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After careful consideration, I've revised my thinking on this. It would surely be known to all the longtime collectors who hold raw copies of DC 27 and A 1 what these books are now selling for. I just can't imagine that as many as 100 copies of each are still out there in old/obscure/off-radar collections, given that the cheapest complete copies will go for over 200k now. I'm thinking the number of existing copies might be less than 200 as to each book.

Blue, purple, raw, slabbed? I'd guess maybe 200 Tecs, 300 Actions? It does appear that there are more Actions than Tecs, anyway. How long before all of the existing copies are accounted for, or most every copy anyway? It will happen eventually.

Didn't a 7.0 AS #3 go for 79k in one of the CC auctions this past year? I think that's correct, if I recall? That's over 11k a point.

Detective 27, Action 1 and now Batman 1 and Superman 1 are far beyond the reach of most GA DC collectors. I think AS 3, 8, Flash 1, Sensation 1, WW 1, GL 1, Adv 40, MF 52, 73 etc. will continue to look attractive to those who want to own big keys but can't afford the VERY biggest ones.

Based on recent transactions, starting with the C-Link auction that just finished. What caused #3 to blow up in the last year or so? #8 has been scorching for a good while, I get that.

Batman #1 CGC 2.0 (universal) Moderate tape on cover and 2 center wraps.

 

ended at $79,900. Comic Connect auction.

 

http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=686138

 

 

Holy hammer price Batman!?! Wow what a sale!!! My personal copy is looking even better

 

strong price to be sure, sure makes it hard for a fella to upgrade. the mega GA keys are rapidly getting out of most collectors reach.

 

Sure is.. I think lower graded copies of major keys will mostly benefit in an upward surge faster than higher graded ones because less people have the funds to pay for higher graded copies. I think this is the effect we are seeing and will continue to see.

 

completely agree.

 

+1

 

Don't forget to put restored books in there too. Moderate and slight have been going up as well.

 

+1 but if these books (low and restored) continue rise, it's going to pull higher grades price up even higher.

 

It would need to, but not at the same rate as lower graded copies... Lower grades have certainly seen a much rapid rise in value. Soon coverless or missing paged copies will be the new entry level grade for collectors who cannot afford to pay mid to high 5 figures for a 1.0+ copy. I've always considered complete low graded copies as entry level.

 

These lower grade GA keys are not mid to 5 figures now...more like mid to six figures. For the two big GA keys that represents well, unrestored, and at least cream/off whites pages...Action 1 1.0 250K, Detective 27 1.0 200K. Seems where it's heading now for entry level for the big two.

A blue 1.0 Tec 27 or Action 1 would break 250k right now IMO.

You have a very wrong "feeling", 10%. Tec 27-37 will never be less expensive than they are now. Ten years from now the complete restored copies of 27 may be worth $1 million, I predict.

 

hands down Theres no way a beater with makeup will crack a milly. thats beyond insane imho - even in 10 years

 

If the 9.6 restored is getting offers over 300k right now than its a mil in 10 years.

Um...no

We shall see. Ten years ago did anyone think any restored copies would be worth $300k?

You have a very wrong "feeling", 10%. Tec 27-37 will never be less expensive than they are now. Ten years from now the complete restored copies of 27 may be worth $1 million, I predict.

There's an ad in TN 22 for Archie "appearing in the December issue of Pep Comics" with an illustration of Archie, similar to how the character looked in Pep 22. Is this Archie's first published appearance? No mention of the ad in Overstreet.

Seeing the Robert Bell thread reminded me of some other old school comic shops/dealers. Passaic's was the first comic catalog I ever ordered, their catalog #12, in 1974. I got several more of their catalogs in the 70s, and bought a bunch of books from them.