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

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13000? I must have missed that one. God that is retarded.

 

dont think of it in absolutes

 

think, would you spend 1 days pay to own this book, or say half a days pay?

 

so...if you worked in Chipotle...would you pay $140 for a 9.8 Bats 227

 

you probably would, same thing

 

and yes a lot of people make 13K a day

 

I understand that some people make a lot of money, but too much can still be too much. Making $10m a year doesn't mean that you get value for everything you buy if you buy indiscriminately.

 

IMO, a poor value purchase and it looks like I am not the only one that thinks so judging by the expectations by the posters above for the next copy to go half that price.

 

No, I fully agree (which is why I passed on it when offered at that price), there are some who just dont care about price I guess. Its more that people making a boat load of cash, that price to get something you want may not seem like too much. And it seems like there are two elements; (1) getting what you want regardless (2) getting what you want with a consideration of am I going to lose money on this or can I sell it with a profit. It is doubtful that any of the bronze stuff (purchased slabbed) will be a money maker. But sometimes you want what you want.

 

One of my favorite stories is of Warren Buffet refusing to get a Martini at a swanky hotel because it was something like $30; of course he can afford it, but the price is stupid.

 

That HA copy upcoming, is the one to get for sure, real purdy

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Doc Joe

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actually that the thing that always kills me

 

white stripe miswrap (whichI hate hate hate) with WP

 

vs perfect centering, no miswrap and OW or OW/W

 

I need the centering

 

ideally I want both of course

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actually that the thing that always kills me (thumbs u

 

white stripe miswrap (whichI hate hate hate) with WP

 

vs perfect centering, no miswrap and OW or OW/W

 

I need the centering

 

ideally I want both of course

 

patience is a virtue

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Well, it looks like the book is BACK. I guess the winner bidder from the previous auction attempt finally noticed the fine print and refused to pay.

 

From the looks of it, it appears there's a whole new bunch of folks who are bidding up this book without noticing the little tidbit about the tape :)

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/200634046509

 

That's really annoying. The "FLAWLESS" in the header -- as well as the grade itself -- continues to mislead folks. At this point, extremely hard to believe it's not intentional on the seller's part.

 

 

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who bids something up past $200 without reading the description? it's not like it's a slab where they might be bidding on the # on the slab.

 

putting aside the tape (which I guess he doesn't consider part of the book...just an annoyance I guess) dunno how he says it's flawless with the nick on the spine. say it's "gorgeous", "stunning"...not flawless.

 

 

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I think the neil adams market is getting a bit expensive for me. I think I will wait for the market to cool a bit.
That is'nt happening anytime soon.I say get em while you can. :wishluck:

 

stay out of high grade and they aren't expensive

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Anyone see the c-link auction for Batman 251, I didn't see that one coming!

 

Wow, that's pretty amazing. Over double GPA? Very nice book but.......

:screwy:

 

What was the grade?

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kimik

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CGC 9.6 for $1227.

 

The one that surprised me initially was the CGC 9.8 copy of #232 only went for $1955. Just a couple of years ago that was a $3K+ book. Might be time to actually chase a 9.8 copy....... hm

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CGC 9.6 for $1227.

 

The one that surprised me initially was the CGC 9.8 copy of #232 only went for $1955. Just a couple of years ago that was a $3K+ book. Might be time to actually chase a 9.8 copy....... hm

 

There was a boardie selling one for $2,200 recently.

 

I'm happy with my 9.4 WP, problem I have is there are too many gaps in the #200 run I need to fill before I think about upgrades.

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Agreed. I will happily take Universal CGC 9.2+ copies off of everyone's hands here for $100 apiece. Just PM me with the details and you can thank me later. (thumbs u

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Actually Batman 251 has been commanding above GPA prices on C-Link for a while back in Nov 2010 Batman 251 commanded strong prices 1100.00 for a 9.6, I sold 2 copies, 1 in the auction and exchange for over 1,000 each both 9.6 and last month a 9.4 sold for 700+, this is one of the Adams book commanding an upswing in prices on Clink and other sites, along with Batman 227 and Tec 395. Batman 232 I sold on the boards couple of weeks back sold 9.8 for 2000+, I was suprised on the Clink auction thought it would bring more but the copy was not well centered.

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