Hulksdaddy1 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNT Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very cool. Reminds me a bit of the oversized ashcan of TMNT #1 that Eastman had as well. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitle Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does it have the Turtles ad on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comiconxion Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does it have the Turtles ad on the back? No, the back cover is the Triceraton pin-up that was shown - another character from the Turtles universe. So, it's a pseudo Turtles back cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitle Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Still amazing. Prototype of a prototype of another prototype, of the idea that started it all! What an amazing primordial soup of creativity...Kevin and Peter are my idols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofistocat Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 This is a cool thread. I don't have a gook book, but have info on your sweet prototype. Here is a pic pf the reference photo used to draw the humans. The people in the photo are good family friends of the Laird's. Pretty cool to have seen 3 different books in my time so far. Lucky Baru 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuentinWestman Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I just picked up a PGX Graded Copy of #1 at a hefty price tag. I appreciate your post and am curious to know if PGX is still grading these books. And if so, will investors ever really be able to tell between one of the "authenticated" lots you mention in your post versus the "controversial PGX" lot? Is the PGX lot controversial because they were not authenticated by Eastman/Laird via letter and just PGX? My thinking is that they one day will all be slabbed so there will be no controversy unless the accompanying verification letter becomes the additional documentation required for verification of these books. Thanks for the info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comiconxion Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I just picked up a PGX Graded Copy of #1 at a hefty price tag. I appreciate your post and am curious to know if PGX is still grading these books. And if so, will investors ever really be able to tell between one of the "authenticated" lots you mention in your post versus the "controversial PGX" lot? Is the PGX lot controversial because they were not authenticated by Eastman/Laird via letter and just PGX? My thinking is that they one day will all be slabbed so there will be no controversy unless the accompanying verification letter becomes the additional documentation required for verification of these books. Thanks for the info... I just realized that this was pointed at a comment I made a long time ago. The original set that was graded by PGX was controversial for a couple of reasons: 1) The staples on them don't match the other known sets. It looked like someone disassembled a regular set and then stapled them from the front. One theory was that this was the set that was used to make the counterfeit Yellow covered copies. 2) From what I remember (and it's been a few years), faded areas on the front cover didn't match to the other known copies out there. It was never quite clear how PGX knew what an authentic set of Gobbledygooks looked like so it wasn't clear that they could actually differentiate between first generation originals from second generation fakes. Both of these things made the original PGX set suspect. I'm not sure how many other sets they've verified since then, but I always found it more reliable to show them to Kevin or another person like myself that's seen multiple sets of these books and seen the variations of how they were printed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Just saw this - Gobbledygook #1 What does a VF/NM #1 go for(ish) nowadays? Is it all over the map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expaperboy Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 On 4/14/2016 at 8:54 PM, Icculus308win said: Just saw this - Gobbledygook #1 What does a VF/NM #1 go for(ish) nowadays? Is it all over the map? Anyone still watching this thread? I just picked up a Gook #1 and wanted one of the experts like you to take a look at it. Any of you going to SDCC in July? Expaperboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 15 hours ago, Expaperboy said: Anyone still watching this thread? I just picked up a Gook #1 and wanted one of the experts like you to take a look at it. Any of you going to SDCC in July? Expaperboy I'll be at SDCC. Bring it by the CGC booth and I'll be happy to take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comiconxion Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 For those that may have missed my note in the TMNT thread, anyone who wants to join the club and own the masters that made all the copies of Gobbledygook #1 & #2, you should bid on these auctions: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/kevin-eastman-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-head-sketch-inside-gobbledygook-1-full-issue-printed-masters-set-mir-total-6-original-art-/a/7163-93230.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/kevin-eastman-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-head-sketch-inside-gobbledygook-2-full-issue-printed-masters-set-mir-total-6-original-art-/a/7163-93231.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expaperboy Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 On 5/3/2017 at 9:10 AM, mschmidt said: I'll be at SDCC. Bring it by the CGC booth and I'll be happy to take a look. Thanks and I will. Ex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comiconxion Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 5/3/2017 at 5:54 PM, comiconxion said: For those that may have missed my note in the TMNT thread, anyone who wants to join the club and own the masters that made all the copies of Gobbledygook #1 & #2, you should bid on these auctions: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/kevin-eastman-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-head-sketch-inside-gobbledygook-1-full-issue-printed-masters-set-mir-total-6-original-art-/a/7163-93230.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/kevin-eastman-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-head-sketch-inside-gobbledygook-2-full-issue-printed-masters-set-mir-total-6-original-art-/a/7163-93231.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Don't forget the Gobbledygook masters end today at Heritage. Going into the final hours of pre-bidding, they're only at $555 and $130 = you can't even buy counterfeits for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nubis Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) My copies came from the son of the owner of the apartment (Mirage Studios) that Eastman and Laird rented. I also own original art from both issues. Edited August 9, 2017 by nubis oceanavekid and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNT Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I used to own those pieces of art at one point. Nice to see them come full circle back to the boards! Sweet books too nubis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump24601 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Looks like someone's trying to flip the master prints that sold on HA (in May this year) for a tidy profit ... #1 (Sold for $3,824.00) - new asking price $32,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-1-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/352156746042?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 #2 (Sold for $1,314.50) - new asking price $27,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-2-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/382216544870?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Yeah. Good luck with that, Collectors Comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, Gump24601 said: Looks like someone's trying to flip the master prints that sold on HA (in May this year) for a tidy profit ... #1 (Sold for $3,824.00) - new asking price $32,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-1-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/352156746042?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 #2 (Sold for $1,314.50) - new asking price $27,999.00: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gobbledygook-2-MASTER-PRINTS-TMNT-Turtles-1-of-a-KIND-W-Original-Art-Eastman/382216544870?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Yeah. Good luck with that, Collectors Comics. I forsee an off-ebay sale coming forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump24601 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, GM8 said: I forsee an off-ebay sale coming forth. I think so too ... I just hope the buyer knows beforehand what the previous pricing is. Edited September 4, 2017 by Gump24601 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 That seller is also flipping some TMNT OA pages (from Comiclink a few months ago) for ridiculous prices. Hopefully the buyer will be informed of the recent sales. I'd think at this price point you'd do your research unless you were bleeding money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
