Who owns the finest private GA collection?

[tth2]

I would think Anderson and Verzyl would be the top two, but are you talking quantity, value, or grade?

 

Ian Levine might win in the quantity department with over 35,000 DC comics.

 

But how many of those are GA?

 

Good point. Maybe 30%.

 

I've seen Ian's collection, and it is impressive, but for grade... it lacks. He very much was concerned with gap filling with available copies at the time he was looking, and choosing the least price sensitive.

Which made sense when you know your chasing that many books...as he didn't have unlimited funds to throw at his collecting goal.

Then I would think Christine Farrell probably has a better collection, since she also has all the DCs (except for giveaways and promotions that only Ian really cares about), but I've heard she cares much more about grade than Ian does.

[HouseofComics.Com]

If breadth is the major factor maybe we could give it posthumously to Davis Crippen? Edgar Church had been out of the running for 30 years but until recently Davis still owned a stunning collection.

 

But maybe not worth as much as some of the other guys' mentioned.

[MrBedrock]

I wonder who owns the near-mintest to mintest private GA collection?

 

[ciorac]

I wonder who owns the near-mintest to mintest private GA collection?

 

Why you of course!!

[Paratrooper]

I do

 

You do what?

 

I'm a collector that knows what he likes, to remain sane I believe what I have is better than everyone elses. If I were to envy anyone elses collection over my own, I'd leave the hobby in an instant.

[The Black Hand ®]

Did I mention that it's not me?

[Koko]

Odd but true, it's a kid. His name is Supersnipe.

[*paull*]

Odd but true, it's a kid. His name is Supersnipe.

 

 

Hahaha!

[BangZoom]

Odd but true, it's a kid. His name is Supersnipe.

 

He started collecting before the rest of us were even born..

 

[rob_react]

With geppi my brain always gets twisted up as to where inventory ends and where "collection" begins. Still, I think he's got to be the king for breadth. It's just endless.

 

Quality? Anderson wins I would think. By my reckoning he's got three of the top five books in the hobby and at least one of the other two is a book he passed on.

 

[Ivanko]

I'm a collector that knows what he likes, to remain sane I believe what I have is better than everyone elses. If I were to envy anyone elses collection over my own, I'd leave the hobby in an instant.

 

Really? I envy and respect everyone's collection, because I realize the time, money, and effort required to attain these little gems of history. I'm comfortable with the fact that my collection will never be the biggest or highest graded across the board, and I'm ok with that, because I truly want what I have.

[snitzer]

I know...Nicolas Cage...oh wait, never mind