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[Johnny545]

JIM 4 now nearly 9k...

[Norrin's lawyer]

So is that the driving force in the prices?

[jimjum12]

These are books that would break records regardless of pedigree..... due to grade/ demand factors. The 6 and 7 are just awesome cover books. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Johnny545]

So is that the driving force in the prices?

 

It's just rare to ever get the chance to buy a truly high grade copy of any early JIM, Strange Tales or Mystery Tales...they are rarely sold and in VF or better likely one of the best copies....buy it you might never get the chance again.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Johnny545

[jimjum12]

That 7 is a favorite..... I could see selling every one I have to snag that one..... SO iconic...... and it doesn't hurt that it was a 9.0 in an 8.0 holder..... GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Johnny545]

True Jim, by the way the JIM 18 is about to cross $10,000 did not see that coming...

Edited March 26, 2015 by Johnny545

[Norrin's lawyer]

That JIM 20 also looks really nice!

[goldust40]

JIM 29 over $10K...

[Johnny545]

JIM 29 over $10K...

 

About 4x what I would have guessed given its pre-code, still it's likely the single best copy in the world.

[TempusFugitivus]

I don't know if anyone remembers this:

 

But a year or so ago, there was a 9.2 JIM 18 for sale on e-bay.

Pretty sure it was white pages, just a beautiful copy.

 

It was a 10 day auction but the book was quickly delisted.

I sent an e-mail to the seller to see if it was still available.

 

He told me that someone had called him and bought it for: $2500.

Said the guy kept telling him that he should jump on this great offer.

That it would never sell for that much on ebay.

Guy just kept at the it until the Seller agreed.

 

Seller said that as soon as he agreed to sell it...

He got another guy calling him and offering $3500.

 

I told him I thought it would have gone for way north of 5K....

if he just let it ride.

 

Pretty sure he thought I was nuts.

 

[Johnny545]

I don't know if anyone remembers this:

 

But a year or so ago, there was a 9.2 JIM 18 for sale on e-bay.

Pretty sure it was white pages, just a beautiful copy.

 

It was a 10 day auction but the book was quickly delisted.

I sent an e-mail to the seller to see if it was still available.

 

He told me that someone had called him and bought it for: $2500.

Said the guy kept telling him that he should jump on this great offer.

That it would never sell for that much on ebay.

Guy just kept at the it until the Seller agreed.

 

Seller said that as soon as he agreed to sell it...

He got another guy calling him and offering $3500.

 

I told him I thought it would have gone for way north of 5K....

if he just let it ride.

 

Pretty sure he thought I was nuts.

 

I remember that book...the only true measure of some of these books is an auction.

 

Edited March 26, 2015 by Johnny545

[rjpb]

I don't know if anyone remembers this:

 

But a year or so ago, there was a 9.2 JIM 18 for sale on e-bay.

Pretty sure it was white pages, just a beautiful copy.

 

It was a 10 day auction but the book was quickly delisted.

I sent an e-mail to the seller to see if it was still available.

 

He told me that someone had called him and bought it for: $2500.

Said the guy kept telling him that he should jump on this great offer.

That it would never sell for that much on ebay.

Guy just kept at the it until the Seller agreed.

 

Seller said that as soon as he agreed to sell it...

He got another guy calling him and offering $3500.

 

I told him I thought it would have gone for way north of 5K....

if he just let it ride.

 

Pretty sure he thought I was nuts.

 

I remember that book...the only true measure of some of these books is an auction.

 

Always let it ride. My wife had an antique on ebay that she she figured was worth at least a couple grand, started at 999. she got a 3K offer the night it was listed. She declined and the item ended up going for 13K.

[Supernerd]

Whoa! Some of those precode JIM's just went for some crazy, silly prices, and my head's just spinning from watching them go, and go, and, go, and...... Is the high grade/nice presenting Atlas market trending towards those prices, or did it help that there were so many different precode issues of JIM in one auction that it caused a bit of a feeding frenzy? I also noticed that the Atlas JIM's were a main feature in the recent Comic Connect catalogue. Do ya'll think that advertising had something to do with the price push?

 

I still can't get over that the JIM 14 6.0 OW, w a front cover crease went for $2300?!?

 

I'm glad I have a clean CGC 6.5 OW/W of that book tucked away in my "keepsies" pile (think I paid about $90 for it raw once upon a time), because I would never be able to own a copy at this rate.

[jimjum12]

One thing...... if someone assembles a full run of JIM 1-82 in high grade it could likely be a unique achievement ...... some of these books are tougher in grade than almost all but the most scarce of mainstream GA. It wouldn't be the kind of set that one could assemble in a month with just a credit card and internet connection. Someone is going to be very stoked when they receive these.....and I'd wager they won't be seen at market again for a very LONG time. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Jayman]

So will Journey into Mystery now rank up there with Mystery Tales as the most uncommon Atlas PCH book to see at market? I'm betting yes.

[Johnny545]

I think we have been fooled for the last 12 months there have been lots of atlas in auctions - they've generally done well, in this instance extremely well, but can you guys remember 2012-2014 it was rare if ever to even see any decent atlas for sale in an auction maybe a lone high grade copy here or there.

 

We are headed back to that environment I believe.

 

I think we will look back and see how unique an opportunity this was to buy a high grade pedigree Atlas.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Johnny545

[Johnny545]

By the way the post code Northford Strange tales in the CC auction tonight looks absurdly cheap in comparison...and damn that is a tough issue. (Not mine, but I like it).

Edited March 26, 2015 by Johnny545

[Flex Mentallo]

I think we have been fooled for the last 12 months there have been lots of atlas in auctions - they've generally done well, in this instance extremely well, but can you guys remember 2012-2014 it was rare if ever to even see any decent atlas for sale in an auction maybe a lone high grade copy here or there.

 

We are headed back to that environment I believe.

 

I think we will look back and see how unique an opportunity this was to buy a high grade pedigree Atlas.

 

Probably true. Less likely is that it will bring out lots of hidden collections.

[Jayman]

Yeah, I can't see too many more HG copies (especially peds) coming up soon. These will probably all go into "deep freeze" for a long time, but who knows?

[Johnny545]

I think we have been fooled for the last 12 months there have been lots of atlas in auctions - they've generally done well, in this instance extremely well, but can you guys remember 2012-2014 it was rare if ever to even see any decent atlas for sale in an auction maybe a lone high grade copy here or there.

 

We are headed back to that environment I believe.

 

I think we will look back and see how unique an opportunity this was to buy a high grade pedigree Atlas.

 

Probably true. Less likely is that it will bring out lots of hidden collections.

 

Unlikely I think, this collection sat raw for the last 12-15 years, sold as a lot for purposes of being brought to auction.

 

There are just so few of these complete collections in high grade out there let alone ones stuffed with pedigree copies.

 

you may see odd copies here or there but not complete runs like this IMHO.