to be honest...maybe at 1/2 price I would get excited buying a copy...
it always seems to be available in the market...there is little challenge in obtaining a copy, and in a cgc case, the cover is kind of "bland/generic"...
still a favorite of mine, just not a lot of excitement procuring one
interesting if that is the majority feeling of the masses? Outside of those that hail the first told origin as a grail (which normally is a big deal in comics). Agreed though, it doesn't have the jolting power of a 29/31 cover that grabs one. The balance of supply and demand is interesting. Everything is quite available at the right price in our Internet society.
Rick, comment, if you will, on the following assessments. I'm not really looking at CGC census data but just my overall exposure to copies.
Bat 1--decent supply, non stop demand, but at cyclical times no blue copies available for sale.
Tec 33---probably less supply than Bat 1s, less demand than Bat 1, always available copies
Tec 31-- rarer than 33s and Bat 1, non stop demand, not many blue copies to public market for several months to my knowledge
Tec 29--tougher than 31s, high demand although prices seem to be not as crazy as 31s and 35s (did the over exposure of the BW copy affect FMV?), several low grade copies have surfaced for sale and traded hands privately the past year. Seems to be a lot of 3.0/3.5 copies circulating.
Tec 35--people say its tough but I don't think it is at all. I say that loosely keeping in mind we aren't living in CBG/mail order/cons only days. Demand non stop and has been moving very strong FMV for several years now.