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yes I know, but again, slab is fake and that pic I'm quite sure is fake too As @rob_react posted in the past, "Poking around, it looks like the above was mocked up using the Heritage CGC 8.0. It's been trimmed and cleaned up in Photoshop, but the dust shadow is the same."

of the 3 big ww books, ww1 is the cover I like best as well. I've always like the Sensation 1 cover the best, with AS8 and WW1 tied for 2nd.

Below is a link of Gorilla covers that someone put together. Looks like ASM #110 had the first appearance of the Gibbon (not technically a gorilla per se, if I understand correctly, but part of the ape family)... Lots of DC gorilla covers... https://comicbookinvest.com/2015/06/17/gorilla-cover-gallery-checklist/

Thx. 9.4 still nicer. Really want to see that third 9.0. So far the 9.4 is the lone champ appearance wise. The 9.0 that was posted without the erased "S" appears to me to be of similar quality to the 9.4 to me. Razor sharp looking top right corner, better centering up / down. Maybe I'm missing something? (if not, maybe it's a future 9.4 as well?)...

How refreshing... I don't recall seeing a DD #1 with such great centering of the white area on the far right, etc. Nice looking book...

If you wanted to sell your Tec 27 coverless cause you needed money to buy something better FAST. 1 sell raw No grading fees and all money to you. 2 send to pgx under 500 and that digs into your total. 3 send to cgc 2.5 % or whatever total they charge of value. Someone who wanted money fast and i got it done in 1 day with little fees was the way i went. I wish they where cgc graded and yes if i could find a way to do this without sending Tec 1 and 27 with Batman 1 in the mail I would but cant afford if they got lost. Road trip!

the diff is many won't buy a pgx (me included) but I would buy a cgc for way more than a pgx would get...since you don't need cash fast, but at some future point will sell, send to cgc now and get it over with...2.5% of todays' fmv cheaper than 2.5% of tomorrows fmv...pgx will sell 10% less or more, so well worth the 2.5% I just checked and it looks like the fee for CGC's WalkThrough tier is now 3% with a $5K cap. I assume a complete restored Tec #27 would hit the $5K cap, so the cost to CGC grade now or in the future probably comes down to how much CGC changes the cap over time (I think CGC has probably bumped up the cap once (maybe twice??) since they opened their doors, so presumably more of the same in the future)...

I only ever had one Eldon and one Curtis book. Neither was special except for the name written on the cover. If I ever had a Cookville, I did not know it. I wasn't around when they were made pedigrees but I assume it was fairly controversial. Well, since this was done back in August of 2019 when CGC released their new pedigree labels, I assume you shoud have been around at the time based upon your profile. I think he may have taken a hiatus...

I'm guessing the seller got or negotiated negative BP and netted probably 1.35 Yup, that's what I was guessing (10% commission)...

The D27 was purchased for $492,938 on 11/19/2011 and the owner received $1,250,000 on 11/19/2020. That an increase of 2.54x. Over the same time period, the Dow is up an equivalent amount of 2.67x and the S&P is up 2.8x. Obviously, many individual stocks and funds beat the Dow and S&P and many did not. Measured as an investment, the D27 was well within the range of a stock market return. In short, it was a legit investment which, while maybe nowhere near as good as owning Google/Alphabet (up 5.42x) was still a rate of return which kept pace with the usual retirement investments people make. Could you make more money in the top tech stocks? Yes. But you would not have had the joy of owning a D27. My takeway: Buy a comic because you love it, but realize it is not a "waste" of your money as it can garner returns in line with 401K returns. I would think that the seller could have negotiated buyer's / seller's commissions so that they would have netted more than $1,250,00 (they may not have really even had to really negotiate it, given the magnitude of the book), so perhaps they received an increase a bit more than 2.54x...

I'm really sorry to hear that, Cat. Based on your posts over the years, I understand how much she meant to you. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

then the agent does the due diligence...I don't buy into this notion that "rich" folks don't care about their money and are willing to overspend...that's hogwash imo... I think there's more than one type of rich folk. Perhaps more common are those that became rich (or that started rich and maintained their wealth) by watching their spending, etc. A smaller percentage of those that re rich may have gotten rich quick (athletes, lotto winners, etc.), and may not have had as much experience with managing their money, and so they may not shop around as much as they should when the see a shiny object, or they trust their money to the wrong people (which is why you'll sometimes hear about people that have made tens or hundreds of millions going broke).

GIC #68 has been sold via PM.

Bump for final price drops. Thread closes end of day Friday

Further price drops

Price drops

Same rules as in my first post above apply for this book, except I'll accept PayPal for this one; The book: G.I. Combat #68 CGC 7.0 with Off White pages. Sgt. Rock Prototype with a great story (although you'll have to crack it out to read it, or buy a reprint like I did). Price: $850 $800 $750 $700 Sold via PM.

Cool to see that. Edit for next release: 1st Batman origin is listed as Batman #47; that may be the first "detailed" origin, but the first origin is in Tec 33 (I didn't check other info closely).

Price dropped, as shown in post above.

I'm very sad to hear this. I helped Chandler and Sharon out with a number of Stan Lee signings over the years, and they were always so gracious to me, and fun to be around. I haven't made it to a con in a while, but I was looking forward to catching up with both of them again when I did. So sad to hear this. My thoughts and prayers go out to Sharon and family.

General Rules No PL/HOS members, or anyone else I am not comfortable selling to for whatever reason. US buyers shipped to US address only (but if outside US, feel free to PM me; maybe we can work something out) First take it in thread or via PM takes the book Payment Personal checks, or USPS money orders. Will ship after my bank says payment has cleared. References provided upon request. Will send invoice via PM to the winner.   Payment is expected to be received within one week of invoice (unless we've made other payment arrangements). Time payments are available with 20% non-refundable deposit . Inquire for more details before taking the book.  Shipping usps registered insured at cost Returns/Refunds  No returns on CGC graded books. The book: Captain Marvel Adventures nn (#1) CGC 0.5 Excellent eye appeal for the grade, with no restoration notes or tape. Tough to find book, with only 34 universal graded copies on the census. Price: Closed

Anything is possible, but since it isn't the first Superman origin story in Supes #1, I don't think it approaches this Batman #1 page which provides the first image of the Joker, on an iconic looking splash page, IMHO.

Or someone who has a complete slabbed copy, but wants to have a slabbed page to go with it that shows what the best page in the book looks like; it would make for a pretty cool display piece for a fraction of the price (although still not cheap, ha ha)

Pages 1 and 5 battle for the top spot for Action #1, whereas for Batman #1, IMO this is clearly the top page (with the Batman origin page #1 a very worthy runner up). It will be interesting to see if this one can beat the last sale price for page #2; as the seller (fellow boardie) notes, The last public sale of this page was for $5,977 in a Comic Connect auction last December (you can see this result on GPAnalysis), and that example had quite a bit of tape on it (the one offered here in this auction is in much nicer shape).

That book is in great shape for having plausibly been purchased by a 12 or 13 year old nearly 80 years ago!