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[aleksicwon]

3 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

It's not a Event auction, so forgive my transgression, but in last night's weekly auction, a high grade copy of Flash 56 came and went without so much as a murmur.  Times have sure changed

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/flash-comics-56-dc-1944-cgc-vf-85-off-white-pages/a/122052-17099.s?type=lotlink--bidnotice-tracked-dailystatus

 

Seems like a lot of foxing on the cover for a 8.5 ? I'm no expert just asking ...

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

59 minutes ago, aleksicwon said:

Seems like a lot of foxing on the cover for a 8.5 ? I'm no expert just asking ...

Looks like foxing to me too.  But I've seen CGC grades as high as 9.0 with  light foxing acknowledged in the Grader Notes. I don't know how CGC would detract for the foxing on the Flash 56.

[Gotham Kid]

Detective359 9.8 ( 1 of 4 and 13 9.6 ) ... no comment

 

Edited January 12, 2021 by Gotham Kid

[lou_fine]

41 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

Detective359 9.8 ( 1 of 4 and 13 9.6 ) ... no comment

 

Well, I guess my comment would be that this gives us a pre-emptive answer to our question of whether this copy with the first appearance and origin of Batgirl would beat the $90K price point achieved by Batman 181 (1 of 3 in 9.8 & 7 in 9.6) and with the first appearance of Poison Ivy. 

Edited January 12, 2021 by lou_fine

[Professor K]

Looks like Mr. Lawrence chose a good time to sell his collection. He's as rich as Bruce Wayne now. Good for him, he deserves every penny's worth.

https://www.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/one-of-the-most-storied-and-celebrated-collections-of-batman-comics-heads-to-heritage-auctions-in-november.s?releaseId=4006&type=social-Twitter-Comics-7236-pr4006-103020

[lou_fine]

On 12/28/2020 at 9:03 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

On 12/28/2020 at 8:40 AM, Crowzilla said:

I do remember this being one of the books everyone wanted though. I bought what was supposed to be the Church copy from a dealer in TX for a customer. Then found out he sold two or three other "church" copies of the same book to other dealers also.

What dealer?

Richard, @MrBedrock , Richard;

How could you.............and we all thought for sure that you were one of the good guys, just like all of us here.      

Edited January 13, 2021 by lou_fine

[Gotham Kid]

If you don't feel like a 9.4, very nice mid grade 5.0 in the next auction

Likely a formerly restored copy ...

Edited January 14, 2021 by Gotham Kid

[jimbo_7071]

5 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

If you don't feel like a 9.4, very nice mid grade 5.0 in the next auction

Likely a formerly restored copy ...

I'm holding out for a 9.4/ WHITE without the period.

[jimbo_7071]

I was stunned by the final hammer price of $21,600 for the Catman 25. That was never considered a sought-after issue. That book sat on the CConnect site priced at $1,700 raw for a couple of years and didn't sell till it was slabbed. I thought about bidding on it, but it would have been a waste of time considering what it sold for.

[Timely]

4 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

I was stunned by the final hammer price of $21,600 for the Catman 25. That was never considered a sought-after issue. That book sat on the CConnect site priced at $1,700 raw for a couple of years and didn't sell till it was slabbed. I thought about bidding on it, but it would have been a waste of time considering what it sold for.

It sold for 5.8 guide. Another MH Catman sold for 10 guide last year and another just shy of 10 guide the year before, so in comparison it did go low.

[Gotham Kid]

for posterity: 2.2 Mil for the Batman 1 9.4

[lou_fine]

Although this is a Larson pedigree copy, still a bit rather surprised that it sold for well over condition guide considering the slight restoration and the bottom edge trimming:

Not sure why he would even bothered with the trimming since the originl Larson List had this copy listed as supposedly being in NM condition.     

[aleksicwon]

2 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Although this is a Larson pedigree copy, still a bit rather surprised that it sold for well over condition guide considering the slight restoration and the bottom edge trimming:

Not sure why he would even bothered with the trimming since the originl Larson List had this copy listed as supposedly being in NM condition.     

I was comparing this copy to others on the site ( sold items ) and the footnote area actually looks larger on this supposedly trimmed copy . I can't tell that it is trimmed .

[jimbo_7071]

20 hours ago, Timely said:

It sold for 5.8 guide. Another MH Catman sold for 10 guide last year and another just shy of 10 guide the year before, so in comparison it did go low.

What I'm wondering is, why are books that no one ever cared about all of a sudden selling for ten times guide? Who's paying those prices?

[Timely]

3 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

What I'm wondering is, why are books that no one ever cared about all of a sudden selling for ten times guide? Who's paying those prices?

I’m more interested to know who paid over 2 million for a Batman than who paid over 20k for a Catman!

[Cat-Man_America]

5 minutes ago, Timely said:

I’m more interested to know who paid over 2 million for a Batman than who paid over 20k for a Catman!

Well, it wasn't me ...in either case!  

[batman_fan]

19 minutes ago, Cat-Man_America said:

Well, it wasn't me ...in either case!  

Prove it !

[Gotham Kid]

1 hour ago, Timely said:

I’m more interested to know who paid over 2 million for a Batman than who paid over 20k for a Catman!

+1

[batman_fan]

30 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

+1

I thought Cat bought it?  He certainly hasn't offered up any compelling evidence to discredit the theory.    

[Cat-Man_America]

3 hours ago, batman_fan said:

Prove it !

I was just too preoccupied cleaning out my refrigerator to bid...  

Spoiler

...and all that ale had to go somewhere!