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Those are nice if you like low grade copies.... I'll post all of my 9.4's later

The only fiction house I have and it just happens to be a Planet Comics

ok ok....I raise the white flag and officially give up lol

Just picked up this copy...2nd highest graded and it's from the Nova Scotia pedigree with good PQ

My newest pickup....ok it's not a shomburg cover....it's not a war cover......but it is the 2nd highest graded and it's from the Nova Scotia pedigree and it's currently the earliest Thrilling in this thread?

Just in from Heritage.....Rockford copy graded 8.5 VF+ by them

Please don't make us suffer by forcing us to look at nice books a 2nd time

Very impressive group :takeit: :takeit:

Green Giant....I just like the cover a lot more and I have never heard of the book

This one present real well....I have no idea what happened but dang did somebody get hungry and take a bite out of the back

Tec 18

There have been significant adjustments to Timely pricing in the guide in many cases. But the guide typically takes a measured approach to raising prices. I would think more corrections would be on the way Bob uses a moving average -- though the timeframe and weighting are not disclosed. For arguments sake it may look something like: Marvel Mystery #X sells for an average of $80 in 2006, $100 in 2007 and $120 in 2008. The 2009 might show a value of $100. If the trend continued then even when the Guide comes out in April it may further be disconnected from the current market as it may be selling for $130. By the end of the year it may sell for $140 and so by the time the 2010 Guide comes out the new value is $120 which, once again, is low. Just as the weighted value smoothes out the highs and prevents dramatic increases it also smooths out the lows preventing dramatic decreases. This gives the comics market an image of stability since only Overstreet can see that volatility occurring (they are his data and his algorithms). To get a more timely sense of trends you would want to do your own research and take advantage of GPA which provides raw data and some basic tools. The real algorithms behind the price guide are much more complex as Overstreet is providing lots of price estimates based on very limited sets of data. For example, there might have only been a few sales reported of Marvel Mystery #X, one a raw Poor, another a CGC 5.0 and a third raw f/vf. So even determining the values of Marvel Mystery #X in Good, Fine, Very Fine and NM- are themselves extrapolations upon which other extrapolations depend as there will even be particular issues for which no copies are sold. Certainly makes sense and seems like it would work for the average collector who finds a box of comics in the attic. I assume that's a big part of the target audience for Overstreet.....I really prefer to use it to find out what issues I am interested in going after, 1st appearences, books that may be scarce to rare etc. As a toned coin collector there are no price guides so I have adapted my style of buying to getting very in tune with the market itself. GPA sounds like a great idea but I prefer to look at Comic Link, Ebay, Heritage etc. For the truley rare books this may not be as effective but then again....my budget doesn't allow me to go after many 4 figure books let alone Marvel Comics #1

Thanks for all the info....I just bought one from a boardmember that looks pretty nice. I have always love the look of the Marvel mystery but never stepped up to the plate because of the cost. Now that I am single again and I only have to answer to me.....I decided not to wait any longer. I don't want to post the book yet becuase the check is literally in the mail so to be fair to the seller I will wait until the book is on the way to me. This will also be my first timely book....I usually go after Nedors etc

So if the books are popular...which is a given then why aren't the actual prices being factored into the price guides more accurately? Is this just a case of the prices out pacing the price guides on a yearly basis? I have seen that in other areas of the collectibles market and frankly I pay what I feel a book is worth...I have never been a slave to guide values and I have never been afriad to pay multiples of guide to get the right collectible....just wondering why the guides are off in general. Thanks

A question for the Timley fans out there in reference to pricing.... I have noticed that most of the timely's I see for sale are listed for above guide. Is this normal and has this always been the case? There's no doubt about the popularity and demand for the books......just wanted to get a feel for FMV for these books as far as how they compare to established book prices. Thanks

AS 1....I love green lantern but have never seen that cheesy covered issue

Yes I loved the Valiant series

Great Batman's and Tec's.....love them

Simply fantastic books (worship)

Batman.....Iconic book...wins hands down

Amen brother - the only copy I could find with white pages belonged to some guy named Edgar: Well I guess if you don't mind lowering your standards this copy would do

Fantastic looking books (worship)

Interesting stuff.......It wouldn't suprise me a bit if a previously unknown (or unseen) book came onto the market in the next several years. There are always old collections burried in basements and attics so a one shot of some known title could surface....but maybe not a bombshell type book. I am always on the look out at flea markets and antique stores and plenty of folks at work know I collect so I have had lots of books brough in for opinions, but none have been GA or even SA

Saw that one but wasn't sure how much I felt it was worth......cant say wether it finished strong or not but there can't be a lot of them around in that condition or any condition for that matter....just wish it had an original cover on the content and then the outer wrap

I wasn't the submitter...I just purchased it off Ebay from the buyer who picked it up off Heritage. I assume that he cracked the book out of the Holder with the pedigree and resubmitted it raw without mentining the pedigree which is how it got in the new holder with a different cert #. I would prefer to have it back in a crowley noted holder so I will have to send it back in and probably pay for a re-grading or something with all pertinent info.