Journey 83 - 1st Thor - 5.0W signed!

[Bronty]

Well, I am particularly sad to let this book go as I have not had it long but I have had a few too many excellent and expensive buying opportunities lately and something has to go

 

With regret:

 

1st Thor, 5.0 WHITE pages. Signed by Jack Kirby. $3800

 

Compare to the 5.0 CREAM to OW that just sold on clink for $4k even with the much inferior page quality and the much more common stan lee signature.

 

 

 

[Bronty]

oh yeah: usual rules, no probies/shamers etc

[Gotham Kid]

Jack Kirby sig

[gadzukes]

Wow, that's a nice book. They probably dropped the grade because of the signature. Looks more like a 6.0 to me. Someone is going to get a nice book here. GLWTS

[vader2001]

 

GLWTS

[Magneto]

Awesome book and very tempting! GLWTS!

[miraclemet]

Awesome! Whats the provenance on the signature?

[Bio-Rupp]

Super nice!

 

Also what would you suspect the grade would have been without the sig?

 

I guess I'm asking if it would have came back qualified, how higher do you think the CGC grade could have been?

[ss5rmp]

that is one nice looking 5.0 with a hell of a signature...wish i had the money

[Dark Knight]

Solid looking 5.0 with Kirby's sig. and white pages to boot! GLWTS!

[airwalker]

Awesome signature and an excellent book to have. GLWTS

[Korvac Saga]

Great book that any collector would be thrilled to own. Dan also happens to be one of the very best boardies to deal with hands down!! (thumbs u

[thunderstick]

I don't say this often, but - WOW.

[philsbackpack]

Amazing Book

 

...how did it obtain a blue label?

 

GLWTS!

 

 

[Bronty]

Amazing Book

 

...how did it obtain a blue label?

 

GLWTS!

 

 

Thanks for all the nice comments guys

 

Let me answer some of the questions:

 

Its normal for an unrestored book that's been signed to get a blue label.

[Bronty]

Super nice!

 

Also what would you suspect the grade would have been without the sig?

 

I guess I'm asking if it would have came back qualified, how higher do you think the CGC grade could have been?

 

I don't have it in front of me, but I don't think that's how it works - I don't believe they downgrade for vintage signatures that they think are real. They can't 100% authenticate obviously but neither do they downgrade.

 

I could be mistaken but that's my understanding.

[Bronty]

Awesome! Whats the provenance on the signature?

 

Well, Kirby having died so long ago, I'm not honestly sure. All I can say is that it looks legit to me and I believe it to be real.

 

I bought it from a fellow well-known boardie, I'll see if he knows more.

[Green]

Super nice!

 

Also what would you suspect the grade would have been without the sig?

 

I guess I'm asking if it would have came back qualified, how higher do you think the CGC grade could have been?

 

I don't have it in front of me, but I don't think that's how it works - I don't believe they downgrade for vintage signatures that they think are real. They can't 100% authenticate obviously but neither do they downgrade.

 

I could be mistaken but that's my understanding.

They make no assumption either way. But in the VG range a small unobtrusive sig is a non issue as far as grading.

[Bronty]

fair enough.

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