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[Ricksneatstuff]

17 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

You and your love of Planet 17! I tapped out at $3,800 or so.  

Honestly, I think this is the prettiest copy of this book I have ever seen.  The reds are amazing and white pages too!

Congrats Rick

Thanks bud! It felt like the right companion to my Toledo copy of Planet 18.  

 

[Spyder!]

7 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Thanks bud! It felt like the right companion to my Toledo copy of Planet 18.  

 

Yes, both your new 17 and your 18 are unicorns.  Those colors are unreal. 

The Toledo Planets are not very high grade on average but tend to have very strong colors.

Edited March 15, 2019 by Spyder!

[Tim Weaver]

Managed to pick up the 2, 5, 7, and 10.  Overpaid for the 2, but it's my favorite Planet and will never leave my collection.  

[comicjack]

1 minute ago, Tim Weaver said:

Managed to pick up the 2, 5, 7, and 10.  Overpaid for the 2, but it's my favorite Planet and will never leave my collection.  

You got some great ones 

[Tim Weaver]

39 minutes ago, LordRahl said:

Two pickups tonight that I thought looked really good for their respective grades.

 

That 40 is stunning.  I meant to bid on that one but got distracted with the CC auction tonight.  Great pickup!

[Spyder!]

4 minutes ago, Tim Weaver said:

Managed to pick up the 2, 5, 7, and 10.  Overpaid for the 2, but it's my favorite Planet and will never leave my collection.  

I assume you mean the Berk copy.  Exceptional book!  Well done Tim.  

I was the under bidder on the 5, the last rivet issue I needed.  I’ll finish off the rivets someday!

Congrats on your pick ups!  

[Tim Weaver]

Just now, Spyder! said:

I assume you mean the Berk copy.  Exceptional book!  Well done Tim.  

I was the under bidder on the 5, the last rivet issue I needed.  I’ll finish off the rivets someday!

Congrats on your pick ups!  

Yeah, the Berk copy.  This Planet collecting business is incredibly addicting.

[Spyder!]

5 minutes ago, Tim Weaver said:

Yeah, the Berk copy.  This Planet collecting business is incredibly addicting.

It is indeed my friend.  And the rivet issues are especially intoxicating.  You did very well tonight.

[Ricksneatstuff]

11 minutes ago, Tim Weaver said:

Yeah, the Berk copy.  This Planet collecting business is incredibly addicting.

You beat out some serious competition on the 2 and 10 especially. Great books!!

[Tim Weaver]

14 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

You beat out some serious competition on the 2 and 10 especially. Great books!!

Thanks.  I also really wanted the 17.  Glad to see it went to you.  That's a beauty.

[Flex Mentallo]

Well done, fellow Planeteers! Some radiant copies landed here! I know Rick had been hunting down this particular copy of Planet #17 ever since it first popped up, then disappeared from sight before eventually surfacing again after long months. Did anyone keep a record of the CC results on those Rivets?  Looked like most of them were on track to finish strongly, which if so is heartening after the extraordinarily variable results of the Church auction. Last time I looked, the weakest bidding seemed to be on the #19 - cannot understand why that book does not get the same love as #17 and #18 [apart from the Church copy of course].

[jhutton2]

Lol, I was tied up with other things and missed the party.   Probably better for my pocket book anyways.

So what was the final hammer on the Rivet books?   Would love to know if someone can share.  I had my eye on the #2 but never bid.

Warmest Regards

Jason

[Ricksneatstuff]

46 minutes ago, Flex Mentallo said:

Well done, fellow Planeteers! Some radiant copies landed here! I know Rick had been hunting down this particular copy of Planet #17 ever since it first popped up, then disappeared from sight before eventually surfacing again after long months. Did anyone keep a record of the CC results on those Rivets?  Looked like most of them were on track to finish strongly, which if so is heartening after the extraordinarily variable results of the Church auction. Last time I looked, the weakest bidding seemed to be on the #19 - cannot understand why that book does not get the same love as #17 and #18 [apart from the Church copy of course].

The 19 went kind of soft. Probably the PQ was a factor. I thought the Planets faired well, in line with expectations overall, with a few surpassing expectations (2 and 10 went pretty strong- but two mega classics) and the 17 went for a little less than I was prepared to go so I was happy. The Centaur numbers were amazing and this was definitely a coming out party for those books. 

[Spyder!]

I think I have the final prices for all of them except for #8 and #16.

Planet #1 CGC 5.0 Universal - $6,488

Planet #2 CGC 8.0 Universal (Berk) - $13,800

Planet #2 CGC 6.5 Restored - $1,651

Planet #3 CGC 4.0 Conserved - $1,305

Planet #5 CGC 4.5 Universal - $2,271

Planet #6 CGC 2.5 Universal - $925

Planet #7 CGC 5.0 Universal - $2,655

Planet #9 CGC 5.0 Universal - $2,261

Planet #10 CGC 5.0 Universal - $3,600

Planet #11 CGC 7.0 Universal - $3,600

Planet #12 CGC 8.0 Universal (Cage) - $4,400

Planet #14 CGC 5.0 Restored - $1,850

Planet #15 CGC 2.5 Universal - $3,500

Planet #17 CGC 5.0 Universal - $4,311

Planet #18 CGC 3.5 Universal - $1,300

Planet #19 CGC 4.0 Universal - $650

Planet #20 CGC 6.0 Universal - $2,350

Planet #21 CGC 6.0 Universal - $1,445

[entalmighty1]

The Planet 8 CGC 5.5 Restored went for $825, and the 16 CGC 3.5 went for $447.

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

I'm not a heavy hitter financially, but some of those final prices do seem very reasonable to me. It just shows that PLANETS are still very reasonably priced overall. 

[Spyder!]

I did pick up one of the books last night.  Unfortunately, I did not pick up issue 5 which is the last rivet I need, but I did upgrade my Planet 6.  Yes, a 2.5 is an upgrade! 

[eschnit]

I've got a dumb question, but I'm interested in learning.  Planet 55, Joe Doolin cover.  Doesn't it look Bakeresque, or is it just me?

Edited March 15, 2019 by eschnit

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

2 hours ago, eschnit said:

I've got a dumb question, but I'm interested in learning.  Planet 55, Joe Doolin cover.  Doesn't it look Bakeresque, or is it just me?

Well Baker did work on that book, and he's such a monumental talent that its not inconceivable that Doolin was influenced by him on this occasion. However Doolin was considerably older than Baker so I may be off the mark with that theory. Artists in the GA certainly did 'borrow' and swipe one another's styles all the time. The girl definitely looks like a Baker girl tho', so I can see where you are coming from.

[mwotka]

Things went better than expected on CC the other night...  

Feeling pretty good about these!