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Nice book! Looking forward to the rest

Thank you for the kind words - I can't take the grail of first 9.8 SS, as there was one prior to have the book signed (it's still on the registry). My wife and I did think about long and hard about taking it with us on the trip but ultimately we chose to do it as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity I'll have to get a proper picture of it soon as the scans don't do it justice!

I hadn't submitted anything to CGC before so it was a bit of a learning curve (not too steep, thankfully). But yes, we were very conscious everywhere we went that we made sure the book was close to us at all times! You are correct - you shouldn't receive a result if you searched the census on the old CGC number. The old blue label was submitted with the book so that the item isn't duplicated in their system. I have to agree - being close to where last 9.8's selling point I wouldn't expect much more movement (if at all). The value of 9.6s and 9.8s have steadily increased in the last few years but there's been a fair jump in price for the 9.6 in this particular auction, sooooooo ... anything could happen? I feel the book is still undervalued so it's good to see it climbing in this instance.

I've been meaning to post this for a while now, but CGC # 0226054001 (#1 9.8 1st Print) is no more, so it can be removed from the register. However ... it's with great pleasure (and relief) I present the upgrade done to it: now known as CGC # 1579577001: a #1 9.8 SS 1st Print. There is a bit of a story to this wonderful book, as my wife and I travelled from Australia to North America with it in the middle of this year it went with us everywhere we went. We first visited Vancouver, Canada: to Whistler, Victoria Island and other places around the city. We then travelled to New York City where it's been ridden around Central Park, gazed across Manhattan Island atop the Empire State building, paid its respects at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, and even caught a ride on the Staten Island ferry. It even had a sneaky visit to The Secret Stash out at New Jersey to meet the Comic Book Men guys! After NYC we went to Orlando where it had a tour around the Kennedy Space Center and thankfully was kept under lock and key with the hotel whilst we checked out Universal Studios for a few days. From there it was off to Las Vegas where it flew over the Grand Canyon in plane and helicopter as well as a quick boat ride at the bottom of the canyon. It even had a tour of the Shelby Museum as well! We then drive across Nevada into California and toured around Los Angeles, visited Universal and around town - we even did part of the Walk of Fame (surely the turtles deserve their own star, right? ) The last adventure was south, straight to San Diego Comic Con. We broke this bad boy out of its slab at the CGC desk, cautiously walked through the crowds and managed to have Kevin sign it at the IDW stand - he was a little nervous seeing it out of the slab once he saw the old blue label grade! After another nervous walk to submit it to CGC after being witnessed, we enjoyed the rest of SDCC and then flew home on the last night of the con. Those hurdles were nothing compared to the 2 week wait for grading - I'm surprised I have fingernails still, it was such a nervous wait! Thankfully, the book kept it's grade and arrived safely home back in Australia. The trip to Canada / US was amazing and so too the story in getting the book signed. The scan doesn't do the book justice - one day I'll use another, more cleaner, scanner to get a better picture of the book but for now below's a picture of our beauty for the time being. We love it to bits!

I think so too ... I just hope the buyer knows beforehand what the previous pricing is.

Looks like someone's trying to flip the master prints that sold on HA (in May this year) for a tidy profit ... #1 (Sold for $3,824.00) - new asking price $32,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-1-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/352156746042?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 #2 (Sold for $1,314.50) - new asking price $27,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-2-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/382216544870?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Yeah. Good luck with that, Collectors Comics.

Wow, such a cool book Turtle, I love it! GLWTS

Australian here checking in ... PS. It hurts.

Any way to block Ebay sellers that are douchebags like this one? Urgh ....

That's a cool book, nice work on being able to obtain it

Such sad news. Won't ever get the chance to visit the states and drop by to say g'day to Steve and the gang. Nice print though, just a bit sad thinking about the closure.

Nice book there, congrats!

Looks like he ended the listing. I hope someone flagged it as a fraudulent listing. People who lie to others for their betterment really gets on my goat

Ooooooo, look forward to seeing the result, and congrats!

I don't understand how a cable channel is censoring language when they're showing off someone caving someone's head in? Go figure. Now, I thought for a poignant #100 post on CGC I'd post here after watching the season 7 opener and wow, what an episode it was! It was so stressful for me, I don't think I've ever experienced that watching another TV show or episode before, EVER! I'm glad there's a week wait for the next episode because I need that amount of time to process everything. When it came to Carl, I could hardly watch and was wincing throughout that scene. It just goes to show how insanely talented the cast (and crew) of TWD are. Easily one of the top 5 best ever episodes in history. I'm calling it!

Aww man! As a fan of Reynolds (and the direction of the movie) this is definitely bad news I'd like to think they might be able to solve their creative differences by reflecting on the success of the first movie but it sounds like there's too much bitterness between them both.

I completely forgot to say congrats by the way! Too caught up with being angry unnecessarily

Good luck someone clawing my #1 from me if some knucklehead decides to flag my CGC # as stolen. For me it's easy to prove it's mine, but I can understand being security conscious when posting online. Sad that people would think of lying to CGC for the number to be flagged - makes my blood boil thinking about it.

If you get two copies stick one each close to each eye

For those that are interested, it looks like #3 will have an exclusive NYCC variant available (500 available) from the Dark Horse booth: http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2406/nycc-2016-dark-horse-announces-new-york-comic-con

Give or take!

That excludes me then! That's ok - I hope everyone enjoys the day at Shellback. Would love to be there but I have a bit of distance to travel

I'd definitely avoid. I suppose a few look possibly legit but some of the signatures on the TMNT-Ghostbusters copies are horrid...I've never seen Peter sign that sloppy. And it seems fishy that they got Peter's signatures on very recent books like Batman-TMNT which, with Peter not going to shows, raises a big question about "how" these signatures were acquired. They'd pretty much have to camp out at Shellback and wait for Peter to show up unless they know him personally. Did you send the seller an email asking where Peter signed all these? Would be interesting to see what is said. I call BS on these. If Peter did draw these then he must have been sipping from a flask between sketches. Agreed. Why would you sketch on a book you didn't work on? (only via the Turtles name). Kevin, sure, but Peter? Odd indeed.

Looking at the spine, I'm no grader but it doesn't look like a 9.8 in its condition. Still, one of the pieces in a rarer condition I guess. Nice addition to a collection but a bit rich for my liking.

That is awesome still! 1st print DC would surely be another cherished piece if it/they exists Fingers crossed for you!