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greaterfool
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Why don't Bat-man and Yannis man up and do the right thing. Bat-man sends the book to Yannis. Yannis refunds him. Sells the book the Matt. That would be the best thing to do for everyone involved.
Makes perfect sense to me!
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action 1!!
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do you really think 2000-3000 collectors own this book?
if you had a magic way of determining exactly how many copies have survived to this day
That would be awesome, totally awesome!
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A Gerber scarcity rating of "5" is actually very common for a golden age book. When you consider that Gerber's numbers were compiled before the days of the internet, I think you can multiply that "200 - 1000" many times over. So many comic books have surfaced since the dawning of eBay and the ability of your average Joe to easily sell his own comics. There had to have been literally thousands of collections that Ernst Gerber was unaware of at the time. (He certainly never consulted with me about my collection.
!) I think that most of the scarcity rating numbers can still be used as a measure of how scarce a specific issue is comparatively, but I think that the corresponding numbers of existing copies are all way low.
From personal experience as an EC collector, I can tell you that there's no way that Animated Comics #nn should be a Gerber 8 (11 - 20 copies in existance). I have personally seen more than 20 copies just in the past 5 years. Larry Charet had 3 copies at his booth in Chicago a couple of years ago. They show up on eBay regularly, and you've got to figure that with so many EC collectors out there, many copies are residing in permanent collections. In fact, there are 2 copies of Animated Comics listed on eBay as I type this.
So I guess what I'm trying to convey with my rambling is that I wouldn't be surprised if there are actually 2000 - 3000 copies of Detective Comics #38 in existance. They show up in abundance on eBay, there are 4 copies listed right now, and there's even one for sale right now in the CGC "For Sale" thread.
2000-3000 just seems like a lot. for valuable book like tec 38, the average joe who inherits or attic finds this book is looking at "found money" and this book is coming to market right away to be purchased by serious collectors - do you really think 2000-3000 collectors own this book?
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I'd certainly agree that there are more Tec 38's then other early Batman's, but it is a 1940 issue that is graded a gerber 5 which should mean 200-1000. Question is, what end of the scale. 51 copies have been graded by cgc and even though thats more then some of the other Tec's, that's a very low number for a book that key.
I would say it is much closer to 1000 than 200 (thumbs u
prove it!
i think your estimate is good - amazing considering the hundreds of thousands of copies that were printed that so few remain. i wish my grandparents had bought a stack of comics!
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I'd certainly agree that there are more Tec 38's then other early Batman's, but it is a 1940 issue that is graded a gerber 5 which should mean 200-1000. Question is, what end of the scale. 51 copies have been graded by cgc and even though thats more then some of the other Tec's, that's a very low number for a book that key.
I would say it is much closer to 1000 than 200 (thumbs u
prove it!
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Its been so hard finding an accurate estimate as to how many copies. If its a gerber 5 then its 200-1000, but people are making it seem way more common then that. I totally agree that its more common then alot of pre-robin detectives, but how much of a difference can there be? The reason there are more CGC copies should be because of how key and iconic it is. Just like there are more copies of Detective #27 then alot of the others. Not because its more common but because of the desire to have it graded due to its iconic status. I'd imagine the reason you see more Detective 38's for sale is because of the demand for 1st appearences, not because its that much more rare. Alot of people only want the pre-robin and i understand why.
One guy told me there are thousands of Det. 38's that has to be exagerated right? What are your best guesses as far as how many copies there are period... in the 500 range?
i think it's between 200-250 max. the book came out in 1940, the wartime paper drives consumed most of the comic books of that era.
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Action 1 hands down - restored keys are the way to go!
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to quote a long departed board member - RESTORED KEYS IS THE WAY TO GO!
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let's say it's $750K unrestored, then the restored at $83K is only 11% of the unrestored price - that is a BIG haircut!
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i would take action 1 in any condition any day
that is an awesome looking copy
$83,000 seems like a good price - what would an unrestored 7.5 go for - $500,000??? -
does the art for the cover to this book still exist - i'd like to see that!
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how much was the collection bought for?
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$83,000 seems like a good price - what would an unrestored 7.5 go for - $500,000???
Detective Comics 32 CGC 9.6 WOW!!
in Golden Age Comic Books
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Tec 35 - 100K + BP!!!