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LDarkseid1

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37 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:

it's on GPA, a 9.4 for $705K (a couple of months after the 9.0 sale for $395K, so it makes sense). I'm unsure of the venue.

I guess a private sale that was reported? Wasn’t on any auction site.

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19 minutes ago, Crowzilla said:
23 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Not sure what sale you are referring to in 2017 for $705K in terms of either the CGC grade or the venue it was sold on?  ???

I assume you must be referring to a CL auction result which has absolutely no auction archive of any type at all.  :mad:  :censored:

it's on GPA, a 9.4 for $705K (a couple of months after the 9.0 sale for $395K, so it makes sense). I'm unsure of the venue.

Well, if it was 2017, that definitely makes sense since that was the Spring of 2017 when Fishler started the big fire under the AF 15's with 3 record setting sales (i.e  a CGC 4.5 graded copy for a shade over $37K, a much talked about CGC 5.0 graded copy for $57K, and finally a CGC 9.0 graded copy for $395K) in the March 2017 CC Event Auction.  (thumbsu

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Gotham Kid

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12 hours ago, dem1138 said:
13 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

Yep, lackluster performances for both books.  Bat 1 didn't have good color on it, probably why it sold for cheap.  AS #8, well as I've said before was due for a price correction and wasn't surprised by the sale price.  So many copies out there to choose from.

Cmon, the Bat #1 took a bath and there's no amount of excuses you can make around it.  Sure if your argument on a soft FF #1 7.0 at 26K is that it had an awful Stan Lee sig on top sure but this was a nice 4.0 with ow/w pages.  You would've had 10 buyers lined up at that price throwing that money at you a year ago.

Agree

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Gotham Kid

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12 hours ago, Bat34 said:

I thought you might be there...I followed the camera feed online until I bowed out of the Billy Wright Tec 44.  Even that was slightly softer than expected.

I figured you'd have a go at it. Sorry you didn't win.

The Central Valley copy however is nicer. Also the Billy Wright copy has the second 'moon' on the cover.

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12 hours ago, dem1138 said:

It does seem like theres a bit of fatigue on the GA mega keys that have come up quite a bit recently - Cap #1, Batman #1, Superman #1

Indeed

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19 hours ago, Primetime said:
19 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

Tec 31 CGC 1.5 sold for $33,600 :facepalm:  Hoping it would be at least $40k..  Great price!

Very weak price point. Not long ago it would have went $50k+. Someone got a bargain.

Perhaps. But an informed buyer had but to check the HA archives to see it used to be a 1.0 and the tape pushed it to 1.5. If I were bidding, I'd be bidding 1.0 prices for it.

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57 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:
13 hours ago, dem1138 said:

It does seem like theres a bit of fatigue on the GA mega keys that have come up quite a bit recently - Cap #1, Batman #1, Superman #1

Indeed

looks like someone didn't waste time on the Larson copy though

listed this week on CC and Metro

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8 hours ago, lou_fine said:

I happen to have some free time this morning, so ended up watching some of the auction action on an off and on basis.

What a contrast between the auction action for the AF 15 as compared to the Donald Duck FC 9.  When it came time for the AF 15 lot, the auctioneer proudly annouced to the attendees that this was the highlight of the entire auction which all of them must have been waiting for.  I then felt embarrased for the poor guy as he stood there like a deer caught in headlights waiting for somebody else (please, please, anybody please!!) to raise the bid above the opening hammer bid of $662.5K.  At first, I found it rather funny that he didn't even know what the next bid increment level was before finally coming up with the $675K figure.  Unfortunately, after standing there for a couple of minutes trying to squeeze a bid (any bid) out of somebody (anybody please), he eventually gave up and declared the book sold at the opening bid of $662.5 and simply moved onto the next lot.  :(

Contrast that with the DD FC9 which started off at something like $15K and nursed it up to almost the $20K mark and then stated that once it hit this price point the increments would be much higher.  You could see that big smile crossed his face once it did hit the $20K mark and after that, he seem to become quite animated and excited as he kept motioning with his right hand after every bid increment.  It was almost like he was egging the telephone bidder to go up just that one more bid increment until it finally hit the $32K hammer price, and at which point he seem so enthused that I thought he was going to do a little jig around the auction floor before moving onto the next lot.  lol  :whee:

Thanks for the play-by-play! (thumbsu

And of course everyone knows that Ducks are much more exciting than boring old Spider-Man!

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Gotham Kid

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All, what do you think of the Suspense 3 result ?

$52800 for just a cover :insane:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/suspense-comics-3-continental-magazines-1944-cgc-vg-fn-50-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/7224-92091.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

 

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19 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Not sure about previous past sales, but I thought the restored Cap 3 seems to continue to motor along at something like 3.5X condition guide for a RESTORED copy: :applause:

Golden Age (1938-1955):Superhero, Captain America Comics #3 (Timely, 1941) CGC Apparent VG 4.0 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages....

The work on this seems easily removable so I could see the price reflecting that and this being in a blue label soon.

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