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[Professor K]

On 9/15/2023 at 1:24 AM, Dark Knight said:

I might be in the minority here, but I believe there is an ever nicer copy than the Punch 12 CGC 8.0 that sold. I wonder if there is a copy in BZ's collection? . If I had a lot of money to spend on a Punch 12, I definitely would not have gone that high of a bid. 

If a higher graded copy surfaces, that would literally kill the value of the Crowley copy I think. Too much risk for that price point. 

They're out there. Even if not as nice as this 8.0 there are plenty that are darn close I bet. I think we're at a point where the people that have books like this, even multiple copies, still not slabbed are never going to send them to CGC. If they haven't by now they probaby never will. 

[lou_fine]

Wow, clearly a record price for a non-pedigree copy of this book here and certainly signals continuing strong demand and strength for the early Fox books:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/wonderworld-comics-11-fox-1940-cgc-vf-nm-90-off-white-pages/a/7341-92127.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Sold for a rather stunning $22,800 and I imagine the owner of the Church CGC 9.6 highest graded copy must be ecstatic with this result here.  

[lou_fine]

On 9/14/2023 at 11:49 PM, Professor K said:

I think we're at a point where the people that have books like this, even multiple copies, still not slabbed are never going to send them to CGC. If they haven't by now they probaby never will. 

Oh yes they will, whenever it comes time to sell them off and almost certanly just one at a time in order to maintain a buoyant marketplace.  

Absolutely no reason at all to slab them before since increasing the population count with your multiple copies will only serve to depress their values going forward.    

Edited September 15, 2023 by lou_fine

[G.A.tor]

On 9/14/2023 at 11:24 PM, lou_fine said:

Definitely not me and probably more for old time boardies like @G.A.tor and the likes as I the volume of quality offerings in Heritage's Signature Auctions would just be too daunting of a task for me.

As for CC's Event Auctions, that's a much easier and manageable task to analyze their auction results on the go in real time.  

Actually, with me now helping my better half to babysit 4 grandkids during the day, it really doesn't give me much time to spend on the boards here until much later in the night like about now.  But so much more fun and worth it all as I can always review the auction results after the fact.  

Ahhh the good ole days  

the play by play was at the request of some that for some reason (work maybe?) couldn’t follow the live auction but could hit refresh on their cgc boards page. 
was a pita but I tried anyway 

[LadyDeath]

Some big bucks for a faux Matt Baker cover. Yikes 

[LDarkseid1]

On 9/15/2023 at 6:58 AM, LadyDeath said:

Some big bucks for a faux Matt Baker cover. Yikes 

Sold for a little less than a previous 7.0 went for in early 2022.

[LadyDeath]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:10 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Sold for a little less than a previous 7.0 went for in early 2022.

It's not so much that. Just irks me Baker's name is (still) misattributed to something he didn't draw, using his name to jack up the worth even more.

Good discussion/breakdown revolving around it here

[LDarkseid1]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:29 AM, LadyDeath said:

It's not so much that. Just irks me Baker's name is (still) misattributed to something he didn't draw, using his name to jack up the worth even more.

Good discussion/breakdown revolving around it here

Ok gotcha, well you might want to lobby with CGC to have it removed from the label

[LadyDeath]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:37 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Ok gotcha, well you might want to lobby with CGC to have it removed from the label

All good! I'm well aware it's pretty fruitless at this point, but still an interesting topic to dissect.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 9/15/2023 at 11:29 AM, LadyDeath said:

It's not so much that. Just irks me Baker's name is (still) misattributed to something he didn't draw, using his name to jack up the worth even more.

Good discussion/breakdown revolving around it here

Everything I thought I knew is wrong??!!

[Point Five]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:29 PM, LadyDeath said:

Good discussion/breakdown revolving around it here

Fascinating stuff. Thanks!

 

[Telegan]

On 9/15/2023 at 11:29 AM, LadyDeath said:

It's not so much that. Just irks me Baker's name is (still) misattributed to something he didn't draw, using his name to jack up the worth even more.

Good discussion/breakdown revolving around it here

What next?  They're going to tell me Pluto isn't a planet?  Lord, save me.

[Telegan]

Good grief ... I feel bad missing out on that 4.0 from a few days ago. lol.

Edited September 16, 2023 by Telegan

[october]

Very, very strong horror prices. 

[Telegan]

On 9/16/2023 at 3:40 PM, october said:

Very, very strong horror prices. 

Are you talking about in this auction or just in general?  In this latest auction going on at Heritage, I'm seeing some doozy prices on PCH.  I'm thinking at least some of this can be attributed to the high-grade stuff from the Feed Store Collection, but I've been seeing stronger prices for some of the more recognizable covers in horror for at least a couple of months now.  I don't bid on big items, but even mid-grade stuff, which is where I usually dwell, I'm starting to feel I don't have a chance. lol.  I'm happy as a pig in slop to have won a Witches Tales #23 not long ago that was sort of a PCH personal grail for me.

[october]

On 9/16/2023 at 3:50 PM, Telegan said:

Are you talking about in this auction or just in general?  In this latest auction going on at Heritage, I'm seeing some doozy prices on PCH.  I'm thinking at least some of this can be attributed to the high-grade stuff from the Feed Store Collection, but I've been seeing stronger prices for some of the more recognizable covers in horror for at least a couple of months now.  I don't bid on big items, but even mid-grade stuff, which is where I usually dwell, I'm starting to feel I don't have a chance. lol.  I'm happy as a pig in slop to have won a Witches Tales #23 not long ago that was sort of a PCH personal grail for me.

Lots of strong prices lately, but this auction seemed to kick it up another level. Tons of lots went for well above my expectations.

[Telegan]

Here's another example.  Web of Evil #6.  Speaking personally, I wouldn't bid this much for that comic, but there are only 18 of these CGC-slabbed (Universal) and this is the highest-graded one yet, so I understand a price premium, I guess :

Edited September 16, 2023 by Telegan

[Northwest]

Mystic 6 4.5 went for almost 2k more than a 5.5 in Oct 2022

Edited September 16, 2023 by Northwest

[jimbo_7071]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:06 AM, TheLexLuthorCollection said:

Agree.  Although it was a bit odd.  All the Promise Detective Comics took a bath ranging from 10-45%.  However, the Promise Action Comics had four issues that sold for more (including Action Comics #100 which previously sold for $12K but sold for $20.4K in this auction).  Four that saw little change, three that suffered about a 15% decline and four  issues that saw declines of 30% or more.  Not sure why the Detectives took a bigger hit than the Actions.  Perhaps, their previous prices were more inflated during the frenzy of 2021.  

The Actions went a little low the first time. I recall that there was very little action (no pun intended) in the first few minutes of one of the Saturday Promise auctions, and with few live bidders the auctioneer burned through the Promise Actions within minutes. Anybody who logged in a few minutes late would have missed the opportunity to bid on them.

Edited September 17, 2023 by jimbo_7071

[jimbo_7071]

On 9/16/2023 at 4:57 PM, Telegan said:

Here's another example.  Web of Evil #6.  Speaking personally, I wouldn't bid this much for that comic, but there are only 18 of these CGC-slabbed (Universal) and this is the highest-graded one yet, so I understand a price premium, I guess :

I was interested, but not at that price. That 7.5 could easily be surpassed eventually. Mid-grade copies of that issue are common. How rare can high-grade copies really be?

My copy of #10 is still the highest-graded copy in the census. I paid $300 for it. My #19 is tied for highest-graded; that one was $180.