Heritage Fall Signature Auction 5 5

[Sqeggs]

2 minutes ago, 143ksk said:

11 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Been there for awhile, actually. 

I remember subbing that book for grading. It was one of two identical copies I bought at a Chicago show in the ‘80s.

Do you remember the grade for the other copy or is it still raw?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Graded in 2005.  CGC isn't always consistent on how it lists Archies in the census.  The publisher they list can vary.  Maybe that was it?

That, or I was smoking too many crack rocks at the time

[Sqeggs]

Just now, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

That, or I was smoking too many crack rocks at the time

That's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to say it! 

[143ksk]

6 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Do you remember the grade for the other copy or is it still raw?

Long gone before Cgc came along, but pretty much exact same condition.

[AnkurJ]

Green label all star 8 looked like a good buy.

[Sqeggs]

12 minutes ago, 143ksk said:

Long gone before Cgc came along, but pretty much exact same condition.

Interesting.  Still out there somewhere, then, I guess. 

[dem1138]

On 11/15/2018 at 2:41 PM, lou_fine said:

You must mean like this Police Comics #1 which managed to fetched $9K or more than triple condition guide price:

 

 

Seems to be substantially higher than where it has been selling for in the recent past.  But then again, this copy here seems to present much better than its assigned CGC 5.5 grade from what I can see on the front cover.  Unless they are whacking it for the pronounced and heavy dust shadow on the back cover which is supposedly the kind of defect which they did not used to grade as harsh for in the past before.  

 

 

This book, when available (which has been rare), has sold very strong privately.  I had it pegged at 11K but thought 9K was a solid result and I'm happy to see that the book is finally getting its due with this public sale.

Edited November 19, 2018 by dem1138

[Sqeggs]

3 minutes ago, szavisca said:

Anyone else surprised at the seemingly low hammers on the high grade Marvel Mystery Comics?

There's always debate about the best strategy for selling a group of books, but what were there, 25 or something MMCs?  Seems like a lot to be absorbed in one auction.

And I know people say it doesn't matter, but having the auction start in the middle of the day eastern time doesn't seem like a recipe for success.  I was only able to dip in briefly a couple of times.

[walclark]

12 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

There's always debate about the best strategy for selling a group of books, but what were there, 25 or something MMCs?  Seems like a lot to be absorbed in one auction.

And I know people say it doesn't matter, but having the auction start in the middle of the day eastern time doesn't seem like a recipe for success.  I was only able to dip in briefly a couple of times.

That was my problem.  Had a couple of books I was considering, but it’s hard to sneak out of the exam room and check out the auction. Might see if there is something in Saturday’s session that catches my eye.

[atomised]

I'll check in with a book I picked up today.  I was pretty deep in the bidding on the Flash 1 4.0.  I think someone got a real nice copy at a more than fair price.

[lou_fine]

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

1 hour ago, szavisca said:

Anyone else surprised at the seemingly low hammers on the high grade Marvel Mystery Comics?

There's always debate about the best strategy for selling a group of books, but what were there, 25 or something MMCs?  Seems like a lot to be absorbed in one auction.

Well, you better give Fishler a call then and tell him this is definitely not the best way for him to dispose of his near complete Church run of Planet Comics which he has in his upcoming CC Auction in a few weeks from now.    

[Mr. Lady Luck]

11 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Sensational book!  So glad you were the one to get it.

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Well, you better give Fishler a call then and tell him this is definitely not the best way for him to dispose of his near complete Church run of Planet Comics which he has in his upcoming CC Auction in a few weeks from now.    

Thanks.  I didn’t know.  I just dropped the winning bid on one! Well, MAYBE the winning bid.  Ok, it’s probably not going to win without a little update from time to time.

Edited November 16, 2018 by GreatCaesarsGhost

[sagii]

...Wonder if Hakes affected HA yesterday a little (if at all) 

[batman_fan]

47 minutes ago, sagii said:

...Wonder if Hakes affected HA yesterday a little (if at all) 

I won something off Hakes 

still need BatBoat, bat mobile, and Penguin. 

Edited November 16, 2018 by batman_fan

[sagii]

36 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

I won something off Hakes 

still need BatBoat, bat mobile, and Penguin. 

Wow, major congrats on that! Super cool item! They always manage to score some killer pop culture items to auction. 

[batman_fan]

28 minutes ago, sagii said:

Wow, major congrats on that! Super cool item! They always manage to score some killer pop culture items to auction. 

For Aurora models they seem to constantly get in ones still sealed and prices are consistently reasonable (not cheap). 

[MrBedrock]

17 hours ago, szavisca said:

Anyone else surprised at the seemingly low hammers on the high grade Marvel Mystery Comics?

I didn't think they were particularly low. Most of them were not the highest graded, just high grade. The spectacular 13 went for a ton. The others were all fair with some strong and some weak. I bid on six and was outbid by the same phone bidder on each. I imagine if someone was willing to punish bid the phone guy then the price results may have been higher, but the final placement results would not have changed.

[telerites]

5 hours ago, sagii said:

...Wonder if Hakes affected HA yesterday a little (if at all) 

I won something in Hakes. I watched the HA but most of the time HA Sig Auctions are too nosebleed for me. 

[MrBedrock]

3 minutes ago, szavisca said:

  I think I’ve just become too used to seeing the obscure low priced books  go 10 times+ guide.

 

I think this phenomena is something we are all becoming too complacent with. We should be very careful not to let the large prices some folks are willing to pay on esoteric books sway us into justifying a heavy expenditure on an otherwise insignificant issue. It is interesting to see the varying viewpoints on this particular auction. I felt the prices were very strong, even on those books that were relisted from sales only a few months ago.