swapto

good questions

I can only begin to imagine what it must feel like to own a copy of Detective Comics #27. It's a book so legendary, so important to our hobby, that I would be thrilled beyond belief to own just a single non-Batman page. Yours is not only complete, but has its cover, and is about as sharp as any collector could ever hope for. This to me is an example of restoration gone very VERY well. It also presents so well within the CGC slab; you must be one proud owner. I don't want to sound overly cheesy, but could you describe for those of us who have yet to (and might never) own a Tec #27, what the feeling must be like to finally have the privilege to own a book of that magnitude? Sorry, but cheesy is what you'll get -- how about owning a book you want to just look at and hold anytime you are within 100 yards of where it lies ?? How about picking it up in the holder so gently as if you were picking up the actual book, not wanting to damage it, what about wanting to sleep with it under your pillow every damn night an.................OK, sorry, too much information.

rick has helped me too over the years sell and purchase many books. god bless him.

My 28-37 run. Not the greatest picture, but the only one I have before being tucked away. This is the type of thing that makes me miss the days when this thread was more active. What a fantastic group-shot. (thumbs u Any stories behind the "why" and "how" you landed all of those? All these books have either been owned by George(1KOKO) or Rick(G.A tor). The first book I bought was the TEC 33. George had it in the forum sales, I debated, pondered and pulled the trigger. It was nearly not meant to be, I had just purchased a Mac and had the Caps on. When I emailed George I presented an offer earlier and was asking if we had a deal, the second pm was all in CAPS.... it really came across as I was yelling or demanding, George responded as expected. I looked back and sent an email explaining it was not my intention, and if he took it that way I apologized. George being the nice guy he is, brushed it off and we came to a deal. I was lucky to close a real estate deal during the year and as well receive commisions from my job. As I already contribute to my RRSP savings and watched the market collapse, I decided to take stab at the run. As mentioned all these books came from Rick and George, and they are awesome to work with. The allow time payments and are willing to work with you. With our Canadian dollar close to par with the US$ and with these books being offered to me, I couldn't say no. Having an awesome wife always helps as well. The only book that gave me stress in acquiring was the 28. It's an incredibly hard book to acquire unrestored. I know of a beautiful 5.5, but it was out of my price range at the time. A 3.5 came to auction on comic connect, I thought I had this book won, and was ready to celebrate when a snipe bid came in and extended the auction. 20 minutes later and several bid increments more the book was finally mine. I asked both Rick and George what they thought the going price would be,,,,,, both were dead on. If I find out they were the underbidder... well let's not go there Lastly, we have the grail of grails imo. TEC 27. Rick had one in SDCC 2009 and if not for a medical mishap, I'm convinced I had a good shot at landing it, probably would only have the 27 and 33 but I'm happy with this run. I just need to add a mid to high grade restored book at a reasonable price if that exists. And to conclude this is what makes collecting comics so great from Archies, to tranformers to GA... the thrill of the hunt and the overwhelming feeling of triumph when the run or series is complete. well said sir. both george and rick are GA gentlemen

My 28-37 run. Not the greatest picture, but the only one I have before being tucked away. wow. great shot!

great pre-hero pic!!!

price lowered http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4234137#Post4234137

very cool!

seriously the best 2.0 i have ever seen! looks more like a FN... and Off White to boot! great Pickup!

this island bradman dc 1988 is the rarest 1980s comic - maybe 4 known copies...

and then 1 - 26

new adventure comics 15, 17, 28 and 30 http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4178999#Post4178999

thank you!!

steve is on a roll

thanks thats mine if anyone is interested let me know

p.s. to the mods. this thread, "Golden Age marketplace links" shoud be a "sticky topic"

New Adventure Comics #26 and #27 for sale!!! http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4153295#Post4153295

Wonder Woman #6 http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4150005#Post4150005

sadist

Hi Swapto, I'd say around 23,000 give or take. Not many compared to some but they are nearly all pre 1980. that is still most impressive (thumbs u indeed

great story how many books would you say are n your collectio in total?

well said sir

"extremely rare" and just "rare" are also relative to the collector. how many copies of buzzy70 do you know of? and how many does it take to fall out of the "extremely rare" category? if anything those "Gotta have any dratted book that is considered to be impossible to get" collectors eventually drive out more copies into the marketplace and in turn everyone gets a better idea of how rare they issue actually is and even drive down the price. a good thing for the hobby IMO.