Aman619

theres a very recent March 1 2022 9.2 sale on GPA for 305K

But this is only because now there IS a number in the corner! Ipso facto

Hope it’s not a Danny Dupcak file copy stamp.

as I posted earlier, they could use almost any issues for this "historic" project. they were all created practically equally.. Just pick a high grade raw copy for the covers, and any run of the mill solid OW/W paged interior with no stains, tears, loogies or lunch debris -- and retouch them to match. voila. they could buy a run in F or less and tear them apart to scan as spreads and save on scanner time and expense..

I don’t even know why they need perfect copies either especially for the interiors. Easy to clean up everything in the scans for color except for poor registration

what ever happened to Jerry Jacobs?

I wouldn't let them handle and scan any of my comics without a guarantee that afterwards the condition remained the same, and they pay for any loss in value. And they'd have to crack out graded copies too so we have a baseline grade. And pay a fee for the use of my comics to scan. Makes no sense to allow them to do it on a "nice guy" basis -- or for "posterity -- when its a "for profit" endeavor for Taschen. Your collection is at risk. They're big boys, they should pay. of course I realize, (even though I dont have high grade runs for them to scan) - that they can easily find some rubes who will let them have their way with them for hits and giggles with the big boys and a credit in a book.

I’m sorry. I don’t collect rocks and what’s Disney + ? Plus what?

That’s a great data point about the sales flow and the actual dates to use as markers. To those of us who lived through it, we experience the switchover, but it happened in real time and we were all localized without an insiders actual data. Though I’m sure the data was available in the trade pubs etc.

Let’s just agree to disagree… and that sound you hear faintly is all the forces at work sighing that people out there make such arguments, and refuse to believe it , making their lives easier. And lining their pockets.

As for the common complaint that the auction houses will "bid you up to your max bid", Ive bought a lot and never seen this happen to me. What does happen is that no auction house or consignor wants to let a book sell for an outrageously low price just cause no one showed up to bid. In some cases the consignor bids or gets someone else to for him. A friend, etc. And auction houses where legal can opt to buy an item that is selling for way too low. My overall take on this is that a bidder who expects to "steal" a book while no one is looking isn't really a good approach to buying at auctions, There are other forces at work in the marketplace. Just as you as the consignor wouldn't want a 1000 book to sell for 300, dont expect anyone else to either.e

true, but with a fixed ending time, the greater danger to being caught in an extended one-upmanship battle against another bidder is to place a large enough last second bid in order to survive any reasonable last second bid from someone else. What often happens is you pick too high a number so you have a better chance of outlasting the other guy, and win. But the the other bidder can also play the same game of chicken and pick a number just under yours by using the same logic, then you end up not only winning it, but winning it paying way more than you wanted to. like say the high bid is 250 and you really want it somewhere between 400 and 700. If its "worth" 700 you think if you bid 700, someone else will too, or 720 and win. So you snipe with 900 or 1000. (and if its a really interesting book you might just say the hell with it and go with 2200! In these cases you may get matched up against a bidder at 950, or even 2100! ooops In an extended bidding war, yeah its sucks when all your bids are met with a raise! But you can bail any time it gets too high and can never pay a surprisingly high amount. Both systems have their up sides and downsides.

I find the new interest in newsstand copies just another indication of where ew collector's heads are at. If they are collecting modern books, its a given to need to buy 9.8s. So presented with a scarcer subset of 9.8s, its natural for a collector to seek out the scarcer versions. To me this is similar to us decades ago seeking out the scarcer high grade copies...Fines and VGs, or just any copy was easy. So seems they are doing it for the same basic reasoning: scarcer may ensure higher values. and you point out a forgotten aspect of direct sales being nn returnable and caused store owners to buy conservatively. Then again, in the heyday, Im not sure they didn't really see the advantage the other way, that owning them outright at 50% off would be a gold mine in the long run! Only later did they worry about cash flow and over PRE-ordering too many copies of future "hot" books after struggling to sell them and facing reduced demand for last months hot books! etc etc. before the true glut arrived in the 90s.

It’s the STORY that counts. 9.4 is just a 9.4… but look to the STORY, Larry!

To me a spot of glue is not ideal, but on a key book, it’s fine. If it’s not enough to get purple it’s because all in all it’s minor and has been reflected in the grade. I’ve made exceptions for the notation…

they probably cant fix the website until they pay the guy for the revamp a few years ago! We have no idea who created the new website, but Im thinking it was Stan Lee!

you got a great price! period or no period! Funny how a book waxes and wanes in the hobby... Bat 1 used to be like a "common" minor big key. But its gotten a lot more excitement these past years! Cap 1 suffers from a similar ailment... the 7.0 has been sitting on 170K for a long time. But should get a few more bids Id think.

yah wow! so whats my cut? I'll be good with just a laurel and hearty handshake! Or just a tip o the hat! (assuming I was the first to point it out that is...)

Stan dressed as a woman!!

guess I should have said "reverse" period envy!

everyone here used to get so excited by the no period copies! Gave me period envy cause mine has one.

and its a NO PERIOD copy! cool

yeah its a stretch for Stan to literally call or reach out to Steve, and I added that guess in my post because if Stan was giving it away to appear magnanimous (not greedy) he might have considered that it was actually half Steve's by rights (had it made it onto Marvel's artwork giveback lists) and just checked if Ditko changed his mind? Is there a Freedom of Information method to find out someday?

most high end OA collectors have held great pieces for decades though right? The key to me is the motivation to GIVE it away? and anonymously, as if the giver did not want to be associated with it. Is it plausible, from your OA collecting background, for anyone who lucked into it, to give it away? Like lucking into Action 1. You'd need a strong personal reason to give it away given ins importance and value. Like if it was stolen goods.

and if none of the top OA dealers ever got a whiff of where the art was all these years (no bragging collectors over the years) to me that means it was off the market early on by someone at Marvel. Maybe as far back as the first time it was reprinted.