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It's been a very long time since my original posting, but CGC graded it 8.0

The pressing eliminated the indents from the inside cover signatures.

5 hours ago, Eclipse9965 said:

You can always turn down an offer that is too low, but you can't get it back if you sell it for too cheap!

All too true.  I sold an Albedo #2 for less than $400 once     Life needs an Undo button.

But definitely go on the high side for your asking price.  Usagi Yojimbo is super hot right now and 9.8s are a scarce commoddity.

Happy to help, and best of luck with the sale!

It's tough to gauge an exact price on a 9.8.  The going rate for a 9.6 seems to be a little over $500.

My rule of thumb for a 9.8 on a book like that is to double the price of a 9.6.  That would put it around $1100.  However... a 9.8 sold on Ebay in late May for $1999.00

With only 25 9.8s out there, I'd stay on the high side and try asking $1999.00  If nobody bites, you can always let potential buyers make you an offer.

26 minutes ago, Kalel38 said:

It doesn't get rarer then this cover art proof that was done before Albedo 2 was printed. The original mock up cover art. I’d be willing to sell...

That's awesome.  I had to sell my Albedo 2 but I at least still have my cover art proof.

Here's some info I found years ago about the proofs:
 

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The Real Story About the Cover of Albedo #2
Have you ever wondered if the cover to Albedo #2 could have looked a little better?  Well, wonder no more... it could have!

According to Stan, Steve Gallacci's original intention was to hand-silkscreen the covers as a seven-color print-- a monumental task when you consider that each color requires a separate screen and a separate pass (by hand) with a printing squeegee (And printing on paper is a lot more troublesome than printing on cloth, such as t-shirt material, which absorbs the ink and speeds up drying time).

It's not certain how many Steve actually printed before coming to his senses, but he gave Stan several copies of them. These "serigraph" covers were never used as such, but Stan say's they're pretty neat!

Post by Stan Sakai » Wed Nov 17, 2004
  Not much more is known about them than what is posted on the link. Steve Gallacci was working at or had access to a t-shirt printer at that time. Actually, I think he hand screened it. He was doing a few t-shirts about that time and selling them at science fiction conventions in the Pacific Northwest. He had the great idea (or a brain hemorrhage) to silk screen the covers to Albedo #2. Each color and tone would require a separate screen, and each screen would have to be registered so the colors would not overlap or create white spaces, and the printing would be done by hand without the paper moving.  It was to have been at least a 7 color print ( I actually think he told me it was 11 colors, counting the back).
His ambition was to print all 2500 copies this way. He did about a dozen or so, realized the enormity of this task, and gave up. He gave me a few of those covers, not all the colors were printed on them though. They're somewhere in the quagmire of my studio or garage.
He used a very heavy plastic-based ink, on very thick card-stock paper. If I remember them correctly, they were really quite nice... suitable for framing.

 

I vaguely remember reading that some of the few existing ones were destroyed by a water leak in someone's basement.  Stan's possibly?  Or Gallacci?  I'm not sure and I can't find any sign of where I read it.

On 2/7/2021 at 8:12 PM, lou_fine said:

Does this mean that your Cerebus 1 is still a keeper and that you are planning to hang onto it for now?  

Oh I only wish I'd been smart enough to buy a Cerebus #1 back in the day. 

Selling my Albedo #2 CGC 9.4

•     White Pages
•     Just back from CGC in a brand new holder (the old holder had a small but ugly defect).
•     This book has never been pressed.

https://comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsection_mult.asp%3F_SORT%3DYES%26id%3D1052%2C1384%2C4710%2C6572%2C1485%26f1%3DListDate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di.IssueNumber%2C%2Bi.VolumeNumber%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Di.Condition%26ODire3%3DASC&id=1455371

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Sorry, no trades.  Sale must be done through Comic Link.
Please feel free to make an offer there.  Thanks for looking!

The time has come to sell my comic collection and I've just put up 2/3 of the Black CAT Club books for sale on Comic Link for anyone interested.

TMNT #1 First Printing CGC 8.0

• Signed on the inside front cover by both Eastman and Laird.
• Off-White to White pages.

https://comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsection_mult.asp%3F_SORT%3DYES%26id%3D1052%2C1384%2C4710%2C6572%2C1485%26f1%3DListDate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di.IssueNumber%2C%2Bi.VolumeNumber%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Di.Condition%26ODire3%3DASC&id=1455156

Albedo #2 CGC 9.4

• White Pages
• In a brand new CGC holder (the old holder had a tiny but ugly defect).
• This book has never been pressed.

https://comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsection_mult.asp%3F_SORT%3DYES%26id%3D1052%2C1384%2C4710%2C6572%2C1485%26f1%3DListDate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di.IssueNumber%2C%2Bi.VolumeNumber%26ODire2%3DASC%26f3%3Di.Condition%26ODire3%3DASC&id=1455371

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Sorry, no trades but please feel free to make an offer on either book there.
Any sales must be done through Comic Link.
Thanks for looking!

5.0 as it sits.  5.5 if you get it pressed.

Not much value it seems though.  One in much better shape just sold on Ebay for $4 with only one bid.

A couple others in VF-NM condition sold for a little more.  But not much.

I don't know about the grade, but I'd love to see Before & After photos of that book after pressing.

I tried to get a shot of the cover where you could see the indents from the signature, but couldn't get it to show up in a photo no matter the lighting or angle.

Thank you for the grades.  I'll try to remember to post the actual grade when it goes to CGC.

Impact crunch top left front cover through to the top right back cover.

Color breaking mark top right front cover.

Color breaking spine stress marks.

Peter Laird autograph in pen inside FC indents into the front cover.

*** High resolution images:  https://postimg.cc/gallery/W3nb72g

Getting things back to Albedo, I thought I'd post this image of an auction result I just found while poking around on the web.

Auction from 2014 for a group of Albedo books, including the super rare #0 first printing with the yellow drafting table (only 50 copies).

Not to mention a bunch of early Usagi Yojimbo appearances.  Some lucky person got this lot for only $40.