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Is there any logical reason for this?

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mikenyc

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I like pie.

 

Me too. What kind is your favorite? I'm partial to peanut butter pie myself.

 

Using his avatar as a frame of reference I have a sneaking suspicion about the particular pie he is interested in. hm

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Not*Sure*

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I tend to agree with John about pedigree. It's much like the provenance of a painting, where an established history can increase a paintings value tremendously relative to similar paintings by the same artist.

 

There are collectors who place a very high value on not only an artists work, but what happened to said work until it came to be in their possession.

 

Yeah, I hear ya Mike. And I've paid a good bit more for pedigree books in the past, but "Suscha News Pedigree, really?

 

Stop it oh ye pedigree designators. Any collection that contains books as recent as ASM 129 should not be considered a pedigree. Just bonkers if you ask me.

Not sure that's a deal breaker, but the collection probably shouldn't start at ASM 121. ;)

 

 

why did you drag me into it hardy har har

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Not*Sure*

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I like pie.

 

Me too. What kind is your favorite? I'm partial to peanut butter pie myself.

 

Using his avatar as a frame of reference I have a sneaking suspicion about the particular pie he is interested in. hm

 

 

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mikenyc

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I like pie.

 

Me too. What kind is your favorite? I'm partial to peanut butter pie myself.

 

Using his avatar as a frame of reference I have a sneaking suspicion about the particular pie he is interested in. hm

 

 

 

 

That was awesome, thanks. :roflmao:

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FlyingDonut

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I like pie.

 

Me too. What kind is your favorite? I'm partial to peanut butter pie myself.

 

Any fruit pies. Cherry, apple, strawberry rhubarb, blueberry, yum. Also pecan pie, if it is made from very good pecans. My Aunt Faith lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and has pecan trees on her property - one of those trees makes amazing pecans.

 

Mrs. Donut makes an amazing peanut butter pie. To die for.

 

I do NOT like pumpkin pie. At. All. Blech.

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500Club

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I tend to agree with John about pedigree. It's much like the provenance of a painting, where an established history can increase a paintings value tremendously relative to similar paintings by the same artist.

 

There are collectors who place a very high value on not only an artists work, but what happened to said work until it came to be in their possession.

 

Yeah, I hear ya Mike. And I've paid a good bit more for pedigree books in the past, but "Suscha News Pedigree, really?

 

Stop it oh ye pedigree designators. Any collection that contains books as recent as ASM 129 should not be considered a pedigree. Just bonkers if you ask me.

Not sure that's a deal breaker, but the collection probably shouldn't start at ASM 121. ;)

 

why did you drag me into it hardy har har

 

Not sure. (shrug):insane:

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RockMyAmadeus

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There's very little pie I don't like. Straweberry-rhubarb (though why people don't make a good strawberry pie, I dunno), peach, apricot, apple, pecan (just bought two 8" at Ralph's fpr $2.99. :cloud9: ), cherry, coconut cream, chocolate cream, mmmmm.....

 

Pumpkin is ok. Sweet potato is ok. But yeah, pie is good.

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Mr 9.8

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So after signing up for GPA today, I've been browsing through plenty of books just out of boredom. I decided to look up Amazing Spider-Man #129, and I find this sales data which is absolutely ridiculous.

 

9.8 Last Sale (November 2010) $5,378

9.8 Suscha News Pedigree Last Sale (November 2010) $13,000

 

 

I'm left wondering, what kind of person values a "pedigree" book to the extent that they would spend almost $8,000 more on it, instead of a book in the same condition that simply lacks the "pedigree" designation.

 

Maybe it's just me? Would anyone else here spend $8,000 more simply because it's a pedigree? I can understand maybe a couple hundred, but that's pushing it... $8,000 though!?

 

Son, there ain't nothing Logical about this hobby. :insane:

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InvstmntComcSuply

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So after signing up for GPA today, I've been browsing through plenty of books just out of boredom. I decided to look up Amazing Spider-Man #129, and I find this sales data which is absolutely ridiculous.

 

9.8 Last Sale (November 2010) $5,378

9.8 Suscha News Pedigree Last Sale (November 2010) $13,000

 

 

I'm left wondering, what kind of person values a "pedigree" book to the extent that they would spend almost $8,000 more on it, instead of a book in the same condition that simply lacks the "pedigree" designation.

 

Maybe it's just me? Would anyone else here spend $8,000 more simply because it's a pedigree? I can understand maybe a couple hundred, but that's pushing it... $8,000 though!?

 

Well to be fair the last sale of ASM 129 9.8 does not really represent the true value of the book over the past couple of years.

 

On commonly traded books looking at the 12 month average only makes sense, so the book is closer to a $7500-$8000 dollar book.

 

Yes there are people who would spent insane amounts of money on a pedigree book, however usually these kind of people have funds where they will but a IDC kind of bid in cause money is no object to them.

 

If you are a multi-millionaire you can't be bothered trying to take chance and being outbid at fair market value. So they just bid crazy and rest amazes us.

 

So when you have a buyer that has that, "I have to have it for my collection" mentality with big wallet to back it up you have stupid money being thrown away. (shrug)

 

True, the 12 month is higher, but you're still paying 4-5 thousand dollars more. I understand the logic behind the rich buyer making sure he gets the book, I was more so just interested in seeing if anyone here would justify throwing more money at a "pedigree".

 

By your logic though, I need to find someone who just "has to have" some Silver Sable books I have lying around...

 

 

There are many pedigrees that will deservedly sell for a substantial premium over the same non-pedigree book in the same grade. Sometimes because the original owner stored their books so well they have supple, bone white pages that simply blow away other high grade books.

 

However, as someone else posted, many, many other pedigrees have simply been well marketed.

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toysmania

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Who needs pie when you have churros?

 

I love Churros! Sweet sugar darlings! Hmm, to mitigate my derailment, I don't think I will pay that much for a pedigree. Imagine how many sketches I can get with $8000 :cloud9: BTK, where arreee yoouuu... lol

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