Tim Weaver

Take per PM.

If you include the shipping, that's fine.  How do you want me to pay?

1 hour ago, Flex Mentallo said:

Very pretty copy.  Those are the best colors I've ever seen on a 32.

46 minutes ago, Zolnerowich said:

Bidding was pretty crazy on that Planet 24, understandably: the colors are just insane. Good to know at least that I was up against a solid boardie, rather than some rando dude.  

After not getting your 24, I ended up spending even more on the Church copy when it became available.  But to be honest, your book presents nicer than the Church copy.  The colors are better on the Church 24 than my scan shows, but not as nice as yours.  You've got a great book.

2 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

This one is just slightly off register.

Love this book.  Someday!

41 minutes ago, Zolnerowich said:

I like this one.

Awesome book.  I think I was the underbidder on this one.  That may well be the best color strike of any 24.

55 minutes ago, SuperGrover said:

will be gone tomorrow so here is my 25... took me along time to find a nice copy.

 

Very nice reds on that copy.  Why is it going away?

1 minute ago, Funnybooks said:

Send the books to me and I'll help you...

Well, that at least made me laugh after the frustration of not being able to post a picture correctly.

12 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

Nice to see you posting your books Tim!  And starting off with the big guns!  2 beautiful Church Planets. 

Well, I did a poor job of posting.  My assistant was trying to help me.  We didn't think that uploaded pictures at the bottom would show up in the post.  I still can't figure out how to delete the uploaded pictures.

1 hour ago, kelholt said:

I sold Cheetah (Jeff) his copy. I decided sometime after I really wanted another 19. When Jeff sold his run I did not bid on it at auction. It came up again about 2 years later. Another bidder and I kept going back and forth in I think $200 increments for over $2000 until I gave in. I only had X to spend and the next bid would have gone over X. I lost the book. Since that auction, I don’t think I came across another 19 for sale until the Mile High came available years later.  I was fortunate enough to have more resources at this time to go for this book. I was very determined to win it, honestly one of the only books I have ever been “all in” on. One of my favorite books for all the reasons above and quite a few more not listed 

This has to be one of the best of the Church books.  Just fantastic.

19 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

I think Sean (aka Markentoth) has it now, along with the Toledo Planet 1.

OK, I confess to having the Toledo Planet 18.  Unfortunately, the Toledo designation is not indicated on the CGC label.

16 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

It's interesting how things work out.  If you had pulled the trigger on the 2.5 copy I ended up buying, I would not have sold my old copy to mwotka, and maybe he would still be one book short of completing the run.

Best of luck in your search Tim! 

Yep, it's all good.  I've been working on upgrades while I wait on a nice copy of the ever elusive 15 to surface.  

This thread is always so much fun to follow.  The Planet collections owned by boardies are just incredible.  I'm technologically challenged, but one of these days I'll figure out how to post pictures of my books and join the party.

34 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

There are 5 boardies with complete runs that I am aware of, and a 6th that is one book away.  There has to be a few complete runs out there I don't know about too. 

It is quite an amazing accomplishment.  I've owned all 73 issues but never all of them at once. The closest I ever got was 65/73 at one point.

I'm down to that pesky #15.  One of my biggest comic collecting regrets is debating too long when the book now owned by Spyder came available.  Oh well, at least it went to a good home.  Based on all the beautiful 15s posted in this thread, it looks like most of these books are locked up in collections.

21 hours ago, kelholt said:

Planet 13 is definitely one of my favorites. On my set registry, this is part of what I wrote about Planet 13 :

Every comic has stories inside, and to collectors every special comic has a story about its acquisition. This book is a special one. Ever since I first saw #13 in the Gerber Journal, I knew that this was one cool book. What I did not know is that this issue is one of the top 5 hardest Planet Comics to find (IMHO). I searched dealer inventories, eBay, major auctions, etc. for #13 for years without even a sniff. I always looked wherever I could. One afternoon I was finishing up a deal on a few book over the phone when I asked the question that I had asked at least 100 times before…”You wouldn’t happen to have a Planet 13 lying around would you?” I just about fell over when the response was, “Well, actually I do and it’s a really nice one too.” After a scan was sent to me I made a phone call back and the book was purchased and on its way to me that afternoon. I read this one and submitted it to CGC. One bonus aspect about this book is its super bright and colorful back cover. Many comics have back covers that are basically blah, but not this one. 

 

Your 13 is one of the nicest books in the entire thread.  Just spectacular!

1 hour ago, Artboy99 said:

Here is my #14.

I had a very hard time finding a copy of 14 when I was actively trying to. Literally zero copies came up for sale over several years and I was searching numerous sites morning, lunch, early evening and before I went to bed every single day.

Finally found this copy for sale on Ebay and I bought it.

It presents nice for the grade with very nice colors unfortunately it has some worm chew on the interior and the back cover isn't as nice as the front. Still I had finally acquired a copy and thought of it as a placeholder and that I could upgrade it if I was patient. 

The thing is, it isn't the easiest task to upgrade a hard to find book. If you do see a copy do you pull the trigger? Often I find the cost of the upgrade versus level of upgrade difficult to validate. For now I remain happy to have this copy.

 

That front cover presents beautifully.  Very nice book.

5 hours ago, Flex Mentallo said:

On the theme of 'lost' Planets, here is another I no longer own...

I'm sure that somewhere, somebody is very happy to be the caretaker of this book 

3 hours ago, WarZoneSpider said:

Picked up this stellar 2.5 today! I’ve wanted an X-men 1 my whole life!

Very nice looking book.  Awesome pickup!

7 hours ago, Spyder! said:

It's not a pedigree, but I did pick up one of Kelly's old books with the cool "Marathon Planet" stickers on it.

The reds are spectacular on that book!

Take TOS 44, 69, 86, 94