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[batman_fan]

On 2/27/2024 at 6:41 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I never could figure out how a non-war cover got that price in the first place 

Definitely one of the "goofier" covers

[lou_fine]

On 2/27/2024 at 5:40 PM, comicnoir said:

On 2/27/2024 at 5:21 PM, batman_fan said:

Ouch on this one.

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They never promised them a rose garden.

Well, looks like a drop of 36% on this Promise copy here which is running a bit higher than the -24% that @MasterChief was showing in his most recent November 2023 month end update for the Promise Collection resales.  

[lou_fine]

On 2/27/2024 at 5:58 PM, batman_fan said:

On 2/27/2024 at 5:41 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I never could figure out how a non-war cover got that price in the first place 

Definitely one of the "goofier" covers

Oh, come on you two.................It's not REALLYT that bad of a cover as it is a si-fi theme cover with aliens, even though they do look a bit like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones.    

[lou_fine]

On 2/27/2024 at 4:43 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

On 2/26/2024 at 7:53 PM, batman_fan said:

Recent Heritage sell.  Hammer all in was $2160.  Look at that lower right corner 

Is this considered "DC Chipping" 

 

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Holy mackerel. That is definitely a case of someone buying the grade, not the book. I cannot believe CGC gave that book a 5.5. It should've been a 3.5 at best.

It seems like grades have softened up across the board at CGC since Blackstone took over.

Considering who the consignor was, I totally agree with you and can't believe that book only managed to get a CGC 5.5 grade.  

I guess CGC must have heard all of the complaints from the boardies here about preferential grading for certain clients because that is a big drop from the CGC 8's and 9's that we are used to seeing when it comes to "production" mouse chews:  

 

[batman_fan]

Slight loss

 

 

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[tth2]

On 2/28/2024 at 9:21 AM, batman_fan said:

Ouch on this one.

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Par for the course for the Promise books.  

However, I need to check Master Chief's list as this may be one of the first super hero Timelys to be resold.  If so, it shows that they're not immune to the standard Promise price correction either.  

[Professor K]

On 2/26/2024 at 10:53 PM, batman_fan said:

Recent Heritage sell.  Hammer all in was $2160.  Look at that lower right corner 

Is this considered "DC Chipping" 

 

I saw that. Hard to have faith when you see stuff like this. No offense intended to cgc but more than ever I am looking at the book more than the grade these days. 

[batman_fan]

On 2/28/2024 at 7:28 AM, Professor K said:

I saw that. Hard to have faith when you see stuff like this. No offense intended to cgc but more than ever I am looking at the book more than the grade these days. 

My flow is

1.  Look at the book (some lower grade look really nice)

2.  Look at the grade (this will say how much it will cost)

3.  Look at the grader’s notes.  I am shocked at how many books I was interested in that had popped staples.  Recent example was the last round out Adventure Sandman cover books.

[ThothAmon]

On 2/28/2024 at 9:28 AM, Professor K said:

I saw that. Hard to have faith when you see stuff like this. No offense intended to cgc but more than ever I am looking at the book more than the grade these days. 

I’d say the grading is arbitrary and capricious but that doesn’t jibe when your books are always the bridesmaids?

 

[Gotham Kid]

[Robot Man]

On 2/27/2024 at 11:47 PM, tth2 said:

Par for the course for the Promise books.  

However, I need to check Master Chief's list as this may be one of the first super hero Timelys to be resold.  If so, it shows that they're not immune to the standard Promise price correction either.  

 We certainly wern’t promised this at the time of the auction. Can’t say I was suprised though. Fools and their money…

[adamstrange]

On 2/28/2024 at 2:47 AM, tth2 said:

Par for the course for the Promise books.  

However, I need to check Master Chief's list as this may be one of the first super hero Timelys to be resold.  If so, it shows that they're not immune to the standard Promise price correction either.  

Post WWII Timely's need to have something extra going on with the cover.  Being drawn by Schomburg is not enough by itself.

[comicjack]

Two Punch 12's in the next auction seems to much which is getting like the Mask books to me.I fear the sellers don't make out when this happens we will see.

[Robot Man]

On 2/28/2024 at 9:00 AM, adamstrange said:

Post WWII Timely's need to have something extra going on with the cover.  Being drawn by Schomburg is not enough by itself.

Even more so with post WWII Nedors. The non WWII Schomburg “crime” covers have a lot less interest to me and I only pick them up when cheap. They pick back up with the Xela covers though. 

[batman_fan]

On 2/28/2024 at 7:58 AM, ThothAmon said:

I’d say the grading is arbitrary and capricious but that doesn’t jibe when your books are always the bridesmaids?

 

Absolutely no comparison between the two, the 5.0 every day and twice on Sunday

[batman_fan]

On 2/28/2024 at 8:49 AM, Gotham Kid said:

Having the same grade on both those books based on the covers has got to have broken several state laws and a couple of federal ones as well.

[ThothAmon]

On 2/28/2024 at 1:21 PM, batman_fan said:

Absolutely no comparison between the two, the 5.0 every day and twice on Sunday

It must be the rust and tear on the back cover that explains the grades?  😂 

 

[lou_fine]

On 2/28/2024 at 6:38 AM, batman_fan said:

3.  Look at the grader’s notes.  I am shocked at how many books I was interested in that had popped staples.  Recent example was the last round out Adventure Sandman cover books.

Could this be the result of an incompetent and bad pressing job by the newbie boys over at CCS now that the Master himself is no longer doing the actual pressing work since he has moved onwards and upwards to greener pastures?  

[Robot Man]

On 2/28/2024 at 10:22 AM, batman_fan said:

Having the same grade on both those books based on the covers has got to have broken several state laws and a couple of federal ones as well.

Well, not really. The labels are a different color. Not that I could justify even the purple one. Considering, you could buy a house in many parts of the country, a few nice vintage muscle cars or a year's travel all over the world... It's all perspective I guess...

[Robot Man]

On 2/28/2024 at 10:21 AM, batman_fan said:

Absolutely no comparison between the two, the 5.0 every day and twice on Sunday

If I was a kid with only one dime, it would be the 5.5 any day...