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Even back then, the $20,000,000 figure was blown out of the water (in my mind) Mile High/Edgar Church Copy of Action #1 Estimated Value: $10,000,000 Allentown Copy of Detective Comics #27 Estimated Value: $9,000,000 Best Existing Superman #1 Estimated Value: $6,000,000 Batman #1 Church Copy Estimated Value: $3,000,000 I can't even. This was 6 months ago!

Seriously!

BTW, I redid my estimates for the top 20 or so books in the hobby after the Amazing Fantasy 15 sale and looking at it now everything has double or tripled in the past 6 months. I can't keep up.

If that's the case, most of the record sales are invalid. Only the bold sales are actual auction results. Also, if you're calling "fraud" on this at least have the decency (guts/awareness/whatever) to acknowledge that you're accusing SOMEONE POSTING IN THIS THREAD of being part of the fraud. It's not a good look. This isn't some weird illuminati stuff, far removed from us having a conversation here. Nothing happens in the hobby that's more than one or two degrees of separation from someone you're potentially talking to on the boards. Action Comics #1 by an unknown seller for $250.00 ($2,054.06) sometime in 1965 Marvel Comics #1 sold by Howard Rogolfsky for $330.00 ($2,454.24) sometime in 1968 Action #1 sold by Gene Henderson for $1,000.00 ($5,829.08) to Bruce Hamilton in April of 1973 Action #1 sold by Bruce Hamilton for $1,500.00 ($8,743.61) to Theo Hostein in April of 1973 Action #1 sold by Theo Hostein for $1,801.00 ($10,498.17) to Mitch Mehdy in May of 1973 Whiz #2 (Reilly Copy) sold by Comics & Comix for $2,000.00 ($10,499.43) to Burl Rowe in January of 1974 Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 by an unknown seller for $6,300.00 ($28,655.70) sometime in 1976 Marvel Comics #1 sold by Robert Crestohl? for $7,500.00 ($32,031.06) sometime in 1977 Marvel Comics #1 by an unknown seller for $13,000.00 ($46,343.57) to John Snyder sometime in 1979 Marvel Comics #1 sold by John Snyder for $17,500.00 ($62,385.57) to Steve Geppi in October of 1979 Action Comics #1 (Church Copy) sold by John Snyder for $25,000.00 ($62,274.06) to Dave Anderson sometime in 1984 Detective Comics #27 (Allentown) sold by Metropolis for $80,000.00 ($158,415.30) to Dave Anderson sometime in 1990 Action Comics #1 sold by Sotheby's for $82,500.00 ($152,187.51) to Metropolis (for actor Nic Cage) in September of 1992 Detective Comics #27 ('other high grade' copy) by an unknown seller for $101,000.00 ($180,899.04) sometime in 1993 Detective Comics #27 (Church) sold by Dave Anderson? for $125,000.00 ($218,295.38) sometime in 1994 Action Comics #1 (current CGC 8.5 copy) sold by PCE for $137,500.00 ($233,507.30) to Daniel Kramer sometime in 1995 Captain America Comics #1 (Allentown) by an unknown seller for $260,000.00 ($379,959.68) to John Verzyl sometime in 2001 Marvel Comics #1 (Pay Copy) sold by Steve Geppi for $350,000.00 ($492,303.53) to JP the Mint in January of 2003 Flash Comics #1 (Church copy) by an unknown seller for $350,000.00 ($479,533.35) to JP the Mint sometime in 2004 Action Comics #1 (Kansas City) sold by ComicConnect for $1,000,000.00 ($1,186,901.53) in February of 2010 Detective Comics #27 sold by Heritage for $1,075,000.00 ($1,275,919.14) in February of 2010 Action Comics #1 sold by ComicConnect for $1,500,000.00 ($1,780,352.29) in March of 2010 Action Comics #1 (Cage Copy) sold by ComicConnect for $2,161,000.00 ($2,486,409.96) to Ayman Hariri in November of 2011 Action Comics #1 sold by Pristine Comics on eBay for $3,207,852.00 ($3,506,975.64) to Metropolis (for Ayman Hariri) in August of 2014 Action Comics #1 sold by ComicConnect for $3,250,000.00 ($3,250,000.00) in April of 2021 Amazing Fantasy #15 sold by Heritage for $3,600,000.00 ($3,600,000.00) in September of 2021

I hope at least one person here knows who both sides of the transaction are

c'mon, no one could EVER manipulate a public auction

There has always been leniency for color touch on GA books. It's not a new policy.

The most valuable book I've seen in person.

Which is super corny.

FYI The image on the CGC site is NOT real. There really is a CGC 9.2 (I've spent the last 8 years speculating on it), but that's a doctored image using the Mastronet (IIRC) copy and a fake holder/fake serial number.

I've been silly busy, but not too busy to list books. Infinity War 1 6/92 Marvel Comics cgc 9.6 INFINITY WAR #4 CGC 9.6 Marvel Comics 9/92 avengers Infinity War 3 8/92 Marvel Comics cgc 9.4 Astro City 6 1/14 D.C./Vertigo Comics CGC 9.6 Astro City 4 11/13 D.C./Vertigo Comics CGC 9.6 Superman and the Authority 1 9/21 D.C. Comics Bartel Variant Cover cgc 9.8 Astro City 8 3/14 D.C./Vertigo Comics CGC 9.6 Astro City 10 5/14 D.C./Vertigo Comics CGC 9.6 Blade Runner 2019 6 3/20 Titan Comics CGC 9.6 Blade Runner 2019 2 9/19 Titan Comics Variant Cover D CGC 9.6 New Teen Titans v2 #6 CGC 9.6 New Teen Titans v2 #1 CGC 9.4 Blade Runner 2019 Free Comic Book Day #nn Titan Comics FCBD 2020 CGC 9.8 New Teen Titans v2 #10 CGC 9.6 Blade Runner 2019 5 12/19 Titan Comics Sketch Cover 9.6 Paul Pope New Teen Titans v2 #18 CGC 8.0 New Teen Titans v2 #20 CGC 9.4 New Teen Titans v2 #7 CGC 9.2 New Teen Titans v2 #12 CGC 9.4 New Teen Titans v2 #11 CGC 9.4 Astro City 3 10/13 D.C./Vertigo Comics CGC 9.8 Blade Runner 2019 8 8/20 Titan Comics CGC 9.4

Man O'Mars #1 CGC 5.0 (C-1) Restored Fiction House We3 #1 CGC 9.8 GRANT MORRISON Frank Quitely Art We3 #1 CGC 9.8 GRANT MORRISON Signature Series Frank Quitely Art We3 #2 CGC 9.8 GRANT MORRISON Frank Quitely Art Transmetropolitan 1 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis 1st appearance of Spider Jerusalem. We3 #3 CGC 10 MINT GRANT MORRISON Frank Quitely Art Transmetropolitan 23 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Velvet #1 CGC 9.6 Ed Brubaker Wild Storm #1 CGC 9.8 Retailer Incentive Edition RRP Jim Lee Sketch Variant Transmetropolitan 10 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 2 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Signature Series Transmetropolitan 18 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Wild Storm #1 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis Tula Lotay Variant Cover Wild Storm #1 CGC 9.8 Jim Lee Variant cover Warren Ellis Wild Storm #1 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis Transmetropolitan 8 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Wild Storm #3 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis Jim Lee Variant Cover Transmetropolitan 14 CGC 9.4 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Wild Storm #1 CBCS 9.8 Jim Lee ECCC 2017 Exclusive Variant Variant Transmetropolitan 4 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Frank Quitely Transmetropolitan 16 CGC 9.4 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 5 CGC 9.4 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Frank Quitely Wild Storm #2 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis Wild Storm #3 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis Jamie McKelvie Variant Cover Wild Storm #2 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis Afua Richardson Variant cover Transmetropolitan 40 CGC 9.4 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 39 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 11 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 3 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 20 CGC 9.8 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 25 CGC 9.2 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 7 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Transmetropolitan 6 CGC 9.6 Warren Ellis DARICK ROBERTSON Frank Quitely

Some of these books are closing tonight.

This is a surprisingly spicy thread!

Personally, I'm selling the hell out of stuff right now. I've got auction houses on speed dial.

Valuations right now are

I do wonder if they shopped it around. They've had a lot of success with eye-popping private sales. We're in this new era where even they might know every player in advance though, so who knows. I've been disappointed by this book so many times I would LOVE to see it do well. I'm one of those people who was soured on Marvel #1 in general 15 years ago because of all the poor results, so it would be nice to see it come full circle and really blow the doors off.

It was the hot potato copy for a while, which was a shame. It sullied this book and helped kill Marvel #1 for years.

halfway home (ish)

The last lots. 62 Books this week. Astro City v2 #1 CGC 9.4 Variant Cover S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 2015 CGC 9.8 Clark Gregg & Ming-Na Wen photo cover. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #4 CGC 9.6 Howard Chaykin Mike Mignola Al Williamson Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #3 CGC 9.8 Howard Chaykin Mike Mignola Al Williamson Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2 CGC 9.8 Howard Chaykin Mike Mignola Al Williamson Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #1 CGC 9.8 Howard Chaykin Mike Mignola Al Williamson Injection #1 Warren Ellis CGC 9.8 Variant Cover Fade Out #1 CGC 9.8 Ed Brubaker story Sean Phillips cover & art INVADERS ANNUAL 1 CGC 9.6 Schomburg Cover Lando #1 CGC 9.6 SIGNED BY CHARLES SOULE & ALEX MALEEV Signature series Fables #94 CGC 9.8 Fables #92 CGC 9.6 Fables #91 CGC 9.6 Fables #82 CGC 9.8 Fables #81 CGC 9.6 Fables #80 CGC 9.8 Fables #77 CGC 9.6 Fables #50 CGC 9.8 Fables #104 CGC 9.8 Fables #100 CGC 9.8

Concentrated orange juice futures contracts.

She's a big Captain America fan.