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[D84]

On 11/25/2022 at 9:42 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

High grade copies with nice pages don't come along every day. I won't even venture a guess where it will end up.

My guess is 500k+

[Robot Man]

On 11/25/2022 at 7:24 PM, szav said:

This mini DC/Spectre signature auction is off to a roaring start for a few of the books including this one up over 150k fairly early on.  Some pretty sweet books and OA in this auction.

Lordy!  That’s Purdy! In my top 3 “holy grails”. Hands down, my most wanted “men in tights” book. The Spectre, is the baddest arse of all of them! Some one is going to be real happy to own it. 

[jimbo_7071]

On 11/26/2022 at 9:53 AM, D84 said:

My guess is 500k+

I suspect that you're right. The number of collectors interested in the book might be small compared to other GA keys, but it only takes two bidders to produce a strong result.

[ThothAmon]

On 11/26/2022 at 11:06 AM, Robot Man said:

In my top 3 “holy grails”. Hands down

Go for it!  What are you waiting for?  My guess is you won’t have to dig too deep. Maybe a foot or so. 
 

[Dark Knight]

A 3.0 is around a 100k, I believe it's the last unrestored copy that sold publicly. 

$500k+ for the 8.5 is certainly accurate unless something weird happens between now and the final minutes 😆 

[lou_fine]

Not so surprising for the Fox aficionados on the boards here, but it appears that 2 of the mid-grade later Fox books are about to set new records and crack the 5-figure price point in today's Heritage Fox Auction scheduled to end later this evening:     

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/fantastic-comics-22-fox-1941-cgc-vg-fn-50-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/40214-81057.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/mystery-men-comics-30-fox-1942-cgc-vg-45-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40214-81108.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-071515&tab=ArchiveSearchResults-012417

Very strong prices at $10,500 and $8,100 respectively for what are basically mid-grade non-highest graded copies of what are two highly desired HTF later Fox books with still a few more hours to go.   

 

[comicnoir]

On 12/1/2022 at 4:25 PM, lou_fine said:

Not so surprising for the Fox aficionados on the boards here, but it appears that 2 of the mid-grade later Fox books are about to set new records and crack the 5-figure price point in today's Heritage Fox Auction scheduled to end later this evening:     

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/fantastic-comics-22-fox-1941-cgc-vg-fn-50-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/40214-81057.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/mystery-men-comics-30-fox-1942-cgc-vg-45-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40214-81108.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-071515&tab=ArchiveSearchResults-012417

Very strong prices at $10,500 and $8,100 respectively for what are basically mid-grade non-highest graded copies of what are two highly desired HTF later Fox books with still a few more hours to go.   

 

That MM 30 is quite the headlights cover. Premium for sure.

[RareHighGrade]

On 12/1/2022 at 3:11 PM, comicnoir said:

That MM 30 is quite the headlights cover. Premium for sure.

Interesting to note that another 4.5 copy of this issue sold in a 2009 Heritage auction for only $227.  The current bid on this copy is over 35 times that.  

[circumstances]

On 11/25/2022 at 10:24 PM, szav said:

This mini DC/Spectre signature auction is off to a roaring start for a few of the books including this one up over 150k fairly early on.  Some pretty sweet books and OA in this auction.

you do not see this every day

[lou_fine]

On 12/1/2022 at 3:40 PM, RareHighGrade said:

On 12/1/2022 at 3:11 PM, comicnoir said:

That MM 30 is quite the headlights cover. Premium for sure.

Interesting to note that another 4.5 copy of this issue sold in a 2009 Heritage auction for only $227.  The current bid on this copy is over 35 times that.  

Well, it looks like the final bid was not a mere piddly 35 times the 2009 price of $227, but a tad higher at $24K or 105 times the 2009 price.    

[Point Five]

Wow. 
 

[Point Five]

Here's another remarkable result. (I've got a copy in 2.5 or so; was dragging my feet about selling it, but this will smoke it out. Most likely off to CGC this winter.) 

 

[Point Five]

Interesting though, some Fox books did underperform, even some pretty cool and uncommon ones. Just too much great stuff at once I guess.

 

[sagii]

On 12/1/2022 at 10:06 PM, Point Five said:

Wow. 
 

Love that one, great result! 

[lou_fine]

On 12/1/2022 at 7:06 PM, Point Five said:

Wow. 
 

Well, all I can say is that the lucky winners of the by far single highest graded CGC 9.4 Church copies of both Fantastic 22 and Mystery Men 30 must be absolutely ecstatic with their copies considering they had paid only $26,609 and $15K respectively for their copies back in 2017 during the big Jon Berk Auction.    

[lou_fine]

On 12/1/2022 at 7:19 PM, Point Five said:

Here's another remarkable result. (I've got a copy in 2.5 or so; was dragging my feet about selling it, but this will smoke it out. Most likely off to CGC this winter.) 

 

Absolutely love the bright colors on this classic Fine cover and the gorgeous Rex Dexter si-fi take with the spaceships, robot, and all.  

Personally speaking, real tough to beat this cover and one of the best in the entire Mystery Men run and an issue that's almost impossible to ever hope to find in grade.    

Edited December 2, 2022 by lou_fine

[tth2]

On 12/2/2022 at 4:02 PM, lou_fine said:

Well, all I can say is that the lucky winners of the by far single highest graded CGC 9.4 Church copies of both Fantastic 22 and Mystery Men 30 must be absolutely ecstatic with their copies considering they had paid only $26,609 and $15K respectively for their copies back in 2017 during the big Jon Berk Auction.    

I still regret not going harder for the MH MM 30 in that auction! 

[lou_fine]

On 12/2/2022 at 5:04 AM, tth2 said:

I still regret not going harder for the MH MM 30 in that auction! 

I still regret not going harder after some of those HTF early Amazing Mystery Funnies with the absolutely gorgeous and colorful si-fi theme covers.  

Now, if that run had shown up on the last day of the auction as opposed to the first day when there were still 4 more days to go, I definitely would have gone a lot harder after them.  

[lou_fine]

On 12/2/2022 at 5:04 AM, tth2 said:

I still regret not going harder for the MH MM 30 in that auction! 

Just checked the Allentown pedigree catalog and you probably should have gone a lot harder for the Church Mystery Men 30.  

In this seeming census topping battle between the Church copies and the Allentown copies when it comes to the early Fox books, it looks like the Allentown copies stopped at Mystery Men 16 and Wonderworld 17.  It's too bad that this much in-demand and HTF pedigree didn't extend itself a bit further into the later issues or cover some of the secondary Fox titles such as Fantastic Comics and Science Comics as I am sure that those would have also been on the radar screen for all of the high end Fox collectors nowadays.    

Funny thing though is that I still remember talking with Jon Berk back in the mid-90's when he was in the process of acquiring the Church Mystery Men run.  Like most collectors including me at the time, he was really only interested in the early Mystery Men issues from 1 through 10 with the beautiful Lou Fine covers.  Unfortunately for him at the time or clearly fortunate looking back now, both Geppi and Overstreet apparently said it was an all or nothing deal and if he wanted MM 1 to MM 10, then he would have to acquire the entire run.  From the listing in CBM, it looks like Jon had to pay the princely sum of $770 for each one of those later HTF Mystery Men issues, including the now highly sought after MM 30.  

Edited December 2, 2022 by lou_fine

[Professor K]

 I was fortunate enough to win this lovely book last night. I know I overpaid. I've decided that when I get it it's going to CGC to be put in a nice shiny holder and also that gives Jack Kirby some credit. Pretty sure Mystery Men 10 and Science Comics 4 were the first time Simon and KIrby teamed up in the comic biz. 

My main concern is a downgrade. Anyone see anything that stands out(or doesn't stand out) that might cause it to get a lower grade? I know it's got tape, that doesn't usually affect grade right? Thanks 

Edit: If I broke a rule by posting a pic of another company let me know and I'll edit the pics. I just wanted everyone to see what the label said about the tape. Thanks

Edited December 3, 2022 by Professor K