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[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 3/13/2024 at 4:17 AM, Marty Mann said:

These Kelly covers always make me smile!!

[Marty Mann]

[dikran]

On 3/11/2024 at 10:04 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Oh I'm sorry you didn't know but Rich passed away last year. Here is the tribute thread if you would like to read it.

RIP Rich Olson

So sorry to hear about his passing... he got me hooked on GA Disney and was a fountain of information in the short time I corresponded with him on the boards.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 3/14/2024 at 4:07 AM, dikran said:

So sorry to hear about his passing... he got me hooked on GA Disney and was a fountain of information in the short time I corresponded with him on the boards.

Rich made a lot of connections on these boards all driven by his love of Disney comics! A wonderful thing for the rest of us to aspire to here!

[Ryan.]

[Bigphatpaulie]

Some Recent Duck Sales from Heritage:

Four Color #386:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/four-color-386-uncle-scrooge-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7369-93082.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

Four Color #450:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/humor/four-color-450-walt-disney-s-duck-album-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7369-93083.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-140-dell-1952-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7369-93220.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Preview-ThisAuction-120115

Four Color #379:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/cartoon-character/four-color-379-donald-duck-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7369-93345.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

I tried bidding on the FC #450 (wasn't expecting it to go that high) and WDC&S #140 but struck out

[OtherEric]

On 4/6/2024 at 4:25 PM, Bigphatpaulie said:

Some Recent Duck Sales from Heritage:

Four Color #386:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/four-color-386-uncle-scrooge-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7369-93082.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

Four Color #450:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/humor/four-color-450-walt-disney-s-duck-album-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7369-93083.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-140-dell-1952-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7369-93220.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Preview-ThisAuction-120115

Four Color #379:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/cartoon-character/four-color-379-donald-duck-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7369-93345.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

I tried bidding on the FC #450 (wasn't expecting it to go that high) and WDC&S #140 but struck out

Yeah, the price on the #450 is something of a jaw dropper

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 4/7/2024 at 8:31 AM, OtherEric said:

Yeah, the price on the #450 is something of a jaw dropper

Yeah nice book but unless you are a high grade completist I just don't see the value. So many other places to drop that cash. And the edges don't look like a 9.2 to me; but I don't play the high grade game.

[adamstrange]

On 4/6/2024 at 8:48 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

On 4/6/2024 at 7:31 PM, OtherEric said:

Yeah, the price on the #450 is something of a jaw dropper

Yeah nice book but unless you are a high grade completist I just don't see the value. So many other places to drop that cash. And the edges don't look like a 9.2 to me; but I don't play the high grade game.

The solution to the mystery is that it is sole highest graded.

[tth2]

On 4/7/2024 at 7:25 AM, Bigphatpaulie said:

Some Recent Duck Sales from Heritage:

Four Color #386:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/four-color-386-uncle-scrooge-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7369-93082.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

This was shockingly low.  I don't know if it was the writing on the cover that put people off or what, but the consignor must've been pretty disappointed.

On 4/7/2024 at 7:25 AM, Bigphatpaulie said:

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140:  https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-140-dell-1952-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7369-93220.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Preview-ThisAuction-120115

This was surprisingly high.  I can remember when 9.4 was the top grade in the Census for this book, and now there seem to be tons of 9.6s and 9.8s. 

[Bigphatpaulie]

  

  

On 4/6/2024 at 11:27 PM, tth2 said:

This was shockingly low.  I don't know if it was the writing on the cover that put people off or what, but the consignor must've been pretty disappointed.

This was surprisingly high.  I can remember when 9.4 was the top grade in the Census for this book, and now there seem to be tons of 9.6s and 9.8s. 

 

I noticed that too about Four Color #386.  I wish I made an attempt at it but I was saving up for a chance at the WDC&S #140. 

The consignor would be very disappointed if he purchased this back from the August 2018 auction.  Looks like it was regraded too without a change:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/four-color-386-uncle-scrooge-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7189-91045.s?gck=aceb26a6-8066-4809-9021-5973a414eb85&utm_source=GoCollect&utm_medium=Growth_Partner&utm_campaign=Sponsored_Listing&utm_term=Four+Color+%23386&utm_content=7189-91045

WDC&S #140 was higher than I thought it'd be (more suprised at the FC #450 auction).  For a while there was only 1 other 9.8 on census but this new one has White Pages so it looks to be a better copy, but now there's two 9.8s on census.  Wasn't sure how it'd have affected the price.  

Edited April 7 by Bigphatpaulie

[tth2]

On 4/7/2024 at 11:47 AM, Bigphatpaulie said:

The consignor would be very disappointed if he purchased this back from the August 2018 auction.  Looks like it was regraded too without a change:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/four-color-386-uncle-scrooge-dell-1952-cgc-nm-92-white-pages/a/7189-91045.s?gck=aceb26a6-8066-4809-9021-5973a414eb85&utm_source=GoCollect&utm_medium=Growth_Partner&utm_campaign=Sponsored_Listing&utm_term=Four+Color+%23386&utm_content=7189-91045

Ouch!  What makes it even more painful is that the book was in kind of a decade-long doldrums back in 2018, but had seen a resurgence in the last few years, so I'm sure there was an expectation of a nice profit over the 2018 price. 

[adamstrange]

On 4/6/2024 at 11:27 PM, tth2 said:

This was shockingly low.  I don't know if it was the writing on the cover that put people off or what, but the consignor must've been pretty disappointed.

This was surprisingly high.  I can remember when 9.4 was the top grade in the Census for this book, and now there seem to be tons of 9.6s and 9.8s. 

The result of a combination of file copies, re-submissions, and pressing.

[AJD]

On 4/7/2024 at 11:00 PM, tth2 said:

Ouch!  What makes it even more painful is that the book was in kind of a decade-long doldrums back in 2018, but had seen a resurgence in the last few years, so I'm sure there was an expectation of a nice profit over the 2018 price. 

Just to totally quantify the pain, allowing for the inflation of the intervening six years, the break even point was $9,640, so the book achieved about half its 2018 price in real terms. And then there are Heritage fees...

Edited April 8 by AJD

[Bigphatpaulie]

Really happy to have recently scored this.  Next to Launchpad, Magica was my favorite Ducktales Character.

Kind of tempted to ask CGC for a cleaning and resubmit.  I can't see any flaws on this book but its probably due to the page quality and staple (which I can't see much rust on it).  Still, graded back in 2009

https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/0956557015/

Edited April 12 by Bigphatpaulie

[Badger]

On 4/12/2024 at 11:51 AM, Bigphatpaulie said:

Really happy to have recently scored this.  Next to Launchpad, Magica was my favorite Ducktales Character.

Kind of tempted to ask CGC for a cleaning and resubmit.  I can't see any flaws on this book but its probably due to the page quality and staple (which I can't see much rust on it).  Still, graded back in 2009

https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/0956557015/

Wow! Next to Scrooge, Magica is my favorite Bark's character. I would love to have a nicer copy of this book. My copy is "only" an 8.5. I bought it off of eBay way back when as a raw NMish copy. Knew it wasn't when I received it but it was nice enough and the page quality is stellar. Seeing yours does make me want to upgrade though. 

Edited April 14 by Badger

[Ryan.]

[AJD]

I might be an old curmudgeon*, but that Marvel blurb sounds pretty dire. I'm hoping it's better than I fear.

 

 

*Narrator: yep, he is.

Edited April 14 by AJD

[Tom789]

After losing out on the Heritage CGC 9.8 (who am I kidding, the price soared before I could even bid) I consoled myself with this eBay acquisition. Probably been posted here dozens of times already, but it's one of my favorite covers.  Donald has excellent height on his swing.  Oh, and I hear it might be a key as well. 

[Hepcat]

On 4/7/2024 at 1:25 PM, adamstrange said:

The result of a combination of file copies, re-submissions, and pressing.

I'd like to know more about these Dell file copies. When did they appear out of the woodwork and do you have any idea of how many File copies there were per issue? Who unearthed them and how were they brought to market initially?

 

Edited April 15 by Hepcat