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On 5/30/2024 at 12:45 PM, batman_fan said:

I just bought a book off CLINK that last sold on Heritage for less than it sold for on Heritage 

 

Congrats on the pickup! It really has come down and seems like a solid time to buy.

On 5/29/2024 at 9:35 PM, Professor K said:

Thanks. I'm going to head over to the Fox thread so as not to interfere with all the Heritage/Books that almost no one can afford talk. 

But on the downside for the average collector it's few and far between to get anything there without paying more than you oughta. I just sold 2 GA books I got on Heritage on Clink. Massive loss on both. 

Yeah you got to switch the process. Buy from clink and sell on Heritage 🤔

On 5/29/2024 at 3:15 PM, Mmehdy said:

In my opinion, it is one of the best books ever to come to auction and especially 2024...white pages and 7.0 on an impossible book to get in that condition. A real winner!...With fantastic upside, I know for years I told you get Cap 1...and it sky rocketed in value since...this book is similar!!!!!

What do you think it will go for? North of $500K?

On 5/26/2024 at 11:22 AM, Chicago Boy said:

Heritage is just insane. I can’t believe e the amount of good stuff they get auction after auction. 

It's pretty nuts. They really are the preeminent comic book auction house and truthfully noone comes close.

Damn, would have thought it would get that 1.5, or atleast a 1.0, even with what’s missing.

Looks 9.0 to me 🤷‍♂️.

On 5/15/2024 at 4:10 PM, Cman429 said:

Every year I walk around artist alley at Megacon and recognize fewer and fewer names. Getting tough being a fan who came of age in the 70s/80s, May Khonshu guide you home, Mr Perlin

We've lost quite a few legends the last couple years. Just sad when they go! And agreed, I barely know who's in artist alley now.

On 5/15/2024 at 6:51 PM, tmac100 said:

That is just about one of the most perfect silver age books I've seen.  I have no idea how a comic remains that perfect after 55 years.  I guessed a 9.8 but was like I must be missing something because there's no way there's nothing wrong on a book that old.

It really is nuts when you find these older books and they come back sometimes in this condition. I bought this from an original owner collection. So it was kept pristine by the guy from the moment he bought until I got it.

On 5/15/2024 at 8:02 AM, TheAvenger80 said:

Dang, kinda disappointed in this one, but oh well. I thought it looked damn-near perfect...

Hey 9.6 is nothing to sneeze at, and 9.6 is pretty close to damn near perfect. Tough to see defects sometimes, could be on the interior (despite no grader notes), that disqualified it from a 9.8.

On 5/10/2024 at 10:07 AM, TheAvenger80 said:

Holy moly! Overall I'm thrilled. I was overall on the conservative side! that Star Wars!!

Congrats, great books/grades!

On 5/12/2024 at 2:20 PM, JollyComics said:

Wow. Notorious black cover with 9.6!

It really is a beautiful cover.

And results from most of the books I sent to CGC.

On 5/10/2024 at 9:59 AM, Lninefingers said:

Oh man.

Sweet book - congrats!

Thanks! It's my favorite Eternity cover. So pretty happy.

On 5/6/2024 at 3:30 AM, Average RE said:

Hi there hope your well, just wanted some advice, does this look like an authentic Jack Kirby Signature? and if would this be easy to get authenticated. 

Here's a confirmed Jack Kirby sig in a book I own for comparison.

I'd take the CGC graded 2nd one without question. Obscure auction house with the 1st as mentioned, raw, with no knowledgable collector to give any incite. Just a recipe for potential disaster with the possibility of any amount of resto, pages missing, interior damage not known. Yeah, I'll take what's confirmed of what's unknown.

As far as the graded copy goes, despite the dust shadow, it's not the worst 3.5 I've seen. I like that it doesn't have noticeable color breaking crease lines running from various sides as some tend to in that grade range.

On 5/6/2024 at 12:07 PM, Professor K said:

15 to 18k for a blue 3.5 , sure that would be expected these days. "Upon closer inspection" here are the notes:

Grader Notes

chip out right bottom of front cover
readers crease
tear left bottom of front cover
large crease right top of front cover breaks color
small amount of color touch on full right & full left front cover
small amount of glue on bottom spine

So they are saying the entire left and right sides of the book have color touch? If so it seems like a large area to call it slight resto. And looking at the book it looks to me that most of the visible wear is on the left and right edges of the book , other than the corner chips. . A truly baffling mystery. 

I mean as long as the resto falls within the guidelines according to CGC of what is deemed slight, then I guess so. I'd have to imagine the resto itself is maybe very small dots. So even though it takes up the full right and left side of the cover, it's still a very small overall amount in total. I'm just guessing of course though, no way to know without getting a good look at the book like CGC has.

On 5/5/2024 at 8:36 PM, Professor K said:

I just saw the result. Jiminy Crickets. About twice as much as I would have guessed. A 4.5 A-3 sold for 4,560 a year ago. I see it's only a small amount of color touch but 15,600 is even a little high for a blue 3.5 I would have thought.

 

No I don't think $15,600 is high for a blue 3.5. A 4.5 recently sold for $20,400 and late last year a 2.0 sold for $12,600. I think an argument can be made this did sell a bit higher than one would expect, but considering the level of resto to the amount on the 4.5 that sold for $4,560, it's not a remotely close comparison. This 3.5 was somewhat close to an unrestored copy, the 4.5 may as well have been a .5 or 1.0 once unrestored. But I agree this sold solidly still.

On 5/4/2024 at 6:04 AM, Grendel72 said:

Yes I think so too, But it would be good to have some precision such as stating brittleness on the spine such as your book where its localised (assuming CGC agrees with the assessment). Its also informative for any prospective buyer. I have seen some books where they have stated things like 'heavy damage to first 2 wraps'. Anyway, i think the aversion to brittle pages has cooled down a lot especially for mega keys such as yours. 

I agree, with mega keys less of an issue now than years ago when it comes to brittle, and moreso slightly brittle. Considering the lack of availability with Action 1’s and Tec 27’s that come to market, I mean it’s really not that often, and especially more “affordable” copies like this. I think even if one comes along with any form of brittle pages you just take what you can get. I see where the slightly brittle designation came from with his photos, but they’re nicer than I expected them to be.