Professor K

Trick question.

How in the heck did you get Davey Jones Monkees era drivers license? Pretty cool.

I agree with that. I guess thats why I figure there will be a few very wealthy people going after this one. And if so the owner of the Rockford just might get his price. I bet people thought Nick Cage was nuts for buying his Action 1 for what I've read was 82.5K in 1992. Then again I doubt we'll see a boom in prices people will be willing to pay for these high end and/or rare gems like what happened about 10-15 years ago. Investors must know this which will make them think twice at this time. Perhaps the ship really has sailed. What I mean is for example I believe the Action 1 cgc 8.5 that sold for 2 million in 2018 from what I've read changed hands in 1995 for 137K. So it appreciated almost 15 times its value in 23 years. I believe there's no way any of these top books in the hobby will appreciate anywhere near that percentage in the future 20 or 25 years. Either way I can wait to be there when this one closes. As far as baseball cards. People just aren't into sports like they used to be. It got too commercial and money hungry which made a lot of people tune out. But the "Iconic" players- Gretzky and Jordan Rookies, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Dimaggio, Mantle, will always appreciate. Music Memorabelia is where its at in the future. David Gilmour's Stratocastor sold for 4 million last year. Even Kurts Green Sweater went for well over 300K..... unwashed since 1994.

I don't know but finding a cover for it , if thats what one wanted to do, would be nearly impossible I think. But I would say one that you described would be in the 100K ballpark. https://www.comicsvalue.com/RARE-1938-GOLDEN-AGE-ACTION-COMICS-1-CGC-NG-UNIVERSAL-COVERLESS-1ST-SUPERMAN/254023575760.html

Me too. It makes no sense really. Its the same book with the same defects. And I'm still confused how according to gocollect it sold as a 1.0 in March 2019 and as a 1.5 in March 2018.

I'm going to rob a mafia poker game here in Jersey tonight, so if all goes well you'll get your wish.

Well , I've been wrong once or twice before. Actually thousands of times. Actually, I'm probably wrong more than I'm right.

Me too. I think it will end between ONE MILLION DOLLARS! and a little over 1.1 million. To quote Number Two some 20 years ago - "A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days". There are a lot of very very rich people out there and I think at least two of them will be willing to dish out at least a million on this one especially considering how rare one of this grade comes around.

Ok thanks for looking in to that. Just according to Gocollect the 1.5 was sold 3/21/18 on CC and the 1.0 on 3/15/19 on e bay. My brain is not grasping this.

Probably old news but what happened here? A 1.5 in 2018 and a 1.0 in 2019. Resubmitted and got a lower grade or maybe got lowered during a re-holder process?

I think she grabbed his clutch!

I don't think it has anything to do with the corona or politics.

What a great story! Thanks for sharing it.

Good Golly that Action 23 is one good looking book.

Wow thanks I never saw that website.

One of my two favorite Pre-Bat Detective covers. The guy with the Thompson must have been a terrible shot. Where the heck do you guys find such nice raw books? That one looks so great.

Ah ok. Thanks guys. I'm always trying to learn from the pro's. Can't wait to see some of these auctions at closiing time coming up.

Hi, I'm curious why you feel that way. I looked at both and the 7.0 does look cleaner and a little nicer to me. Just wondering.

I saw no feedback left for or given by the seller. No way to know if the sale went through.

Yeah youre right. Not Exactly The Best Looking 3.5. Then again there is no tape or other qualifiers other than the Ornesh/Ernest signature, it is OW/White. Anything can happen in the final throes of an auction but you guys are probably right about it.

Ok thats two of you who think that and I trust your judgement. I was just thinking that it went a little low last time combined with what I've noticed to be some pretty up there prices on GA's recently. Seems to be a growing interest in the old stuff this past year.

Thats quite a hit the seller who paid 38.5k took. Assuming it didnt change hands privately in between those two sales. PS Although it looks more like "Ornesh" I think it is Ernest. I couldn't find any record of any person by either name. It'll probably hit at least 38K again this time around.

Wow. Wow. Highest graded in the world, and it looks even nicer than the grade. Thats a serious book there. Holy Cow.

I think to me 33 is the total package, (but again so many great ones to compare). A early stage Batman front and center and no Boy Wonder getting in the way. Also strange how 54 is so similar. I wonder why they did that.

Oh cool. Such a nice example. Thing I like about 50 isn't so much the picture but the colors. I also like the Red White Blue combination on the title area up top. I saw that you liked 43,44 in another post , thats what gave me the idea to ask this question to everyone. I think 43 to 46 would be a nice run to own and display.