Brian48

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Now's your chance! One in the current C-Link auction. Indeed, and it is a beauty. http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2Fsearch%5Fadv%2Easp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3DBatman%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D227%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26WCATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26%5Fwhere%5Fforsale%3Dy%26%5Fwhere%5Fauctions%3Dy%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26where%5Fauctions%3Dy%23Item%5F908016&id=908016 Up to $1400 now. Other than 'Tec #400, I can't think of another BA Bats book that has this much weight.

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Good thread. I've been lucky so far, but then again my gun safe is not fireproof (fire resistant only) and I do use a vapor emitter with several rechargable dehumidifiers in there.

The last 9.4 I saw, which wasn't as nice as this one, was listed on eBay for $1200. I'm pretty sure it was sold with an offer of $1100.

I'm still paying off my last one

At first I thought this was the copy that sold for $6800+ over at Comicconnect a couple of months ago. Looks like this is new. A real beaut. Too rich for me obviously.

Yeah, nice bump. Was thinking about starting one like this. I'm actually very close to finishing my Adams Bats collection was going to end it there, but got to thinking that all the Bats 100 pagers from the early '70s were also an important part of my childhood too. Very tough books to find in decent condition.

Until it starts to gnaw at you again anyway

I've wondered about this too. Maybe the printer got a sub-standard roll of paper that month for this issue. I've seen very few slabbed copies of this book offered up for sale with White pages. Most have been a split of OW/W or CR/OW.

I would probably leave it as is, but I know exactly what you mean. The PQ would gnaw at me too. I generally never buy any graded book with lower PQ than OW/W.

I'm figuring about the same, maybe a little higher as this one presents like a gem. $1450.00+/-?

OK. Is it too early to make any predictions on this one I love the wrap on this one. It's much nicer than my 9.4.

Wow. Talk about wetting one's appetite. You can't even bid on the thing for an entire month.

Wow. $307 for a raw copy that might not even grade as an 7.5-8.0. Personally, I would have probably spent just a liitle more and have gotten that other 8.5 for a little under $400 if I was going to bid that much. At least with that, you know what the actual grade is.

My wins from the last CLINK auction just came in today. OK, the Tec 500 is borderline bronze/copper, but it was in the same package. Just noticed too. It's very creepy to see Bats actually smiling for a change (excluding the evil smile whenever he's pummeling someone).

Yes, definitely the quintessential bronze Gothic Batman cover that transcends Adams fan boy interest. No doubt about it. Here's the example from Levitz's oversized book. Compared to how much space is dedicated to Tec 402 and Bats 232, how can you NOT want this book

Congrats. You're right. It's definitely got good eye appeal. I had a lowball bid on it myself, but knew I wouldn't win it.

OK. Did anyone here just win the 8.0 SS OW or the 8.5 OW/W over at CLINK?

I've actually been following this book in the lower, raw grades on eBay. High grade copies aside, the lower raw copies appear to sell surprisingly well also compared to other Batman keys. My opinion, I think most real collectors know that this book should not be more significant to the other Bronze keys, but the fact of the matter is, it definitely is right now. I don't see this changing any time soon. For better or for worse, I've found that this book gets a lot of outside press that makes it the unofficial representative or "face" of when Bats returned to his gothic roots, even though it was not this exact issue that started the trend away from camp. What I mean by outside press is that this cover has been showned or mentioned in numberous articles about either Batman or O'Neil/Adams, Levitz's giant "75 Years of DC comics" has a full page spread showcasing this cover, HBO's "The Pych. of Batman" used this cover in the program when discussing his dark roots. This program was latered included in the movie DVD, creating yet even more exposure. There's a few other references as well, but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now. What I'm trying to say is, as long as this book keeps getting advertised like this, people will always want it.

Not graded either. Wow.

Just another reader copy.

Wow. Yet another (4th) 9.8 has surfaced over at Heritage. This will be interesting.

I've only been using CL since June. I bid pretty much the same way I bid on eBay. I just bid the highest I can go and just ride it out. Sometimes if bidding is higher than expected, I will put another higher bid if I think it's worth it. I honestly I don't waste my time with sniping. If I really wanted something, I'd just bid some really ridiculous amount and hope no one is as stupid or as crazy as I am.

Oh yeah. One more on the way.