Number 6 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Jëffrö... said: I've considered it but for me it comes down to too expensive and too hard to find in high grade. Besides, the real time to collect these was 25/30+ years ago when nobody cared about them. That train has left the station. Probably should clarify: the Gold Key run I’m contemplating is Star Trek, although everything you said probably applies to that as well. Most likely have to make some serious concessions on grade with the photo cover issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 What a great thread and what a great set!! I think a 9.8 Scooby-Doo 1 would challenge the prices of a 35 cent 9.8 SW1 or 9.8 IH 181. Discuss. comicdonna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefecabra Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 11 hours ago, Jëffrö... said: I've considered it but for me it comes down to too expensive and too hard to find in high grade. Besides, the real time to collect these was 25/30+ years ago when nobody cared about them. That train has left the station. I’d actually say cheap and of medium effort. I used to think like you about 10 years ago and I’m not saying the set is super easy to put together, I don’t think it’s really that hard either just takes a bit of time. But then if you can complete it really does give you a nice sense of accomplishment. As for prices I still think these are some of the cheapest, books out there given their popularity of the characters. It will be interesting to see what the Scooby Doo movies do to add interest if they do a few of them over the next 5-6 years too. jjonahjameson11 and Jeffro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnotchman Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, seanfingh said: What a great thread and what a great set!! I think a 9.8 Scooby-Doo 1 would challenge the prices of a 35 cent 9.8 SW1 or 9.8 IH 181. Discuss. When the lone Star Trek 1 9.8 sold for $40k, I see no reason if a lone Scooby #1 surfaces in 9.8 getting the 40-50K range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 9:21 PM, Topnotchman said: When the lone Star Trek 1 9.8 sold for $40k, I see no reason if a lone Scooby #1 surfaces in 9.8 getting the 40-50K range. I have already stated I would pay $50K for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderturtle Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 6:21 PM, Topnotchman said: When the lone Star Trek 1 9.8 sold for $40k, I see no reason if a lone Scooby #1 surfaces in 9.8 getting the 40-50K range. I’m a big scooby doo and smurfs fan. Growing up in the 80’s those 2 were my 2 must watch cartoons. Do you ever see a Spirou 1071 (1st smurfs) CGC 9.8 ever reaching $50,000; highest one on the census is a lone 9.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) On 2/22/2020 at 10:48 AM, Number 6 said: Kind of inspires me to get more series about a Gold Key run of my own. Well, if it's a Gold Key run you are looking at, the one that I would go after would be the Total War / M.A.R.S. Patrol run. Fantastic storyline and I am actually surprised that they haven't turned that one into a si-fi TV series or something along that line. Well, here's always hoping!!! Edited March 9, 2020 by lou_fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, RANDOM ACTS said: I would say Star Trek and Scooby Doo are the gold in these gold key books. Both have great fandoms. The key (no pun intended) is finding both sets in high grade as it seems both sets were loved and well read. Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, RANDOM ACTS said: 23 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo. Scooby Doo is like Spider-Man for the young generation. Flintstones = Superman Well, if that is indeed the case, then since Action 1 is still valued at a higher price point than 'Tec 27, shouldn't a book like Dell Giant #48 (i.e. 1st comic book appearance of The Flintstones) from 1961 be valued at a higher price point than the first comic book appearance of Scooby Doo in 1970? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 13 hours ago, lou_fine said: Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo. Interesting choice. As a kid, I enjoyed watching their cartoon re-reruns, and the first live action movie was...tolerable, the second one not so much. But since then, they've really dropped off of people's radar and its been very, very quiet regarding new product or any news that would make folks clamour for Flintstone back-issues...that's 20 years of virtual silence for a once-mighty franchise. Additionally, the 1st Flintstones comic was part of a large warehouse find which included many high grade copies so that's also kept a damper on price. If you like the Flintstones and want to complete a high grade run, its fairly inexpensive, and much easier to achieve than Scooby Doo, but Scooby Doo is just starting to get the recognition it deserves, being on the forefront of Gold Key's (and Marvel, DC, etc) most viable properties over the past 50 years, and it still has a long way to go to hit its true place/pricing in the market lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, lou_fine said: 13 hours ago, RANDOM ACTS said: 14 hours ago, lou_fine said: Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo. Scooby Doo is like Spider-Man for the young generation. Flintstones = Superman Well, if that is indeed the case, then since Action 1 is still valued at a higher price point than 'Tec 27, shouldn't a book like Dell Giant #48 (i.e. 1st comic book appearance of The Flintstones) from 1961 be valued at a higher price point than the first comic book appearance of Scooby Doo in 1970? Sadly, I suspect that most younger people and kids know the Flintstones more from cereal commercials than they do from the actual cartoon show. On the other hand, Scooby Doo has been almost continually in the pop culture mainstream since it debuted in 1969. That's why Scooby Doo is greater than Flintstones. I love the Flintstones and would love to see that property rise to the level of Scooby Doo but it ain't there right now. Edited March 10, 2020 by Jëffrö... RANDOM ACTS and MAY1979 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnotchman Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Recent sale on Heritage of a 9.2 goes for $6,000.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcsketcherz Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 As a life long Scooby fan, I'm in awe. Never thought I'd see so many 9.8's in one spot. I'm hoping to have Mark Evanier sign four Mark Jeweler Scooby Variants later in the year....if the con isn't cancelled the is. Good luck with upgrading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 21 hours ago, Topnotchman said: Recent sale on Heritage of a 9.2 goes for $6,000.00. Yes, I saw that. as far as the grade goes, the seller was very,very lucky to get a 9.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayJr Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 8:50 PM, jefecabra said: Well it took me a decade but I finally finished off the run of the Scooby Doo gold key comics set on the registry. I hope you enjoy the run as much as I did collecting them. Scooby is clearly my favorite cartoon and the comic books are fun to chase down! https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetTypeDetail.aspx?SetTypeID=461 Pure Awesomeness brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliTabooger Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 That's a fantastic collection! Coincidentally, I've started collecting this run as well! I'd like to keep all the books in a closed range, a range of 6.0 to 7.0. Do you have any duplicate graded books in the this range, or raw books that might grade in this range, or if you may have a connection to someone selling some books? Thanks for your time, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comic_memories Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Heck of a set!! I have put together a set of the Marvel 9 issue run and it's been a fun challenge so i know this was definitely a labor of love for you. These are WAY tougher to find in nice shape. Edited March 17, 2022 by comic_memories MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) On 3/9/2020 at 4:37 PM, lou_fine said: Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo. Would be nice if Dell Giant 48 (aka Flintstones #1) had even 1/4 of the interest as GK Scooby 1. I picked up this raw from JHV at a con in the late 90's. It was one of the first graded by CGC and for short time the only 9.6 with none higher. Still have the reading copy I found 10 years prior as a kid in my LCS' 4/$1 bins. Love how they are drawn like they looked in the first season of the show. Edited Thursday at 02:51 PM by MAY1979 comic_memories, ADAMANTIUM, lou_fine and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shaun C89 Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 Recently back from CGC, I was so happy to find this in a original owner collection in January! comic_memories, Pantodude, Beardown and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted Thursday at 03:24 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:24 AM Got these two in a recent collection Topnotchman, ADAMANTIUM, ernster and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...