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Very cool.

#1 #7 #158 #168 #181 Vol. 2 #26 (Stay strong! One of the greatest long runs in comics history!)

(All Modern Fast Track) 04/27/2016 3 Graded 04/28/2016 10 Grading/Quality Control 05/04/2016 9 Shipped/Safe

The lecturing tone and the "buy the book, not the label" added in like I'm some yokel, don't help if that's really the way you feel.

Definitely not trying to win anything! I'll take my ball and go home. I'm saying you won't convince jaydog. I'm cool with people disagreeing with me on the internet. I just wanted to clarify a few things, especially since the topic is Daredevil #1. There's no better place to share some info on the book than here.

Definitely not trying to win anything! I'll take my ball and go home.

No, it's not the all-time high in the grade. But it is well above the recent trend. The recent high is $11,000 and there's been another 9.2 sitting unsold at Metro at $11,000 for a few months. Everything else is lower by a fair bit. GPA 9.2 sales over the past few years (back to that outlier GPA high) look like this 2015 (3) $11,000Hi $8,500Lo 2014 (7) $10,000Hi $7,300Lo 2013 (2) $7,522Hi $6,550Lo 2012 (6) $8,801Hi $6,591Lo 2011 (4) $12,100Hi $5,150Lo Nearly 12,000 is well above the recent trend. Which, I knew, since I follow this book pretty closely. I bid aggressively, but not "win at all costs" aggressively. The 2011 sale was double the low from that year. Crazy result which is probably why it still hasn't been reached since. As for "buy the book not the label..." if it includes ignoring the pedigree status of the book (which it seems like it does), I'll have to respectfully decline your advice. I like pedigree books! I have fun chasing them! It makes the hobby fun for me. If you think it's dumb, duly noted. I've been here a long time, I've heard the same thing about pedigrees from a lot of people And really, for what it's worth, I was "buying the book" here as my goal for my DD collection is 9.4+ Thing is, I know how fresh the Don and Maggie Thompson books are. I own a bunch of them. So... I bid on this book. It's a much nicer looking copy than many 9.4s because of the preservation.

I was the under-bidder. I went to my absolute maximum for that book and someone else wanted it more. I was involved because it's a pedigree copy and wouldn't go near that price for a non-pedigree 9.2, personally. Why? A beautiful book is a beautiful book. I specifically target pedigree copies and, since I'm not along in targeting pedigree books, I realize you have to pay a premium for them. Depending on the dollar value of the book, pedigree copies demand a 20% - 100% premium (cheaper books can generate a higher "pedigree" premium) added: Also, I'm actually in the market for a 9.4, and was only bidding on this (at all) because it's a pedigree. There's plenty of pedigrees that don't get any real "premium" at all. In fact, there's only a handful that really do and that's mostly in the GA arena. -J. My wallet (and GPA) would disagree with you. I've bid on 100s of SA pedigree books and they clearly get a premium over equivalent grade, non-pedigree books.

I was the under-bidder. I went to my absolute maximum for that book and someone else wanted it more. I was involved because it's a pedigree copy and wouldn't go near that price for a non-pedigree 9.2, personally. Why? A beautiful book is a beautiful book. I specifically target pedigree copies and, since I'm not along in targeting pedigree books, I realize you have to pay a premium for them. Depending on the dollar value of the book, pedigree copies demand a 20% - 100% premium (cheaper books can generate a higher "pedigree" premium) added: Also, I'm actually in the market for a 9.4, and was only bidding on this (at all) because it's a pedigree.

I was the under-bidder. I went to my absolute maximum for that book and someone else wanted it more. I was involved because it's a pedigree copy and wouldn't go near that price for a non-pedigree 9.2, personally.

I got another Stormwatch #4 9.8 Coming soon to a funding auction near you

I have a dozen or so. I think they're great books.

here's my version of the three book run

I love runs like this. Having to do the groundwork and put together a graded set of a book (any book) when there aren't many copies is one of the BEST challenges for a collector. You learn so much.

The richness of the colors on that 63 are great.

Thanks, it's a Golden State book. I'm sure I'll post a few more from that collection.

That 74 is bonkers. BONKERS

I love the 48

That 65 is laser straight. Great quality in and above the grade on that book.

I've got all three of those scanned. Time to kick-start this thread.

There have been just a trickle of books out there. I got a couple of the White Mountains at Heritage, but those have been the most interesting DDs on the market recently.

Sweet copy.

killer copy