Dark Knight

I was a high bidder for the Tec 27 for a good minute

Metro/CC was in the Emerald City Con this past week. I'm sure they brought the book with them to display for all to view.

And you can clearly see where the color touch was scraped off

I think that is a good starting range for the book. Might sell for more given all the parts and restoration added. I haven't seen a coverless complete Action 1 sell publicly at auction in a very long time. Since Tec 27 is the closest book that is in the same level price-wise as an Action 1 and a complete coverless Tec 27 sold for around $80k last year, I think double that amount is a fair assessment for the Action 1.

If I were a bidder, I'd treat its value as an incomplete coverless and go from there

That's what a good ole 1st generation label bump does. Potential to get a higher grade if pressed or re-graded and likely better PQ.

I guess that means someone had a steal of a price at auction for that 4.0 copy

I thought the MMC9 sold for a strong price. Not a great looking copy given the heavy back cover tanning. Also a 4.0 sold recently for around $38k this year

Good luck with your auctions! Hope they perform above your expectations

Yeah I definitely remember that range. I mean if you're going by that, then pretty damn decent price! It seems like we're heading towards 2020 values for those frequently seen auctioned books. Maybe slightly higher but not off by that much. Only the rare, seldom seen books I think will perform better.

I think the more accurate way to phrase this is that the prior sales were unrealistic. I mean it's an 8.5 SA book. Yeah that CGC 8.5 FF 1 copy that sold for $350k was an anomaly. Since then, practically all of the 8.5's that sold later have sold for less. It was one of those "first to the market" books in that grade during the pandemic at that time from what I recall.

Same Truckee Meadows copy that sold in CL last night. Almost sold for the exact same value it sold for. I was surprised that it went that high when practically all of the other SA age keys thus far went for much lower than previous. A FF #1 in CGC 8.5 condition roughly sells for $150k and under before the pandemic.

No I totally get it. I’m just not surprised since everything that sold in early 2022 is down right now. Exact same book or not. It almost sold for almost the same price. I thought it would sell for less in the $150k range. Did relatively strong in my opinion.. 8.5's before the pandemic were selling for $150k or less.

That 8.5 that sold on CL is the same 8.5 Truckee Meadows copy that sold last year on Heritage.

Been through something similar times like this before so not worried. I'm still buying books

Are you selling yours? Nope. I could've sold at its high but decided to keep. In hindsight, I probably should have sold then, and upgraded to a nicer copy now but I already sold half of my big books during the height so I figured I might as well just hang on to my copy.

I'm sure it will since spider's have eight legs to use

This was quite a surprise, especially for practically double the value . Sure eye appeal is better in the lower grade, but still.. Not worth double of what it was. Besides, how difficult is it to see past sales in Heritage of these Promise books .

This book is tanking like the Titanic

Shoot for an AF 15 if you can

That book is a grail for the Gen-Z kids. Nothing wrong with that at all

The rusty staples kills it for me

At some point these fake labels and slabs are bound to happen. It's already caused a frenzy in the card world with fake PSA flips, something I've experienced first hand and been duped unfortunately. And like someone else mentioned, in the coin world. Not to mention fake watches such as Rolexes have been around for a long time now, but now the top of the line 1/1 superclones look and feel exactly like the real thing. Only difference is you have to open the case of the watch and check out the movement.

Ohh hummm I'll BRB