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[Courageous Cat]

On 9/8/2022 at 1:31 PM, batman_fan said:

The restored Detective 27 was a strong price by I suspect the slight restoration and great eye appeal had a lot to do with that.

I smell a downturn

[The-Collector]

On 9/12/2022 at 12:49 AM, EastEnd1 said:

 

Caught my attention too... classic PCH is still very hot.

 

 

Certainly seems to be the case. Given the large stain on the FC that book had no upgrade potential either. So I guess this is reflective of demand rather than someone hoping to CPR. 

[The-Collector]

On 9/12/2022 at 4:37 PM, lou_fine said:

Long time coming and much deserved with almost every other genre of comic books soaring up in value over the years, but its about time that the "historical" comic books like this one here finally going for some real money:      

https://comics.ha.com/itm/platinum-age-1897-1937-/famous-funnies-1-eastern-color-1934-cgc-fn-55-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7279-92084.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Hard to beat the first monthly newsstand comic book and a book which helped to usher in the birth of the comic book industry, with this copy here finally cracking the 5-figures mark and coming in at $19,200.  

That is a strong price. Is it just me or are the scrapes on the FC resto removal? I guess they could be tape pulls? 

[ThothAmon]

On 9/12/2022 at 2:37 AM, lou_fine said:

Long time coming and much deserved with almost every other genre of comic books soaring up in value over the years, but its about time that the "historical" comic books like this one here finally going for some real money:      

https://comics.ha.com/itm/platinum-age-1897-1937-/famous-funnies-1-eastern-color-1934-cgc-fn-55-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7279-92084.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Hard to beat the first monthly newsstand comic book and a book which helped to usher in the birth of the comic book industry, with this copy here finally cracking the 5-figures mark and coming in at $19,200.  

Some later FAmous Funnies books also did relatively well. Mostly due to the Promise designation.  I finished second on this beauty. Hopefully a boardie got it. 
 

[lou_fine]

On 9/12/2022 at 4:20 AM, ThothAmon said:

Some later FAmous Funnies books also did relatively well. Mostly due to the Promise designation.  I finished second on this beauty. Hopefully a boardie got it. 

Very Buck Rogers like cover and really the only other Famous Funnies that I really want besides the first few issues of the run  and then the later much in-demand Frazetta cover issues.  

Did put in a few bids on this copy here, but just could not justify going triple for a raw copy as opposed to a graded beauty like this one here:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/famous-funnies-191-file-copy-eastern-color-1950-cgc-vf-nm-90-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/122025-17276.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Sold for what I thought was a strong $600 back in 2020, but nowhere like the rather crazy $1,800 that the raw Promise copy fetched yesterday.  

[lou_fine]

On second though though, maybe not such a crazy price on the FF 191, as I guess there must also still be a few Bruce Lee fans out there:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/adventure/the-green-hornet-2-gold-key-1967-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7279-94312.s?type=bidnotice-tracked-endofauction

Either that or some CGC labels chasers out there as I thought this sold for a very strong $7,500 considering that it is a Gold Key and definitely not that scarce of a book.  Heck, even I've got a File Copy set of this Green Hornet 3-book series which means that I am going to have to give them some more squeezing and squashing lovable hugs if I ever want to have a shot at getting some real money for them.  

[jimbo_7071]

On 9/12/2022 at 1:46 PM, lou_fine said:

Very Buck Rogers like cover and really the only other Famous Funnies that I really want besides the first few issues of the run  and then the later much in-demand Frazetta cover issues.  

Did put in a few bids on this copy here, but just could not justify going triple for a raw copy as opposed to a graded beauty like this one here:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/famous-funnies-191-file-copy-eastern-color-1950-cgc-vf-nm-90-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/122025-17276.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Sold for what I thought was a strong $600 back in 2020, but nowhere like the rather crazy $1,800 that the raw Promise copy fetched yesterday.  

I thought I was going to have to buy a bunch of raw Famous Funnies just to get the Connie strip reprints (which I think are underrated).

However, I read online that this book is coming:

https://www.classiccomicspress.com/pages/connie-sundays

I was pleasantly surprised.

[Gotham Kid]

This one will be interesting

Detective Comics #168 (DC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 White pages

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/detective-comics-168-dc-1951-cgc-nm-94-white-pages/p/7283-249001.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

 

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 10/4/2022 at 4:47 PM, Gotham Kid said:

This one will be interesting

Detective Comics #168 (DC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 White pages

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/detective-comics-168-dc-1951-cgc-nm-94-white-pages/p/7283-249001.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

 

 

any predictions?

[batman_fan]

On 10/4/2022 at 6:16 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

any predictions?

over $100k

[Cat-Man_America]

On 10/4/2022 at 7:16 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

any predictions?

I predict it will sell...  

 

[Dark Knight]

I have a hunch that Rob from RedHood Comics will go strong and win this book 

[tth2]

On 10/5/2022 at 12:13 PM, Dark Knight said:

I have a hunch that Rob from RedHood Comics will go strong and win this book 

Punishment bid duly teed up.

[tth2]

The 9.6 FC #9 in the upcoming "Doug's Dell & Gold Key Comics Showcase Auction" in November is the 9.4 copy that I sold on Heritage back in June 2021.

When I first saw it, I was like "Wow!".  Then I clicked on the listing to look at the book and thought the book looked very familiar.

Man I love this hobby! 

Edited October 10, 2022 by tth2

[batman_fan]

On 10/10/2022 at 8:27 AM, tth2 said:

The 9.6 FC #9 in the upcoming "Doug's Dell & Gold Key Comics Showcase Auction" in November is the 9.4 copy that I sold on Heritage back in June 2021.

When I first saw it, I was like "Wow!".  Then I clicked on the listing to look at the book and thought the book looked very familiar.

Man I love this hobby! 

I have been working with a marketing company to come up with the name for my collection when I decide to sell.  The lead name so far is:

BatmanFan’s Batalicious Collection

but we are still A-B testing it.

[LDarkseid1]

On 10/4/2022 at 5:16 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

any predictions?

$193,276.90

[batman_fan]

On 10/10/2022 at 10:57 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

$193,276.90

Can you be more specific?

Edited October 10, 2022 by batman_fan

[LDarkseid1]

On 10/10/2022 at 11:52 AM, batman_fan said:

Can you be more specific?

pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 10/10/2022 at 11:57 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

$193,276.90

Precision is important 

[Gotham Kid]

On 10/10/2022 at 7:55 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197

why stop there ?

Mannup and post all 62.8 trillion decimals ...