Damn, Ryan, it takes a lot to satisfy your expectations! I wouldn't normally expect a list of prices prefaced by "okay, but not great" to then have a bunch described as "new GPA high".
I think a #1 8.5 with LT pages for $6350 is huge. It means people will pay up for ANY copy that's in reasonably high grade.
I have a slightly different take on the #11, which is that its price is holding up remarkably well considering all of the new supply of HG copies that have come on the market, particularly given that 9.4 is no longer highest in census.
True enough.
Mind you, I don't consider the GPA highs to be that accurate on these books since they do not include the recent Mound City results or other sales. I think the problem with GPA is that a lot of the HG SA DCs are not sold on eBay so their information is a bit out of touch with the market.
That being said, I am happy that the market is not overly frothy yet for early SA GL issues. Looks like it is setting things up for a nice run next year or early 2011 before the movie comes out. There is still time to build speculative stashes, if you can find the books in high grade!
Hopefully they won't skyrocket too quickly.