B UNTOLD LEGEND OF BATMAN JOHN BYRNE 1ST DC BATMAN 1980

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Found a brilliant surprise on ebay going down Thursday 630 PM[. John Byrne Draws Batman for the first time in 1980. Batman and Alfred on the scene as the Dark Detective examines the micro scope.

Page Shows scenes of Bruce Wayne enduring rigorous training and study of Crime. Never seen one come up before. I always wanted to see the cover but what a key DC page here.

 

eBay Copy and Paste item number:192036490690 on an ebay search box to view image.

 

[AKA Rick]

Sold for nearly $2,000.

 

I wasn't even the bridesmaid runner up on this one. I thought this would go for about $1,200, since it only had 1 panel of Batman, 'tho is the revised origin retold, so from a storytelling standpoint is a dynamic sequence.

 

I mainly wanted this Page #10 since I already own Page #9 and Page #11 (as well as Page #7), so it would have been a great sequence to own... but I didn't anticipate it nearing that $2k realm. I guess that bodes well for the valuation of the pages I already own.

[eewwnuk]

Yeah...I thought this was going to be a hidden eBay gem. Guess not!

[malvin]

right category, with the right keywords (Byrne) there was no way it was going to be a hidden gem.

 

Even OA in the wrong category that I run across have not gone as cheap as before.

 

Malvin

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I'm sorry you didn't win. The bright side as you say is you are in plenty good shape value wise on your cool pages. I'm not surprised at the final hammer price just disappointed it didn't stay in my price range. One out of 100 times you get a steal on ebay.

[grapeape]

Agree with everything you said. ebay--- once a glistening deep pool of OA gems now a sandy drought tasting oasis.

[eewwnuk]

If you were hoping to keep it within a certain price range, why advertise it here?

[grapeape]

It was a great piece. I was fishing for thoughts and opinions on value from a board that discusses values and opinions daily.