Badger Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, AJD said: The #6 in the photo was a VG+ I bought from Mr Bedrock. I think it was trimmed, but it presented pretty well. Now I have a de-slabbed 6.5 As I'm sure you know because you asked that question, it's a very tough book in grade! Here's the upgrade. I'd really like a nice bright 8.0, but wouldn't we all? You are the only one, besides me, that has a 6.5. Looks like there is a 7 and a couple of 8s on the census. Imagine the feeding frenzy if one of those came up for sale. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Badger said: You are the only one, besides me, that has a 6.5. Looks like there is a 7 and a couple of 8s on the census. Imagine the feeding frenzy if one of those came up for sale. I think it would fetch a pretty solid price. A few years ago I tried to let Overstreet know about the scarcity of this one in high grade, with the usual result. It lists #6 at $775 in 9.2 - yeah, ok, I'll take one at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Speaking of duck prices, did anyone else notice this outlier at Heritage recently? A 9.2 sold for less last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Even Duck books aren’t immune to Collectiblepalooza 2020-21 it seems... 5 hours ago, AJD said: Speaking of duck prices, did anyone else notice this outlier at Heritage recently? A 9.2 sold for less last year! AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 ComicLink has a FC 4 Cgc 4.5 coming up in a couple days, any predictions on final price? Can't remember if there’s been one for auction in the last year... Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 @dikran1 Heritage sold a FC series 1 #4 in May last year for $5,280. It was a 5.5, also with light tan to offwhite pages. Given that I think a price around $4,000 - $4,500 would be a reasonable estimate. But that's a year ago, so it's probably now a $30k book. dikran and Badger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, AJD said: @dikran1 Heritage sold a FC series 1 #4 in May last year for $5,280. It was a 5.5, also with light tan to offwhite pages. Given that I think a price around $4,000 - $4,500 would be a reasonable estimate. But that's a year ago, so it's probably now a $30k book. Ah yes! I had bought my FC 178 in that auction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 11 hours ago, AJD said: Speaking of duck prices, did anyone else notice this outlier at Heritage recently? A 9.2 sold for less last year! Its a great cover but whaaaa? Saudi oil money I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 14 hours ago, AJD said: Speaking of duck prices, did anyone else notice this outlier at Heritage recently? A 9.2 sold for less last year! Yeah it probably got a lot of attention as they had a nice run of WDCS books last Sunday. No bargains to be found though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan78 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Not my typical collecting niche, but some recent additions. I like these covers Badger, OtherEric, Jayman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan78 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Forgot one OtherEric, Badger, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Jonathan78 said: Not my typical collecting niche, but some recent additions. I like these covers Its fun to get outside your niche every once in a while and you picked some nice books! Jonathan78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Ducks & Pumpkins! Austin James Kelly, Badger, Robot Man and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavideD Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) On 2/9/2021 at 12:46 PM, dikran1 said: ComicLink has a FC 4 Cgc 4.5 coming up in a couple days, any predictions on final price? Can't remember if there’s been one for auction in the last year... Well, the final price will be in the order of 4k I guess, but the copy is under CGC slab since 2010: I'm rather suspicious of the real conditions after 11y. I read the slab can slightly damage the comic when it has already some defects and some comics "regraded" after a few years, were downgraded by CGC (apparently CGC was larger in grading a few years ago). I buy CGC only if within the last 5y (although I prefer no-slabbed copies, to be able to read them). Edited February 16, 2021 by DavideD Some precisions added to the message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavideD Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 and here is my copy of FC4: lotemo, waaaghboss and Badger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 After selling off all of my low grade WDC&S issues I bought a few more nicer ones. I haven't felt this positive about buying more duck books in quite a while. Robot Man and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I had to buy this copy. Mid-grade with white pages! dikran, Jonathan78, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Badger said: I had to buy this copy. Mid-grade with white pages! I'm not normally a huge fan of the Kelly WDC&S covers; at least compared to most of Kelly's work. What makes him stand out normally gets lost in his adherence to staying on model and not having room to, for lack of a better term, animate the characters. But the expression on the bee is just classic Kelly, as is the cork in the pistol. I may need to track down a copy of this one. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 10:45 PM, OtherEric said: I'm not normally a huge fan of the Kelly WDC&S covers; at least compared to most of Kelly's work. What makes him stand out normally gets lost in his adherence to staying on model and not having room to, for lack of a better term, animate the characters. But the expression on the bee is just classic Kelly, as is the cork in the pistol. I may need to track down a copy of this one. I actually think Buettner was a better duck cover artist. Some of his covers are really just fantastic. This WDCS though is one of Kelly's best and I bet it sold like proverbial hot cakes. OtherEric and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: I actually think Buettner was a better duck cover artist. Some of his covers are really just fantastic. This WDCS though is one of Kelly's best and I bet it sold like proverbial hot cakes. It sure did if the number of copies for sale on eBay is any indication. Makes me believe that their circulation really was above a million copies. Edited March 6, 2021 by Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
