Popular Post nubis Posted March 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, oakman29 said: These two are the only 2 big Turtles books I need. These copies have an interesting pedigree. I am only the second owner. The first owner was Marc Estes. His family rented Eastman and Laird the space where Mirage Studios began. It was a humble space and hence 'Mirage.' Marc held onto these copies until a few years ago when I purchased them. I had Eastman authenticate the books not long after I purchased them; however, CGC was not certifying them at the time and they remained ungraded until this month. As a collector, the certification certainly adds value. :-) Icculus308win, oakman29, ThothAmon and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 hours ago, nubis said: These copies have an interesting pedigree. I am only the second owner. The first owner was Marc Estes. His family rented Eastman and Laird the space where Mirage Studios began. It was a humble space and hence 'Mirage.' Marc held onto these copies until a few years ago when I purchased them. I had Eastman authenticate the books not long after I purchased them; however, CGC was not certifying them at the time and they remained ungraded until this month. As a collector, the certification certainly adds value. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngh81 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 11:59 AM, nubis said: My recently graded copies from the fabled 50 print run. Woohoo! Very nice! These are the first books I am seeing from the Eastman/Bishop CGC event from earlier this month. oakman29 and nubis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghn999 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just got these bad boy in. Not to happy with the remark! Hulksdaddy1 and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I think usually people request that the head sketches be drawn into the black spacing on the side. I agree that's not the greatest placement, smack dab over the main image. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybuck43 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Ryan. said: I think usually people request that the head sketches be drawn into the black spacing on the side. I agree that's not the greatest placement, smack dab over the main image. I'm honestly shocked. I've seen Kevin sign numerous TMNT 1's (First, Second, and Third) prints, including my Second Print. He immediately goes for the black space. I honestly think this has to be a FUBAR by the facilitator. Given that the signed and sketch date is 10/6/2020 when Kevin was supposed to be at NYCC but wasn't because of Covid, I'm going to guess this was done at a private signing. So I am guessing the facilitator window bagged the book without thinking about it and Kevin just did it. Hulksdaddy1, DTM700, WolverineX and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, jaybuck43 said: I'm honestly shocked. I've seen Kevin sign numerous TMNT 1's (First, Second, and Third) prints, including my Second Print. He immediately goes for the black space. I honestly think this has to be a FUBAR by the facilitator. Given that the signed and sketch date is 10/6/2020 when Kevin was supposed to be at NYCC but wasn't because of Covid, I'm going to guess this was done at a private signing. So I am guessing the facilitator window bagged the book without thinking about it and Kevin just did it. I was also thinking this was a window bagging issue. manetteska and Sonic77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, ghn999 said: Just got these bad boy in. Not to happy with the remark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subby1938 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 That sucks but in the end when he’s dead and gone it may not matter knowing he actually signed and drew on the cover . It will be ok ghn999 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulksdaddy1 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 9 hours ago, jaybuck43 said: I'm honestly shocked. I've seen Kevin sign numerous TMNT 1's (First, Second, and Third) prints, including my Second Print. He immediately goes for the black space. I honestly think this has to be a FUBAR by the facilitator. Given that the signed and sketch date is 10/6/2020 when Kevin was supposed to be at NYCC but wasn't because of Covid, I'm going to guess this was done at a private signing. So I am guessing the facilitator window bagged the book without thinking about it and Kevin just did it. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hulksdaddy1 Posted March 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2021 Mail day from CGC! ADAMANTIUM, ectocooler, GM8 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) A couple updates to notable #1's up for sale: A new 9.8 1st print (graded 2 days ago) just went up on ebay for one easy payment of $150,000! This copy has OW/W pages, just like the same seller's 9.6 with OW/W pages that was up for sale and since removed not long ago. Too quick for a press & relisting? I don't know. The seller is very secretive and as others had pointed out, used another photo of a 9.8 in a previous listing on ebay that "sold" for ~75K a while back. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-1-CGC-9-8-Mirage-1984-1st-Print-3798269001/203319652195?hash=item2f56cbaf63:g:bqMAAOSwgX5gXM2~ The 9.6 on Heritage is at $42K: https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-96-white-pages/a/7242-91047.s The 9.6 on CC is at $22.7K: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/901543 Edited March 26, 2021 by GM8 Icculus308win, tvindy and ghn999 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNT Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 5 hours ago, GM8 said: A couple updates to notable #1's up for sale: A new 9.8 1st print (graded 2 days ago) just went up on ebay for one easy payment of $150,000! This copy has OW/W pages, just like the same seller's 9.6 with OW/W pages that was up for sale and since removed not long ago. Too quick for a press & relisting? I don't know. The seller is very secretive and as others had pointed out, used another photo of a 9.8 in a previous listing on ebay that "sold" for ~75K a while back. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-1-CGC-9-8-Mirage-1984-1st-Print-3798269001/203319652195?hash=item2f56cbaf63:g:bqMAAOSwgX5gXM2~ The 9.6 on Heritage is at $42K: https://comics.ha.com/itm/modern-age-1980-present-/alternative-underground/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1-mirage-studios-1984-cgc-nm-96-white-pages/a/7242-91047.s The 9.6 on CC is at $22.7K: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/901543 When that 9.8 was originally listed it was at 125K...now it's at 150. Better hurry up if you're interested, at this rate itll be 175 by tomorrow! Icculus308win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, TMNT said: When that 9.8 was originally listed it was at 125K...now it's at 150. Better hurry up if you're interested, at this rate itll be 175 by tomorrow! So this was 125K for a day? Probably saw bitcoin went down so had to make it up somehow. jaybuck43 and TMNT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvindy Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 2:51 PM, TMNT said: When that 9.8 was originally listed it was at 125K...now it's at 150. Better hurry up if you're interested, at this rate itll be 175 by tomorrow! It actually is $175,000 now. 😂 GM8, TMNT, ectocooler and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) Can’t believe I spent $5 on this back in the day. I must have been crazy. Edited March 28, 2021 by ThothAmon ADAMANTIUM, ectocooler and Icculus308win 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ADAMANTIUM Posted March 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) Some stickers cut to form from when I was a kid TMNT poster, that I'm wondering if it would be in good shape if I pulled it out and unfolded along with other random pics... ALSO THE 1ST TMNT NEWSPAPER STRIP IN DALLAS FEATURING THE TMNT Edited March 28, 2021 by ADAMANTIUM Icculus308win, SpideyFein, Turtle and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Some stickers cut to form from when I was a kid TMNT poster, that I'm wondering if it would be in good shape if I pulled it out and unfolded along with other random pics... ALSO THE 1ST TMNT NEWSPAPER STRIP IN DALLAS FEATURING THE TMNT Nice, looks like some cutouts from TMNT magazine as well. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 minute ago, spracknetch23 said: Nice, looks like some cutouts from TMNT magazine as well. Yes indeed! I had forgot about the comic strip, while googling the poster I realized where most of the others came from, but it was probably done by a 8-9 year old self and just was sporadic ha Good times though, I remember my mom buying the mag to read while she was shopping, just didn't remember the name of the book/mag. That was some jogging of the old memories by the way it's her birthday too, so It'll give me something to thank her for when I bring over the cake Namtak and Icculus308win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namtak Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 31 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Some stickers cut to form from when I was a kid TMNT poster, that I'm wondering if it would be in good shape if I pulled it out and unfolded along with other random pics... ALSO THE 1ST TMNT NEWSPAPER STRIP IN DALLAS FEATURING THE TMNT Your scrap-booking skills was sharp for that age,brings back memories it makes me smile seeing so much positive énergie!i love those cards must have a brunch left at my folks house ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...