Motor City bought the Tatge collection of TMNT just in time for SDCC

[Detroit MIke]

I went to the local comic show in Livonia and was happy to see that Brian Tatge is employed with Motor City Comics again. Brian's a great guy, and until very recently, had a very impressive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collection. Unfortunately, Brian decided to break up his collection. Mike Goldman of Motor City Comics was the lucky buyer and will be bringing a lot of it to San Diego Comic Con. I thought I'd celebrate his great collection, one last time, before the avid collectors at San Diego gobble up all the Gobbledygook.

[Detroit MIke]

Humble and hard-workin Brian Tatge folks. He'd like to talk Turtles with you.

[Turtle]

PM sent

[Detroit MIke]

It was so tempting to pull the trigger on these: Goobledygook 1 and 2.

[Detroit MIke]

To avoid any confusion, I'm not affiliated with Motor City Comics. Sorry, you'll have to try and reach Mike Goldman to work out any deals.

[Detroit MIke]

Some closer shots...

[Detroit MIke]

The variant of issue 2 is on the right. Notice the lack of light blues.

[Detroit MIke]

cool hardcover... out of my temptation zone.

[Detroit MIke]

I really wanted these buttons... really bad.

 

I like the attractive display. I think Brian tore out a page from issue 4 to use as a back-drop?

 

Hand-colored? No way. Way!

[Detroit MIke]

Silver Edition # 68 / 100. The book received a 4.5 because of a spine split issue, probably around two inches long, in the middle of the spine. It's still very presentable in the slab. It looks like a 9.4 at first glance.

[Detroit MIke]

Here's Brian with an Eastman file copy of # 1!!! I don't know how it received a 9.4. It definitely has an easy shot at a 9.6 with a little help from the press crowd. It could even go 9.8 for you gamblers. I have 15,000 reasons I'd like to own this but, well you get my drift. One of a kind... actually there might be two? I think Mike Goldman has the other in his permanent collection.

[Detroit MIke]

And speaking of being "NFS", not for sale, here's a counterfeit copy of issue # 2. The cross-hatching really blurred together, right below the "T" in Turtles. Sorry Adam... I just noticed it.

[Detroit MIke]

Not Turtle-related but very HTF, here's a Laird portfolio. Sorry, I didn't ask him to show me the plates.

[Detroit MIke]

The original Fan Kit, front and envelope... G Hyman, you're famous now!

[Detroit MIke]

An interesting error variant...

[Detroit MIke]

This would look great in my comic room:

[RockMyAmadeus]

Very nice.

 

I bought a "NM" Turtles #3 variant in 2002-2203 off eBay from some BSD in New England...forget who it was, but a friend of mine knows...

 

It came, all mangled on the spine. F/VF at best.

 

I returned it.

 

One of the better mistakes of my collecting career.

 

Sigh.

[Detroit MIke]

Goobledygook # 2 counterfeit copy... even I can tell the difference.

[comix4fun]

Here's Brian with an Eastman file copy of # 1!!! I don't know how it received a 9.4. It definitely has an easy shot at a 9.6 with a little help from the press crowd. It could even go 9.8 for you gamblers. I have 15,000 reasons I'd like to own this but, well you get my drift. One of a kind... actually there might be two? I think Mike Goldman has the other in his permanent collection.

 

 

Great looking book but not a candidate for crack, resub unless the buyer doesn't mind losing the gold SS label and having a green qualified label in its place.

[supapimp]

thanks for sharing the pics.