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Is Batman 227 the "key" Neal Adams Batman book to have?
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scooter99

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

 

I don't think this 9.4 will get a bump.

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

 

I don't believe the sold 9.2 is the new 9.4 in this auction. I could be mistaken. I saw zero "white" on the bottom left edge of the front cover on the 9.2.

 

 

 

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

 

I don't believe the sold 9.2 is the new 9.4 in this auction. I could be mistaken. I saw zero "white" on the bottom left edge of the front cover on the 9.2.

 

 

 

you're probably right. i didn't really pay attention to the 9.2 last time. the silver books, i'm certain about.

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

 

 

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

 

I don't believe the sold 9.2 is the new 9.4 in this auction. I could be mistaken. I saw zero "white" on the bottom left edge of the front cover on the 9.2.

 

 

 

you're probably right. i didn't really pay attention to the 9.2 last time. the silver books, i'm certain about.

 

Mike,

 

I double checked my back cover scans of what I believe is the 9.2 that sold for 1,500 and the current 9.4:

 

Both books seem to have a similar cut from the back cover. Is it the same book? I didn't save the front cover scan of the 9.2.

 

9.2

 

batman227_back92_zps4c47c8f7.jpg

 

current 9.4

 

batman227_9-4_back_zps05495fb7.jpg

 

 

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

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Comiclink seems to be the venue to sell 227's. A white paged 9.2 a few months ago fetched $1,500.00 and I recall Twisty's old 9.4 W sold for $1,600.00 several months ago. I would guess there is at least one more bid left on the current copy at auction.

 

that probably explains where the current 9.4 came from. there are at least three HG silver DC books that were purchased in the Clink Feb auction for extremely aggressive prices that are now back in this auction. two with the same grades, one bumped.

 

I don't believe the sold 9.2 is the new 9.4 in this auction. I could be mistaken. I saw zero "white" on the bottom left edge of the front cover on the 9.2.

 

 

 

you're probably right. i didn't really pay attention to the 9.2 last time. the silver books, i'm certain about.

 

Mike,

 

I double checked my back cover scans of what I believe is the 9.2 that sold for 1,500 and the current 9.4:

 

Both books seem to have a similar cut from the back cover. Is it the same book? I didn't save the front cover scan of the 9.2.

 

9.2

 

batman227_back92_zps4c47c8f7.jpg

 

current 9.4

 

batman227_9-4_back_zps05495fb7.jpg

 

 

Trc looks like the same bindery tear. The LLC looks to have a similar defect that has been improved in the 9.4.

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

 

So with 2 books 9.8 Bats 227 selling at $10M and $6600 and a 9.8 Bats 232 selling at $1.8M,

 

would it be safe to say that 227 is a more valuable book apples to apples?????

 

Im looking for evidence to support the claim based on fact not opinions.

Either way doesnt matter as my goal is to be 100% unbiased....

thanks for the 1.8M fact :)

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There's been quite a few WTB threads with people looking for Bronze Age Batman issues.

 

I wonder why the increase all of a sudden hm

 

Maybe with the price correction more buyers are in the hunt now?

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

 

So with 2 books 9.8 Bats 227 selling at $10M and $6600 and a 9.8 Bats 232 selling at $1.8M,

 

would it be safe to say that 227 is a more valuable book apples to apples?????

 

Im looking for evidence to support the claim based on fact not opinions.

Either way doesnt matter as my goal is to be 100% unbiased....

thanks for the 1.8M fact :)

 

Bats 227 is the more valuable book.

 

If you want evidence, this is a good place to start:

 

http://comics.gpanalysis.com

 

 

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

 

So with 2 books 9.8 Bats 227 selling at $10M and $6600 and a 9.8 Bats 232 selling at $1.8M,

 

would it be safe to say that 227 is a more valuable book apples to apples?????

 

Im looking for evidence to support the claim based on fact not opinions.

Either way doesnt matter as my goal is to be 100% unbiased....

thanks for the 1.8M fact :)

 

Bats 227 is the more valuable book.

 

If you want evidence, this is a good place to start:

 

http://comics.gpanalysis.com

 

 

Thanks. I met a dealer that told me 232 is key and more valuable apples to apples in gtrade and that 227 is not key it is only a cool cover and one person paying a premium price doesnt mean its more valuable

 

So i have been investigating

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

 

So with 2 books 9.8 Bats 227 selling at $10M and $6600 and a 9.8 Bats 232 selling at $1.8M,

 

would it be safe to say that 227 is a more valuable book apples to apples?????

 

Im looking for evidence to support the claim based on fact not opinions.

Either way doesnt matter as my goal is to be 100% unbiased....

thanks for the 1.8M fact :)

 

Bats 227 is the more valuable book.

 

If you want evidence, this is a good place to start:

 

http://comics.gpanalysis.com

 

 

Thanks. I met a dealer that told me 232 is key and more valuable apples to apples in gtrade and that 227 is not key it is only a cool cover and one person paying a premium price doesnt mean its more valuable

 

So i have been investigating

 

In my opinion the dealer is right.

 

#232 is a 1st appearance of a major Batman villain. Its also part of a very good story arc with a Neal Adams cover.

 

#227 is a cover swipe by a great artist. However the internal story is lame. The strength of #227 is Neal Adams and the cover.

 

2c

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I just can't believe Bats 222 is climbing into the same chat circles these days.

 

Mediocre cover, mindnumbingly stupid story, and it's not even the real Beatles. A decent copy still eludes me, but that's because I absolutely won't pay that much for this book. That's where I draw the line (or so I tell myself).

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Does anyone happen to know what has been the most ever paid for a Batman 232 9.8 and versus a Batman 227 9.8??

 

Im always interested in apples to apples of key books. Of course htis would be the same if we were talking 9.2 vs. 9.2 and so on

 

I know big collectors pay high premiums on some of these rare books therefore skewing the possible values. is a 232 overall more valuable than a 227?

 

Both books are beautiful so the financial aspect is my interest not the preference or opinion but is there factual info to back the value claims?

 

Both are winners in the case for sure (thumbs u

 

 

Highest recorded 9.8 on GPA for Bats #232 is a movie hype fueled 4K in 2007. This year the highest is 1.8K. (thumbs u

 

So with 2 books 9.8 Bats 227 selling at $10M and $6600 and a 9.8 Bats 232 selling at $1.8M,

 

would it be safe to say that 227 is a more valuable book apples to apples?????

 

Im looking for evidence to support the claim based on fact not opinions.

Either way doesnt matter as my goal is to be 100% unbiased....

thanks for the 1.8M fact :)

 

Bats 227 is the more valuable book.

 

If you want evidence, this is a good place to start:

 

http://comics.gpanalysis.com

 

 

Thanks. I met a dealer that told me 232 is key and more valuable apples to apples in gtrade and that 227 is not key it is only a cool cover and one person paying a premium price doesnt mean its more valuable

 

So i have been investigating

 

In my opinion the dealer is right.

 

#232 is a 1st appearance of a major Batman villain. Its also part of a very good story arc with a Neal Adams cover.

 

#227 is a cover swipe by a great artist. However the internal story is lame. The strength of #227 is Neal Adams and the cover.

 

2c

 

I don't think any Batman or Adams fan would dispute this. The shorter supply of Bats 227 in high grade dictates things for now.

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