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Nice!

Well, let's have a pic of that awesomeness! I second this motion.

With the TMNT Adventures, the upper left turtles background under issue number/month is red, blue and yellow (red in the #2 above). Is red 1st printing, blue 2nd and yellow 3rd?

This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the new movie in development, Fiona? Unfortunately I can't provide any input on this.

Woohoo! Been looking forward to his appearance and seeing what he brings to the store.

Looks like the going rate for a 9.8 is stabilising after the latest movie: http://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7099-91517.s Sold for $14,937.50 which includes the Buyer's Premium. I should really take a picture of my copy and post it ...

That's some nice books there! I've put in an order for the 25th anniversary blue label; surprised I managed to get one as I missed out on the sketch cards last time. 5am releases hurt being over in Australia, but I'm glad I got one! Still have to take some pics of my stash, hopefully this weekend I'll be able to find time to do it.

Well apart from my ankles and knees coping an absolute hammering from all the standing lining up at the Armageddon Expo (well over 5 hours worth), my wife and I finally managed to meet the lovely Courtney and Kevin Eastman for the first time! We got some IDW #1 variants signed and bought a few limited edition posters. Unfortunately the bank account had already been drained with flights and travel costs to get to the convention from Brisbane (Queensland) so no original art was bought. He did have the odd piece of volume one there but mostly had more recent cover layout pages from the IDW series, which are still pretty cool. Even then I wasn't able to get any ... *sniff* It was blast and although we hated the early wake up calls at 5am and sore legs from queues, we would do it all over again! Pics to come soon which will include the rest of the collection since I've started.

Sweet art and nice frame! We got back a commission from Freddie E Williams II and a cel from the original animated series from the framers this week. Don't have time to photo and post at the moment but will post them (amongst other purchases) once we get back from the Armageddon Expo in Melbourne, Australia that's on Sunday (Mr. Eastman will be there!)

That is an awesome set Archon and congrats on the bub! I'll keep a look out for OA and thanks for the recommendations. Cons here aren't ares prolific as they are in the states so I'll probably need to keep an eye out on overseas sites and auction houses. As for volume 1 9.8s, I may be interested TMNT, although my funds at the moment are running a little low That said, very shortly I'll be booking tickets to fly down to Melbourne for the Armageddon Expo this weekend, as Kevin will be attending Sunday! Still trying to work out what to take down to him, I may even just get him to do some sketches instead. No SS series here I'm afraid as CGC don't want to expand outside of the states (they're loss, big time). I don't know if/when Kevin will be out here again so I'm going to have to make the most of it!

the auction ended with no bids Well, that's strange. I thought there would have been interest.

I reckon there might be a flood at the end as usual. However it is a little strange that not a single bid is on it yet...

That's a really nice piece As a novice to collecting original artwork, where would be the best places to look? (bar KE's website, CC, HA and Evilbay) I wouldn't mind getting a piece of Volume 1 if I can.

How much is insurance to cover a $15K book? USPS only insures packages up to $5,000. However, for your reference, $5K insurance on a Priority Mail package is currently $65. My #1 1st print from the US was only insured on the slip for $100! Very glad it arrived safe and sound!

If anyone's chasing, there's a 9.8 WP 1st print on Evilbay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-1-CGC-9-8-1st-Print-1st-Appearance-White-Pages/361071271037 I wonder if its a member here? $14k starting price. Should have really taken it out of the mylar sleeve for the photos though.

I received an email early this morning from IDW about some limited edition artwork from Kevin on their website. As soon as I read it I jumped on the website: all gone. I did check the IDW Limited website last week and didn't see it. Didn't realise they'd get swept up so quickly ...

That is a pretty cool find indeed!

I'm a bit taken with Freddie E Williams II's work myself. My wife and I got a commission from him at the Brisbane Oz Comic Con and we absolutely love it! It's currently being framed as I type and I can't wait to take a picture of it to post here. I'd love to see more turtle work done by Freddie in the future for IDW.

I was thankfully surprised my estimate was incorrect. Glad I hadn't entered any wager ... would have been throwing money away Agreed on the CC scan, doesn't do the book justice. Not to ignite the PQ debate again, but with a WP going for 7.3k and a OW/W going for under 8.3k and sold just over a month later, has the market swung that much for this CGC grade? (or any other 1st prints for that matter) Hasn't movie hype died down or is the train still chugging along?

Agreed. My guess is 7.6k. It's current price (7.3k) is on par with a recent CC auction anyway, so it's holding value at least.

I've recently picked up a piece from Comiclink and would have been alot happier if I didn't receive it with the sticker. It's on there pretty good and I find it strange that I already know where I got the piece from and need a constant (possibly permanent) reminder of this.

Look at all those pretties!!! That's a nice looking set - the City at War issues should probably have their own set IMO. I'm finding those issues hard to come by (let alone the rest of volume 1).

That's a pretty awesome Turtlemania set right there, congrats woregul! I'm hoping in the next few days I'll be able to get a few pictures together of the start of my collection. I also had a commission done by Freddie Williams at the Brisbane Oz Comic Con and man, every time I look at it I get the stupidest grin. Can't wait to show it to everyone!

Imagine shipping overseas from Canada/USA and hoping your package arrives safely internationally. That's basically me every time getting things from EBay, Comiclink, etc. I'd love subsidiaries of CGC to be worldwide too, so Signature Series aren't just in the US and can get things slabbed nationally also (in Australia). Halo Certifications here have yet to respond to any of my enquiries ...

Like alot of auctions, there will be a increase right at the end so I'm confident it'll be around market price (depending on who has the deeper pockets I guess). For my wallet though, I hope it stays where it is