Big Book of fun #1

[batman_fan]

I love restored books, especially at the right price

 

Rick is spot on here. Myself included. I love getting a restored comic at a tiny fraction of the unrestored price. I bought a Batman 15 that had the covers cleaned and pressed so "Slight" restoration. The book is a 9.2 and I got it for less than 20% of guide. That is guide, not what an unrestored 9.2 would have sold for. If you put in how much one would sell for in unrestored condition, the discount is even more. When you can pick up a real nice GA book at that kind of discount, it is hard to say "no" when you are buying for your personal collection and not re-sale. For re-sale, it depends on how people look at restored books in 5 to 10 years.

[jbcomicbox]

I love restored books, especially at the right price

 

Rick is spot on here. Myself included. I love getting a restored comic at a tiny fraction of the unrestored price. I bought a Batman 15 that had the covers cleaned and pressed so "Slight" restoration. The book is a 9.2 and I got it for less than 20% of guide. That is guide, not what an unrestored 9.2 would have sold for. If you put in how much one would sell for in unrestored condition, the discount is even more. When you can pick up a real nice GA book at that kind of discount, it is hard to say "no" when you are buying for your personal collection and not re-sale. For re-sale, it depends on how people look at restored books in 5 to 10 years.

 

This is an example of what I am talking about. So a Batman #15 "as a Batman #15" has little intrinsic value for that book as a "Batman 15". Some how that just seems to say something about "the value" of a particular book....

[sacentaur]

 

Resurrecting a nearly 5 year old thread, wondering what folks perceptions on the Big Book of Fun Comics #1 remain or have evolved to (and if you have a copy, please post a scan)?

[KirbyJack]

I've always been quite impressed with it.

A friend once showed me a pretty copy he owns, and I had, at that time, never heard of it. So he regaled me with the books history, and added that he considered it the rarest DC.

My experience gives me no way to form an informed opinion of my own, so I can't help falling into the same category. Big time book!

[sacentaur]

Heritage has moved 4 copies in the last decade, and I'm sure I've heard of one or two popping up elsewhere. Nonetheless, the early appearance and odd format surely makes this one rare.

 

Does your friend still have his copy?

[KirbyJack]

I'm sure he does, but it's been quite a while since we've run into each other.

He has a collection that's as good as any!

[lou_fine]

None of it slabbed at this point in time, I would assume?

 

Seems to be the norm with most of the long-term collectors like us.

[KirbyJack]

None of the big time books were slabbed, last I knew.