bounty_coder Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Just in case anyone missed it; was cool to see this published... https://www.hotchkiss.org/news/news-post-page/~post/holy-pancakes-batman-thats-some-comicbook-collection-20171201 - bounty ThothAmon, Readcomix and porcupine48 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelholt Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Nice read. Thanks for posting bounty_coder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 23 minutes ago, bounty_coder said: Just in case anyone missed it; was cool to see this published... https://www.hotchkiss.org/news/news-post-page/~post/holy-pancakes-batman-thats-some-comicbook-collection-20171201 - bounty Nice read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Cool to read. June will mark the 1 year anniversary since the single most 'once in a lifetime comic book auction event' to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 I still remember the days being in front of my laptop; looking over my Comic Connect watch list in that auction. It was the first time I had ever even bid on books through an auction house but knew I could not miss out on this potentially once in a lifetime experience. I lost many; I won ones that I very much adore. comicjack and sagii 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 one of my more 'obscure' wins, he had a bit of everything gino2paulus2 and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 At least one of the Mystery Mens from that auction is in the current Heritage auction, and I've seen other Berk books up for auction already. Considering how strong the prices in the Berk auction were, it amazes me that people think there's still enough additional upside (particularly after Heritage's cut) that it's worth it to try to flip the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, tth2 said: At least one of the Mystery Mens from that auction is in the current Heritage auction, and I've seen other Berk books up for auction already. Considering how strong the prices in the Berk auction were, it amazes me that people think there's still enough additional upside (particularly after Heritage's cut) that it's worth it to try to flip the books. It is amazing. I remember a lot of talk on the Boards that these books will disappear into collections for another 20 or so years during the auction. While i believe a lot of them have, there have been a notable number of flips between HA, CC themselves, C'Link, WWC, eBay and even these Boards since the auction last June. I'm sure some of them were maybe 'impulse' buys, and just a matter of being 'over' the purchase too though. sacentaur, PKJ and Yellow Kid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Has anyone heard from Berk since he divested himself? Is he happy with his decision? What made him pull the trigger and get out? I’m fascinated by that. Every day in this hobby is a push pull, but I always figured I’d get out when it was time to pay for my daughter’s wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) It was an amazing collection thanks for posting Edited February 16, 2018 by comicjack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 9 hours ago, bounty_coder said: Just in case anyone missed it; was cool to see this published... https://www.hotchkiss.org/news/news-post-page/~post/holy-pancakes-batman-thats-some-comicbook-collection-20171201 - bounty Although I google some keywords from time to time ... I missed it, thanks for posting. I don't see anything coming in the future to rival that last year's event, not in the US, not in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 9 hours ago, tth2 said: At least one of the Mystery Mens from that auction is in the current Heritage auction, and I've seen other Berk books up for auction already. Considering how strong the prices in the Berk auction were, it amazes me that people think there's still enough additional upside (particularly after Heritage's cut) that it's worth it to try to flip the books. MM 6 was for sale on Ritter's site and that book and others formerly on his site are now up for auction. He probably got a good deal from Heritage for his consignment. Ritter has offered quite a few Berk books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Has anyone heard from Berk since he divested himself? Is he happy with his decision? What made him pull the trigger and get out? I’m fascinated by that. Every day in this hobby is a push pull, but I always figured I’d get out when it was time to pay for my daughter’s wedding. Jon's very happy with the results of the auction and content with letting the collection go last time I heard from him. He has retained a small set of very sweet comics and select pages of original art. gino2paulus2, Tri-Color Brian, telerites and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
