Professor K

I just sold this AC 23. But I just got back from 2 post offices and nobody working today knew how to ship registered so technically I still have it.

I see his point. I think it's true at times. Heritage and CC, you know exactly how much you will be dishing out for the book if your bid wins. With Comiclink you really have no choice if you really want the book to bid high and hope no one else did the same. I can see that being a reason to just not bid at all. Stinks when you see that one jerk cost you hundreds or thousands extra with 1 second to go. It's just more comfortabe to know exactly what you will spend with each bid you make if you win. With Clink it's like playing poker with just one bet per hand before you see your cards. But it could also be a positive thing for bidders. Something caused no one to bid over 200k on the Clink Cap 1 and I don't think it was the appearance of the book. And the winner may have had a 300k bid in. So they got lucky, but more often than not that jerk shows up at the last second. Also Clink doesn't create bidding fever like the other two do so that could sometimes effect the hammer. People who are strong willed, who can't handle losing, have really deep pockets, low self control, desperate. or drunk can create higher prices so much more on HA and CC. Two people like that going for the same book........forgetaboutit. Just theory's that's all. Thanks Mike!

That's a lot of work you did there Telegram . I got number 180 on the list.

How would they make the book look better in the video without making Vince look like an Oompa Loompa or a face on an L.B. Cole cover? Does Comicconnect have that much technology? I think they just have good lighting at the office.

Because no one cares much about those labels when bidding. It's a little bonus that's all. Might be good for an extra bid or two here and there.

How do you do that? You put an "@" in front of someones name? Sure even with a not so special book like that above most people look to see if there is another one currently happening or or coming soon. Everyone here surely does, right?. With a big book like Cap 1 no doubt every bidder does....I would hope. Still surprised no one threw in an extra bid or two on the Clink Cap 1. My prediction is the CC copy wil get another 1 or 3 bids but that's all. Doubt it will go much over 250K with bp mostly because of what the CL copy sold for.

ComicLink has no BP. And from what I see they had no back cover scan either, which is just (insert proper adjective here). The CC 7.0 does look a little nicer. In the video it does have really nice colors. The CL copy also may have as well but now we just can't tell. I do appreciate their honesty for obviously not using the brightness and contrast controls on their scanner. I mean that. I'm thinking the CL copy just showed up at a bad time because those who have a Cop 1 on their wish list were well aware of the CC copy by March 1st. Maybe they refrained from going after the CL copy in order to pursue the CC. If so I bet some are now wishing they hadn't. They may have been able to get it for 211,000. The CC copy is just about 240k right now but I doubt it will get much higher when the rollover timer begins. I'm fairly confident that whoever placed bids early on the CC copy were outbid right away which is why it's where it's at at the moment. Putting videos of the books in the auction page is a good idea too.

That makes sense, both of you above. Just didn't want to see the guy go to the wrong person for advice. Sf you know I'm not the OP here. Closest I'll ever come to a Tec 27 would be the scraps of a trimmed copy.

If one were to get a 3rd party involved what would stop that 3rd party from snatching it themselves? I guess the only way would be to make a contract, but even then if it's a real good deal that wouldn't stop them.

Maybe I shouldn't say this but to me the CC auctions don't start until the 3 minute timer begins, prior to that they're just previews.

Oh, Maybe. She's thinking about something that hasn't even happened. She's in love with Mr Brownsuit but she's never actually been to a dance with him. Maybe he stood her up or broke the date at the last minute. Something Suddenly Came Up.

Nice book. I like it about as much as 25 honestly. It's just less colorful. I thought up until a few seconds ago that she was thinking about the night before or some wonderful night of her life when she dancing on the clouds. Now I see all the girls have different hair styles . The small one in the back isn't even her I think. Now I'm not sure if they are all her, all the same guy, all the same night, or what's going on in her pretty little head.

Oh bummer. Well now I know what to get you for your birthday

Those are just sweet. Mr. B do you have a Jumbo 12? Buccaneer Vengeance!

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Oh. I wasn't expecting that. I thought some would give a ribbing for suggesting it's over-rated price-wise. I guess there's still time.

It's a mystery to me, kind of. Maybe I'm not seeing something? Looking at past sales, yes a decent grade Blue Label rarely comes around. Is it an awesome cover, yes it is. But so are so many others in the series There are 40 Blues out there, about the same as most MM's in that time frame. I guess I'm not seeing why some are willing to pay 5X or more for number 9 than most other early MM's. I see there are 13 copies 5.0 or better. 8 of them 5.5's and 6.0's. But I don't see a sale above 4.5 since 2012. I would think with the dough a higher grade would rake in at least someone would be willing to part with theirs.

Hey SF. So the collection was bought by CA in 72. But do we know how they were sold after that? Maybe all at once or maybe even circa 79 CA still had some amount of them. If so maybe the new William Holt got his hands on some.

Awesome! So if the Cosmic employee had a friend named William Holt like you said that would be one humdinger of a coincidence. Hope he responds.

That's interesting. I hadn't thought of that. So you're thinking maybe the printing company where W.C. worked in the 30's and 40's and after the war may have been in the comic printing business? That's possible I guess. It would make sense. If so he maybe have just taken home one for himself the whole time and at some point he got a neat stamp with his name on it and stamped a few. Imagine working at a comic printers who printed comics back then? I think I'll take a few of these Batman 1's home, maybe they'll be worth something someday.

I feel so bad for the seller. Hopefully it was a very wealthy person who it won't affect much and not someone who had their life savings tied up in the book. Sad too because little by little CL has been getting more GA stuff, at least it seems that way to me , but this is gonna hurt that.

At first I thought this was photos of Edgar Church's home. I just can't believe what I'm looking at here. X a million.

Well that's due to the relative scarcity of the run. this would be a great time to invest in this modern milestone. Miles Morales-Modern Milestone, little sublimal marketing happening there?

Sweet. Thun'da and Frank kind of look alike. The highest graded Yellow label is coming up pretty soon.

I saw the sticker was removed and the cover shifted but holy cow! Shouldn't have messed with it. Even I would have known better and making bad decisions is kind of my thing.