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Yes, you did. Congratulations! Now I have to wait another month for them to send me a check.

I like your optimism. And it would certainly be cool if the winner was somebody from this group.

Interesting. That does make sense, though.

I didn't know about the 9.6 on Heritage. That could definitely have an effect, especially since it's signed and has white page.

Yes, the timing is lousy. The stock market was doing well went I sent it in to Clink about three months ago. Then the crash happened just before the auction started. I'm still hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

Thank you, everyone! This will definitely be exciting for me. Any speculation (good or bad) on the final price is welcome.

I also hope you're wrong.

My 9.6 TMNT #1 is about to go up for auction on Clink: https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2022may%26pg%3D2%23Item_1560433&id=1560433&itemType=0 Before the stock market and crypto crash, I predicted that it would go for about $80,000. Now I don't know, but I'm betting it will go for less than that. I'd be curious to know what you guys think.

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Clearly there's some Planet of the Apes influence there.

Yes, but books can also be valuable and need $1800 in insurance. I think the postal worker just didn't take you seriously. Don't blame yourself. Blame the Post Office. They're much more at fault. I think his concern is that they will open the box to make sure it actually contains printed matter and nothing else. Then they won't repack it properly.

Wow! You asked for $1800 of insurance, and she sent it media mail. If there is a problem with the comics being damaged or not arriving at CGC, you might have a case if you sued the post office.

Since you said that if you sold it, you would put the money into stocks, another thing to consider is that the performance of the S&P 500 since 2002 (the year AF #15 sold for $19,200) has pretty much kept up with AF #15. AF #15 has more than quadrupled, and so has the S&P 500.

Yes, being illogical certainly makes them more memorable.

I have that issue of Unexpected. Isn't that the one where a giant rabbit goes after a little boy just because he eats chocolate bunnies and bites the head off first. The rabbit catches him and bites his head off. As a child, I never understood the logic. I mean, as a human, if I found out that a bunny rabbit liked to eat gingerbread men, I wouldn't feel the need to take revenge.