seanfingh Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 There is no reason to think that these higher prices will hold. The Boards are riddled with examples of books that get on people's radar, they start posting about them, a small group of competitive people also decide they want them, and then a mini-boom erupts. The biggest one I can recall was high grade Dave Stevens covers. They really popped for a while when people were getting the Registry set completed etc. I would expect when the dust settles that as more of these books become available, they will be able to be gotten for 60-70% of the high prices. (Please don't think I am dissing these books. I'm not. Merely discussing the "price boom" that sometimes gets worked up on the Boards.) MAR1979, NP_Gresham and Xenosmilus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) On 4/10/2020 at 7:15 PM, 35CentEra said: Not sure why 15,16,17 are getting the most "love" recently in auctions, when #24 is the True current King of High Grade Scarcity for the title. Because those were the ones a lot of people were missing to complete their run in the CGC Registry. People get close to an end to their run and will pay more just to finish it. I’m guilty of it lol. #15 about a month or so again there were only 4 in the census. Edited April 14, 2020 by Xenosmilus MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, Xenosmilus said: Because those were the ones a lot of people were missing to complete their run in the CGC Registry. People get close to an end to their run and will pay more just to finish it. I’m guilty of it lol. #15 about a month or so again there werE only 3 in the census. I took a look at your registry, it's a You have a lot of runs besides Godzilla Congrats!!! Xenosmilus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 8 hours ago, seanfingh said: There is no reason to think that these higher prices will hold. The Boards are riddled with examples of books that get on people's radar, they start posting about them, a small group of competitive people also decide they want them, and then a mini-boom erupts. The biggest one I can recall was high grade Dave Stevens covers. They really popped for a while when people were getting the Registry set completed etc. I would expect when the dust settles that as more of these books become available, they will be able to be gotten for 60-70% of the high prices. (Please don't think I am dissing these books. I'm not. Merely discussing the "price boom" that sometimes gets worked up on the Boards.) Agreed, however what's sort of interesting that I mentioned earlier is that I was the second person to get a complete 9.8 run in the registry back in February and since then it's up to a total of 5. That's pretty uncommon for a bronze age 24 issue run I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Xenosmilus said: Agreed, however what's sort of interesting that I mentioned earlier is that I was the second person to get a complete 9.8 run in the registry back in February and since then it's up to a total of 5. That's pretty uncommon for a bronze age 24 issue run I think... It really is. But you never know what is going to catch the collective fancy - some from history that are pretty interesting in addition to the Dave Stevens covers - the Maxx Artist Proofs, the Death of Superman later printings, to some extent the Boards have fomented the newsstand craze, and honestly, I think sketch covers should be on the list as well. It happens when people realize "Yeah - those are pretty cool." The great thing about Godzilla is that he had 25 or so years with the Toho movies, and then all of a sudden they bring him into the Marvel Universe and then just as quickly - POOF - the license is gone and so is he. Godzilla is an icon and his time in the MCU, while pretty weird, is also pretty cool. Congrats on your set! PS: One of you guys probably has this now. https://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=7423&GSub=2660 PPS: So you know my Godzilla love is legit - this is the first guy that wore the suit https://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=15431&GSub=631 Xenosmilus, 70s80sTimeMachine and NP_Gresham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/10/2020 at 7:15 PM, 35CentEra said: Many consider "High Grade" for 1977-1979 to be 9.6 or 9.8. In order here are the 5 Marvel Godzilla's with the fewest combined total of 9.8 and 9.6's #24 = 16 #16 = 21 #17 = 21 #15 = 22 #13 = 23 #24 and #15 are tied for the fewest 9.8's with 9, but #15 has nearly double the amount of 9.6's as #24. #24 has a measly 16 copies in 9.6 or above. #12 and #15 are tied for the least slabbed book. #1 has more 9.8's and 9.6's then one can shake a stick at. #24 has the Lowest Average Grade in the run, averaging what for a late bronze age Marvel is a meager 8.96 #19 has the highest Average grade in the run with a robust 9.67. Not sure why 15,16,17 are getting the most "love" recently in auctions, when #24 is the True current King of High Grade Scarcity for the title. BTW, I've no vested interest in #24, and as I've mentioned in a previous post above my favorite issue is #23. Just having fun with Marvel Godzilla census numbers. So now be prepared to fight the wolves in the next #24 auction Courtesy of Slabdata (cgcdata.com) current (As of April 7, 2020) Marvel Godzilla non variant Population Report. - sorted by number of 9.8 copies. Title,Issue,Pub Date,Publisher CGC Label Total Avg Grade 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 6 5.5 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.8 1.5 Godzilla 01 (08/77,Marvel Comics) Universal 1,426 9.28 1 405 437 244 102 70 48 25 22 22 12 13 8 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 Godzilla 09 (04/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 57 9.57 34 14 4 2 2 1 Godzilla 02 (09/77,Marvel Comics) Universal 85 9.37 32 20 13 2 8 3 3 2 1 1 Godzilla 07 (02/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 51 9.55 28 14 3 3 1 1 1 Godzilla 03 (10/77,Marvel Comics) Universal 83 9.26 27 29 8 3 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 Godzilla 23 (06/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 64 9.4 27 20 9 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Godzilla 11 (06/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 37 9.65 23 10 3 1 Godzilla 19 (02/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 41 9.67 23 13 3 2 Godzilla 14 (09/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 37 9.63 22 10 4 1 Godzilla 20 (03/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 37 9.65 22 10 1 3 1 Godzilla 05 (12/77,Marvel Comics) Universal 59 9.52 21 22 8 3 3 1 1 Godzilla 10 (05/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 43 9.57 21 13 7 1 1 Godzilla 21 (04/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 45 9.61 20 17 4 1 2 1 Godzilla 04 (11/77,Marvel Comics) Universal 54 9.53 19 15 12 5 2 1 Godzilla 18 (01/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 38 9.63 19 11 5 1 2 Godzilla 22 (05/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 39 9.48 17 13 3 1 3 1 1 Godzilla 08 (03/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 42 9.47 15 16 6 2 1 2 Godzilla 06 (01/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 40 9.51 14 17 3 3 1 1 1 Godzilla 12 (07/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 29 9.62 14 10 2 2 1 Godzilla 13 (08/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 32 9.46 14 9 4 2 2 1 Godzilla 16 (11/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 25 9.63 12 9 3 1 Godzilla 17 (12/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 32 9.51 10 11 7 2 1 1 Godzilla 15 (10/78,Marvel Comics) Universal 29 9.53 9 13 5 1 1 Godzilla 24 (07/79,Marvel Comics) Universal 42 8.96 9 7 13 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 24 should have 1 less blue label as my blue went to yellow - not through CGC so the census was never corrected. Even got a PQ bump picon3 and Xenosmilus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 4:29 PM, Xenosmilus said: Because those were the ones a lot of people were missing to complete their run in the CGC Registry. People get close to an end to their run and will pay more just to finish it. I’m guilty of it lol. #15 about a month or so again there were only 4 in the census. Me too! Xenosmilus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 20 hours ago, Xenosmilus said: Agreed, however what's sort of interesting that I mentioned earlier is that I was the second person to get a complete 9.8 run in the registry back in February and since then it's up to a total of 5. That's pretty uncommon for a bronze age 24 issue run I think... There are 6 - don’t be a 9.8 snob 😂 @Bladak has a complete set also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 10 hours ago, seanfingh said: It really is. But you never know what is going to catch the collective fancy - some from history that are pretty interesting in addition to the Dave Stevens covers - the Maxx Artist Proofs, the Death of Superman later printings, to some extent the Boards have fomented the newsstand craze, and honestly, I think sketch covers should be on the list as well. It happens when people realize "Yeah - those are pretty cool." The great thing about Godzilla is that he had 25 or so years with the Toho movies, and then all of a sudden they bring him into the Marvel Universe and then just as quickly - POOF - the license is gone and so is he. Godzilla is an icon and his time in the MCU, while pretty weird, is also pretty cool. Congrats on your set! PS: One of you guys probably has this now. https://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=7423&GSub=2660 PPS: So you know my Godzilla love is legit - this is the first guy that wore the suit https://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=15431&GSub=631 This is a really pretty piece! Do you still own it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yep - I still have most of my celeb SS books. Jordysnordy and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) On 4/14/2020 at 8:34 PM, Jordysnordy said: 24 should have 1 less 9.8 blue label as my blue went to yellow - not through CGC so the census was never corrected. Even got a PQ bump Yes it is interesting that the pages became more white as the many years passed Edited April 18, 2020 by MAR1979 Jordysnordy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 5:34 PM, Jordysnordy said: 24 should have 1 less blue label as my blue went to yellow - not through CGC so the census was never corrected. Even got a PQ bump Yep, weird - there are not many Godzillas with actual "White" pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) I don’t ever recall this gum 😂 https://apple.news/A6MLZegYATi28qQCUP9Hs_g Edited August 14, 2020 by Xenosmilus electricprune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Congrats to @NerdingOut for being the 6th boardy to register a complete 9.8 Godzilla run!!! ADAMANTIUM, Jordysnordy and NerdingOut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdingOut Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Thanks @Xenosmilus!!! I'm super excited to have finally finished it! I saw #16 and #24 pop up on eBay last Friday and I hit BIN as fast as I could! Xenosmilus and Jordysnordy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowzilla Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 When are the 9.8 .35¢ price variants going to surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidpg Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I've got a copy of Godzilla 1 that I had signed by Herb Trimpe back in 2008 here at the Montreal Comicon (after having had supper with him and his family the night before). I'll dig it out! Xenosmilus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, davidpg said: I've got a copy of Godzilla 1 that I had signed by Herb Trimpe back in 2008 here at the Montreal Comicon (after having had supper with him and his family the night before). I'll dig it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 I want to see the #24 Herb Trimpe Remark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Found this low grade 35 cent variant in the wild. $2.99 FoggyNelson, Xenosmilus and Crowzilla 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
