Savvy Collector

On 6/21/2024 at 12:08 PM, DocGo said:

Based on how CGC has graded them in the past, it’s at least a 9.2. I don’t have a major problem with 9.4. What do you think?

Given that a bunch of potential buyers were taken out by the recent Kickstarter campaign, $10.2k isn’t bad at all for the seller.

It went for more than what I thought it would.  The Kickstarter may have woken up some collectors and highlighted what a great book this is, I have talked to several big comic book store owners that have never even heard of this book.    I find these books tough to grade honestly, but with the power of zoom and multiple looks at it, I was thinking it’s more of a 9.0 maybe 9.2.

On 6/20/2024 at 11:03 AM, DocGo said:

Good luck on the Thorn Tales from the Lantern auction today! Should be interesting as it’s the best copy Heritage has had yet…

$10200… not bad but what grade would you give it?

On 6/4/2024 at 8:06 PM, DocGo said:

Have any of you ever bought/collected the various Bone statues over the years? I don’t think I’ve ever discussed them on this thread and I brought it up on the Reddit forum not too long ago. I just have the Red Dragon & Ted set and Phoney (pictured below). I know the Fone Bone mini-statue produced by Dark Horse was briefly mentioned a few years ago but nothing else before or since. If you have any insights or pics, show me what you got!

I have these somewhere… I try not to veer too far out of my collecting avenues but I am such a fan of The book I had to grab these back in the day!  I do remember that dragon being heavy

On 5/19/2024 at 11:47 AM, Captain ShipWreck said:

It survived and unfortunately, the owner has zero interest in selling.   

Wow… I really like that!  I need better connections!

On 2/12/2024 at 10:18 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

might want to blur out the labels, as competition labels aren't allowed on the boards

Just an fyi, and nice books  

On 2/12/2024 at 10:18 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

might want to blur out the labels, as competition labels aren't allowed on the boards

Just an fyi, and nice books  

Ooooh I didn’t know that!  Oooops

On 2/8/2024 at 11:25 AM, DocGo said:

Yeah, this was my fault. Signature and sketch are BOTH on the inside cover which means it could be a universal blue label (unless this policy has changed).

My bad 

That will likely wait until they change the cases

On 2/3/2024 at 12:21 PM, DocGo said:

The CBCS 9.8 of Bone #1 with a “verified” signature on the cover and sketch on the inside cover that sold at auction on ComicLink back in May, sold on eBay a few days ago for a best offer price of $12k. The book itself is probably a 9.8, from what I can see, but on the lower end (would be qualified according to CGC). This was a really good sale for the ComicLink buyer who takes home a nice windfall and I don’t think the buyer thru eBay will be disappointed 

I think that the signature was also on the inside cover with the sketch wasn’t it?

On 12/19/2023 at 11:23 AM, DocGo said:

I finally finished the Bone Holiday/Christmas card set last year. These were sent out to subscribers and retailers between 1993-1999 thanking them for their business. Jeff and Vijaya signed them all and the additional signatures were from the full/part time workers at Cartoon Books. I myself was a never a subscriber since I simply bought the new issues at a local comic shop whenever they were released. I’d see these on eBay occasionally and bought my first few as part of larger lots of Bone comics between 2006 and 2010. The hardest ones to find for reasonable prices were the later ones on the bottom row (1997, 1999, & 1998). Have any of you picked these up over the years or got one as a subscriber?

I think I have all of these as well… I’ve never been sent them though!   I just love to see them especially at this time of year

On 11/21/2023 at 10:56 AM, Legion HQ said:

Oooh, I'd been looking for an Issue 3 1st print in 9.8 for a long while to go with my 1 and 2. You're lucky.

Haha… I’m looking for those 2!  Very, very nice!

On 11/18/2023 at 8:06 AM, tom leckrone said:

That was my book and yes, HA's presentation was awful. Shortest auction of the day.  She had absolutely No idea what she was looking at.The COA itself is suitable for framing. would have done better on Ebay.

Oh man I am sorry they did that to you!   

On 11/17/2023 at 11:14 PM, DocGo said:

The 9.8 became a 9.2 which probably led to their decision to stop grading the Thorns altogether. I don’t know exactly how it happened but I’ve always guessed that the case got damaged on its way from Heritage to the buyer and then the buyer sent it into CGC for a new holder. The graders saw the small rip on the back cover and had to regrade it.

Like I said, this is just a hypothesis of mine. I would warn current owners of any of the 9 slabbed copies to be extra careful if the book has to be shipped.

Ok that makes sense - I knew something along that line had to have happened with it - how’d you hear about it?   It doesn’t seem like something that would happen with shipping but maybe the encapsulation process itself?  I saw offers on heritage for that copy up to 45k and actually thought it sold.  Man… what a thing to happen!  CBCS says they can grade it, honestly I prefer CGC but I am not sure if I would risk it… maybe the bagged raw grade option they have would be a better option.

I went back to revisit the conversation I had with one of the people and he said basically that as far as condition some of the people don’t know how to grade and they could be 8.0 or nm… the other person said they were from an unopened box so they should be nm…. I’m sure for the price they should be nm.  Years ago I sold a pristine copy,  with a period sketch inside autographed to someone else, due to an illness in the family and I always tried to replace it afterwards so I bought every nice copy I ran across trying to replace it… mine all have sketches so when I saw the Kickstarter I jumped at the chance to get a virgin copy so that one day I can get it sketched to me.  I am excited to get another!

32x40 Poster board I got off of eBay back in the day…

I made the mistake of sending a Thorn book out to CGC for grading - just after I sent it I was horrified to learn that a hurricane was bearing down on Florida… it came back safe and sound but ungraded to my dismay… not a cheap undertaking with insurance etc from Canada!  As I told them it should probably come up as not a candidate for grading when you enter it in their database for submitting! I did notice awhile ago that the sole graded 9.8 does not show on the census - I wonder if it was damaged while grading hence they no longer grade the book?  My book was returned with an explanation that they no longer grade the book as it can damage the book

Kickstarter pledges have been collected!…. I will have to update my bragging photo soon!  Nice to see that interview with Jeff Aaroncash!  I have never met the man but that news scared me!  I am excited yet apprehensive to see Bone make the big screen one day!  Oh would think it would be a no brainer for the studios… 

In regards to condition of the Thorn books, I have talked to a couple of people - not sure of their connections but one said 8.0 and up, but the other said they’re from an unopened box so hopefully nm(which seems to be what the Bone #1s from a previous Kickstarter were).

I actually fell asleep during the Heritage auction and meant to be a bidder on that copy of Thorn Tales from the Lantern… seemed like a very good deal.  Maybe some of the potential bidders had already backed the Kickstarter weakening the bidder pool?