thirdgreenham

agreed, I have yet to see any price pull back on Batman covered, pre robin Tecs...even the non bat covered tecs seem to be consistent, though not 100% in the upward direction... FMV there is a definitive answer (well, kind of) grade for grade, Tec 29 and 31 sell almost neck and neck, followed by Tec 35, followed by tec 33, followed by 36 and then 37 (I left non bat covers out)... FMV conclusion would seem to point to 31 as probably "winning" the race, but 29 is almost interchangable at this point I personally like the combination of 2nd bat cover, and scarcity, to propel tec 29 over tec 31 to the finish line...so there is my definitive answer... I rank bat covers, value wise as : 27,29,31,35,33,36,37... (thumbs u since many many of these books sell privately, GPA will never fully capture the market... I will be submitting a lot of sales of tec 27,29,31,33,35, 36 and 37 (as well as others) to GPA, and that will help clear the picture up...maybe I am fortunate to have a lot of sales info the public doesn't but, if you review gpa, tec 31 is the winner, followed by 29, then 35, then 33 Imran has posted and echos my sentiment...I believe 1koko and Andre and Primetime and Ronaldo, etc are well qualified to comment (as having put the entire run together)... I think folks on the boards know that I have bought and sold more pre robin tecs than any active member of the boards (and no I don't count metro, heritage , clink , they have all sold more than me, but I don't consider them "active" posters like most of us) 31 is very cover driven, 29 is scarcity and cover driven, 35 is scarcity, cover AND what only primetime has pointed out, SPLASH page driven (the best bat splash page there is, imo)... now, that said, much like the 33's origin story, the 35 splash is only a factor as far as folks "know" it is there, but can't see it when I figure put my run together, you know the issue I bought first... tec 33...not because I thought it was the best or whatever (I do love it), but because it was the most readily available copy in the market (and still is today)... there is more supply at current prices than demand for 33, when compared to the other "3"... Sorry Rick, where's 28 in all of this?

Love this kind of input!

Not at all Andy and we wish you all the best of luck getting top dollar for your awesome books. Well maybe Richard might not wish for top dollar. I know they're out of my league and I'm still thinking about that CGC 8.0 AAMOW 94 Kagemusha7s listed recently and I just blew my budget and then some a week before. I hear ya Fay. My indentured servitude to Andy should end in a couple weeks.

thanks Richard! My suggestion would be to save up and buy these books. That goes for all of youse.

I hope no one minds if I post a link to my promotion of the selling of my books. If so, please mention it here or PM me and I'll delete it. (thumbs u Link to my promotional thread for upcoming Heritage books. Thanks, my friends. Andy

Me too, thanks for posting about them Andy (thumbs u My pleasure. (thumbs u

Did you guys hear about these one-shots coming out in September? G. I. Combat #1 Our Army At War #1 Our Fighting Forces #1 Star Spangled War Stories #1 Weird War Tales #1 Looking forward to them. (thumbs u Andy

I may be blind, but can you point out the mouse chew for me, please? Andy

Thanks for the props. And yes, they are keepers. Heck, if I were to sell them I don't think I could replace them. I imagine most of the war collectors feel that way. Especially about the '50s books. You are absolutely right. I hope you fine folks can pick up many of my books that'll be popping up on Heritage in the coming weeks (months). Do what I didn't do; keep them. (thumbs u Andy

Well, the more I think about it, the more I think "cereal". Magazines weren't poly-bagged back then and I didn't see any torn perforations on the poster. It's possible that it was just slid in the mag, but I'm starting to think inserted into cereal boxes is more likely. Andy

Wish I could help. You're probably along the right lines of being inserted with a magazine.

Your GIC 82 and 83 are just wild!

Those are great copies!! Even sans the body parts flying.

Agreed, Mick. This DC yummy goodness is truly "scarce" in 9.0 and above, with often only 1 graded copy on the census. Now over time, that number will only get higher, but it still speaks volumes about the "toughness" of these books. Andy

Great books as usual, Richard.

That's crazy talk! Agreed.

I would kill to join you, Russ and the rest of the gang for pizza again.... maybe next year! Shep I don't usually do this, but..... +1 I'd really love to go, but my littlest needs me here with him. Thanks Mick and let's work on next year. (thumbs u Andy

I'll have another sale coming up soon, Jay. I'll be sure to make a post here when it's ready to go. There'll be some nice deals, I'm sure. (thumbs u Andy many thanks thirdgreenham! Here I am in the VCC. Just so you know, if you want to buy someone's stuff in the VCC, you have to do it through PM. Don't post in the thread. There are others set up in the VCC offering war books, so don't forget to look around. (thumbs u Andy

Thank you very much, Fay.

No, sorry, not trying to be mean. Just unsuccessfully trying to be funny. That wasn't bad at all. (thumbs u Andy

Are you French?

Now that's a cool book! Andy

Great thread, Michael!! Impressive! Andy

Gorgeous books there, Dmac! Andy

Yummy, yummy number fifty-oney! Thank you as well, Mick for your kind words. As I've mentioned before, I'm not really taking off. I'm just selling off my best books and many highest-graded copies. Sounds terrible when I read that aloud. Having a complete set of the Big Five was a great challenge for me and a lot of fun hunting and putting it together. A fair amount of cash was involved too. Completing my second set was monumental as well, but didn't give me the same feeling as the first time around. As I sell off these beauties, I know that in the future, if I want to try to put a run together again, it will be a goal within reach. I love looking at all of these books. Thanks so much, everybody, for posting them. (thumbs u Andy