Robot Man Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 7:09 AM, Badger said: I think very few people buy Duck books for investment. There might be a few like WDC&S #1 and FC #386 which. over a long time, have a good return but the rest are too market/buyer sensitive. I remember Overstreet's notations saying, "Prices vary widely on this book." Really that should be on all the Disney GA. Some dealers swear you cannot move them for guide and I know another one that will take every duck book you have, in nice shape, and swears he can sell them for a tidy profit. Many, most?, dealers do not bother bringing Duck books to shows because they just do not sell regardless of grade. However, the last Duck book I bought was from a major dealer at a small show. Figuring out Duck prices and sales trends is confusing. I remember when I first started collecting, Barks Ducks were first tier books. Not so much any more. They are such great reads but this has become such a key/classic cover high grade centric “hobby”. Great for those who love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 12:09 AM, Badger said: I think very few people buy Duck books for investment. There might be a few like WDC&S #1 and FC #386 which. over a long time, have a good return but the rest are too market/buyer sensitive. I remember Overstreet's notations saying, "Prices vary widely on this book." Really that should be on all the Disney GA. Some dealers swear you cannot move them for guide and I know another one that will take every duck book you have, in nice shape, and swears he can sell them for a tidy profit. Many, most?, dealers do not bother bringing Duck books to shows because they just do not sell regardless of grade. However, the last Duck book I bought was from a major dealer at a small show. Figuring out Duck prices and sales trends is confusing. Although if you go box hunting you might be surprised on what you can turn up and often at a decent price! Badger, Robot Man and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 8:11 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Although if you go box hunting you might be surprised on what you can turn up and often at a decent price! I need to do more box hunting. I always pay way more attention to the wall books and almost never dig through the boxes. I'll try to do better in Dallas this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badger Posted November 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2022 Just cause its one of my favorite covers. damonwad, PopKulture, Transplant and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 1:03 AM, Badger said: Just cause its one of my favorite covers. You don't read much about Carl Buettner but he left behind some of the most iconic four color duck covers! Frozen Gold being perhaps my favorite. tth2 and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 11:03 AM, Badger said: Just cause its one of my favorite covers. That is my second favorite Donald Duck Cover. I hope to own a good copy of it some day Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 10:51 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: You don't read much about Carl Buettner but he left behind some of the most iconic four color duck covers! Frozen Gold being perhaps my favorite. He is so good. For years I thought they were Barks' covers but I was corrected on these very boards. Is there anything that talks about who he was and what happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Nevermind. I found a good article on Carl Buettner. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/buettner_carl.htm#:~:text=Carl Von Buettner,in two vastly different genres. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 7:52 AM, Badger said: I need to do more box hunting. I always pay way more attention to the wall books and almost never dig through the boxes. I'll try to do better in Dallas this weekend. Wall hunting is lazy and rarely a deal. The deals are often buried in the boxes as well as suprises you discover that have been overlooked by others. I even scored a couple of great deals from Harley a while back. Often yesterday’s high prices become today’s steal. I always ask for stuff I want that isn’t out. Sometimes I find stuff in boxes that behind the table. Badger and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Another question about this one: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-17-file-copy-dell-1942-cgc-nm-mt-98-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40208-81465.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction Is this the oldest Donald Duck Cover to score a 9.8? And yes, unfortunately I don't encounter many Disney/Duck Books when I go Box Hunting, but the ones I find are surprisingly good. No major keys but the age, condition, and asking prices for these issues are great. In my opinion, some of the best cover art were from the Golden Age of Disney. Edited November 10, 2022 by Bigphatpaulie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromak Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) Accepting donations: Second highest grade in Germany grading scale Edited November 12, 2022 by Kromak Pickie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) FWIW: Not quite so. In Germany we have the number "0" (zero) for highest grade, comparable to the grade 10 in US scaling (and hence exceedingly rare). Best copy of Micky Maus 1/1951 known is probably a "0-" ("zero minus"), residing with a long time collector (not me). Edited November 12, 2022 by Pickie Kromak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tri-Color Brian Posted November 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2022 Picked this up this week, not just because I like the cover, but because it was on sale the month I was born... damonwad, 50YrsCollctngCmcs, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 1:10 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Picked this up this week, not just because I like the cover, but because it was on sale the month I was born... Robot Man approves! Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 The FC 178 9.6 sold again for 90k… so assuming the book hadn’t been sold privately in between auctions, HA made 45,000$ on the same book and the seller lost 22,500$… How does one go about opening an auction house?… 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 6:27 PM, dikran said: The FC 178 9.6 sold again for 90k… so assuming the book hadn’t been sold privately in between auctions, HA made 45,000$ on the same book and the seller lost 22,500$… How does one go about opening an auction house?… 🤔 I was watching this auction too. A grail like that is worth more in my books Why is it the seller lost 25%? I thought Heritage extracts 10% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 7:53 PM, Bigphatpaulie said: I was watching this auction too. A grail like that is worth more in my books Why is it the seller lost 25%? I thought Heritage extracts 10% He paid 90k to buy it. Sold it for 90k. HA took 15k buyers premium plus 10% of the 75k so 15k + 7.5k so in all he lost a regular human’s yearly salary with very little effort Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 10:44 AM, dikran said: He paid 90k to buy it. Sold it for 90k. HA took 15k buyers premium plus 10% of the 75k so 15k + 7.5k so in all he lost a regular human’s yearly salary with very little effort Does Heritage do reserve auctions? Seems like that would be a good way to get more books on the blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 7:27 AM, dikran said: The FC 178 9.6 sold again for 90k… so assuming the book hadn’t been sold privately in between auctions, HA made 45,000$ on the same book and the seller lost 22,500$… How does one go about opening an auction house?… 🤔 I was surprised too, but apparently there were at least 2 other collectors out there that were willing to pay around $90k for it, in addition to whoever won this last year. But how did HA make $45k off this sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 9:44 AM, dikran said: On 11/18/2022 at 8:53 AM, Bigphatpaulie said: I was watching this auction too. A grail like that is worth more in my books Why is it the seller lost 25%? I thought Heritage extracts 10% He paid 90k to buy it. Sold it for 90k. HA took 15k buyers premium plus 10% of the 75k so 15k + 7.5k so in all he lost a regular human’s yearly salary with very little effort I think it's very unlikely that Heritage charged the seller full boat. So the seller definitely did end up losing money net net, but probably not $22.5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
