G.A.tor Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I've owned about 20. Nicest slabbed I had was a 5.0 sold to prime time and it was stolen along the mail system. Had a raw 7.0 I sold for huge money years ago but don't think the buyer ever slabbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoarder Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I love that book too! Here is my copy. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Very nice copy Hoarder. The colors on your copy are much better than my 5.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'm bored and I wanted to revive this thread. What can I say about the picture below, I just love this book Super tough book. Great copies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I've owned about 20. Nicest slabbed I had was a 5.0 sold to prime time and it was stolen along the mail system. Had a raw 7.0 I sold for huge money years ago but don't think the buyer ever slabbed. 20 copies! ? . Unfortunate how your former 5.0 got lost in transit. Was it found at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) Artist highlights from Detective Comics (1937-1939): Will Ely (Detective Comics #10): Creig Flessel (Detective Comics #11): Joe Shuster (Detective Comics #24): Edited January 21, 2020 by Electricmastro Primetime and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) On 8/18/2014 at 10:55 PM, Dark Knight said: 20 copies! ? . Unfortunate how your former 5.0 got lost in transit. Was it found at all? Weird, but yes it was found (sort of). Inside job from Rick’s local PO back in Lynn Haven, FL left the book MIA but tracking said it was signed for. Few years later it was reslabbed into a 4.5 blue. I noticed it was the same copy as it had some noticeable defects. I had kept the old 5.0 scan, and Rick actually re-purchased the book as a 4.5 slab and didn’t even know it was the same stolen book we had been looking for. Edited December 31, 2019 by Primetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Primetime said: Weird, but yes it was found (sort of). Inside job from Rick’s local PO back in Lynn Haven, FL left the book MIA but tracking said it was signed for. Few years later it was reslabbed into a 4.5 blue. I noticed it was the same copy as it had some noticeable defects. I had kept the old 5.0 scan, and Rick actually re-purchased the book as a 4.5 slab and didn’t even know it was the same stolen book we had been looking for. That's some story... Primetime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Dark Knight said: 4 hours ago, Primetime said: Weird, but yes it was found (sort of). Inside job from Rick’s local PO back in Lynn Haven, FL left the book MIA but tracking said it was signed for. Few years later it was reslabbed into a 4.5 blue. I noticed it was the same copy as it had some noticeable defects. I had kept the old 5.0 scan, and Rick actually re-purchased the book as a 4.5 slab and didn’t even know it was the same stolen book we had been looking for. That's some story... Did you and Rick ever tried to trace the path of the book backwards in the hope of nabbing the culprit who had stolen the book in order to give them a good beat down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 4 hours ago, lou_fine said: Did you and Rick ever tried to trace the path of the book backwards in the hope of nabbing the culprit who had stolen the book in order to give them a good beat down? No, the book was MIA and don’t think Rick couldn’t recall who he bought the book from the second time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Electricmastro Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 1941-1945: Bob Kane (Detective Comics #56): Jack Lehti (Detective Comics #68): Jack Kirby (Detective Comics #70): George Roussos (Detective Comics #91): DickSprang (Detective Comics #95): Edited January 21, 2020 by Electricmastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 D84 and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Recently got these two from Ted at Superworld Comics. Larryw7, Marty Mann and comicjack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny545 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Detective 69 CGC 5.5 OW/W (some foxing on back cover) went for $16K in the Clink auction last night. My initial feeling was this was real low after the 6.5 $30Kish sale a while back and a 2.5 $8K sale, but perhaps not given the foxing. Interested to hear others thoughts. Low? High? About right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AnkurJ Posted January 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 Back from the slab company! I thought it was better than a 1.0 but oh well Gotham Kid, Frisco Larson, Shaolingoat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) On 1/28/2020 at 3:53 PM, Johnny545 said: Detective 69 CGC 5.5 OW/W (some foxing on back cover) went for $16K in the Clink auction last night. My initial feeling was this was real low after the 6.5 $30Kish sale a while back and a 2.5 $8K sale, but perhaps not given the foxing. Interested to hear others thoughts. Low? High? About right? I am still finding a hard time getting my head around the huge runup in prices for both 'Tec 62 and 'Tec 69 over the past couple of years. Yes, they are both early Joker covers, but the covers themselves aren't necessarily that great on their own. Especially in light of the fact there are just so many other Joker covers in both of the Batman related series, with some possibly better than these 2 covers. Edited January 29, 2020 by lou_fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, lou_fine said: I am still finding a hard time getting my head around the huge runup in prices for both 'Tec 62 and 'Tec 69 over the past couple of years. Yes, they are both early Joker covers, but the covers themselves aren't necessarily that great on their own. Especially in light of the fact there are just so many other Joker covers in both of the Batman related series, with some possibly better than these 2 covers. Tec 62 is arguably the first real joker cover. Detective 40 may be an image from the Batman 1 story, but DC recolored it for a reason. Tec 69 is considered to be up there with Batman 11 as far as iconic Joker covers are concerned. Personally, I never cared for it, but it's popular. There are several cheaper Joker covers I'd rather have than those two. lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat-Hound Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 7:53 AM, Johnny545 said: Detective 69 CGC 5.5 OW/W (some foxing on back cover) went for $16K in the Clink auction last night. My initial feeling was this was real low after the 6.5 $30Kish sale a while back and a 2.5 $8K sale, but perhaps not given the foxing. Interested to hear others thoughts. Low? High? About right? Actually the Detective 69 went for $17,703. The last Tec 69 CGC 5.5 OW/W went for $10,911 Dec 2016. So a nice run up during the 3 years or so. But if you compare a sale recorded March 2018 a Tec 69 CGC 4.5 went for $17,705. Just comparing the CGC 4.5 and the current sale of the CGC 5.5 yes it seems the 5.5 was soft , maybe the foxing? who knows? Do these sales justify with the price the Tec 69 CGC 6.5 sold for $29,500 in Sept 2017? Maybe yes since there hasn’t been another sale CGC 6.0 or higher in a very long time. What we need is a 6.0 or higher to come to market to test the price points we are seeing on these books. I’m sure they’re out there but just not being auctioned right now. Time will tell. lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Bat-Hound said: What we need is a 6.0 or higher to come to market to test the price points we are seeing on these books. I’m sure they’re out there but just not being auctioned right now. Time will tell. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/detective-comics-69-dc-1942-cgc-fn-65-off-white-to-white-pages/p/7224-256001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...