Rosland Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Here is the acquisition table over the years 2005-2021. Looks like a bumper crop every 4 years, with 2014 being the best year of all. I think there was nice 2010 Heritage pre-hero auction. 2014 was just a good year from multiple sources. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Here is where they came from: 9 Heritage 8 ComicLink 7 Boardie (thank you all very much!) 5 eBay 6 Misc. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Speculation time: There are about 120 copies of these issues in 9.0+ in the census. Rosland, RICK STARR, and fantasyland15 have about 10 copies each, leaving 90 unaccounted for. If we assume 2 big fish at 25 copies each (many highest graded copies are not in the registry), that leaves 40. I would guess half of these are scattered in various collections, leaving 1-2 more collectors. Speculative conclusion: there are 6-7 collectors seriously chasing this set at the 9.0+ level. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 3:55 PM, Rosland said: Here is the acquisition table over the years 2005-2021. Looks like a bumper crop every 4 years, with 2014 being the best year of all. I think there was nice 2010 Heritage pre-hero auction. 2014 was just a good year from multiple sources. I've seen the same 4 year trend - started seriously looking for VFs in late 2008. Although something has to be factored in when you get down to a few issues of books that just don't turn up in grade very often. Which makes your set very cool! -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 4:29 PM, Rosland said: Speculation time: There are about 120 copies of these issues in 9.0+ in the census. Rosland, RICK STARR, and fantasyland15 have about 10 copies each, leaving 90 unaccounted for. If we assume 2 big fish at 25 copies each (many highest graded copies are not in the registry), that leaves 40. I would guess half of these are scattered in various collections, leaving 1-2 more collectors. Speculative conclusion: there are 6-7 collectors seriously chasing this set at the 9.0+ level. There may be a few more since this title spans from PCH to superhero (with a brief PHM theme). But you're likely in the ballpark. -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 3:24 PM, Rosland said: First issue of this Strange Tales pre-hero run. From Feb. 1959. Deserves more than a "like" -bc Artifiction and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jasonmorris1000000 Posted November 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2021 Some recent pick-ups. bc, Mucheee1, frozentundraguy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted November 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2021 Recent auction wins. frozentundraguy, KirbyJack, bc and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Grottu Posted November 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2021 Rough copy, but I’ve always wanted this one because it’s the most convincing example of a possible Hulk prototype. Hard to look at the three-panel transformation scene and not see the big green guy there at the end… frozentundraguy, Mucheee1, Frisco Larson and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grottu Posted November 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2021 Recent low grade pickup Mucheee1, bc, frozentundraguy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2021 In putting together my PHM runs, I've found 7.0 to be a good sweet spot, at least for post-implosion books -- the right balance between high enough grade and easy enough to actually find. But for some reason I've noticed that 8.0s are more plentiful at the tail end of the Tales of Suspense PHM run, which I guess makes sense since TOS was the last title to switch to super-heroes. So, I've decided to get #33 through #38 in 8.0, with a possible interest in going back to #31 depending on what I find. Here's what I've got so far: Just need to track down #36, and then I can figure out if #31 and #32 are feasible as well! Jasonmorris1000000, Kevin.J, KirbyJack and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I like 7s a lot, too! But I guess we’ll all suffer through your clunky Ol’ eights. Sweet Lou 14, bc, Kevin.J and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted November 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 10:50 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said: In putting together my PHM runs, I've found 7.0 to be a good sweet spot, at least for post-implosion books -- the right balance between high enough grade and easy enough to actually find. But for some reason I've noticed that 8.0s are more plentiful at the tail end of the Tales of Suspense PHM run, which I guess makes sense since TOS was the last title to switch to super-heroes. So, I've decided to get #33 through #38 in 8.0, with a possible interest in going back to #31 depending on what I find. Here's what I've got so far: Just need to track down #36, and then I can figure out if #31 and #32 are feasible as well! Nice run man! TOS#36's are out there, even above a clunky Ol’ eight -bc Mucheee1, KirbyJack, Sweet Lou 14 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 12:51 PM, bc said: Nice run man! TOS#36's are out there, even above a clunky Ol’ eight -bc Indeed! Tough book to judge because there's a subtle difference between the intended yellow and just plain yellowed. Your copy is gorgeous! bc and KirbyJack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvel runs Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 3:29 PM, Rosland said: Speculation time: There are about 120 copies of these issues in 9.0+ in the census. Rosland, RICK STARR, and fantasyland15 have about 10 copies each, leaving 90 unaccounted for. If we assume 2 big fish at 25 copies each (many highest graded copies are not in the registry), that leaves 40. I would guess half of these are scattered in various collections, leaving 1-2 more collectors. Speculative conclusion: there are 6-7 collectors seriously chasing this set at the 9.0+ level. I have 7, maybe 8 in 9.0+ including probably a few highest graded copies and then 16-18 more PCH/PH ST slabs in 8.5. There may be a few copies over the years that were cracked out and resubmitted without notifying CGC, or maybe nobody tried that with a 9.0+ PH ST book; that's hard to say. I'm crossover grading my last book to complete my 1-100 CGC graded run and it's been at CGC for about 7 months now... Depends on what you mean by chase. I wouldn't say I'm seriously chasing the set at 9.0 at all though. I'm chasing the set in 5.0 PCH and 7.0+ for PH, and upgrading from there on occasion if something crosses my path. I'm down to one PCH upgrade left to finish that chase, and I'm happy enough with what I've put together up to this point even if I don't make that last upgrade. I think there may be several early collectors who picked up slabs in 2000-2010 who have retired from collecting before the registry came online that have some old old label slabs stashed somewhere. CGC has been here a long time now, there could even be some slabs whose owner's have passed on and the books are just boxed up somewhere. KirbyJack, bc and Jasonmorris1000000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted December 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2021 A few December books... -bc Frisco Larson, Mucheee1, PKJ and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 10:31 AM, bc said: A few December books... -bc Why wasn't there ever an Insect Man vs. Spider-Man battle? bc and DR.X 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Figment Posted December 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2021 A little bit of a label mismatch, but I like it! Jasonmorris1000000, PKJ, frozentundraguy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Figment Posted December 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2021 I rather like this one too, even though it's not a custom label. Math Teacher, Kevin.J, KirbyJack and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
