Gotham Kid Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 and now is when Bats1 starts leaving Cap1 behind ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 With 1 day left, activity is finally starting to pick up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) There are some Billy Wright pedigrees in the Summer auction. It appears that Billy Wright passed away rather young (he was only around 39 years old). Does anyone know the background on Billy and why he died so young? Edited July 31, 2019 by Mr. Lady Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: There are some Billy Wright pedigrees in the Summer auction. It appears that Billy Wright passed away rather young (he was only around 39 years old). Does anyone know the background on Billy and why he died so young? https://lithub.com/the-man-who-made-millions-from-old-comics-in-a-closet/ Edited July 31, 2019 by Gotham Kid szav and Mr. Lady Luck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/2524/Billy-Wright-Pedigree/ Thank you for the link! myslabbedcomics incorrectly indicates that he died in 1966: "This newly (2011) discovered collection consists of approximately 340 comic books collected by Billy Wright 1936(then 9 years old) through 1941. After his death in 1966 the collection remained neatly stacked in a basement closet until discovered by a family member and eventually brought to market by Heritage Auctions. The collection is known for it’s number of key issues including Action #1, Detective Comics #27, Batman #1 and Captain America #2 and many more, totaling 44 of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's Top 100 comic issues from the Golden Age. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Just now, Mr. Lady Luck said: Thank you for the link! changed the link. more complete read. Mr. Lady Luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Boy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 56 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: https://lithub.com/the-man-who-made-millions-from-old-comics-in-a-closet/ Super interesting ! Thx Peter ! Gotham Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I believe the owner of My Slabbed Comics is a Boardie. Someone maybe could PM him to update his bio for the Pedigree. Glad to see Billy'Wright's books retaining their value (and rising). Maybe only the Allentown Ped is smaller in size of the collection for a Pedigree.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entalmighty1 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 minute ago, sagii said: I believe the owner of My Slabbed Comics is a Boardie. Someone maybe could PM him to update his bio for the Pedigree. Glad to see Billy'Wright's books retaining their value (and rising). Maybe only the Allentown Ped is smaller in size of the collection for a Pedigree.? Chicago isn't huge either, is it? I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 minute ago, sagii said: I believe the owner of My Slabbed Comics is a Boardie. @GACollectibles sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szav Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 11 hours ago, Gotham Kid said: With 1 day left, activity is finally starting to pick up ... There were a ton of what I’d call upper middle class GA books I was watching looking extremely low this close to the live auction... but I think the dealers or other bargain hunters have swept through it all now and brought them up to typical HA level prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 22 minutes ago, entalmighty1 said: Chicago isn't huge either, is it? I'm not sure. ..forgot about that one, i think you're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 32 minutes ago, entalmighty1 said: 34 minutes ago, sagii said: I believe the owner of My Slabbed Comics is a Boardie. Someone maybe could PM him to update his bio for the Pedigree. Glad to see Billy'Wright's books retaining their value (and rising). Maybe only the Allentown Ped is smaller in size of the collection for a Pedigree.? Chicago isn't huge either, is it? I'm not sure. Not exactly sure about the size of the Chicago pedigree although it might just slot in there at the #3 spot. The one next closest to the Allentown pedigree would be the Denver Collection which came in at something like only 153 books or thereabouts. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Gotham Kid said: With 1 day left, activity is finally starting to pick up ... Compared to previous auctions, a lot of the prices still seems quite a bit lower than where they have been relative to the final day prior to past auctions. Especially since I am still high bidder on several of the lots at this late stage of the game, whereas I am normally long gone well before this point. I guess time will tell when we see the final hammer prices starting tomorrow. Edited July 31, 2019 by lou_fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Cap1 now at 735K (w/BP) will it top 1M ... we'll soon find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Gotham Kid said: Cap1 now at 735K (w/BP) will it top 1M ... we'll soon find out. Well, a sure fire way to help push it to $1M is for you to put in a hammer bid of say $850K and see if anybody will come in to meet or beat it in the live portion of the auction. Now, we would definitely see some fireworks here if you gave that strategy a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Boy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Gotham Kid said: Cap1 now at 735K (w/BP) will it top 1M ... we'll soon find out. Only other books to top 1 M were the following correct ? Action 1 Tec 27 and AF 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Boy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) Any thoughts on the MF 73 at 50k with under a day to go ? The escalating window on this was shorter than AS 8 Edited July 31, 2019 by Chicago Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, Chicago Boy said: Only other books to top 1 M were the following correct ? Action 1 Tec 27 and AF 15 The AS8 9.4 came pretty close. The owners are now asking for mucho mas $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 9 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said: The AS8 9.4 came pretty close. The owners are now asking for mucho mas $$$ ....will never understand putting that much money into a vanity commodity with out the intent of 'sitting' on it for a 'while'. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't read/hear about such high end quick flipping in the Art and Collectible Automobile world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
