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On 3/18/2024 at 11:07 PM, spracknetch23 said:

I'm a bit embarrassed to say, just under $100. Sold it on Ebay in the early 2000s, probably at the lowest point of the TMNT's popularity. I picked it up from Chris Allan himself at a con in '94 (he had quite a bit of covers for sale at that time, wish I'd picked up more). Unfortunately, I haven't seen this one since selling it and have no clue where it's at today. 

That hurt me to read it. 😭

What a great cover though, I'm sure it's somewhere in good hands.

On 3/18/2024 at 10:57 PM, spracknetch23 said:

Wish I could help.. I used to own this one but it's long gone . Good luck! 

Wow! I love that one!

Do you mind letting me know what you let it go for?

Hi guys!

 Would any of you have any TMNT Adventures covers for sale? I'm collecting the run right now and all the covers got me feeling nostalgic reading them as a kid, and I'd love to have a OA cover. Not looking for any one in particular.

Thank you! 🥳🐢🧀

On 7/2/2022 at 3:04 PM, CCComics said:

TMNT Adventures #1 newsstand CGC 9.8.....$700

Take per DM. 🥳

On 2/8/2022 at 11:00 AM, Stronguy said:

Heads up, I just got wind of a new 1st print, 6.0 white pages, coming to market.  As I understand it, this is from the original owner.  If anyone's looking, PM me.

Update:  SOLD

Would you mind sharing what the sale price was?

On 12/10/2021 at 1:33 AM, oakman29 said:

Very pretty, is this your book? Weeks, ur months, oh hell days ago I would have laughed at a quarter of a million for this book. Now not so much. 

Wasn't the last high 9.8 sale $245,000? That was a few months ago at Comic Connect.

On 12/9/2021 at 9:29 PM, Professor K said:

198,888 for the highly defaced 9.8 on Comiclink

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2021nov%26session%3D1%23Item_1529925&id=1529925&itemType=0

The one at comic connect is at $195k with 4 days left. 😎🐢❤

On 12/3/2021 at 9:43 PM, Subby1938 said:

Except the part where Spiderman is the biggest character in comics and always will have staying power the turtle book two years ago in 9.0 was 5K. It went up abnormally as did many others we don’t know what the fallout is going to be just yet . It’s a cool book but I don’t see turtles popularity today as I did when I was kid in 80s and early 90s. That success is long gone . Is rarity dictating price? Not sure . It’s a cool book I just have hard time seeing you compare them to Spiderman who’s is the absolute top of the mountain when it comes to comics and always will be . 

I think it's a pretty fair comparison, considering where they are in their life cycle. Do I think TMNT #1 will get to AF 15 prices? Probably not but it's still the biggest Copper Age book out there, with a small print run and many collectors (like myself) that will never sell their copies. I think the demand will always be there.

On 11/20/2021 at 2:49 PM, TMNT said:

Sold my original 9.8 years ago to Adam thinking it'd be easy to get another...little did I know the census would barely budge on this this book after all these years. So I gave up on looking for one and figured I'd just get a 9.6 or so at some point. No rush since in lower grades was fairly readily available. I still may settle for a 9.6 on this book as I'm still mainly collecting art (the original reason I sold in the first place...) but for now at least a 9.8 is back in the collection.

So happy to finally get another to pair with the original cover art I own as well. 

Congrats! I've been looking for that book too. Where were you lucky enough to score that one?

On 10/14/2021 at 6:50 PM, Icculus308win said:

Those 3 books are so tough to find in 9.8 condition, or acquire 9.8 slabbed. 
Congrats on your book!!🤘

Thank you! I read your registry about your journey in getting your TMNT run and all the people that helped you along the way. Epic!

I love the hunt and it's so much fun meeting people that also enjoy the Turtles and I'm very appreciative of the help along the way to getting this far with my run. Hopefully one day I can finish the run, but like you said those last few issues will be tough. 

On 10/13/2021 at 7:02 PM, Jaydogrules said:

I'm familiar with that one.  

I thought the other guy was saying another 9.8 was coming up for an auction.  

-J.

My bad, I miss read your comment. I think that one is at comic connect too.

Personally, I think these sky rocketing price were unsustainable and are settling back down to more realistic prices. I think the 9.8 will go between $150 - $180k.

Still amazing price gains compared to a few years ago.

On 10/13/2021 at 3:33 PM, Jaydogrules said:

Where/When is the 9.8 going to auction? 

-J.

It was at comic connect a month or so back.

On 10/13/2021 at 6:54 AM, sorrenmj said:

When you do find these last three have you completed the run of 9.8’s?

Yes, I'd have the entire main run, except for the #1 for first print. 

I'm also collecting just the main run and not all the reprints. I have a couple, but I got a good deal on those and not actively buying them.

Also putting it out there if anyone wants to help me get those last 3 issues, shoot me a DM. 😎🙏

On 10/12/2021 at 5:25 PM, sorrenmj said:

Check you out! Way to go. How many 9.8's have you left to go?

I still need #11, #13, and #28. 

I seriously thought the #16 would be the hardest to get. I feel very fortunate.

On 10/6/2021 at 8:03 AM, BeardedBubba said:

Thanks for all the replies.  I reached out to Mycomicshop and I decided to use their service.  

Let us know when it gets posted and the price you decided. Good luck with your sale I'm sure it won't last long.

I have mixed feelings on Last Ronin. I really like it, but it feels rushed and the way some of the characters die feels dumb and lacks gravity to me. Still a fun read though, just wish it was going to be a 12 issue series so they could flesh it out more.

On 9/30/2021 at 11:12 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

I don't have a solution, but an observation/question - is this an airtight case? I ask because we have a fire safe for important documents, etc., and I noticed that if we don't open it for a long time, the documents have a weird "damp" feeling to them, like the safe is retaining humidity inside it...

I believe it is an airtight case. That was one of the reasons I wanted to get input here. I know people say that sometimes keeping the books in a safe causes staple rust. 

Quick question for you guys. What do you store the early oversized issues in? I have the BCW plastic bins for the regular CGC sized books, but I have 6 or 7 oversized early Turtle books and want to keep them safe. I'm attaching a pic of a storage case I was thinking of getting for them. I'd appreciate your guys thoughts and / or insight.

On 9/28/2021 at 10:53 AM, BeardedBubba said:

I am honestly not fishing for offers so please don't PM me asking for a price, etc.  I'm looking for some advice because I am paralyzed by the thought of selling a collectible at this dollar amount.

If you were going to sell your #1 first print, where would you sell it?  I have a CGC 6.5 I'm probably going to sell soon.  I have been looking around and I definitely don't trust eBay with a transaction that large.  Heritage seems like the process will take months.  My main concern is fraud so waiting a few months isn't necessarily a deal breaker.  I also thought about a local sale (meeting at a bank, etc).  But I'm not sure how to get the word out to local buyers.  Has anyone here sold one and how did you do it? 

I would also suggest mycomicshop. They sold several copies recently for great money and were gone within hours.

Or post it in the sales forum and see if a buyer comes who's trust worthy on the boards with good rep. That's how I recently bought my copy from Jeranimal. If I hadn't bought his I'd probably be messaging you right now. LOL.

Good luck with the sale.

What are your guys thoughts on this? Almost 40k higher than the previous 9.8 sale. 👀

Great sig placement, but bad wrap. $144,000 is a pretty wild price for this. 

On 9/17/2021 at 12:46 AM, lou_fine said:

A question for all of the Turtles aficionados here................would YOU really be willing to pay a million dollars for a copy of TMNT 1?  

If I was rich and I wanted it, then yes I would. 😎

If you guys add Primer 2 to the list I vote we change the thread name to the Black PACT. 😎