my dad had been collecting for 50 years, owned the Church copy of Whiz 1 and CMA 1, and told me that this 5.0 copy of CMA was probably the 2nd nicest unrestored copy known, I'd probably price it at $100K also and be fine waiting for someone to make a strong offer on it.

I think the SP 9.6 suffers from the same thing that the SP 8.0 Hawkeye does - spine split that glue is holding together. I guess the question would be what would CGC grade a copy that is split to the stapes at the top and bottom?

On 3/15/2023 at 10:26 PM, Cpt Kirk said:

If sold today, what do you all think would be the highest priced Mile High comic book?   Would it be Action Comics #1?  I thought I heard many moons ago that the Action #1 Mile High was not in NM condition.

Not sure if this is trolling or not, but the Church copy of Action #1 was the most valuable comic when it sold nearly 40 years ago, and really nothing has changed since then. Easily still the most valuable book from this collection (especially considering both the Detective #27 & Superman #1 have been graded as 8.5s).

On 1/30/2023 at 2:34 PM, MAR1979 said:

If the Artist is not responsible for any potential loss on my side, then they have no claim on any gain from my side.

That has always been my biggest beef with any of the Artists Rights laws. The money only flows one way, even though every buyer assumes 100% of the risk.

The lawyer quoted in the article gives a poor example of how mechanical (and other royalties) work. Comic artists receive payment for creating the art, and most receive royalties when the art is republished in TPBs, or if it's used as a poster, or made into prints, etc. Musicians receive royalties from when the song is played or sold/downloaded, that is their publishing royalty. But if Taylor Swift sells her original hand-written lyrics to a song she wrote, that ends her ownership of the physical copy of the lyrics. The new owner can sell it and never have to pay her a royalty. If he turns the physical lyrics into some sort of poster reproduction available for purchase, then yes, it needs to be licensed and royalties paid. Same with authors and filmmakers. If JK Rowling sells her hand-written Harry Potter -script, that is the end of her ownership and right to receive any money from it. You can't publish it, or make prints without paying her, but you can certainly sell the physical copy without owing anything.

The ARR law is a horrible one, and I hope it makes no inroads in the USA.

#4 for sure by a nice margin.

(And I don't think you can sniff a 4.0 Action 1 for $500K)

On 12/11/2022 at 8:09 PM, lou_fine said:

With the result on the More Fun 52 today, does this mean that $264K is the new $500K or did something weird happened in the final few minutes of the auction?    

I know if I was spending a quarter mil on a high grade 52, I would want the bottom to look like this top copy and not the second one...

On 10/29/2022 at 2:23 PM, lou_fine said:

Yes, especially since I thought from his auctions, that he was really all about HG early SA Marvels and pretty much nothing before that.  

I just figured he was into shooting any angle he can (and cheating old ladies out of their money, but that's a different story).

On 10/28/2022 at 8:23 PM, tth2 said:

Weird, I would never have figured Duck books were in Schmell's wheelhouse.

I would never have figured Duck pressable books were in Schmell's wheelhouse.

Fixed it for you

On 10/22/2022 at 10:10 PM, tth2 said:

It'd be pretty awesome to be able to buy back the FC 178 and the (now 9.6) FC 9 at half the price I sold them for last year. 

It'd be like getting paid $65k to rent them out for 18 months!  (and the tenant even "renovated" the FC 9 for me)

So now we know the "tenant" was Schmell, which makes me root even harder for you to be able to buy them back at half price.

I wonder if Fishler will also go the Heritage route when he sells his collection?

How has this thread gone on so long without Chillman coming in and pimping his $20 Million Dollar comic?

Isn't the Action #1 reprint you posted really the poor man's Action #1?

On 9/21/2022 at 9:03 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Not enough profit for it to make sense

Close to $10K each for 1st page and Joker splash, $1-2K each for the other 13 Joker pages, 6 Cat pages, $3K for the centerfold, another cool splash plus pages of Bats shooting a machine gun, hanging a monster, plus whatever the cover might bring. Maybe a full double in there, but yes you'd have to actually work and not just press relist.

On 9/21/2022 at 6:20 PM, The_Captain said:

The restored Batman #1 seemed pretty low at 34,500

Perfect book to pull apart and sell as individual pages, they will all get "NG" anyways.

On 9/20/2022 at 8:30 PM, Gotham Kid said:

Action1 restored sold for 350k (sans BP)

I believe you mean "avec BP"

On 8/31/2022 at 3:36 AM, NoMan said:

So, umm, could you tell us a bit more please?

Steve Ditko's copies of Fantasy 15, Spidey 1-38 and Annual #s 1 & 2, will be coming to auction in November. They will receive “The Steve Ditko Collection” certification by CGC.