GreatCaesarsGhost

That's how I had to do it for Heritages centaur auction. I hate to betray beforehand what I think, but I was in China, for chrissakes. Still snagged one book, lost out on 2 others since I was unavailable to kiss the deals in. Well, I say that but come to think of it, that may be wholly inaccurate. Turns out it was G.A.tor I was bidding against!

I'm shocked that a really cool Kirby page didn't meet reserve. I guess FF is really cold right now . . .

Good luck.  Fingers crossed

52 minutes ago, G.A.tor said:

Oh. I love them all

Wow. No wonder these books are rare. YOUVE GOT EM ALL

hey, a 7.0 was in the Comicconnect Berk auction. I guess by then you'd filled your quota

47 minutes ago, sagii said:

or v2 #11 with that to die for Robot cover that has hallmarks of antique French advertisement posters...

Now that you say that, I do see the French poster look . . .

5 minutes ago, G.A.tor said:

Here's a cool pic

Wow!! But why no love for V2#10? Because no Everett?

On 8/29/2017 at 1:36 AM, lou_fine said:

Wow, so you are the bidder who beat me out on both copies of this book here, although I must admit that I had already dropped out by then as I about 2 or 3 bid increments behind you in both cases. 

Although AMF V2#3 does indeed have a beautiful cover image, any other reason why you would go after both copies of the same issue instead of going after AMF's V2#2 or V2#6 since both of these issues also have gorgeous cover images, were in approximately the same grade (CGC 8.0 to CGC 8.5), and their final prices also finished up in roughly the same ballpark? 

BTW:  Huge congrats on your pickups and Welcome to the Boards here as this is an amazing first post from you. 

Thanks for the compliment!  I went heavy on V2#3 because I once had a copy and, in an economic downturn, had to sell my collection.  I have returned in the last 3 years and have picked up the ones i missed the most.  Some I can't replace because they are through the roof right now(Detective 31 and 33 come to mind). I've looked at all the AMF covers, and you are right:  there are many cool ones out there.  I guess V2#2 I don't like better than #3, so couldn't justify getting into that bidding war.  The #2 ended up hammering at about $1000 more than the #3.  I love V2#1 and bid heavily(more than on the V2#3), but fell short.  The V2#6 is great, too.  Actually, I wish I'd gotten all those books, but ya gotta pick your battles.

FYI, after bidding on ComicConnect's Berk AMFs, I was so shocked to see all the same books, in higher grades, come onto the market.  These books are truly scarce.  So I called Vincent Zurzola and asked him if he knew about the Heritage AMFs at the time he was selling Berk's AMFs, and he said no.  The first he learned was the same way the rest of us learned:  from the Heritage catalogs.

The 1st image below, in case you don't have your Gerber's open before you, is V2#1.  The second image, on the right, is the V2#2, and the one next to it is the V2#6.

By the way, I've attached a 4th image of the book designated by Overstreet as a classic cover.  And  apparently the   bidding public agrees, since it went for significantly more than the others:

V2#1 went for $7700, V2#2 went for $5500,  V2#3 went for $4300, and the last imaage, V2#5 went for $11,300!!??  Do you agree that the V2#5 is a classic cover?

And there you have it

Thanks.  I had no idea real experts were hidden in these chat boards.  I've found the topics so difficult to navigate that I have avoided them.  I have to try again