maloney414 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Why would I take Thorn over Bone #1? It's a more desirable book to me. Earlier appearance, lower print run. 1000 copies printed though probably more scarce now. +1000 I wouldn't trade mine for a Bone #1 9.8. No way. I know some people just think about monetary value, and a Bone #1 does sell for more right now (Bone #1 9.8 is around a $3,000 book). But a nice copy of Thorn is REALLY tough to find. I think we figured there were less than a dozen ever sold on eBay. That's not less than a dozen NM copies, that's less than a dozen period. The argument to sell a Bone #1 9.8 and buy 3 Thorn books isn't realistic. Good luck finding them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Time to shake the dust off this thread with some new books. I thought mschmidt would have showed us his haul by now but I guess it's up to me. Sent five books into SDCC for a Jeff Smith signing. Thought three were definite 9.8s, one a possible 9.9, and one that was borderline 9.6/9.8 (I needed books in this particular number range so I thought I'd gamble). Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication on the pen color as I wanted all of these with silver ink. It really only affected one book so it's not as bad as it could have been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Definite 9.8: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Definite 9.8: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Possible 9.9 You may not believe me but this is still a 9.9 candidate in my eyes...if not for the bad crease on the upper left corner of the back cover. Probably happened in shipping or perhaps during the signing process. What makes it even more of a bummer is the Fone Bone sketch. These things happen though and it's not the first time. Still have a 9.8 SS in the collection so I'm not empty handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Borderline 9.6/9.8 Oh well. This is still the best copy of this issue that I've owned so the search will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Definite 9.8: Silver ink would have been much better, yes? Lesson I learned: need to do a better job of emphasizing this particular detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Lovely books - I personally don't mind the black pen, even though, yeah, it would have been nicer if he'd signed over the logo on the #14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I only did a couple in San Diego myself: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Lovely books - I personally don't mind the black pen, even though, yeah, it would have been nicer if he'd signed over the logo on the #14. I window-bagged it for that spot so it had to be signed in silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nicely done! Love the #41 I'm actually having a debate with CGC about first appearance notations, one of which should appear on the #22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Finally getting around to posting these. Had a few clunkers in the bunch but scored 6 that are definite keepers. Big shoutout to mschmidt for helping me get these done. First one is a #19: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Naturally, followed by a #20: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 And with the #22 is where a few complaints come in. I requested that the graders put in a few label notations on some of the books in this submission which I'm very glad they did. However, a couple of these notations ended up being mislabeled. "1st appearance of Bartleby Bone" should be "1st appearance of Bartleby" (the baby Rat Creature who the cousins befriended in the story; obviously not a member of the family of their family). I noticed the error on my account before they were graded and let the CGC guy know the what the problem was. He said "We will get it fixed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 A pic of the aforementioned Bartleby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 These "Crown of Horns" are so tough to get in 9.8 condition. Very proud of this one along with the new and CORRECT notations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 This last one is my favorite. It's my very first blank sketch cover and I think it's pretty well done for a quick sketch. Thanks again to mschmidt for scoring this beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Elijah Snow Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Is Jeff still charging to sign books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Are Bone #19-25 worth more than $1 apiece? I am looking at another collection that has those issues in it. They will go well with the copy of #1 (1st) I landed in a collection last year at an average cost of $4/book. It was mostly late GA/SA through early copper DC, but he had a Bone #1 (1st) in nice shape in it for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
