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On 10/29/2022 at 2:46 AM, Crowzilla said:
On 10/23/2022 at 10:10 AM, tth2 said:

It'd be pretty awesome to be able to buy back the FC 178 and the (now 9.6) FC 9 at half the price I sold them for last year. 

It'd be like getting paid $65k to rent them out for 18 months!  (and the tenant even "renovated" the FC 9 for me)

So now we know the "tenant" was Schmell, which makes me root even harder for you to be able to buy them back at half price.

Based on the results of the Doug auction, rumors of the demise of comics have been greatly exaggerated.  Lots of strong prices.

But with the notable exception of the "9.6" FC 9, which sold for about $10,000 less than he paid for it last year when it was a 9.4.  Factor in additional costs for resubbing, maybe pressing, and Heritage's fees, and that's a bit of a hit.  

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On 11/4/2022 at 5:25 AM, tth2 said:

Based on the results of the Doug auction, rumors of the demise of comics have been greatly exaggerated.  Lots of strong prices.

But with the notable exception of the "9.6" FC 9, which sold for about $10,000 less than he paid for it last year when it was a 9.4.  Factor in additional costs for resubbing, maybe pressing, and Heritage's fees, and that's a bit of a hit.  

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

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On 11/4/2022 at 4:25 AM, tth2 said:

But with the notable exception of the "9.6" FC 9, which sold for about $10,000 less than he paid for it last year when it was a 9.4.  Factor in additional costs for resubbing, maybe pressing, and Heritage's fees, and that's a bit of a hit.  

Athough this is probably much deserved for Dougie based upon his past reputation, I think this $10K hit that he took is going to look like peanuts compared to the hit that the consignor of your $90K FC 386 Uncle Scrooge is mst likely going to take in this month's upcoming Heritage Signature Auction. :popcorn:  :tonofbricks:

Not sure why buyers try flipping these books back out in such a hurry when they just finished buying them at record top of market prices.  doh!

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On 11/4/2022 at 7:25 AM, tth2 said:

Based on the results of the Doug auction, rumors of the demise of comics have been greatly exaggerated.  Lots of strong prices.

But with the notable exception of the "9.6" FC 9, which sold for about $10,000 less than he paid for it last year when it was a 9.4.  Factor in additional costs for resubbing, maybe pressing, and Heritage's fees, and that's a bit of a hit.  

A couple of the Walter Lantz New Funnies sat unsold on Worldwide's site for a couple of years—at prices that were about half of what they sold for in this auction—until very recently.

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On 11/5/2022 at 10:53 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

A couple of the Walter Lantz New Funnies sat unsold on Worldwide's site for a couple of years—at prices that were about half of what they sold for in this auction—until very recently.

I would guess that the number of people who check out Worldwide's site is a small fraction of the number of people who follow Heritage's auctions.

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On 11/5/2022 at 2:37 AM, lou_fine said:

Not sure why buyers try flipping these books back out in such a hurry when they just finished buying them at record top of market prices.  doh!

Our is not to wonder why,

Our is but to raise them high. :cheers:

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On 11/4/2022 at 6:36 AM, ThothAmon said:
On 11/4/2022 at 4:25 AM, tth2 said:

that's a bit of a hit.  

As opposed to this home run. Grade ‘em if you’ve got ‘em. 

 

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Well, I guess this would be a perfect example of a case where you win some and you lose some.  hm

So, although he clearly lost some $10K+ on the Donald Duck Four Color 9, he still ended up making some $20K+ on Star Trek 1 after an unsuccessful attempt at an upgrade after he had picked up for only $20,400 back in November of 2019:  :whatthe:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/science-fiction/star-trek-1-gold-key-1967-cgc-nm-96-white-pages/a/7212-92275.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-PreviousPricesHeritage-081514#

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On 11/5/2022 at 12:58 AM, lou_fine said:

Well, I guess this would be a perfect example of a case where you win some and you lose some.  hm

So, although he clearly lost some $10K+ on the Donald Duck Four Color 9, he still ended up making some $20K+ on Star Trek 1 after an unsuccessful attempt at an upgrade after he had picked up for only $20,400 back in November of 2019:  :whatthe:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/science-fiction/star-trek-1-gold-key-1967-cgc-nm-96-white-pages/a/7212-92275.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-PreviousPricesHeritage-081514#

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very weak 9.6

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On 11/5/2022 at 5:11 PM, batman_fan said:

very weak 9.6

Truth be told, actually hard to say without having the actual book in hand, but yet I guess the Star Trek 1 was strong enough for Dougie to send it back in hoping for a potential upgrade to CGC 9.8.  (shrug)

Then again, maybe Schmell is the type of buyer that simply sends everything he buys back in for grading because I sure wouldn't have taken a chance on this copy here hoping for an upgrade to CGC 9.4.  To each their own, but from a strict visual POV, if I had a book that seemingly appears to have this much spine and edge wear and yet be able to have garnered a CGC 9.2 out of it, I would certainly not chance sending it back for a potential upgrade since I would be more afraid of a potential downgrade into the 8's or possibly even lower:  :facepalm:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/cartoon-character/scooby-doo-1-gold-key-1970-cgc-nm-92-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7224-92138.s?ic16=ViewItem-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-PreviousPricesHeritage-081514

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Looks like Dougie got lucky again here as it came back with the same CGC 9.2 grade (albeit better looking this time) and was able to more than double his money and resell it for $12,600 after buying it for only $6K back in March of 2020.  :whatthe:

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On 11/4/2022 at 6:36 AM, ThothAmon said:

As opposed to this home run. Grade ‘em if you’ve got ‘em. 

 

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I wonder how far down the condition grading ladder goes where buyers are still bidding crazy strong prices for this book because I remember being totally flabbergasted when I saw a CGC 9.8 copy sell for over $40K in a CC Event Auction back in 2015, and now we see CGC 9.6 graded copies selling in this nosebleed price range.  :applause:

 

On 11/5/2022 at 5:23 AM, Chicago Boy said:

I can't believe  I literally threw my pristine copy away 20 years ago. 

This WAS probably YOUR pristine copy here.  :bigsmile:

I guess I am a bit more lucky as my story goes the opposite way of yours since I remember picking up a really nice sharp copy of Star Trek 1 when I first got into vintage comic book collecting towards the late 80's.  I believe it was some nutso price of $50 at the time, but I do clearly and distinctly remember it was neatly labelled as a NM+ copy to which I can say only two things.............I so wish and that'll be the day.  :wishluck:  lol

Unfortunately for me though, like so many of my standalone single issue of a more recent non-GA title, I have absolutely ZERO idea where it would be in my collection.  doh!  :censored:

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On 10/29/2022 at 5:55 PM, TheLexLuthorCollection said:

No doubt in my mind that it is #2.  I concur with your comment on his reputation.

I think so too, but the stuff in his auctions are basically commodities.  He's not known for having scarce or difficult-to-find books.  He needs Heritage's buyers for these types of books.

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I've been watching this book in particular for a couple months - wild fluctuations:

Tonight:

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Two months ago, almost same price - two grade points lower:

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Yikes!

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