Heritage's Next Event Auction has started posting books ! 31 31

[Gotham Kid]

Action 7 4.0 144K

[Gotham Kid]

Batman 1 CBCS 2.5 72K

[Sqeggs]

FC 16 kind of shocked me--$65K + BP--although probably it shouldn't have. 

[bpc3qh]

Surprised to see Sensation 1 do better than AS 8 relative to Guide, and sell for basically the same total amount.

[Gotham Kid]

3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

FC 16 kind of shocked me--$65K

wow !

[batman_fan]

43 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

300K

not a fan

[Sqeggs]

10 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

wow !

Yep. I was daydreaming that I had a shot at it. I was quickly blown out of the water.

The buyer will be in great shape if Mickey ever gets a movie or TV show! 

[Dark Knight]

Terrific 5 CGC 8.0 for $32k, did very well I thought.  I used to own an 8.5 copy 

[Sqeggs]

1 minute ago, Dark Knight said:

Terrific 5 CGC 8.0 for $32k, did very well I thought.  I used to own an 8.5 copy 

Yeah, that book has certainly zoomed into the zoomosphere. One of those books where anybody who thought they overpaid for a copy a few years ago didn't.

[Dark Knight]

That's what I thought when I owned it

[comicdonna]

52 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

Action 7 4.0 144K

I remember watching a 4.- sell on the boards for 28K  

[G.A.tor]

12 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

I remember watching a 4.- sell on the boards for 28K  

I sold that exact copy some 15 years ago for 12k

[Chicago Boy]

That spidey 10 OA page was glorious for 96k

[Aman619]

2 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

Looks like something Kirby drew with all his monsters. Amazing. 

Looks more like an Arthur Adam’s homage to the originals. 

[Primetime]

6 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Shame that 31 has such a bad dust shadow. Still, given what some beat to hell copies of that issue have been selling for, I thought this one might actually go higher. 

It never bothered me when I owned it. 

[Primetime]

5 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Yeah, that book has certainly zoomed into the zoomosphere. One of those books where anybody who thought they overpaid for a copy a few years ago didn't.

Yah, seems to be a decent, more affordable Schomburg alternative to a Suspense 3. 

[G.A.tor]

12 minutes ago, Primetime said:

It never bothered me when I owned it. 

Because I owned 2 other 5.0 at the time, the dust shadow bothered me when compared to the other 2 copies. But on its own it was structurally the best of the 3

[Professor K]

7 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

Tec 29 5.0 78K

Tec 31 5.0 132K

I was watching the auctioneer when these were happening. He seemed a little surprised the 29 didn't go higher. It did finish a little light compared to the past few of similar grade. 

I don't really understand why the 31 sells for more than the 29, and quite a bit more. Is it mainly because of the cover art?

[Bat-Hound]

12 minutes ago, Professor Chaos said:

I was watching the auctioneer when these were happening. He seemed a little surprised the 29 didn't go higher. It did finish a little light compared to the past few of similar grade. 

I don't really understand why the 31 sells for more than the 29, and quite a bit more. Is it mainly because of the cover art?

I would say yes it’s because of the cover art. It seems collectors like this cover better than the #29 hence the valuation difference in the current market. I agree the #29 should be nearly side to side but within the last 8 years or so the demand for the #31 has taken an upward trend greater than the #29. 

[Primetime]

1 hour ago, G.A.tor said:

Because I owned 2 other 5.0 at the time, the dust shadow bothered me when compared to the other 2 copies. But on its own it was structurally the best of the 3

Yup, and my current copy is blue cowl with no dust shadow and I’m good without the dust stripe.