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Sold a few books in the larger November HA auction.  I was told that I could get larger % of bp if I bring big books routinely.  I got 5% last time, and no sellers fees.

Whatever the grade, this is a great story.  Wondering how many other copies of AF15 he had available? lol.  Maybe if you could have worked for an extra month... a 3.0 or better would be the subject of this post?

Batman #49, no recorded GPA sales of a copy higher than 8.5, so this book/sale will set the benchmark.  How much of an impact will this sale have on existing copies and prices?  We may soon find out.  I imagine most, if not all current owners hope that it goes for an exorbitant amount.  But either way, huge swings could be forthcoming.  Are there other books that could fit this Benchmark Setter model this auction?

11 hours ago, Bird said:

yes, I saw. A bunch of the books he is selling now are ones he got at that auction. Not all, but a bunch of them. No one seems to have bought the X-Men 1 but I don't pay too close attention.

I looked later, and there was a "pending" post

On 2/8/2020 at 6:19 PM, Bird said:

stuff was expensive but towards the end it seemed to loosen up a bit. It took 4 hours or so and I left with some stuff left, including tons of keys like Surfer 1, X-Men 94 95 96, X-Men 4 12 14, Avengers 57, ASM 121, 300, New Muts 98,87 etc but condition was generally mid grade.

The X1 that you mentioned... I believe I saw a facebook post with it for sale.  asking price was $3000..

A pretty nice copy...

17 hours ago, MasterChief said:

Anyone have any background on the "Sun City Collection" included in the current auction?

The Hucksters at Heritage have produced a video with all the hyperbole and catchphrases to capture the imagination of any starry-eyed collector. Not quite on the level of the promotional product for the "cedar chest" Action Comics #1, but enough to cause one to question claims of “stored untouched for over 60-years at high-altitude.” Here's the video...

https://comics.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=7212&ic=hero-Comics-Auction-AuctionInfo-7212-110119#AO-WSlkibKk’

Rick posted a link for books he has in this auction

21 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Both great books.

These books look quite a bit different. Wonder if it’s a scanning thing. 

If we were to see the highest graded Batman 49's, I figured it would be here, on the boards, sooner or later.

On 10/19/2019 at 10:38 PM, Rip said:

I dont find pre-codes in decent shape very often and came home with these. Was unexpected because after looking through a lot of moderns and silvers in his garage he pulled these out. The Mystic 44 was in especially nice shape. The Kilroys was a book I didn't know I wanted.

Wow.  Beautiful books.  Such fun to come across something like this and be able to take them home.

I'm just a newbie, having fun looking and finding.

Never thought I would own Archie comics, but, here I am.  Not a garage sale find, but another hot spot for bargains, first one this year for me.  Stan and Roberta were great.  I tried to be upfront and tell them what I thought the comics were worth, and made them an offer.  Comics belonged to an Uncle of the 73 yr old gentlemen.  Maybe a few were picked up along the way and added as a couple of late 60's, early 70's comics were present as well.  I had no idea what could have been in the pile of freebies, Roberta's term, but a few stand out....  Love coming across original owner books.  Hoping to find some in better condition.

Tears, paper loss, edges add up to a 3.5 from this newbie.

I would have liked for it to have been a higher grade.  Felt comfortable at 1.8ish with the damage.

Here you can see it through the centerfold page

Pics sent to persons requesting said pics for this book, and the others present.  It was reported to be an original owner book, and offered via an auction.  There were another 30-40 books there, but this was the main draw.  Many other books were in much better condition, but maybe 2-50 bucks max.  Guessing the boardie was looking for advice and was hoping to score an awesome book.  There was a pre-bid amount disseminated to interested parties, from the co-owner of the auction company.

The puncture goes through the entire book.

Beauties!  Good luck

I contacted "the big" auction house last week, and spoke with Comic Book consignor.  For my book that I mentioned, 25-30K$ book, he would waive any sellers fee.  I inquired about getting some of the buyers premium if I submitted more value for auction.  For 50K$ value, he would give me 5 % of the buyers premium.  So, full hammer plus 5% to me, and then charge buyer hammer plus 20%.  That may be policy, or maybe not.  But it was offered without any further negotiating on my part.

Evening, if there is a Reserve on a book, and I end up being high bidder but reserve is not met, does the site notify the bidder about the reserve price?  I may want to purchase even if nobody is bidding against me if I know the reserve.  Thank you.

Is it something only a seasoned veteran can handle, or can a middle-aged newbie complete the tasks..?

Is this a correctable issue?