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[mikefeen]

On 3/1/2022 at 8:22 PM, mikefeen said:

Sold for $230K.  By Price is Right rules, you lose.  Sorry. 

In related news, I'm pretty ecstatic about the auction results so far!  

[MattTheDuck]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:27 PM, mikefeen said:

In related news, I'm pretty ecstatic about the auction results so far!  

I'm starting to think you might be Tim Frommelt

[mikefeen]

On 3/1/2022 at 8:37 PM, MattTheDuck said:

I'm starting to think you might be Tim Frommelt

Sadly, my windfall will come up a few zeros shy of Mr. Frommelt's.  

[LDarkseid1]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:22 PM, mikefeen said:

Sold for $230K.  By Price is Right rules, you lose.  Sorry. 

Damn I was close though! 😁

Edited March 2, 2022 by LDarkseid1

[lou_fine]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:44 PM, mikefeen said:

On 3/1/2022 at 7:37 PM, MattTheDuck said:

I'm starting to think you might be Tim Frommelt

Sadly, my windfall will come up a few zeros shy of Mr. Frommelt's.  

Well, a few zeros shy of Tim Frommelt's $100B mark is still $100M which is certainly nothing to sniff at.    

[Professor K]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:48 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Cap 1 at $125K. Minor amount of color touch on the label. Should hold it back some from bigger potential.

Ended at 170,000. Not bad I guess but then again compared to the Promise 3.5 (240K 11/21) and the 4.0 on HA in September for 180K it iwas a little weak. The Batman 1 3.0 for 230,00 also wasn't too out of the park. The Promise 2.0 went for 240k in 11/21. The rest of the Caps and Bats got some pretty good numbers last night. Some of the Bats went real high.

[lou_fine]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:22 PM, mikefeen said:

On 3/1/2022 at 4:45 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Let the countdown begin. Batman 1 3.0 at $190K with just over 2 hours left. Where will this finish? I'll say around $240K.

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Sold for $230K.  By Price is Right rules, you lose.  Sorry. 

I am assuming he was banking on the high side, considering that Heritage had recently auctioned off a nicely presenting lower graded CGC 2.0 copy    for $222K back in September which was then followed by a NOT so nicely presenting CGC 2.0 Promise Collection copy    that sold for $240K a few short months ago back in November. 

With this auction result here for $230K, it kind of makes me wonder what the CGC 2.5 graded copy will go for at CC since it is already sitting at $150K with another 2 weeks to go.  This slightly lower price point in comparison to the Heritage results might possibly be due to the fact that CL is not necessarily the first or possibly even the second auction site to come into most GA collector's mind when it comes to the big key GA books, but then again the supposedly higher fees at Heritage can often certainly result in the same amount going into the consignor's pocket by the time it's all said and done.   

Edited March 2, 2022 by lou_fine

[lou_fine]

Then again, it was finally nice to see a couple of the Neal Adams Avengers books finally get some loving, especially with the big giant-size classic Neal Adams cover to cover issue of Avengers 93    which at one time was the biggest go to BA Marvel book for collectors to chase down when both Hulk 181 and Spidey 129 were still nothing books at less than a dollar a pop.  

Most llikely a record price with a CGC 9.6 2nd highest graded copy jumping up from something in the $2,800 range in the last minute to finished up at $6,100.  Similarly, the Neal Adams Avengers 94 second highest graded CGC 9.6 copy also jumped up from somewhere in the $800 range all the way up to $3,878 in the last minute of the auction.  Clearly, CL is much more the home base for the CGC label chasers and the more readily accessible recent books (relative to the GA books) who loves to come in the dying seconds of an auction with their snipe bids.  

[Jaydogrules]

On 3/1/2022 at 10:28 PM, Professor K said:

Ended at 170,000. Not bad I guess but then again compared to the Promise 3.5 (240K 11/21) and the 4.0 on HA in September for 180K it iwas a little weak. The Batman 1 3.0 for 230,00 also wasn't too out of the park. The Promise 2.0 went for 240k in 11/21. The rest of the Caps and Bats got some pretty good numbers last night. Some of the Bats went real high.

Regardless of label color, the cap 1 is restored, and that is certainly reflected in the price.  

-J.

[batman_fan]

On 3/1/2022 at 11:28 PM, Professor K said:

Ended at 170,000. Not bad I guess but then again compared to the Promise 3.5 (240K 11/21) and the 4.0 on HA in September for 180K it iwas a little weak. The Batman 1 3.0 for 230,00 also wasn't too out of the park. The Promise 2.0 went for 240k in 11/21. The rest of the Caps and Bats got some pretty good numbers last night. Some of the Bats went real high.

A lot of the Bat books went for very strong prices

Batman 2, 4.0, OW,  $10,001

Batman 3, 7.0, OW,  $13,000 (ugly wrap, this one shocked me)

Batman 5, 8.5, W,  $15,250

Batman 11, 6.5, OW/W,  $13,761

Batman 14, 7.0, OW/W,  $3,500

Batman 16, 6.5, OW/W,  $7,075

Batman 20, 9.0, W,  $16,916 (amazing looking copy)

Batman 23, 8.5, W, $16,250

Batman 25, 7.0, OW, $4,449

Batman 26, 8.5, OW/W, $4,623 (this one really surprised me)

Batman 38, 7.0, OW/W, $3,098

Batman 40, 8.0, W,  $3,650 (I thought this was a bit low)

Batman 44, 6.5, W, $6,350

Batman 75, 9.0, OW/W, $7,600 (very strong but also a tough book)

[lou_fine]

On 3/2/2022 at 6:54 AM, batman_fan said:

Batman 40, 8.0, W,  $3,650 (I thought this was a bit low)

I thought the following early Bats in comparison were also a bit low on the low side:  

Batman 6, 7.0, OW/W,  $5,317

Batman 7, 6.5, OW/W,  $4,877 and

Batman 8, 6.0, OW/W,  $5,859

[lou_fine]

For all of the Frazatta Famous Funnies aficionados and collectors who are still looking to fill some of the gaps in their Frazetta FF run without having to pay the nosebleed Heritage prices, as per my earlier post in the Famous Funnies thread, there's a small run from Famous Funnies 209 through 212 that's still sitting at a fraction of what similar graded copies sold for on Heritage just a few short months ago:  

On 3/2/2022 at 11:13 AM, lou_fine said:

Received an email today from CL about their Feature Auction offerings tonight and noticed that their Frazetta Famous Funnies run from 209 through 212, with these two leading the way for now at $5,414 and $4,511 respectively, with the FF 211 being a Bethlehem pedigree copy to boot: 
https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fdefault.asp%3FFocused%3D1%23Item_1551508&id=1551508&itemType=0#detail

 

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fdefault.asp%3FFocused%3D1%23Item_1551509&id=1551509&itemType=0#detail

Still a long ways to go from the strong 5-figures and near 5-figures which Heritage were able to fetch recently for their Frazetta Famous Funnies, especially with respect to the CGC 9.0 graded copy FF 211 and CGC 8.0 graded copy of FF 212 which sold only a few short months ago for $19,800 and $19,200 respectively.  

Will certainly be interesting to see how close these CL Frazetta Famous Funnies offerings come to the Heritage price points, but I somehow don't think it'll be close since more of the deep pocketed frenzied GA eyeballs tends to focus more on the Heritage auction site, as opposed to the CC auction site.      

 

[batman_fan]

On 3/2/2022 at 12:41 PM, lou_fine said:

I thought the following early Bats in comparison were also a bit low on the low side:  

Batman 6, 7.0, OW/W,  $5,317

Batman 7, 6.5, OW/W,  $4,877 and

Batman 8, 6.0, OW/W,  $5,859

Nothing stellar high in that group and likely a little on the low side but not crazy off

[mikefeen]

On 3/2/2022 at 1:20 PM, batman_fan said:

Nothing stellar high in that group and likely a little on the low side but not crazy off

I was happy with all of these results.  The only Batman that went under my (somewhat conservative) estimate was the #12.  And it only missed a few percentage points.

[batman_fan]

On 3/2/2022 at 2:52 PM, mikefeen said:

I was happy with all of these results.  The only Batman that went under my (somewhat conservative) estimate was the #12.  And it only missed a few percentage points.

A Batman 6 in 6.5 (I believe) sold a while back on Heritage for a little more but with all the fees I think you probably came out ahead going with CLINK

Edited March 2, 2022 by batman_fan

[lou_fine]

On 3/2/2022 at 2:24 PM, batman_fan said:

A Batman 6 in 6.5 (I believe) sold a while back on Heritage for a little more but with all the fees I think you probably came out ahead going with CLINK

For a consignor, from a financial point of view, the only thing that matters is the bottom-line and what they can pocket after all of the fees and certainly not the headline grabbing top line that the auction houses loves to harp about all the time.  

[mikefeen]

It's also impossible to ever know how much factors outside the comic market affect any given sale.  Back in November, crypto was still going to the moon, the stock market was similarly on a major bull run, war in eastern Europe was on almost  no-one's mind.  Even a few weeks ago in the last Heritage auction, there wasn't a war and major stock market instability looming over the sale.  

Even if none of my books get another single bid the rest of the way, my total is already above the number that was going to make me happy, so it's all gravy from here.  That's the great thing about having 315 books in this auction, no single sale makes or breaks it and it should average out in the end.

[mikefeen]

Heritage also has books that slip under the radar.  The Cap 2 8.0 below went for $26,400 just 11 months ago, and my 6.5 sold for $31,000 last night.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Similarly, this Chamber of Chills #23 CGC 6.5 sold on HA for $5280 a few weeks ago, and mine got $10,500 for a 7.0 last night.  So you really just never know what the best time/auction house will be for any given book in my opinion.

 

 

[lou_fine]

On 2/13/2022 at 12:39 AM, Gotham Kid said:

if that book hits 5 or 6 figures I'll drink myself to death ...

 

On 2/13/2022 at 12:53 AM, lou_fine said:

Well, since we all know what happened with a CGC 9.9 graded copy of Transformers 1 and DC Comics Presents 26 is both an even earlier and bigger key, all I can say is that I hope all of your affairs are in order and you have brought your will up-to-date.  

Ummmm...............Peter, have you started yet and are your affairs all in order with your will brought up-to-date as I had advised you to earlier:  

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fdefault.asp%3FFocused%3D1%26x%3D32%26y%3D7%26pg%3D56%23Item_1545991&id=1545991&itemType=0#detail

Not quite as silly as the Transformers 1 at a rather   $44K as this one here is actually a very important and key DC book, but I do believe that $40,005 would qualify as hitting strong 5 figures.    

Edited March 3, 2022 by lou_fine

[Gotham Kid]

On 3/3/2022 at 4:03 AM, lou_fine said:

$40,005