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Sqeggs

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21 hours ago, EC ed said:

This was my consolation prize...now I'm just one book (Sensation #38) away from completing the "All-American Publications Cover Logo" run...a run which only I have ever explicitly collected :D

The Mystery of the Missing Baby Doll! :banana: :insane: 

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I think it's a great run.  I remember reading about this quest in your journal a year to two back.  Important (and not widely understood) part of comics history.  Good luck on landing the last one!

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5 minutes ago, szavisca said:

The write up says it sold for 90k in 2007 though.... ashcans seem pretty chaotic and risky.

Interesting, I missed that.  So, I guess that explains why they were nervous about what the hammer price would be.  And, yes, ashcans haven't really participated in the upswing in GA prices, as far as I can tell. 

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18 hours ago, jhm said:

Sure thing - found it in the links of sales in the 8.0's:
http://comics.gocollect.com/guide/view/112887

It looks like Heritage has sold it a couple times over the years:
https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/jo-jo-comics-8-9-fox-features-syndicate-1947-cgc-vf-80-white-pages/a/7137-93107.s
https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/jo-jo-comics-8-9-fox-features-syndicate-1947-cgc-vf-80-white-pages-it-s-a-good-thing-that-the-girl-on-the-cover-has/a/805-5319.s

Thanks for the info- Yup looks like the same book- I'm seeing a few minor differences but a lot of identical looking marks.  I'll compare again when the book gets here.  Maybe pressed and cleaned?  Either way it's a 9 now...:smile:

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On 8/29/2018 at 10:17 AM, szavisca said:

Had to go a little bananas to get this last night, but feel pretty confident that this'll look like a bargain in not too long, my favorite of the run by far.

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Beautiful pick up my friend! :golfclap:Those colors are amazing, great cover artwork to boot! Certainly a keeper!

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On 9/1/2018 at 11:01 AM, szavisca said:

The write up says it sold for 90k in 2007 though.... ashcans seem pretty chaotic and risky.

Almost like they are too rare to rise. :p

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On 9/1/2018 at 10:07 AM, Sqeggs said:

Interesting, I missed that.  So, I guess that explains why they were nervous about what the hammer price would be.  And, yes, ashcans haven't really participated in the upswing in GA prices, as far as I can tell. 

I think they’re awesome. I wish the timing on the Wonder Woman and Supes copies were about 6 mos. from now. I’d have tried for those. So cool.

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On 8/31/2018 at 8:03 PM, jhm said:

Wow, just Wow. I honestly thought I could be spending six figures this week and ended up with only a single win. I'm a hunter of high grade classic covers and the prices keep shocking me.

Sorry to those of who I may have run up a bit :foryou:

I did take this little beauty as an upgrade copy (thanks to the under bidder for FINALLY dropping out :bigsmile:):

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You are absolutely 100% right on your point here as this was the one book that I really wanted to win in the auction, but did not.  :cry:

From my personal point of view, this is the absolute best of the GGA art covers in the Wings run.  This book was seemingly stuck at the $1,550 price point prior to the end of the auction until I finally decided to throw something higher in there.  Was hoping that this CGC 9.4 highest graded copy would peak out somewhere around $3K since the last 9.4 (slightly nicer looking one) sold for $2,390 on Heritage back in 2011 when there were only 2 copies in this grade.  Now, with a much higher total of 6 copies in this 9.4 grade along with 36 others graded copies and many of them in the relatively high end, I was hoping this would keep a lid on the prices.  I guess in a way, this $4K was a reasonable price as the Heritage copy sold when the top of guide price was at only $330 and top of guide for this year is at a much higher $1,300 price point.  hm

I probably would have bidded higher than the $2,800 or thereabouts when I dropped out except I kept thinking about the raw what should have been a Fine+ copy except for some vertical crease defect that I had picked up from Metro for only $60 years ago and finally decided that I didn't really need the upgrade.  (thumbsu

Big congrats on your win here of what I considered to be a truly iconic cover.  :applause:

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On 8/31/2018 at 9:19 PM, adamstrange said:
On 8/31/2018 at 4:01 PM, lou_fine said:

Surprisingly, still not much action (if any at all) on this classic Robot cover even though it's only a couple of hours away now.  

Wonder if it's due to the fact that there's been a marked increase in the CGC census (even in uber HG condition) for many of these classic covers from the late 40's time period, whether it be Nedors, Fiction House, etc.?  Or more possibly, I imagine it might be due to potential bidders just keeping their powder dry for now and waiting for the critical 3-minute extended time button to be hit.  :taptaptap:

Interesting to note that there also appears to be quite a few other nice looking Startling's that will be ending this evening.  But definitely not much in terms of the HTF Centaur line in this go round here this week.  :frown:

$64,000

Yes, I was actually watching this one along with some of the other Startling's when my better half came into the room to see what I was looking at.  :censored:

She was actually wondering why I was looking at this robot cover book because her attention was much more focused on some red dinosaur cover that kept going near the top of the screen before it would disappear back down as it very very slowly grind its way up from something like $50 up to $250.  Must have hit every single bid incremental step along the way as she actually found it quite fascinating.  lol  :taptaptap:  :taptaptap:

Go figure that as the big red dino probably reminded her of her little red sports car or something.  :screwy:

 

 

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On 9/1/2018 at 5:09 AM, MustEatBrains said:

Anyone here pick this one up?

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On 9/1/2018 at 5:58 AM, Ricksneatstuff said:

I wanted it but tapped out around 4.  

Great book.  

 

On 9/1/2018 at 6:21 AM, MustEatBrains said:

I was at 3777.  Someone wanted it bad for sure.

 

On 9/1/2018 at 6:25 AM, Ricksneatstuff said:

Awesome book with not much sales history. I had no idea where it would end up

Rather a bit surprising since the CGC census indicates a total of 28 graded unrestored copies, with many of them in the higher mid-grade range up to the current high of 9.0 NM-.

Nonetheless, this copy here here has quite a bit going for it in terms of being a first appearance and origin issue, near classic cover image, along with the fact that it is the highest graded copy for now.  Not sure though if a sale of this magnitude in terms of its end result will draw out even more nice copies of this book.  (shrug)

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lou_fine

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1 hour ago, grube09 said:

Picked up a few in these recent auctions.  Got into a bidding war for the Suspense #11...I would've dropped out earlier, but it was Friday night and liquid courage was in full effect :devil:

 

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Now, that's a classic "devil" of a cover for you to be picking up here.  :devil:

Looks like you managed to get it at a more reasonable price point as compared to the less classic Suspense 10 which also topped out at over $4K.  (thumbsu

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