FFB Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Wow, that's a beauty. Church copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Anyone notice the upcoming January Heritage auction preview? They have a run of Detective Comics from #27-41 (minus #34) ALL restored copies. There's a killer copy of Detective #6 in there too. CGC Apparent 9.2 (moderate P). Bidding, are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Anyone notice the upcoming January Heritage auction preview? They have a run of Detective Comics from #27-41 (minus #34) ALL restored copies. There's a killer copy of Detective #6 in there too. CGC Apparent 9.2 (moderate P). Bidding, are we? No, much as I'd like to, I am still on a buying hiatus until later next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thegoldenage Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Isn't the Tec 5 on Metropolis site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 No, much as I'd like to, I am still on a buying hiatus until later next year. I know the feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Isn't the Tec 5 on Metropolis site? Yep. That's where I got the scan. It isn't my book (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Who's selling off Detectives on Comiclink - thats a nice group of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action1kid Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I think the tec5 on the Metro site is the Mile High copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 It is. All $20k plus of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I think the tec5 on the Metro site is the Mile High copy. Hey Peter, take a look at the first post of mine on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Wow. Love those early Detectives, but as Timulty so eloquently stated "my cheddar is being baked for another dish". Tec #31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timulty Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Wow. Love those early Detectives, but as Timulty so eloquently stated "my cheddar is being baked for another dish". Tec #31. I thought it had a Dashiell Hammett sort of eloquence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Wow. Love those early Detectives, but as Timulty so eloquently stated "my cheddar is being baked for another dish". Tec #31. There's a nice looking restored copy in the next heritage auction. It will probably get a reasonable price because of the extensive resto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Wow. Love those early Detectives, but as Timulty so eloquently stated "my cheddar is being baked for another dish". Tec #31. There's a nice looking restored copy in the next heritage auction. It will probably get a reasonable price because of the extensive resto. It's too nice. A 7.0 Ext. = 4.0 unrestored? Another favorite early Tec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 That is a beautiful book, but how Metro could call it a vf/nm is a mystery to me. The stress around the staples alone easily drops it to an 8.0 or less. This really brings into question Metro's credibility on grading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 It probably looks more reasonable at its actual size as opposed to 200% magnification. If that and the light wear are it I could see 9.0. I owned a 9.0 MH Smash comic that had similar wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 That is a beautiful book, but how Metro could call it a vf/nm is a mystery to me. The stress around the staples alone easily drops it to an 8.0 or less. This really brings into question Metro's credibility on grading. I think those are actually staple tears, not stress lines. I had the same thought about the VF/NM grade being too high. Looking at the OSGG, I see that one small staple tear is allowed in VF/NM, but there are no books with two tears in that grade. The Crowley CGC 8.0 copy of Wonder Woman #1 on page 203 of the guide has two staple tears and some other wear and defects that makes it not quite as nice as this book (page quality is probably not as good either). I have to wonder whether the GA and Edgar Church bump would cause CGC to give this book an 8.5. I can't see it getting lower than an 8.0 though. One question I have that you may be able to answer is this -- is there a higher grade copy of Detective #5 that is known to exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 One question I have that you may be able to answer is this -- is there a higher grade copy of Detective #5 that is known to exist? To my knowledge, the Church copy is the best copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Are staple tears ever a result of the binding process? If so would they be considered less detrimental to a grade than those that are caused by consumer wear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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