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18 hours ago, atomised said:

Got two books in the final day.  One is SA (mostly because I like Zatanna ) and of course the Subby 1.  Maybe he'll show up in Infinity War but I've been looking for a copy for a while in any event.

 

I'm not quite sure what rule I violated, but great book!  Enjoy!

On 3/22/2018 at 12:48 PM, twmjr1 said:

That Subby 1 2.5 is going to go strong, already over 7K with a day left. Not long ago Subby 1 and HT 1 were just flatline dead books, as I recall.

What did you guys think about that copy? 

18 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

John's Lou Ferrigno story is one for the ages.  At some point during one of our lengthy discussions autographs came up and John related his experience at a show where one of his favorite actors was signing.  With a little time on his hands John decided to stand in line to get Lou Ferrigno's autograph.  

At this particular show, Lou Ferrigno  was set-up in front of a loud music pavilion which made communication difficult.  To make matters worse, Lou has a hearing impairment.  As John got close enough in line to actually converse with the actor he blurted out "Love you in King of Queens" ...the TV series Lou was in which was currently airing at the time.  After cupping his hand around his ear, Lou looked over at John, smiled and replied "You love me and you're a queen?"  Alas, John couldn't do anything to correct the misperception because of all the background noise.  

So, a few minutes later John's turn in line came up.  Lou, recalling what he thought he'd heard, signed a Hulk photo for John, then asked him to wait a minute, reaching under the table to pull out another "special" photo of himself ...a fully fleshed out weight-lifting pic in a thong! Handing it to his "smitten" fan with a closed palm stroking gesture Lou then said "please, go back to your room tonight and enjoy yourself!" 

This may be one of the few occasions that John Verzyl was at a loss for words.  The moment had passed and there was no walking back the awkward impression, so he politely accepted the photo.  I can only imagine folks in Lou's autograph line who knew John getting a pretty big kick out of this.  In retrospect, John enjoyed telling this story and it's easy to see why.

 

I nearly pissed myself when I read the above-quoted story.  I am sorry for everyone's loss; and given all the wonderful stories about him, I wish more dealers/collectors brought his positive energy to the hobby.  It's great to watch the books we own appreciate in value, but at the end of the day...collecting is supposed to be fun.  I wish I had known him.  RIP John.

On 3/5/2018 at 7:37 PM, drdonaldblake1 said:

On 10/28/2017 at 10:31 AM, CashMoney said:

This is undeniably a nice copy, but it pales in comparison to Drummy's copy.  That said, looks like FF1 is finally playing catch up with AF15.  When I was a kid, there was only one Silver Age comic that everyone wanted to own -- and that was Fantastic Four 1 -- and every other Silver Age comic (including, without limitation, AF15) was secondary in both value and desirability.  I still feel that way to this day (regardless of the hype surrounding AF15, and the delusional postings here about folks in China lining up in droves to buy AF15).  When the dust settles in a few years, and everyone looks back at the past few years, they will realize that the World's Greatest Comic Magazine and Marvel's first superhero team WILL BE, and should've always been, the king of the Silver Age books.  After all, it is a 10-cent comic - whereas AF15 and Hulk 1 each has a 12-cent cover price, which is 20% more than the 10-cent price of FF1 -- and 1,000% less significant from a historical perspective.             

On 3/5/2018 at 7:37 PM, drdonaldblake1 said:

this 6.0 copy is up for auction in the May Heritage auction!

Since DDB quoted my clairvoyant words from back in October to make this SA forum the most popular of 2018, allow me to add some fuel to the fire here.  Besides the historical significance of FF1 (which I already summarized in depth, in DDB's quote, so no need to belabor), based on the census numbers, there are 1,778 blue label AF15's, but only 1,290 blue-labeled FF1's -- and about 1/3 less FF1's in total (i.e., 2,015 FF1's vs. 2,900 AF15's).  Numbers don't lie.  Probably most of the appreciation in FF1 right now is being driven by the speculators - but once the masses jump on the bandwagon, the shortage of existing FF1's will make it skyrocket to the moon! 

And let me leave you with this parting thought - there is no better proof of how popular FF1 was back in the 60's and 70's than the fact that Marvel was forced to include the team in Spidey #1, just to sell copies (yes, like it or not, Spidey was a sideshow to the Fantastic Four back then).  Happy hunting for even a decent copy before the train leaves the station!

On 1/5/2018 at 5:19 PM, Spaceguy said:

Nice purchase!!!  A mere 16 graded higher and the best of those is 9.0    Someone else bid $16,000 so you weren't alone in your appreciation of this book.  Congrats!  What a cover!

Much appreciated!  My bid was actually a lot higher, because I saw the comic last sold this year for $16K, so I knew I had to bid at least that amount (and that's probably what the runner-up thought as well), and: (1) as you highlighted, there are only 16 copies graded higher; and (2) given the limited number of copies and the infrequency of such sales, I just had to man up.  It's a good thing that the bidding didn't heat up until the last 2 minutes of the auction -- because had the people who wanted it started bidding a few days or hours earlier, I probably would've ended paying a few thousand more for the book.  I love the cover of this comic, and the unrefined original Green Lantern....        

On 1/2/2018 at 1:09 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Yeah there's actually a CGC 5.5 about to hit a Comicconnect auction so I'm going to follow that one. In regards to will this book pull a WW once the eventual movie comes out, definitely possible. So probably better to get a copy sooner than later for sure!

I definitely agree that buying it sooner rather than later is always a good idea when dealing with GA keys - especially given that GL1 is still affordable.  That's why I grabbed it.  Wish I had bought Wonder Woman #1 a few years back.  Good luck with the CGC 5.5 auction, should you decide to bid!

On 12/29/2017 at 11:58 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

Congrats, great book to own! I would have happily paid the price you did if I had the money at the time. Most of the buy it now copies on Ebay are simply waayyy over priced so the only choice is to honestly wait for copies to hit the auction block.

Thanks for making me feel great about my purchase!  I followed your advice and waited for another one to hit eBay, after seeing a GL1 CGC 7.0 copy on eBay back in April 2017.  Then in November 2017, that same copy came up for auction again on eBay, so I thought the auction might be fake and didn't bid (and my suspicions were confirmed when the auction history promptly disappeared after the auction).  Thereafter, I saw this copy, and made it mine.  The only problem with waiting for an eBay auction, is that the wait may take a year or two, and in the meantime, the book pulls a Wonder Woman #1-like move and takes off into the stratosphere.  You might have better luck finding one on one of the other auction sites...which protect buyers from the pitfalls of fake eBay auctions.  Indeed, if you scroll up, you'll see a link to a CGC 3.5 that was recently auctioned for a steal!  Good luck with your search!

On 12/28/2017 at 12:42 AM, sacentaur said:

Hearty congrat's - great copy of a GREAT book! 

Silver Centaur, 1,000 apologies for not recognizing that I was being congratulated by someone who owned these:

That AA16 that you once owned is a BEAUTIFUL book.    How long did you own that, and what happened to it?  

12 hours ago, comicdonna said:

The owner of the 10,000th graded copy had his book in the grading section of the boards.  When he posted the results, CGC had put "10,000th graded copy" on his slab. 

That is one milestone that probably should've come and gone quietly.  So much fanfare, but when you peel away the layers of the onion, at the end of the day, all it highlights is that there are as many copies of Hulk #181 as there are grains of sand on a beach.  Though it is undeniably a common book, admittedly, it would be fun to own the 10,000th graded copy!   

20 hours ago, sacentaur said:

Hearty congrat's - great copy of a GREAT book! 

Thanks, Silver Centaur!  This was one of my more triumphant eBay experiences!  I have lost way too many eBay auctions at the last minute, for failure to press my bid just a little higher, because I thought I would be overpaying (but clearly, the market for each of those books was stronger than I anticipated).  This time, I pushed my bid during the last 10 seconds, because, frankly, I REALLY wanted this book.  There was another eBay auction for a GL1 CGC 7.0 just a month earlier, but I didn't bid on that particular copy (despite the cheap $12,000 final price), because I suspected it was a fraudulent listing (which I believe was confirmed, since promptly after that November auction ended - the history of such sale disappeared from eBay, as if it never existed - "poof").  The only other time I've seen the history of an ended auction similarly disappear in such fashion is when I won an auction for an Amazing Fantasy 15, only to find out after I had already tendered payment, that the character who sold it to me was a frequent fraudster on eBay.  Of course in that instance, I eventually got my money back - but only after I spent countless hours, over several consecutive days, on the phone with eBay's complaint line.  I will never again make the mistake of bidding on a high-priced book when the seller has insignificant positive feedback.      

In any case, many thanks for making me feel great about my purchase.  Cheers!   

8 hours ago, GoldCap said:

Sweet pickup!  Beautiful copy.  I have that cover on my "wall of favorite covers"   I do believe that 3.5 was a great bargain as well. 

10,000 IH 181's!  I've been keeping an eye on that.  I still want a nice WP 9.2 copy but I struggle with justifying it over the purchase of several lower grade GA Captain America books

Thanks for the compliments on my GL1!  Not sure whether there are 100,000 or 30,000 (as G-Kid estimates) Hulk 181's out in the wild, but the magnitude of the number already graded by CGC is staggering.  I'm with you...I would struggle to justify buying such a common book (even in a 9.2) over several lower graded GA Captain America books; but at the end of the day, the GA Captain Americas would prevail!              

50 minutes ago, CashMoney said:

Thanks for the link, G-Kid!  That 3.5 copy was steal for only $5,200.  All the infirmities are located in the back of the book, along the spine, which for many folks, is only an afterthought!  

By the way, has anyone seen CGC's recent Facebook post that they've now graded 10,000 copies of Hulk 181, and counting?  There are at least 10,000 CGC-graded copies, and probably at least another 90,000 copies in the wild.  In contrast, there are approximately 100 CGC-graded copies of GL1, and probably not more than a few hundred existing in the aggregate.  Given what a decent Hulk 181 fetches these days, $5,200 is undeniably a steal  for that copy, especially since Green Lantern is neither a defunct nor esoteric character like... the Red Raven.    

12 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=739512

 

Thanks for the link, G-Kid!  That 3.5 copy was steal for only $5,200.  All the infirmities are located in the back of the book, along the spine, which for many folks, is only an afterthought!  

1 hour ago, atomised said:

2 hours ago, CashMoney said:

Thanks, everyone!  Gotham Kid, you would happen to know how much that 3.5 on ComicConnect fetched?  I am curious.  Much appreciated!  

$5,200

Thanks for the info, Atomised!  Do you happen to have a link to or picture of that 3.5?  Many thanks!  

19 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

ComicConnect also has just auctioned off a really nice 3.5 I think the grade was.

Thanks, everyone!  Gotham Kid, you would happen to know how much that 3.5 on ComicConnect fetched?  I am curious.  Much appreciated!  

On 10/25/2017 at 2:27 AM, Chickenwings said:

Sale of a 6.0 went for 27k on eBay.  Not sure the sale is legit, but it is a nice presenting copy with white pages and no marvel chipping.  Interested to see if it sticks in GPA.

This is undeniably a nice copy, but it pales in comparison to Drummy's copy.  That said, looks like FF1 is finally playing catch up with AF15.  When I was a kid, there was only one Silver Age comic that everyone wanted to own -- and that was Fantastic Four 1 -- and every other Silver Age comic (including, without limitation, AF15) was secondary in both value and desirability.  I still feel that way to this day (regardless of the hype surrounding AF15, and the delusional postings here about folks in China lining up in droves to buy AF15).  When the dust settles in a few years, and everyone looks back at the past few years, they will realize that the World's Greatest Comic Magazine and Marvel's first superhero team WILL BE, and should've always been, the king of the Silver Age books.  After all, it is a 10-cent comic - whereas AF15 and Hulk 1 each has a 12-cent cover price, which is 20% more than the 10-cent price of FF1 -- and 1,000% less significant from a historical perspective.             

3 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

Once I had 'em all, but now I'm down to just my favorites. Money was NOT a consideration when deciding what to keep.

Does anyone responding to this thread store their Silver Age comics in a safe deposit box?  I just leased my first safe deposit box, and based on some informational posts on these boards, placed one of these mini, renewable dehumidifiers https://www.eva-dry.com/dehumidifiers/eva-dry-333-mini-dehumidifier in such box along with my comics.  Will this dehumidifier cause the relative humidity in my safe deposit box to fall too low - to the point where it is harmful to my comics?  Curious as to what others who use such dehumidifiers in their safe deposit boxes have experienced....               

16 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

Upgradeable copy possibly?

Possibly upgradeable (but most likely undergraded).  Admittedly, it is one of the nicest 5.5's out there.  No chipping and incredibly brilliant colors.  True eye candy with immense eye appeal....  

13 hours ago, AL Comics said:

She also baked me a cake that was Spidey and Star Wars themed. Sorry, just one more picture.  

After your initial post of the gift, I thought your "girlfriend" might be a dude.  Clearly, I was mistaken.   She's a solid CGC 9.9.  Put a ring on it....   

On 8/3/2017 at 12:21 AM, Dork Buzz said:

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