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I can change the layout to put more space between the value and the next title, to make it more scannable. I have had several people point out the missing FF 9.6 in both the article and the lists. I keep forgetting to add it in. I'll add a to-do list item today. Add second FF 9.6 · Issue #125 · roblarsen/-100k-club

I would be shocked, but anything is possible. Superman #1 is a crazy book. There's the Dentist's copy (locked away forever), the Church copy (buried for decades), the 7.5/8.0 (which has been buried for 15 years- does anyone know where this book is?) and then two 7.0s. I don't have anything else. (I also just discovered a messed up bit of data which I have to fix ) With that in mind, if you're looking to put together a top level collection, this is your book. Which means it could go crazy. There's nothing better available That said, this is the level I thought it would hit, so I could also see it sitting around this level until the hammer drops.

Superman #7 CGC 2.0 1st appearance of Perry White Superman #15 CGC 3.0 Fred Ray Cover Superman #32 CGC 3.5 Classic "It Tickles!" cover Superman #12 CGC 3.5 Restored (C-2) Patriotic WW2 Cover Superman #28 CGC 3.5 Hercules and Atlas | eBay Superman #41 CGC 4.0

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I meant two million dollar sales in one auction

They're the best. Really, they're just great. As good as comics get.

EC war books all day, every day.

And, to be fair to the good people at ComicConnect, they will also have two million dollar books in their current auction, so Heritage is just playing catch-up.

Two!

I don't see $3,000,000 in any universe but I do see $2,000,000, easily. A 5.5 sold for nearly $1,000,000 five years ago and the floodgates have opened since. At that point there was pressure holding back books from hitting $1,000,000 again. Now we're going to see a $1,000,000 book every month. There will be two in this Heritage auction. Two!

This item is currently being reviewed by our catalogers and | LotID #38001 | Heritage Auctions Graded on 10/21/2021

Easily over $2,000,000. Easy. But... wait for it... new thread coming soon....

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Wonder Woman #4 CGC 2.5 Restored (C-1) DC Comics Golden Age Wonder Woman #8 CGC 2.5 DC Comics Golden Age Wonder Woman #10 CGC 2.0 DC Comics Golden Age Plus! Impact #1 CGC 5.0 Classic Bernie Krigstein EC Dynamic Comics #24 CGC 8.5 Edgar Church (Mile High) Pedigree Superman and the Authority #1 CGC 9.8 Grant Morrison Hitch Variant

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All New Comics #10 CGC 5.0 Alex Schomburg Cover Joe Kubert Art | eBay All New Comics #11 CGC 3.0 Restored (C-1) Alex Schomburg Jerry Robinson | eBay All New Comics #7 CGC 1.8 Alex Schomburg Cover Joe Kubert Art Bondage Cover | eBay

CCS will screen individual books. Screening (Not available for Modern tier) (Not available for Modern Tier.) CCS evaluates collectible for Pressing candidacy; if suitable, collectible proceeds to Pressing. Unlimited 1% of Fair Market Value ($15 min) Tier + 30 days

If you play out the experiment and apply your results to another real book you might end up with the most valuable CGC Graded book- The Detective Comics 27 CGC 9.2 (which is potentially the Mastro copy in a new holder) . I reckon that would be an increase of about 2-2.5x

I woudn't happen now, since pressing is part of the process, but the Mastronet copy of Detective #27 is the exact book to play the thought experiment out with. I've looked at that book in the catalog and blown up scans and it appears nicer than the stated grade and the grader's notes indicate non-breaking "finger bends" from handling the book which are pressable as all get-out. Is a 15-20% premium possible in that case? My gut says, yeah, but... that's a lot money gamble on the chance of doubling or tripling your money. And even then you'd have to have two people looking beyond the book living in their safe to push it up that much.

Interesting thought experiment. I think the better looking book would sell for more regardless of history. If they were somehow exact twins, and one of the big fish involved in the bidding had an aversion to pressing then obviously the pressed book would sell for less because that hypothetical buyer would bow out. I don't think the results we see indicate mass flight away from pressed books, though. Even at the highest level. Two of the $3,000,0000 sales were known upgraded books, including the current record holder which exceeded the expectations of many folks here (the surprise was strongly on the up side.) Several other $1,000,000 sales were known upgrades. Everyone knows that every big book at every auction house is examined for possible upgrade. The people who left the hobby or stopped buying high grade books because of pressing have been replaced by people who accept pressing as part of the hobby. I still see blowback from people in comments or whatever (someone was annoyed that I sad the Batman #1 was freshly graded when it was also upgraded) but it's nothing like it was when pressing bubbled up to the surface.

They definitely didn't want it known, back in the day. Now it's not as much of an issue

This is my feeling. It doesn't help the hype to crowd the census with dupes at any level, not just mega high grade books. The only time it made any sense was when there was a lot of negative heat associated with pressing (back when every thread in comics general was a 5 star flame war about it) and you'd want to hide the fact that a book was pressed to avoid blowback. Now, people just assume that they're pressed! Hiding an upgrade by crowding the census is silly. I'm sure people do it, but it's not helping them in any way.

Same. I've never heard a whisper of a rumor of other copies. If they're out there, they've been buried forever. Anything is possible but I don't think there's a flood of them waiting to be released.

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