EwanUK Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Looks like a Miracleman #15 has been pressed (or simply re-graded) from a 9.8 into a 9.9 (one less 9.8 in the census and a 9.9 is there now sitting at the top of the pile!!). The lucky submitter is as good as guaranteed to get top of the registry set if they have the rest of them. Maybe it will come up for sale but not many will be able to afford it, including me I suspect. I am now officially jealous! It's my book and it isn't pressed I am absurdly jealous, but congratulations are also in order - did you think it was going to come back a 9.9 when you subbed the book? erk... sorry everyone, now very embarrassed I was just joking - a bit of British defeatist humour! Michael, you're still no.1 don't worry. Sorry! A 9.9 no.15 would be amazing and perhaps it is a pressed one? I think after the flux of sig series 9.8s more 9.9s will begin to surface... How much do you reckon a 9.9 15 would go for? ironically I did submit a 15 that I thought would be a 9.9 - as perfect a my 12 but got JUST another worthless 9.8.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwanUK Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Many congratulations Ewan and apologies for my suggestion it was pressed (just saw one less 9.8 and a 9.9 appear; 1+1=3 ). I think that makes you joint top in the set so you just need one more s/s to take the lead back to Albion! Mark Buckingham has been signing quite a few recently and Totleben is also signing again in September so it should be an interesting battle for the set this year but that 9.9 will be unbeatable in the long run. Well done but if you want to sell it for a reasonable sum.... or maybe swap it for something interesting? Registry - I can't beat Michael now without spending £100s on sig series books - so my solace is that I've been no.1 two years previously (though with vastly inferior sets) it's moved on so much in recent years I recall when a straight 9.8 set was beyond the realms of possibility as 9.8s of certain numbers didn't exist - no.8 and no.23 if I recall... Like Olympic records, grading highs will continue to be beaten - well if CGC continue run the Olympics that is.... But again, why is the JJ set obscured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeidea Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 If JJ has it, it isn't in his set yet (don't think his score has changed by that much since it has been obscured). If the owner isn't one of the registry set contenders then maybe it will come up for sale. The head sketch #15's are the most expensive MM's so far and they market for over $1,000 (although they probably cost half that to put together: 9.8 + sketch/grading fees). I would say a #15 9.9 would go for a whole lot more but very hard to tell how much given there is only one, it's the top collected book in the set and there are lots of potential buyers out there. I just submitted 3 x #15's, 1 x #17 and 1 x #24 but wont see them for a while as I only paid for "very slow" CGC grading. Don't think there are any 9.9's in there but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 have to think about that, a #1 9.8 Alan Moore, very tempting.... marriage or comic...difficult decision... Alternatively I could get a #1 Gold NM- copy for around $850 and flatten it into a 9.8 using a friend's trouser press. Tell the Misses it's for "future" investment I suspect telling the kids their holiday in Florida is cancelled due to an "investment opportunity" would lead to some expensive litigation, a serious head injury and a sudden inability to have further children due to an inexplicable and violent upward movement of my wife's knee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This is water Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I believed you. I wonder who the lucky owner is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gort666 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Just in case nobody else noticed... The 9.9 Miracleman #15 is up for sale at ComicLinks August auction. No... it's not mine. I just found it there and thought it could be interesting for someone. I am curious how this will end. But surely out of my price range or at least out of the range I am willing to spend. ComicLink - MM#15 CGC 9.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 That is just a gorgeous copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 You are not just whistling dixie. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill the Governor Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Wow! That's a nice copy! Oh, I'm not sure if I have ever casually mentioned it, but I happen to know the owner of the original cover art of MM #1. Manager at the comic store I use to work at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 You are not just whistling dixie. Wow. I'm just glad they stopped calling it a "decapitation cover." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwanUK Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 it's a stunner alright - has that "perfectness" edge over 9.8s I've seen - a bit like a MM no.12 I know about but can't possibly mention on this section of the boards... So what do we reckon the no.15 will go for? My view is a $2,000 book Do we reckon its been pressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 it's a stunner alright - has that "perfectness" edge over 9.8s I've seen - a bit like a MM no.12 I know about but can't possibly mention on this section of the boards... So what do we reckon the no.15 will go for? My view is a $2,000 book Do we reckon its been pressed? No way of knowing, but my guess would be no. Maybe spot ironed to make sure the corners were flawless, but I can't see taking a book that had to be incredible "before" any hypothetical pressing and having it done. Stranger things have happened, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Linguini Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Your video was better than that, except for my dad's night terrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 WOW!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeidea Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 That is just a gorgeous copy. I can see your temptation but PLEASE don't buy it, I'm BEGGING you, don't do it; at the moment there is just a faint possibility, a small slim chance, that one of us lesser mortals might catch you in the registry, one day in a far off future. If you took away that chance I don't know what we would do....we would be in a state of despair, broken, demoralised, without purpose and our sets would fall into disrepair . Put your temptation back into that dark place and lift the lives of your fellow boardies and give us renewed hope. PS: Don't let JJ buy it either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Linguini Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Would I pay $2000 for a 9.8 or 9.9 Miracleman #15? I'd be dumb not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschmidt Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 If you paid $2,000 for a 9.8 Miracleman #15, you'd be pretty dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 If you paid $2,000 for a 9.8 Miracleman #15, you'd be pretty dumb. Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
