Crowzilla

So at current price of about $850K, the Superman #1 is already more than 60% higher than the previous high sale for this book.

Or $240K, same thing almost.

Last complete coverless sale according to GPA was for $46K over a year ago. I see no reason that one should sell for less than that now. Arguably the centerfold is the most expensive wrap in the book, and of course the first wrap is the new, expanded origin of Superman, so those alone might be worth the rest of the book combined.

It certainly appears like you can faintly see the remains of the "I" still on the cover, but a large letter erasure didn't affect one of the hg Bat 1s from getting a 9.2, so no effect here.

I don't see how this book sells for more than the 7.0 Tec 27, but I also don't see how it sells for less than $1.5 million, so that is probably a pretty good number to give as an over/under.

In 2016, The Dentist purchased Batmobile #1 from Rick Champagne who had paid $4.62 million for it in 2013. So what exactly would be "life-changing money" for him?

And yet it is Superman and Lois that is CW's most streamed show with no Aquaman in site, and HBOMax is prepping a new Superman cartoon and not an Aquaman one. Superman is evergreen, while Aquaman most likely is tied to however long Jason Momoa is still on the property (and we have yet to see if the original success can be replicated).

I used to own the original paintings for both the Batcycle and the Batboat. Both now reside in the collection of the Dentist.

If we are doing models now (and hot rods) I feel like I should add these:

Am I the only one who looks at this thread topic and read it as "Goblin auctions enter the market"?

The Bat 2 and even the 9 have similar damage as does the Captain Marvel #1, Special Edition #1, and a few other early books. We're still only 30%(ish) of the way into the collection. And it seems that the issues he got when he first started were well loved and read by a much younger person than just a few years later. Most likely we will see more books from the 1940 and 41 period that are more heavily worn than 42-43, and then by 44ish he really starts taking care of them. Makes sense to me, I first started buying back issues (for more than cover price) right around my 10th birthday and even though I thought I was taking care of them, there is a big difference between how those books look (the few I still have) and how ones I purchased at ages 14 and 15 look.

How you take care of books when you are 10-12 is very different than how you take care of books when you are 18-20.

Dolmayan personal Sunday Sales Record. (previous record was a subscriber who came in and cleaned out his hold box after three months)

Where were you a week ago when one sold at Heritage for less than $25K? (Less than half what the last coverless Supey #1 brought, btw.)

Since the 6.5 just closed for under $600K, I would think it needs to be at least a 7.5 to have a shot.

Darn it, ok. I think the price of the Supey 1 at Goldin would have bought the entire wall in the top pic since the Tec 27 was only $12K at the time.

The Human Torch #31 also.

So are we all in agreement after the Goldin auction that Marvel #1 is not ahead of Superman #1?

There are 36 AF15s in 8.5 or better alone, add to that 30 or so Action 1s and 25 or so Tec27s and you are already almost there. Count a dozen Supey 1s, maybe twice that many Bat 1s, some Cap 1s, Marvel 1s, and other stuff and I think you are looking at easily double your estimate.

Why is everyone using the restored 1.8 sale to immediately move Marvel #1 ahead of Batman #1 (possibly, but probably not) and Superman #1 (definitely not)? Not a single person has mentioned the equally valid coverless sale from last week that was at a price point below the last coverless Bat 1 from earlier this year and not even half the price of the last coverless Superman #1 from a year ago. Doesn't fit the narrative so no need to mention it?

You've been incorrect on your AF15 predictions so far, and there is no reason to think otherwise now. I think the fact that there are four copies in 9.6 is what kept the price as low as it was. It doesn't matter if you or I would trade the MH Marvel 1 or Allentown Cap1 for one as neither or us is in (or will be in) the position to do so. There are lots of evaluations I found (and find) wacky, but onward and upward they go. Everyone freaked out when FF #52 hit $90K, but now that is a $250K book even though there are now additional 9.8s on the census. Nothing SA Marvels do surprises me anymore, and it certainly wouldn't surprise me if the highest graded copies of the first appearance of the most collected character continue to be higher priced than anything else the company produced.

Just to keep the date in perspective it was 1991 (picture from my copy of the catalog, which Jim was also nice enough to sign for me the day of the auction). And it was a crazy price at the time. For comparison, the hammer prices of some of the comics included the Larson Marvel #1 at $26K, a restored Action #1 for $27K, a shocking $50K for the Detective #27, the White Mountain Spidey #1 at $14K, and the White Mountain run of X-Men (33 books) for $12K. Art prices included a Krazy Kat Sunday for $5500, Foster Tarzan Sunday at $8,000, Schomburg Cap painting at $3,000, Davis Mad #2 cover passed at $6K, Shulz Peanuts Sunday from 1953 at $3750, Infantino Flash #123 cover at $16K, Ditko Spidey #31 complete 20 page story $22K, Kirby FF #71 cover passed at $4500, and the star of the auction, Frazetta's Vampirella #1 painting at $70,000.

One of the original fake news reports.

Which was as accurate a place in the top 100 as it is now. This is my sticking point with OS now, people will pull out a copy from whatever year and use it to say you could buy whatever top book at that year's guide price or that book X was worth more than book Y. He should at least endeavor to get those items right, even if he never fixes things that have sold for multiples of guide upward of 50 years straight.

Well stated. Not sure I agree that the 9.4 Bat 1 would beat it right now, but I agree with all the other books on your list. The dentist might very well own the four single most valuable books in the hobby.