G.A.tor Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jesus!! I have never seen an UNRESTORED Detective 3 graded that high 5.5!!!...Im serious....tHis book in this condition is incredibly rare.This is rare enough that i would consider it high grade at 5.5. I am VERY impressed Thanks Peter. It is the highest graded copy in the census (only 2 unrestored copies last time I looked) but there must be better ones buried in a collection somewhere. I don't know George. Besides the Church copy that might be the highest graded copy! Congrats again!! isn't the church copy only a gd (according to chuck's original list) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socratic Wonder Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jesus!! I have never seen an UNRESTORED Detective 3 graded that high 5.5!!!...Im serious....tHis book in this condition is incredibly rare.This is rare enough that i would consider it high grade at 5.5. I am VERY impressed Thanks Peter. It is the highest graded copy in the census (only 2 unrestored copies last time I looked) but there must be better ones buried in a collection somewhere. I don't know George. Besides the Church copy that might be the highest graded copy! Congrats again!! isn't the church copy only a gd (according to chuck's original list) Oh maybe I was just assuming it was high grade because the Tec 2 is a 9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jesus!! I have never seen an UNRESTORED Detective 3 graded that high 5.5!!!...Im serious....tHis book in this condition is incredibly rare.This is rare enough that i would consider it high grade at 5.5. I am VERY impressed Thanks Peter. It is the highest graded copy in the census (only 2 unrestored copies last time I looked) but there must be better ones buried in a collection somewhere. I don't know George. Besides the Church copy that might be the highest graded copy! Congrats again!! isn't the church copy only a gd (according to chuck's original list) Oh maybe I was just assuming it was high grade because the Tec 2 is a 9.0 and the tec 5 is also high grade, but the 3 and 4 were lower... what have I told you about "assuming" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jesus!! I have never seen an UNRESTORED Detective 3 graded that high 5.5!!!...Im serious....tHis book in this condition is incredibly rare.This is rare enough that i would consider it high grade at 5.5. I am VERY impressed Thanks Peter. It is the highest graded copy in the census (only 2 unrestored copies last time I looked) but there must be better ones buried in a collection somewhere. I don't know George. Besides the Church copy that might be the highest graded copy! Congrats again!! isn't the church copy only a gd (according to chuck's original list) There are Church copies as low as Gd? What is the lowest graded Church comic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Jesus!! I have never seen an UNRESTORED Detective 3 graded that high 5.5!!!...Im serious....tHis book in this condition is incredibly rare.This is rare enough that i would consider it high grade at 5.5. I am VERY impressed Thanks Peter. It is the highest graded copy in the census (only 2 unrestored copies last time I looked) but there must be better ones buried in a collection somewhere. I don't know George. Besides the Church copy that might be the highest graded copy! Congrats again!! isn't the church copy only a gd (according to chuck's original list) There are Church copies as low as Gd? What is the lowest graded Church comic? in scanning the original MH list, no copy was graded lower than gd by chuck...but there were several I remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Latest and one of my best pickups - Lost Valley Tec #3 - thanks to Rick Oustanding George, simply outstanding... I know the source for this book (as does rick, obviously), and have a few coming in myself. Nothing remotely close to a spectacular book like this, but fingers remain crossed anyway. Again, very well done sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Thanks - I grin everytime I see the scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 ...and the tec 5 is also high grade, but the 3 and 4 were lower... what have I told you about "assuming" The 6 is also mid-grade with a small touch of resto (still a lovely book, which I used to own - jb currently has it IIRC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 That's an incredible book! Is DETECTIVE #3 considered the scarcest of the pre-Batman 'Tec's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 That's an incredible book! Is DETECTIVE #3 considered the scarcest of the pre-Batman 'Tec's? According to CentaurMan's Detective Scarcity Index, Detective #9 is the scarcest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Thanks for the link to that post, Norrin. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 3 Steps closer to my #1 to #10 Run......plus 1.........take a look. FISH Very, very nice Fish I'd love to find a 2 in about that grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Beautiful George. Now it's time for that group shot. The group shot as requested but my camera isn't good enough to give the full impact: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 and this is on its way from Metro to upgrade the unrestored 1.8 and restored 6.0 : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Super nice book, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Congratulations George!! You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of collectors in the world who can claim to have accomplished this feat. :golfclap: :golfclap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action1kid Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Nice #12 ! The Mile High copy is in the gallery.Take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Congratulations George!! You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of collectors in the world who can claim to have accomplished this feat. :golfclap: :golfclap: Thanks Peter. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Nice #12 ! The Mile High copy is in the gallery.Take a look That is some #12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 What would a Tec 168 unrestored CGC 8.5 White pages ( 2nd highest graded ) be valued at.....roughly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
